The holiday season is still an important time when people should think about the weight they'll gain that'll never be lost.

Over five to ten years, those pounds add up.

The good news is it's not as bad as we thought. The bad news is that it's hard to take off that weight the rest of the year.

This avoids the holiday election that nobody wants,

Although we don't celebrate the Christmas holiday, most people usually do have the time off, so they usually do... spend good family time together. You don't always have to celebrate a holiday to take advantage of it.

In the retail sales, it may be from the gift cards people received during the holiday time frame but didn't use until January.