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      • Eating your way through boredom
        11/29/07


        Admit it. How many times have you been to a dinner party, reception or family gathering when eating seemed to be the only way to get through the event?

        I recall one such dinner, where I sat between someone who was quite deaf and someone else who insisted on telling me, in ex

      • Holiday frustration and overeating
        11/28/07


        The holiday season tests our frustration level. With too little time to accomplish all that has to get done, few people take kindly to long lines, incompetent cashiers, or the inability to find the perfect blouse in Aunt Mary’s size. A few days ago I overheard two women talking behind me

      • Working Moms on a Diet? Serotonin to the Rescue
        11/27/07
        So many of our readers and clients are working moms juggling a full-time job, kids, households, the family's social life, pets, etc. And then on top of it you want to add losing weight to that "to do" list? Well, we hear from working moms that on The Serotonin Power Diet, they'

      • Carmel Chocolate Cake Snack: NOT too good to be true!
        11/21/07
        Guiltless Gourmet Dessert Bowls: Black Velvet Cake with Caramel Sauce
        by Charles Stuart Platkin

        The Why: It’s low in calories, and will satisfy your sweet tooth. Consumers have flocked to Betty Crocker Warm Delights dessert bowls, but their ingredients include artificial preserv

      • Clearing Clutter to Clear Your Weight
        11/20/07
        Holiday time is when everyone accumulates things: gifts received, gifts to give, festive decorations, clothes to wear for the holidays, and, yes, usually extra food and weight. I really do believe that clearing clutter in your life, including the things in your home and obligations & people you

      • Eating Up Anxiety
        11/19/07
        The weeks between Thanksgiving and the New Year should be a time of festivity, good company and fun. Instead, this time is often spent worrying and eating too much.

        Since most people are already overworked, overwhelmed and overstressed, the extra burden of the holidays can sometimes seem

      • How Much Weight Have You Gained on Antidepressants?
        11/18/07
        Patients complain that their physicians never emphasize the pesky side effect of weight gain on antidepressants. In reply, many physicians defend themselves by claiming that if they talked about weight gain, their patients might refuse to start on the needed medication.

        Moreover, as one d

      • The Thanksgiving Day Myth
        11/14/07


        Every year around Thanksgiving, various people in the media comment on why eating turkey makes people sleepy. ”It is the tryptophan,” a news reporter will say. “Turkey has lots of it, which is why we all want to take a nap after the meal.”

        Well, all I can say is that you must

      • Antidepressant Weight Gain Connection
        11/12/07
        It comes to my attention that prescribing physicians are still denying the connection between antidepressants and weight gain. I'm not sure how they can deny it - it's so common and, frankly, a well known side effect. It's just that what to do about the weight gain is not well known

      • Diet Meals Don’t Have to be Boring
        11/11/07
        From Judy's beloved dachshund, Simon:

        As a dog that lives on a very dull diet, I understand how boring eating the same foods day after day can be. Try kibble. Sometimes when I cannot face another bowl of bland pellets, I will seek a tidbit of cheese or chicken mixed in to tease me in

      • Dieting by the Calender
        11/09/07


        Although losing weight should not be tied to the calendar, there seem to be better and worse times for being on a diet. Dieting between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is hard for obvious reasons. There is an overabundance of food and too many opportunities to eat and drink. Late sunrises, a

      • Balancing Your Life on a Diet
        11/07/07
        Going on a diet means more than giving up the pounds you want to lose. You also give up the ability to make spontaneous food choices and eating or drinking unlimited amounts of whatever you wish, like chocolate, alcohol and Cheez Doodles. You also give up the chance to do what you want in your spare

      • Our Online Community Forum
        11/06/07
        We're so excited our community forum has become a place to share support, great ideas, challenges and success. We invite you to join in if you haven't already. Here's what some people are saying:

        - Needless to say, this is amazing! If I had not tried it for myself I woul

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