The Yo-Yo Diet Guide to the Jewish Holidays

Rosh Hashanah — Feast


Tzom Gedalia — Fast


Yom Kippur — More fasting


Sukkot — Feast


Hashanah Rabbah — More feasting


Simchat Torah — Keep feasting


Month of Heshvan — No feasts or fasts for a whole month. Get a grip on ourselves.


Hanukkah — Eat potato pancakes


Tenth of Tevet — Do not eat potato pancakes


Tu BShevat — Feast


Fast of Esther — Fast


Purim — Eat pastry


Passover — Do not eat pastry


Shavuot — Dairy feast (cheesecake, blintzes etc.)


17th of Tammuz — Fast (definitely no cheesecake or blintzes)


Tish BAv — Very strict fast (dont even think about cheesecake or blintzes.)


Month of Elul — End of cycle. Enroll in Center for Eating Disorders before the High Holidays arrive again.