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Calories on menus is a waste of your money

Part of the Affordable Care Act, affectionately known as Obamacare, and currently in the crosshairs of the sitting president (who he, himself, is politically in the crosshairs of his opposing and his own political parties) is labeling menus with calories. It was supposed to go into effect years ago, but has been delayed. It’s not […]

Keeping off the weight you lost

Rumor has it that weight once lost is found again. If not found every time, it’s regained at least 99% of the time. The discouraging statistic for maintaining a loss are so often repeated that some people who would like to lose weight, and who would benefit both health-wise and personally, won’t even try. They […]

Should you be losing weight faster?

“I’m losing weight, but I want to lose faster. What can I do?” Before I answer the question, I need to repeat the warning about losing weight fast. This only applies to you if you’re not under a doctor’s supervision. If you’re losing weight under a doctor’s care, particularly a bariatric physician, your doctor is […]

And She Lived Happily Ever After At Goal!

The late Steven Covey wrote, “start with the end in mind.” in his 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, a best-selling self help book he wrote in 1989. It was written as a business book, but it can be applied to anything, including weight loss. Imagine, your goal is to reduce your weight to a healthy level […]

1 Easy Goal for Successful Weight Loss

Your goal weight may be 5, 10, 50, 100, or more pounds away. If the only goal you’re focusing on is your personal magic number, you are making the process so much harder than it needs to be. Setting small goals is the best way to get off to a good start. It doesn’t matter […]

Eat to Lose Weight!

If you think that you love to eat too much and that it’s standing in your way of losing weight, think again! You can eat yourself to your healthy weight and love every bite! There are 3 things that you’ll need to do to eat and lose: #1 Find fruits and vegetables that you love […]

Finally, here’s how to lose weight and keep it off

Think this: It’s within my power to eat what I love, maintain my weight, and do both with just little changes in my habits and lifestyle……. Get this: I reached and am maintaining a healthy weight for me and it feels (and tastes!) good. We trap ourselves and stop our progress by self-defeating thinking. We put […]

Let go of perfection to make lasting progress with weight loss

Perfectionism and weight loss don’t mix. Humans are rarely perfect. The only perfect person I know is not somebody whose company I enjoy. I avoid her. She’s annoyingly, hair-pullingly, obnoxiously perfect! I’m okay with “great” and “excellent” but perfect – ugh! No! Some things simply aren’t meant to be done perfectly. Weight loss is one […]

Will You Maintain Your Weight Loss? Take the Quiz

Your diet is working! You’re losing weight and looking and feeling great! You heard the statistics for maintaining a lower weight and they’re not good. Will you be able to beat the odds?  WIll you be one of the fortunate few who stay at goal? You can determine your likelihood of staying at goal by taking […]