Are you aware that sodas are very high calorie?  A little soda, in an old-fashioned 8-ounce soda bottle can be as much as 100 calories.  A 16-ounce bottle or cup (now the “small” size in fast food joints), may be 200 calories or more.  A big one “Super size” is 460 or more!  There’s supposedly…

Most people who set out to lose weight get a healthy focus on their goal or the end result. They picture themselves as thin, beautiful, and happy. Unfortunately, few actually achieve this unrealistic expectation in exactly the way it was conceived!  Most of us get thinner, yes, but it didn’t solve all of our problems.…

I recently wrote a blog about how alcohol, pot and other recreational drugs can effect weight loss and weight maintenance.  Here’s the article – click here. That received many comments, one I find very interesting was posted by an anonymous reader. “While many novice smokers experience the ‘munchies’ I actually GAINED weight when I tried…

Science has known for decades that obesity is a contributing factor to heart and cardiovascular diseases, and for certain cancers.  Now, there’s a new study that links waist size to higher risk for death. The medical journal, Archives of Internal Medicine, published the results of a study, titled Waist Circumference and All-Cause Mortality in a…

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