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The Truth About Holiday Weight Gain and 5 Easy Tips to Avoid It
By
Linda Mintle
Are you feeling that after turkey bloat and wondering, “How I am going to make it through the holiday season without gaining a lot of weight?” The popular notion that most people gain between 5-7 pounds just isn’t true. Truth is that most of us will gain about a pound. The problem is that we…
5 Tips to Stop Holiday Overeating
By
Linda Mintle
The day after a holiday it is easy to think, “I’ve blown it. I ate way too much. I’ll never get these extra pounds off.” Don’t go there in your thinking. Instead, get back on track and have a plan for holiday eating. Here are 5 quick tips: 1) Don’t eat standing up. Make it a…
Babette’s Feast: The Healing Power of Gratitude
By
Linda Mintle
One of my favorite movies is an endearing foreign film entitled, Babette’s Feast. The setting is a small coastal danish town where twin sisters live a pious life as daughters of a Lutheran minister who founded a religious sect. The sisters live a rather austere life with little enjoyment. Enjoying food was frowned upon. Babette,…
The Skinny on Trendy Body Wraps
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Linda Mintle
When comedian Ellen Degeneres stepped out of her shower wrapped like a mummy to show America how she prepared for the Oscars in 2011, we all got a good laugh. She was engaging in one of the beauty secrets of the stars–body wraps! Yes, the all natural body wrap claims to slim down the body, treat…
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