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Do you have a favorite go-to dress?
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You know the one . . .
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You love it, it reliably looks good, it’s appropriate for most any occasion and you already have the right accessories for it.
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Life’s just easier when you know you have something suitable to fall back on.
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It doesn’...
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Maintaining weight loss is not for the faint of heart.
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There are a million ways to lose weight, but only one way to keep it off.
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Maintenance is best done using, among other things, data and accountability.
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We need basic information on a regular basis so we can note our progres...
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It’s just about Valentine’s Day around here and that means one thing . . . chocolate!
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No.
Love, right?
Love.
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A commercialized day dedicated to romance and chocolate doesn’t have to derail your weight maintaining efforts.
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I’ve created a list of things you can do to express your ...
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Why do you want to lose or maintain your weight?
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Seems like a simple question.
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Like one that’s easy to answer.
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But “because I weigh too much” won’t cut it. At least not if you actually want to lose weight.
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The answer may mean the difference between triumph and just plain hump...
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I’m a sucker for all things organization.
I LOVE categorizing, calendaring and color-coding.
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Who doesn’t appreciate pastel post-its and a fresh gel-pen set?
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So when the first of the year rolls around, I’m ready to go!
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This year I’m focusing on my productivity and I started wi...
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I have such a clear memory of this.
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It was years ago (read: decades) and I had just picked up my favorite summer suit from the cleaners.
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Readying for a date, I slip into the cute, cropped white linen pants and to my horror they barely close.
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What!?
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I just wore these comfortab...
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With the holidays shrinking in the rearview mirror—our eating and drinking is settling down.
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Or is it?
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Breaking unintentional habits created in December may take more effort than we think.
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One way to tackle it with intention: Dry January.
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Dry January started in the UK in 2...
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"Do the best you can until you know better.
Then when you know better, do better."
Maya Angelou
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Oprah talks about this quote from her treasured mentor as one of the greatest lessons of her life.
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It’s a powerful concept.
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- It lets your past self off the hook
I truly belie...
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It’s probably not what you think.
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I won’t be recommending any particular drink or supplements or fasting of any kind.
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As it happens, there’s no need to do anything special to detoxify your body. Miraculously, it does it all by itself. 24/7.
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Thank you liver and kidneys!
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When t...
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How was it?
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Whether it’s Christmas, Kwanza, Hanukkah, Boxing Day, New Year’s, even a birthday . . . sitting down to evaluate how things went is key to your future happiness (and body size).
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Appreciating the good and acknowledging and tweaking the bad creates an ever-improving expe...
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We had a neighborhood holiday progressive party last night. So fun!
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I calculated my calories for the evening . . . ready for this . . . this does not include my breakfast and lunch . . . just the party food . . . 1320.
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Just to put it in perspective, my daily total is 1250.
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Party Time!!
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Whether it’s your work party, the big family gathering, your partner’s office event or the annual friends potluck this is the merrymaking time of year.
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There are 3 potential trouble zones when it comes to parties and maintaining weight loss:
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The timing.
It may be ca...