If you're watching your calories, a drink or two could spell dietary disaster at tonight's party. Consider the calorie counts on these:

Margarita, 6 oz., 407 calories
Rum and Coke, 12 oz. 369 calories
Pina Colada, 8 oz. 312 calories
Mai Tai, 5 oz., 306 calories
Mudslide, 12 oz., 820 calories

Instead, pick these drinks that total under 300 calories each:

Bloody Mary, 5 oz.
Gin Gimlet. 2.5 oz.
Mimosa, 6 oz.
Scotch and club soda on the rocks, 1.5 oz.
Whiskey Sour, 3 oz.
Sangria, 4 oz.

Cheers and happy new year!

Heading to a new year's party? Consider making some of these calorie-saving swaps!

Swap: Cheese (2 oz.) on crackers (6)
For: Shrimp, 10 and cocktail sauce, 1 Tbsp.
Save: 145 calories

Swap: White Russian, 5 oz.
For: White wine, 5 oz.
Save: 238 calories

Swap: Hot cocoa with whole milk, 1 c.
For: Sugar free hot cocoa made with 1% milk
Save: 143 calories

Swap: Potato chips 2 oz. and onion dip (1/4 c.)
Pistachios (1 oz.)
Save: 268 calories

Swap: Chocolate cheesecake
For: Chocolate Truffles, 3
Save: 260 calories

I have reached the one-month mark of my trial of the Weight Watchers Momentum plan and I am happy to say the plan seems to be working well for me. It surprised me, to be honest, but I think I have already completely adjusted to monitoring closely and recording my food and beverage intake every day (and, perhaps most importantly, watching my portions with an eagle eye!

My day 28 weigh-in happened earlier this week and I had lost another pound, bringing my grand total thus far to 6.5 pounds lost. I started to weigh in today just to find out if I had lost anything else in the days since, but I thought better of it ... once I start weighing in more often that once a week, I am on a slippery slope of twice-daily weigh-ins and I don't want to go back there again. (It's no fun!)

Stay tuned! In a few days I will publish my full month-long, detailed review of my experiences thus far with the Weight Watchers Momentum plan, so if you are interested in Weight Watchers for the new year, stop by and give it a read so you can learn more about what the plan is really like on a day-to-day basis.

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I loved walking Guide Wendy's recently article asking "Should Santa Walk Instead?. Maybe the big guy should give those reindeer a break and hoof it himself!