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80 NEW JERSEY COPS ■ DECEMBER 2014 Holiday weight-loss survival guide AJAY GOYAL, MD, FACS From overflowing turkey buffets with all the sides to plates of Christmas cookies that show up in the stationhouse to New Year's Eve celebrations with friends, the period from Thanksgiving to New Year’s is one of the hardest to get through without putting on a few extra pounds. If you are trying to lose weight, the holiday season is even harder. Add a couple of extra shifts thrown in for vacationing coworkers, and it’s enough for many of my patients on the force to say they’ll just put their weight loss goals on hold till January. Sound familiar? Whether you’re maintainin