Can we agree that mashed cauliflower is not the same as mashed potatoes? It's OK if you want to eat the real thing on Thanksgiving (or any other day).

When you learn that all foods can be part of a healthy diet, the holiday season goes from a 6-week binge to just another day of eating foods you love.

By avoiding carbs, you're actually giving them all the power. Just think about that.

If you eat 3 meals per day, that's: - 21 meals per week - 630 to 637 meals per month - 1,056 meals per year What you eat at one meal or even for an entire day is not going to make or break your health.

Unless you've had your basal metabolic rate tested in a lab, no one — not a trainer, not My Fitness Pal, not an instagram nutritionist — knows how many calories you need to eat in a day. And even then, you're not a robot, you don't need the same number of calories every day.

You know what feels amazing? Waking up on January 1 and not feeling like I need to start a diet or overhaul my eating in any way.