During the upcoming holidays, most of us chow down like we've never had a meal.

We eat like the food is going to be taken away, and like we'll never get to eat again.

Apparently, that's not a good thing. The time from trick-or-treating on Halloween until the last play of the Super Bowl are the worst months for weight gain, according to this story.

Another author gives you tips on how to avoid gaining weight during the holiday. In another story, which I can't find the link to now because I wanted to share it, lists the fattest holiday foods, including two of my very favorites, apple and sweet potato pies.

Nothing says Christmas like cooooold sweet potato pie.

I'm hungry just thinking about it.

I wonder if it's OK for me to have just one slice, instead of two to three each day while I'm at home on my six-day Christmas vacation?

Not have gravy on everything, including the baked candied yams?

Only have one yeast roll with a little butter, as opposed to 12 coated in butter with slices of melted butter inside?

Now, if they suggest no stuffing at all, that's where I'd have to draw the line.

What are your favorite holiday foods that you KNOW are fattening? Any suggestions on how to not gain weight from Halloween to the end of January?