Plan a week’s exercise and nutrition ahead. That includes organising your training and nutrition around ‘red flag’ disruptions – all the kind of things that disrupt you from training or eating well.

Studies have shown that an intense exercise session using resistance can elevate your metabolism so you continue to burn calories for up to 72 hours after the workout has finished. If you can’t exercise on the day of your event then you can also benefit from a good training session the day after. You may prefer to get it out-of-the-way so you can have a good sleep in the morning after!

So be prepared, have a game plan, get your metabolism firing pre-party or the day after and you should be all set to enjoy yourself.