Posts Tagged ‘Weight Loss’

It’s Your Choice

Monday, February 28th, 2011
fork in road sign

This post may be a re-run, but the advice is always good. ******************************** I'm finding that the concept of "choice" is popping up all over the place lately. On a recent episode of The Biggest Loser, one of the contestants lost more weight than he expected to. He attributed his success, in part, to a decision he ...Read More...

How To Set Goals You Can Actually Achieve

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

All this month, we're focusing on how to make changes that will make our health & well-being better than ever.  It's all about the small, simple changes that are do-able and lead to big results. It Starts With a Goal Last week, I asked you to think about your current state of health and pick one thing ...Read More...

Have a Healthy New Year

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

We've almost made it to 2011! Did you make any New Year's resolutions? So many of us make big resolutions to give up things we know aren't good for us (I'll quit smoking! I'll stop eating candy!). Somehow, these negative goals don't seem to work out as well as we would like. When we set an ...Read More...

Healthy Holiday Eating (It’s not too early to start!)

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

One of the strategies I mentioned last week is to think of the time period between Halloween and New Year's Eve as one long buffet table. Because it is. We kick off with the candy of Halloween, crash into the eating frenzy that is Thanksgiving, run full-tilt through Chanukah and ...Read More...

Size Matters

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Or does it? The answer is: sometimes. I was clothes-shopping with a friend this past weekend and, once again, we were struck by how wildly womens' clothing sizes vary. One brand's medium is nothing like another brand's. Same goes for actual number sizes. And don't get me started on the difference between one size and the ...Read More...

Building a Better Soda

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Three Soda Bottles

One of our main sources of sugar and sugar-like substances is soda, both regular and diet. Neither one is something I recommend as a regular part of your diet, for a few reasons: Regular soda is full of completely empty calories. One 12-ounce can of regular soda contains about 150 calories, and no nutritional value. Cutting out ...Read More...