Stop Dieting Forever

Back in the mid-1970s, I remember being on one of those 800-calorie-a-day diets where I had to go into the weight loss office Monday-Friday to get weighed, “counseled” and, once a week, a B-12 shot. You can lose weight this way but at what price? Your metabolism goes into starvation mode which slows down weight [...]

Have you ever seen a beautiful young woman rollerblading on a path, wind in her hair, headphones on and not a care in the world? I have and thought, “That looks like fun!” So, in a moment of insanity, I decided taking a rollerblading lesson would be just the thing. Hubby and I have been [...]

Water is very important for weight loss. It speeds up your metabolism and makes losing weight faster and easier. Even so, there are days when it just seems impossible to drink another 2-1/2 quarts of plain water. If you’re having one of those days, make fruit water. It’s just water with a little fresh fruit [...]

We all know water is good for us and we need to drink a lot of it – even more when we’re losing weight – but it seems like one of those things we do without asking any questions. When it comes to our health we need ask questions. So I did some research and came [...]

So, you’re ready to give losing weight another try. Good for you! This time, though, instead of choosing a diet like your last one, are you open to trying a more healthy weight loss program? This may be your first attempt at losing weight without starvation, relying on supplements or focusing on one food or [...]

We all do it, get out of bed and jump on the scale to see how we’re doing. However, the problem with using the scale as your only means of measuring your weight loss success is that the scale is the least reliable way to do it. You know how it is, you get on [...]

Affirmations — those things you say or think about yourself — shape your life and directly impact your weight loss efforts. You may not believe in affirmations, or you may know very little about them, but they are still at work in your life. Every time you say something like, “I’m never going to lose [...]

I remember a valuable “Aha!” moment I had years ago. It was a Monday morning and I was looking at my calendar to see what commitments I had that week. There were parent-teacher conferences, doctor’s appointments, a meeting at church and the orthodontist in addition to work and business meetings scattered throughout. Just looking at [...]

If you hear one more person say, “It took you more than a month to gain all that weight, it’s going to take you more than a month to lose it” are you going to snap? Do you think people don’t realize how condescending that sounds or do you think they’re just being deliberately condescending? [...]

Both, actually. It’s harder to lose weight “naturally” if you struggle with delayed gratification. A crash diet will enable you to lose weight quickly but it’s not healthy and, in the long term, it’s counterproductive. Studies have shown that not only will you not be able to keep the weight off, you’ll actually gain back [...]