Hi ladies welcome to Exante , am new to this myself on Day 11. Weight is coming off nicely and even though it was close to christmas i couldnt wait!! I am having xmas day off staying as low carb as poss, then back on boxing day. To be honest i would at least get xmas day out the way before u start, you will just get nicely into ketosis and more than likely come out of it with xmas day food and drinks. Enjoy the day and hit it afterwards , you dont want to have to go through the hard first 3/4 days twice, because after that the hunger subsides and u should sail through. I never thought i would be able to not eat regular food but i am doing it to the utter amazement of family and friends. Good luck to you both and start low carbing and drinking more water in preparation and to encourage quicker ketosis. Regards Nicky....