Christmas goodies should now officially be called baddies- they’re bad for your heart, your health and your waistline! Barely has our body recovered from our Diwali indulgence and we are ready to do it again.

Come December and you can almost hear your body grumble. As if Christmas and New Year parties weren’t sufficient, it’s also the wedding season. Bring it on!

Sorry for being such a party pooper but it’s important that we don’t neglect our bodies as we party into the wee hours of the morning. And how do we do that?

To begin with, make ‘moderation’ your mantra. It doesn’t mean you deny yourself the pleasure of biting into a rich, chocolate cake but eating a tiny piece instead of a big one or forgoing the gulab jamun for the butter chicken!

Have a party to attend in the night? Eat 3-4 light but nutritious meals throughout the day so that hunger pangs don’t make you jump all over the appetisers.

Keep yourself hydrated by drinking at least 8 glasses of water everyday to keep your skin glowing. And if you planning to sip on some cosmopolitans a la Carrie Bradshaw, then try to balance it out by sipping on some H2O in between. Alcohol doesn’t just dehydrate you but also gives you puffy eyes the next day. Batting those lashes at the cuties won’t be as effective with them eyes puffed up…

Also try to get sufficient shuteye to avoid getting dark circles. There is a reason Cinderella had a midnight deadline, you know. But if the parties are of the can’t-be-missed variety and you land up with puffy eyes or dark circles, place some cucumber slices on them for ten minutes to get that sparkle back.
If that’s not enough, there’s always concealer! Thank God for small discoveries!

If you’ve decided to disregard this super being girl advice, we forgive you… there’s always New Year resolutions to save your ass!