Entries from October 2009

Monday, October 26th, 2009

7 TRICKS TO AVOID THE HALLOWEEN TREATS

No need to fear the candy, cupcakes, cookies, lollipops and other sugary snacks this Halloween. I am handing out some tricks on how to avoid overdoing it on treats this week.
1. Buy Trick-or-Treat Candy on Trick-or-Treat Night — Not Before. Trust me on this one, stores will not run out of snack-size candy bars if [...]

Monday, October 12th, 2009

THE END OF OVEREATING BOOK HIGHLIGHTS

David Kessler is the former head of the Food and Drug Administration.  When he was the acting commissioner of the FDA he took on the growing influence of the tobacco companies and now he is tackling the ever growing waist line of the average American.
I composed a post of Questions and Answers to give you [...]

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

HOW TO MENTALLY BREAK BAD HABITS

When your goal is to finally lose those unwanted pounds, it is easy to get discouraged by how hard it seems to break your bad habits.
Old habits die hard because they are serving a purpose; they protect you from having to face the unknown, and often scary world of change.
But when extra weight starts to [...]