Here’s a challenge and an opportunity. Make tomorrow “desert dessert day.” Don’t have any dessert all day-if possible. Have fruit (grapes, kiwis, apples, plums, etc.) instead. What if you didn’t have desserts at all? If you did nothing else, and ate regular food in reasonable quantities but no desserts or candy you might well lose…

Why do doctors push diet pills if they’re harmful? Many people are in such dire need of help they resort to pills. Perhaps they have a lot of weight to lose, have given up hope, or flatly just don’t want to face the reality that they have to learn to modify their eating and lifestyle…

There’s an interesting study out recently that suggests women may be able to gain less or maintain their weight if they drink, compared to those who don’t.  The study looked at 19, 220 women over 39 years old, over 13 years.  60 percent of those women drank “lightly,” or “moderately,” while 40 percent said they…

There’s an interesting blog post at Huffington Post, written by Tom Venuto.  He focuses on the reasons why “weight loss” attempts often fail.  His premise, like mine, is about the whole picture, about keeping the weight off.  I thought you might like to be aware of it. In Venuto’s experience, we need structure, balance, a…

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