Christine Stines

The Holiday Survival Guide

You Have Enough on Your Plate This Holiday Season.

A practical holiday survival guide to help you navigate holiday meals, parties, restaurants, desserts, alcohol, cravings without throwing your weight loss goals out the window!

With 56 delicious Thanksgiving & Christmas recipes that have been given a healthier, Fat Burn Formula twist, so you can enjoy your holiday favorites while staying on track with your goals.

🎄YOUR SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE ENDS IN...

Plus: get 7 days FREE inside my Fat Burn Formula Kitchen recipe app with purchase!

The Holidays Are Coming.

And if you're anything like most women I know, your brain is already working overtime.

There are presents to buy for the kids, your husband, the in-laws, and the teachers.

There's Thanksgiving dinner to plan, decorations to get up, parties to show up to, holiday cards to order, school parties to sign up for, and don't forget to plan the trip to see Santa.

And somehow, in the middle of ALL of that, you're also supposed to create the most magical, memorable holiday season for your kids.

While working, managing your household, and keeping up with everything else you already do.

And then there's your weight.

The thing that's somehow BOTH a priority and the absolute last thing you have the mental energy to deal with.

Because the truth is, you'd LOVE to lose weight.

But you're already overwhelmed, and you don't know if you have the mental capacity to make it another thing you have to manage.

At the same time, the thought of gaining ANOTHER five pounds when you're still trying to lose the weight from LAST holiday season? That's its own kind of stress. So is standing in a fitting room trying to pick out a holiday party dress.

And so the negotiating begins.

  • "I'll be really good until Thanksgiving."

  • "I'll just eat less during the day."

  • "I'll avoid all the sweets this year."

  • "I'll work out extra to make up for it."

Then life happens.

  • You eat something you didn't plan on.

  • You go back for seconds.

  • You have a few cookies.

  • You decide you've blown it.

  • You tell yourself you'll start over in January, again.

Except January comes, and you start the same approach that didn't work last year. Or the year before.

HERE'S THE TRUTH

It's not a willpower problem.

It's a plan problem.

The all-or-nothing approach always ends the same way. You're either "on" or you've "blown it", and there's nothing in between to catch you.

You don’t need another set of rules that only works when life is quiet. You need a realistic plan for the life—and the holidays—you actually have.

Thanksgiving dinner, holiday parties, family gatherings, Christmas meals, and New Year’s celebrations can all be part of the picture.

The goal isn't perfection. It's making your habits work in real life, including the parts of real life that come with pie.

Includes 7 days free in the Fat Burn Formula Kitchen app, for a limited time.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF HOLIDAY SEASON

What if this year could be different?

  • What if

    you could go to the holiday parties, enjoy Christmas dinner, have dessert, and still feel good about how you're taking care of yourself?

  • What if

    one unplanned meal didn't turn into six weeks of giving up?

  • What if

    you got to January without feeling like you have to undo everything you did in December?

  • What if

    you could do all of that WITHOUT adding another complicated plan to your already overflowing to-do list?

Introducing...

THE HOLIDAY SURVIVAL GUIDE

Step by step guide to help you navigate the holidays without the restriction, guilt, overeating, and all-or-nothing thinking that leave so many women starting over every January.

Because you have enough to manage this time of year.

Taking care of yourself shouldn't feel like one more full-time job.

This is about having a realistic approach you can actually follow when life is busy, plans change, and holiday food is everywhere.

So you can spend less time stressing about what you're eating and more time enjoying the season.

You don't have to wait until January to start taking care of yourself.

And you don't have to spend the holidays obsessing over every bite, either.

This year, let's do something different.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Your holiday playbook, from first invite to New Year's.

Everything is built for a woman with a full calendar: practical, quick to use, and made for real holiday situations.

Holiday Eating Game Plan

A realistic approach to eating through a full holiday calendar without putting your goals on pause.

Strategies for every situation.

Restaurants, parties, desserts, alcohol & cravings. The moments that usually knock you off track, each with its own plan, so you're never making it up on the spot.

Plate Strategy

A simple way to build a plate at any holiday table that keeps you on track and still enjoy the foods you came for.

Day After Overindulging Plan

Exactly what to do the morning after without punishment, restriction, or starting over (instead of deciding you've blown it.)

Holiday Minimums Plan

Three habits to hold onto on your busiest weeks, so "not perfect" never turns into "nothing" and is still a week that counts.

Party Cheat Sheet & Event Worksheet

A quick cheat sheet for holiday parties, plus a worksheet so you can walk in with a plan instead of a promise to "be good" (that never works.)

Stress, Sleep and Self-Care

Because the holidays aren't only about food. How you sleep and how stressed you are shapes your cravings and your energy, and this section treats them as part of the plan, not an afterthought.

THE RECIPES

Your Holiday Menu, Already Figured Out

These aren't suggestions to go hunt down. They're the actual recipes included in the guide: the mains, the sides, the desserts, even the cocktails that make this season feel special.

Just pick your menu and cook.

27 Thanksgiving Recipes & 29 Delicious Christmas Recipes for Every Part of Your Holiday Celebration!

Morning & Breakfast

  • Kale & Bacon Hash Brown Casserole

  • Coffee Cake Overnight Oats

  • Gingerbread Pancakes

  • Clean-Style Cinnamon Rolls

  • Cranberry Eggnog Muffins

  • Ham & Cheese Breakfast Casserole

Mains

  • Christmas Pork Tenderloin with Mustard Sauce

  • Eye Round Christmas Roast

  • Whole-Grain Stuffed Turkey

  • Herb-Roasted Turkey

  • Rosemary Orange Roast Turkey

Festive Salads, Sides & Sauces

  • Apple, Fennel & Arugula Salad

  • Winter Harvest Fruit Salad

  • Lighter Winter Kale Salad

  • Butternut Squash Casserole

  • Sweet Potatoes with Tahini Butter

  • Greek Yogurt & Scallion Mashed Potatoes

  • Maple & Turkey Bacon-Wrapped Brussels Sprouts

  • Green Bean Casserole

  • Sweet Potato Hash Mushroom Caps

  • Whole-Grain Stuffing

  • Greek Yogurt Mashed Potatoes

  • Roasted Cauliflower Mash

  • Glazed Yams with Cinnamon & Nutmeg

  • Roasted Butternut Squash

  • Green Beans with Lemon & Thyme

  • Roasted Vegetables

  • Caramelized Carrots with Curry Spice

  • Blistered Brussels Sprouts

  • Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Pomegranate & Hazelnuts

  • Mushroom & Garlic Gravy

  • Cranberry Sauce

Festive Holiday Drinks

  • Holiday Eggnog

  • Peppermint Martini

  • Family-Friendly Hot Toddy

  • Apple Cider Tea

  • Tahini Hot Cocoa

Cookies & Desserts

  • Mini Cherry Cheesecake Bites

  • Almond Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

  • Hot Cocoa Cookies

  • Healthy Sugar Cookies

  • Gingerbread Cookies

  • Pecan Snowball Cookies

  • White Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti

  • Chewy Molasses Cookies

  • Nutty Chocolate-Dipped Macaroons

  • Pumpkin Pie

  • Cranberry Cheesecake Bars

  • Pumpkin Coconut Custard

  • Apple Crisp

Bonuses:

  • 4 Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes

  • Bonus Turkey Brining Instructions!

    • Plain Brine – A traditional brine for a juicy turkey without additional flavors.

    • Pickled Brine – Uses pickling spices such as mustard seeds, bay leaves, allspice, and red pepper.

    • Herb Brine – Uses combinations of fresh and dried herbs, including rosemary, thyme, sage, and oregano.

    • Citrus Brine – Adds lemons, limes, oranges, or tangerines for a bright citrus flavor.

    • Kitchen Sink Brine – A flavorful combination of garlic, spices, peppercorns, onions, and other aromatics.

Plus nearly 300 more recipes inside the Fat Burn Formula Kitchen app, accessible ONLY with your guide.

Every recipe above is included in the guide.

LIMITED TIME BONUS

7 Days FREE in My Recipe App

This is a big deal.

Normally, the only way into the Fat Burn Formula Kitchen is to buy the full course. This is the first time I'm opening the door with the holiday guide, and only for a few days.

  • Nearly 300 recipes

  • Done-for-you meal plans

  • Customizable serving sizes, for a table of two or twelve

  • Auto-generated shopping lists

  • Swap between metric or imperial

  • Create collection of favorites

This bonus disappears Tuesday the 10th at midnight.

Is this for you?

Let's make sure it's a fit.

This is for you if…

  • You're already overwhelmed by your holiday to-do list

  • You want to enjoy the holidays without gaining another five pounds

  • You're tired of the all-or-nothing cycle that ends in a January restart

  • You want a plan that works at parties, restaurants and family dinners

  • You don't want to track or restrict your way through December

  • You want to feel good in your holiday party dress

This is NOT for you if…

  • You're looking for a crash diet or a holiday detox

  • You want to cut every treat out of the season

  • You're waiting for a magic fix instead of a plan

  • You'd rather wait until January and try the same thing again

"But Christine…"

"I don't have time for one more thing."

That's exactly why this exists. It isn't a program to keep up with; it's a playbook you pull out when you need it, with worksheets and recipes already done for you.

"I'll just start fresh in January."

You could. But you already know how that story goes. Keeping a few habits through December means there's nothing to restart.

"I've tried being good over the holidays before."

Trying to be "good" is the all-or-nothing approach. This is the opposite: a realistic plan for the meals and moments that actually happen.

"Will I have to skip dessert?"

No. There's a strategy for desserts and sugar cravings, and six holiday dessert recipes, including pecan sweet potato pie and a flourless chocolate torte.

Bonus app access ends Tuesday the 10th at midnight.

You don't have to wait until January to start taking care of yourself.

This year let's do something different.

Not by being more restrictive. But by being more intentional..

Will you enjoy the holidays this year - or spend them negotiating with yourself?

Remember: your access to the Fat Burn Formula Kitchen app disappears Tuesday the 10th at midnight.

Love, Christine