Obviously there is a catch...you know saying, if anything is too good to be true it probably is. The catch is that these meals still have to be figured into your daily caloric intake or else eventually inevitable will happen. But good news is that this variation gives you illusion of a greater food intake. The more you study fitness and nutrition more you can manipulate variables or natural laws in your favour.

As an example, say you want to eat only 3 times a day but you want to take in calories 5 times a day in total. So your first meal would be real food, say a few peanut butter sandwhiches. Okay, so you have eaten that and two hours roll around so it's time for another meal. You can either eat or have some kind of replacement as I mentioned earlier. An example of a quick replacement would be a protein bar (chocolate flavour, yum!) or possibly a homemade shake. How would you make this shake? Just take 8 ounces of skim milk, add 4 heaping tablespoons of skim milk powder to thicken it and finally a bit of chocolate syrup for flavour! This drink provides approximately 200 calories which is not much but enough to keep your metabolism going. And this also leaves room for greater food consumption!

In summary this diet is great for those with higher cholesterol levels and don't want to take risks of eating a higher protein diet. You mostly have to watch your dairy products, things like butter, ice cream etc. Basically when it comes down to it food is food. No matter how it is broken down and/or used by body if you eat too much...well, you know!

Thirdly, next group is those who are already dieting... If you are going to try and keep losing during holidays...don't. You'll only be torturing yourself watching everyone else enjoy themselves. If you are doing particularly well just take a break and maintain during holidays. Don't go over your body maintenance level everyday and you should be fine. You'll be able to eat more but at same time you won't be eating too much in order to gain back what you've worked so hard to take off.

These same general principles also apply to those who haven't started a program yet. It might be a good idea to wait, especially at beginning of a diet because you'll need greater will power. But do not make your situation worse. You can then get your revenge after holidays!

In summary, just keep a clear head and you will see everything in perspective. Write your goals down, make a plan, draw charts in order to 'see' that it won't be that bad...whatever it takes. Then you will be able to enjoy holidays...guilt free!