Balance

When do you Celebrate Weight Loss Milestones?

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You may have heard about setting S.M.A.R.T goals.  The “T” in SMART stands for “Timely”.  Setting a weight loss goal is great.  But, without setting a time or date to accomplish the goal, how do you know when you have succeeded? This week, we’re focusing on the WHEN for your weight loss strategy.  Take your pen out […]

Fitness

The Dreaded Talk

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It begins when you walk through the door.  You might blush and your knees might shake.  You might feel faint when he asks you to take off your shoes.  No matter what, you avoid eye contact at all costs. What follows next is the dreaded talk. It’s one thing to suffer the dreaded talk as […]

Balance

The Truth about Weight Maintenance

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People like Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks and Valerie Bertinelli did it.  They not only lost a great deal of weight, but they also achieved the holy grail of lifestyle change.  If you’ve ever struggled with weight loss, perhaps you stalled when it came to changing your lifestyle. Lifestyle change is not what you think it is.  […]

Balance

The Worst Month for Resolutions

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  It’s the New Year, and you have resolved to turn a new leaf.  After the excesses of the holiday season over the past two months, you are ready to lose weight for good.  I applaud you for your resolve, and for your renewed commitment to health. You CAN lose those pesky pounds and become […]

Goal Achievement

What is on Mrs. Claus’ List?

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She’s making a list, and checking it twice. Not he, she. While Santa Claus is busy rewarding little boys and girls, Mrs. Claus is busy working on improving her health. Below is a sneak peek of her health checklist for 2014.  Answer the 4 questions on her checklist to kick off your weight loss plan this […]

Nutrition

What to Do When Food Finds You

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You do this when you’re tired.  You do this when you’re bored.  You even do this when you’re hungry.  Worse of all, you do this just because it’s there. I’m talking about eating.  As a former fat girl, I can tell you that I ate for many reasons, only one of which involved hunger.  I […]

Fitness

Top 5 Fun Fitness Ideas

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Imagine that you become all excited about a new idea, you gather all the tools you need, and you register your payment information.  Three months later, you are no longer excited and the tools gather dust.  Worse yet, you forget about the payments you’re making every month until a full year later. If that sounds […]

Goal Achievement

To All the Sexy Ladies

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While I was watching the American Music Awards, I realized that most of the female icons wore supremely short dresses to show off their amazingly skinny bodies.  Maybe it’s because I write about weight loss, but I kept asking myself “How long did they stop eating to look like that?” As a child, I yearned […]