Have any excess weight? Might you after the holidays? It's getting easier to follow in the increasingly shallow footsteps of Horatio Sanz, the former Saturday Night Live castmember who told New York he'd lost about 100 pounds. "I've been eating better," he told the magazine. And you can too! Publishing bosses are curtailing expense-account lunch options, with one (Random House) going so far as to issue tipping and venue guidelines. If that doesn't cut it you might try, you know, exercise. For motivation, there's always this blog, put out by an Equinox trainer who supposedly "all the Conde [Nast] girls live for," according to one magazine-industry source. Recent more-than-a-little-obsessive entires dealt with cardio workout times (you never need to exceed an hour!) and the entirely natural phenomenon of wanting to sit on your ass rather than working out.

It turns out the latter can be overcome by avoiding the internet!

3. KEEP ON YOUR ROUNTINE - If you don't have one, get one! Routines are the saviors of the dreaded slump. Even if you're a zombie keep going through the motions of your life. Try not to put your life on hold… Just keep doing the next right thing, one step at a time – Make your bed, brush your teeth, go to work, go the gym… Always keep #1 in your mind– It will pass...

5. STAY AWAY FROM THE NEGATIVE GOOGLE or THE FACEBOOK STALK – Don't google your ex- don't google your significant others ex, don't see where you stand in your career… Not the time people, nnnoootttt the TIME...

7. STAY AWAY FROM THE BOTTLE – Alcohol is a depressant. You might feel better in the short run but it's not going to help tomorrow. It will also help you avoid #5, and the horrendously embarrassing drunk dial… YOU know what I'm talking about