It’s Thanksgiving again and you can’t wait to dive head first into the turkey, candied yams, stuffing and pumpkin pie. Within 15 minutes you’ve managed to inhale over 2,500 calories and find yourself too tired to enjoy the football game with Uncle Bob and Grandpa Harold. They both attempt to give you their scientific explanation that you’re groggy because you’ve ingested too much tryptophan from the two helpings of turkey you just ate. Sure, blame it on the turkey. Can it really be all the poor bird’s fault that you’re snoring on the couch every year after the Thanksgiving meal? Read on to find out.

There are 60 seconds left before the ball drops and you welcome the new year. You take a sip of your third margarita when the button on your jeans snaps.It turns out that many popular alcoholic drinks contain as many calories as a Big Mac! Here are some staggering caloric figures that might make you rethink your alcoholic choices this New Year’s Eve:

The only way to succeed at losing weight and keeping it off is to incorporate permanent healthy lifestyle behaviors. Adopting life-long healthy behaviors is essential for meeting your weight loss goals. These healthy behaviors should start before you even sit down to eat.