When you’re on a diet, the hardest part about eating out is that the restaurant dining experience is geared toward getting you to eat more food, not less. And yet, at the same time, your goal is to control portion size, reduce carbs, or reduce calories. Here’s how you survive
Do you still believe in fairytales? I’ll bet you’ve accepted Cinderella and Snow White were fiction. Yet, with all the evidence that we have dieting and calorie counting doesn’t work we still want to believe. The way to permanent weight loss is not counting calories but making calories count. I’ve coached
Most of us go through life believing that we can’t stick to a diet because we lack a significant amount of willpower. We feel as if there is an inborn force keeping us from resisting food temptations and allowing any weight to come off of our body. However, this doesn’t
By Ellen Dolgen – If you haven’t made a resolution yet to keep your weight in check, there’s still time! Jan. 19-25 is Healthy Weight Week, celebrating healthy lifestyles for life. This annual celebration is a time for everyone to be active, eat well and feel good. Menopausal women may
So you’ve finally done it! You’ve sweated, dieted, and exercised your way to a thinner, healthier, happier you. You’re able to wear the clothes you want to and you feel fantastic on a level you long ago forgot was possible. The question at this point is: “Now what?” Many people
According to the National Institute of Health, most Americans only gain one pound between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Are you thinking that just one pound can’t be that hard to lose in January following a healthy holiday challenge? Well, the reality is that most Americans never actually shed the
We all know being overweight is unhealthy, but excess fat around your abdomen can be especially risky. “Belly fat is a sign that we’re carrying a different type of fat that lies deeper in our bodies — visceral fat — which surrounds our organs,” says Dr. Helen Troncoso, DPT, Ms.
Sometimes, we make health and fitness harder than it needs to be and while we contemplate change, few of us go all the way to reach a new goal – especially as we get older. One way to reclaim health is to develop an obsession with health and doing what
By Vicki Boster− The issue of weight gain is a deeply sensitive and personal situation for many people, me included. Like many of you, I’ve gained and lost a ton of weight in my life. After a while, that starts to get old~ About 2 years ago, I just happened
By Ellen Dolgen – Mom probably told you to act like a lady, but did she ever tell you to eat like a lady? This breakthrough book does. Men and women are different. Period. (We get periods; they don’t.) So it makes sense that we gain — and lose —
By Linda Melone – The scariest thing about the weight gain after menopause is it seems to happen to even active and fit women. In a recent letter to the health columnist at the New York Times a woman talks about “suddenly gaining 15 pounds” after menopause, despite exercising moderately
By Claire Perez – The definition of female beauty has evolved over the decades, from the voluptuous Marilyn Monroe, all the way to waif-life Kate Moss and everything in between. Although fashion is always trying to tell us that there is some “pinnacle” of female attractiveness, with experience comes the
How I Gained It: Growing up in the ’60s, eating nutritional, low-fat foods was not a priority for most people, so fat-laden but wonderful homemade meals made up my childhood memories. Having two overweight parents meant that portion control was not important at all, and overeating was a very common thing
By: Mirabai Holland – Can you really enjoy holiday treats without weight gain? Well, when we think of the holidays the first thing that comes to mind is fear of weight gain. That’s because we always have a few treats up our sleeves. And we do gain weight. But, preventing
By Andrea Warshaw-Wernick – The party season is officially here, which means we are going to be in tempting situations that make us want to overindulge. In fact, for most of us, that means excessive amounts of eating and drinking. It’s important that we are aware of our real hunger
By Beth Havey – We all eat a diet—because the basic definition of diet is the types of food that a person habitually eats. But we have come to know that word as a source of change: you diet to lose weight, gain weight, fight an illness etc. A recent
I believe we are spirit. We have a soul (mind, will, and emotions). And we live in a body. As a Life Purpose Coach I help people achieve balance in all three parts of their beings; spirit, soul, and body. With this in mind I have decided to share my
By Karen Cicero for Completely You – Do you run out the door in the morning with just coffee in your stomach — or maybe nothing at all? We’re a country of breakfast skippers: Although 93 percent of adults agree that a morning meal is an important part of a healthy
Whether you are a teenager who is an aspiring model, a mother in her mid-30s, a high-flying corporate employee in his mid-50s, a sound health is what you all crave for. And the secret of getting one lies in being slim and fit. As studies have shown, being overweight leads
Completely You: Food By Mikki Kalish for Completely You – Dieting is hard enough to do at home. But when you’re on vacation, it can be darn near impossible. You want to relax, have fun, eat that slice of nine-layer chocolate fudge cake (or maybe two) when you feel like
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