Focus on Your Passion, Not Food
Have you ever heard it said that your body is the outward expression of your habitual thought patterns?
We are not only what we eat but what we habitually think about.
Are you thinking about how you’re going to realize your dreams or about having a hot fudge sundae?
If you’re constantly focused on living out your dream, it [...]
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Don’t Let “Freshman 15″ Sneak Up On You
It’s back-to-school time for many of us.
For many teenagers living away from home for the first time, that can mean a year of ballooning up 15 pounds or more in their first year in college.
Several things can lead to weight gain: a lack of supervision; bulking up on cheap, fattening foods in order to save money; stress; [...]
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Karen’s Weight Loss Success
I’ve been working with a woman named Karen, who told me at the beginning of summer that she wanted to lose 75 pounds.
Last week she reported her first weight loss success. She had lost five pounds.
Now that may not impress you, but Karen was thrilled. And I was thrilled for her.
You see, Karen has been struggling [...]
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Chocolate Said to Cut Death Rate
Good news for chocolate lovers.
A study appearing in the September issue of the Journal of Internal Medicine seems to indicate that eating chocolate two or more times a week helps cut the death rate of heart attack survivors, according to an Agence France Presse report.
The benefits were seen to be specific to chocolate and not [...]
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Times Article on Exercise Misleading
Have you read the lastest edition of Time magazine?
Umm, maybe don’t bother. The cover story, “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin” might scare you from taking your daily walk or visiting the gym.
The writer, John Cloud, says that exercise doesn’t always melt pounds and that, in fact, it can add them.
Well, maybe if you’re doing [...]
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How to Eat Sushi Italian Style
When I went to see my friend Ann in Seattle last week, the first place we went was a sushi restaurant in order to relive old times when we were friends in Tokyo.
Although wine is not generally what one drinks with sushi, Ann used to live in France and is quite a wine connoisseur, so [...]
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Seattle’s Great for Food — And Walking!
I just returned from my new favorite American city — Seattle.
I was there visiting my good friend, Ann. I had visited Seattle about 15 years ago but I was in a “divorce coma” at the time and hardly remember anything about it.
But it is so beautiful, diverse, clean, and fun!
Ann lent me her condo in [...]
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Weight Loss Lunch From the Garden
I’m eating lunch from the garden today.
Well, mostly. Lunch will be fresh basil picked from my own garden, paired with fresh tomatoes from my parents’ garden, plus delicious Italian Burrata.
If you haven’t had Burrata, you must try it. Even Trader Joe’s has it. Burrata is a medium-sized ball of fresh mozzarella with cream in the middle.
Don’t [...]
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Stress and Overeating
How many diets have you tried?
How many times have you attempted to lose weight, only to find that you couldn’t follow through?
Almost any diet will work. That’s not to say that all diets are healthy, but the truth is, just about any will work — if you work it.
So, the uncomfortable truth that we need [...]
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