Weight Loss Christmas Wish List
“All I want for Christmas is …a pedometer. Or a bicycle!”
These would both be great things to put on your Christmas weight loss wish list. The bicycle speaks for itself. But let me tell you about the pedometer.
If you’ve been keeping up with Weight Loss, Italian-Style!, you know that one of the main [...]
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Walk Your Weight off at Thanksgiving
Enjoy the food. Enjoy the companionship
Pace yourself at the dinner table. Don’t eat anything bigger than your fist. Stop when you START feeling full.
And between the dinner and the pumpkin pie or pecan pie, take a long, leisurely walk with somebody and have a nice conversation.
Then guiltlessly enjoy your (1) dessert!
Happy Thanksgiving, Everybody!
If you enjoyed [...]
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Gratitude Despite Excess Weight
As we approach Thanksgiving tomorrow, let’s remember to be grateful for what we have in our lives.
No matter what we are experiencing, we can be grateful that things are not worse. They could be.
If you are upset about your weight, be grateful that you are not larger than you are. There are many people on [...]
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Sit-down Dinners with the Family
Thanksgiving isn’t the only time that we should be sitting down for dinner with the family. There was an interesting story in Parade Magazine over the weekend on the importance of sharing mealtimes with loved ones.
Not only have studies shown that teens who dine with their parents get better grades and run less at risk [...]
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Unclog Your Arteries at Thanksgiving
According to a new study released by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, an increased number of women below the age of 45 are succumbing to heart disease stemming from clogged arteries.
Although experts aren’t sure of the cause, they believe that growing rates of obesity are partly to blame.
This is something to think [...]
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Autumn Minestra (Autumn Soup)
This was a great Weight Loss, Italian-Style! day. It was a little overcast and misty but great for a walk in the park. No one was there, and the autumn leaves were beautiful.
It wasn’t until we arrived at the duck pond that I realized we could have brought some day-old bread for the ducks. [...]
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Scientists Link Sugar with Obesity
Today I read a Los Angeles Times story about a study in which rats, given the choice between cocaine or water sweetened by saccharin, overwhelmingly preferred the sweetened water, leading scientists to believe that the trend towards obesity may be fueled by sugar-loaded foods.
This doesn’t surprise me. Having once been a sugar addict, I almost [...]
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Stop Cursing Your Weight Issues
This week I’ve been thinking about how in every moment we have the opportunity to either bless ourself or curse ourself.
If, in our mind, we run ourself down because of something we said or did, or because of the way we think we look, we curse ourself. And any time you curse yourself, you contribute [...]
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