New California Law Assists Waist Watchers and Calorie Conscious
A new law taking effect Wednesday will make California the first state requiring restaurants to reveal the caloric content of standard items on their menus.
The law is aimed at large restaurant chains, according to an Associated Press report, and will affect 123 chains with at least 20 restaurants in the state.
Also in California, schools will no [...]
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Making Better Choices for Weight Loss
I’m still thinking about the question of how to get the satisfaction of a flavored latte without the high-fructose syrup: You could opt to have a regular coffee during the week and only treat yourself to the flavored latte on the weekend.
Believe it or not, this will actually increase your enjoyment. When we have a [...]
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Stick with Real Italian Style for Weight Loss
A reader mentioned that she enjoys vanilla lattes in the morning but wonders how she can replicate that delicious flavor without using a high-fructose syrup.
It’s an interesting question, and the shortest answer is that you really can’t. You may find some fake substitute, but that presents its own problems. You could wean yourself off the sweetness [...]
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Love Yourself Forward to Lose Weight
I had an off day today and wasn’t feeling good about my life. I just felt overwhelmed.
What do you do to pull yourself out of it when that happens? It doesn’t matter if you feel down about your weight, your finances, your love life, or whatever. The principles of pulling yourself out of it are [...]
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How to Work a Buffet into a Weight Loss Cause
Yestederday was Father’s Day, and I took my Mom and Dad to Yosemite, where we dined at the Tenaya Lodge.
It’s an easy drive from where I live, and it’s always a joy to go there because they have a glorious terrace in the sunshine, surrounded by trees, and a wonderful buffet to match it.
Now, I’m [...]
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Slowing Down Your Eating for Weight Loss
A reader recently reported to me the great success she was having experimenting with the Italian way of eating. She said she was buying and preparing lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and had eliminated processed foods from her pantry.
The one thing she was having trouble with was slowing down her eating. She surmised that this was [...]
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What Daniel Boone Can Teach Us About Dieting
I came across an interesting quote by Daniel Boone the other day that you can apply to Weight Loss.
He said, “Having an exciting destination is like setting a needle in your compass. From then on, the compass knows only one point — it’s ideal. And it will faithfully guide you there through the darkest nights [...]
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Coffee and Weight Loss
Can coffee play a role in weight loss and maintenance?
I think it does. In fact, I make it do so! Italians drink a lot of coffee, and they’re a lot slimmer than we are, so I follow their example and begin my morning with a good cuppa Joe.
The coffee habit has been around for quite a [...]
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Weight Loss with Pasta
I had my first official book signing for Weight Loss, Italian Style! at a beautiful Italian specialty store called Sierra Nut House, in Fresno, California on Friday night, then a “Meet and Greet” at Barnes and Noble.
At the specialty store, which has a cafe/wine bar, we ate perfect Italian-style servings of lemon spaghetti and Pasta [...]
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Weight Loss Italian Style Goes Talk Radio
Weight Loss, Italian Style! hit the airwaves, or rather, the Internet waves today when I was interviewed on Whine Time With January Jones, on VoiceAmerica.
It’s a fun show based on her book, Thou Shalt Not Whine. I was on as an antidote to whining about weight.
We talked about many things, including the way Italians eat, [...]
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