I hope you had a joyous holiday. Perhaps, though, you have moved from the anticipation of Christmas to the anxiety after Christmas. Particularly if you gained weight during this season of celebration or spent more than you planned. Julia Boynton Green spoke for many people when she wrote:

"Twas the night after Christmas and all through the house, We were paying each one for our yuletide carouse.

I felt in my tummy a burden like lead, and visions of tumors careened through my head. Martha tumbled and tossed, at last breathed with a sob,

I've got pendicitis. I'm sure of it, Bob.

I swore about sunrise, It's not worth the price.

Believe me, next Christmas, we dine on boiled rice." (1)

Some of us can relate to that. We've already signed up for Weight Watchers. No joke. This is when Diet c…