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Structuring Your Day for Health and Success
For a long time now I have spent Sunday afternoons after church grocery shopping and preparing meals for the week. I suggest in Today’s the Day (pages 60-61) that you be sure to create meals that combine adequate protein, healthy … Continue reading
It’s WHO You Know!
A Harvard study suggested that having overweight or obese friends increases your chances of being overweight or obese yourself by one-half of a percent for EVERY overweight friend in your circle. Your chances double for every 4 obese friends you … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, choices, decisions, diet, friends, habits, obesity, overweight
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Yo-Yo or Arrow?
I work with so many people, particularly women, who are constantly struggling to lose weight. Most have been on countless “diets” and have lost and re-gained literally hundreds of pounds. Besides there being definite health risks associated with yo-yo dieting, … Continue reading
Just Have Some Real Ice Cream and Be Done With It!
I saw a show on the Food Network last weekend called Hungry Girl. I’ve enjoyed watching as she takes some higher calorie foods and makes lower calorie swaps for people who are trying to lose weight. But in this last … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial ingredients, chemicals, fat free, ice cream, nutrition, real food, self control, whipped topping
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Long-Term Weight Loss Comes from Real Nutrition, Not Diet Foods – Part 1
Diets don’t work simply because by their very nature, we consider them a “temporary” thing. We “go on a diet” for a month or 6 weeks or however long it takes to reach the goal of losing a certain number … Continue reading
Celebrate Thanksgiving Without Packing on the Pounds! Part 1
I have gotten several emails giving me ideas for how to revise my standard, traditional Thanksgiving recipes to make them healthier. This is not one of those emails! I don’t mess with my grandmother’s (Giagia in Greek) chestnut stuffing or … Continue reading
7 Ways Baby Steps Improve Health
One of the basic principles of the Today’s the Day plan is not trying to overhaul your entire lifestyle all at once, but instead taking what I call “baby steps.” You can read more about it on pages 81 and … Continue reading
Developing a “Long Time Perspective” for Success
I read a very interesting article that confirmed what I said in the last post about creating an appropriate long term goal. In his book, “The Unheavenly City,” sociologist Dr. Edward Banfield described one of the most profound studies on … Continue reading
