Why do we throw all our good work out the window to eat and drink everything in sight at this time of year, before flagellating ourselves for it in January? Here’s how to break the cycle…

Megan Roantree wants us to be kinder to ourselves this festive season. Photo: Mark Condren

Megan Roantree wants us to be kinder to ourselves this festive season. Photo: Mark Condren

One of my core memories of Christmas each year is just feeling a bit sick.

I’ll have had brown bread and smoked salmon for breakfast, along with a handful of Roses and some Pringles, and while we’re opening presents and welcoming visitors, I’ll have laid out a stylish-looking cheeseboard which I’ll absolutely demolish while absent-mindedly yapping about New Year plans.