Earlier this week, I told you how I don't think these charts are totally without value:

Since although I think the message sucks—that you should try to burn off the calories you eat—I also think it does a good job of highlighting* how easy it is to consume a lot of calories.

For example, if you're a smaller woman in a moderate deficit (i.e., a lot of my clients), and you graze on a few pieces of candy and don't track them: you likely erased your deficit for the day.

In case you missed it, here's the original email on the problems with charts like these—but also this valuable reminder.

*Intentionally or not.

I have another holiday take I want to share.

This one is probably even less popular.

But despite the fact that my industry makes a huge deal about "surviving" the holidays, and not gaining a bunch of weight: I don't think, in most cases, that the holidays look drastically different than the rest of your year.

I help clients navigate challenges like these all 12 months:

• Limited time and bandwidth
• Food and drink-focused get-togethers
• Social expectations and the pressure to partake
• Lulls in motivation
• Seemingly good reasons to deviate from your plan
• Travel

Sure, we might see an uptick this month and next. But let's not act like the rest of the year, you get to chill at home with zero stress or challenges.

That's why I put together a holiday workshop last year.

To highlight this reality—that the holidays aren't that far off from your norm—and to show you how to do more than "survive" the next two months.

Like my client Kathleen, who's not only seeing physical changes, but improvements in her health, too:

Or Sarah, who couldn't believe how much her photos have changed:

If, like Kathleen and Sarah, you also have zero interest in phoning it in until January: I got you covered.

Here's the link to last year's workshop on crushing this time of year:

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It's 100% free, since I want as many people to benefit from it as possible.

Will you just do me a favor?

Will you let me know if you have any questions at all about navigating this home stretch of the year?

I recently had someone remark, on Instagram, on how I always reply to every message I get.

But I'll tell you exactly what I told them: there's literally nowhere else I'd rather spend my time.

So any questions at all, fire away.

Sam