Weight Loss Chocolate, San Francisco Style
Did you know that San Francisco became the chocolate capital of the U.S. in the late 1880s? Can you guess why?Because in a city where 70 degrees feels like a heatwave, the climate is very kind to chocolate.
Or so I heard during a weekend day trip to “North Beach,” San Francisco’s lively Italian neighborhood. And chocolate [...]
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Weight Loss, Italian Style! Does North Beach
I took a small group of people to San Francisco’s Little Italy over the weekend for an eating and walking experience. It could hardly have been more fun — or more delicious. And I’m not sure what we did more of — the eating or the walking.
But it was the walking that made all that eating possible — [...]
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Even in Weight Loss, We Can Look to Nature for Balance
A week or two ago I had one of those days when everything seemed to go wrong. The computer acted up, the people I needed to contact didn’t call me back. The digital label maker I bought didn’t work, so I had to return it.
I felt dejected when I arrived at the store to pick up [...]
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Cherish Your Body and Lose Weight
There’s probably more than an ounce of truth to the joke that when women look at themselves in the mirror they see faults, but when men look at themselves, they see God’s gift to women.
How do you feel about your body? When you go to the mirror and look at yourself, what thoughts to you [...]
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Weight Loss War With Your Body?
What is your attitude towards your body? Are you at war with it, or are you at peace?
If you’re not happy with your body, you’re pitting yourself against yourself, which creates a no-win situation.
Truth is, your body is benign. It simply follows orders. It takes what it is given and does the best it can [...]
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The Wise Drink Water for Weight Loss
During my recent chat with the local French baker, we were pondering why so many Americans are overweight.
He said he thought that one of the problems was soft drinks and commented on the fact that people walk around sucking on gigantic ones and also insist on having them with meals.
He said that when he was [...]
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Go to the Bakery — and Still Lose Weight!
People sometimes wonder how I can practically live at the local bakery, and still stay slim.
It’s easy. I learned the trick in Italy.
Italians love to gather at their local cafe to socialize with friends. They’ll have a coffee and maybe a little something, but the focus isn’t on the food — it’s on the company.
Having a [...]
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A Weight Loss Italian-Style Morning
I’m having an Italian-style weight loss breakfast morning this morning.
In other words, I’m meeting a friend at the local European bakery for coffee and a little treat. How am I getting there? I’m walking.
It’s a beautiful spring day. The sun is shining, and the air is clear because it was raining yesterday. The flowers are out and the [...]
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