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This is Why I Hate Women’s Fitness Magazines

That’s it.  I’m done.  Women’s fitness magazines drive me NUTS.  I used to avoid fitness magazines when I was heavy because the models made me feel like a slacker; discouraged...

My Friend is So ANNOYING!!!!

Here is a question from one of my readers: “Hi Lisa.  Your story gives me hope!  I’m about the same age and height as you.  I’m getting really frustrated and...

Why Do Women Gain Weight After 40? After Menopause?

Here are two questions I get emailed a lot: “Hi Lisa – Love your blog!  After menopause I started gaining weight.  Do you know what I can do?  I’ve always...

I’M AWAKE!

Oh sure, caffeine wakes you up in the morning and gives you a reason to leave your cubicle for seven minutes periodically throughout the day, but did you know that...

5 Tips for Sticking to Your Diet at a Party

The toughest part about being on a diet for me is feeling deprived at social gatherings, like today’s church picnic.  I know a lot of bodybuilders who avoid social gatherings...

The Parisian Diet

Any diet book that has a sub-chapter titled, “I Want Wine, Chocolate and Bread,” is a book worth reading.  The Parisian Diet, How to Reach Your Right Weight and Stay...

I Can GROW your Business and shrink your Waistline

  I can help you GROW your business and SHRINK your waistline.  How? Online Social Media Marketing of Your Business Want to GROW your local business but hate doing online...

Raw Essence

The more I started reading about nutrition the more I stumbled upon terms like, “clean eating” (eating unprocessed foods,) “Paleo Diet” (eat like cavemen,) and “Vegan” (meat and diary-free,) and...

So Which Limb Are You Going to Cut Off?

“If your hand causes you to sin, then cut it off…if your eye causes you to sin tear it out…” said Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.  There’s nothing...

So by Lifestyle, you mean like FOREVER forever?

As a low-grade insomniac I get the opportunity to lie awake at night and stress about things.  My typical anxious thoughts about money, kids, spouse and my latest faux pas...

The Talk

Did your doctor ever give you The Talk?  Although not quite as embarrassing as The Birds and The Bees Talk of puberty, it’s up there with top conversations I’d like...

How Would You Fix Childhood Obesity if YOU Were In Charge?

Childhood obesity is a serious health problem.  Everyone knows that.   Here’s how some other people have attempted to fix it: Schools in North Andover, Massachusetts are sending home what parents...

What’s My BMI?

Have you ever heard someone talk about their BMI and wondered what the heck they were talking about? BMI stands for Body Mass Index.  It measures total body fat for...

When Someone You Love Needs to Lose Weight

My husband and I used to fight a lot about my weight.  He met me at the thinnest point in my life.  I was 107 lbs and literally a starving...

Want to Lose Weight? Go to Sleep

This was an interesting study reported in the Annal of Internal Medicine.  A study done by Arlet Nedeltcheva, MD and colleagues took 10 sedentary and overweight but otherwise healthy adults...