Here’s a morsel of good news. New research shows it’s healthy to eat chocolate. Not one but TWO recent studies have indicated that there are benefits to chocolate consumption. Here’s a sprinkle of bad news, they’re talking about dark chocolate. So, put down that Hershey’s or Milky Way. You need to muscle down the stuff […]
Laugh It Off
Why I’m Back at Weight Watchers, again
A few years ago, I vowed that I’d never spend another dime on weight loss again. I’m a sucker for every program, promise, system, cookbook and video. I am a self-proclaimed dietologist, which in my definition means someone who is an expert in every single diet plan there is. I was frankly tired of giving […]
Family Diet Saboteurs
I’m back at Weight Watchers and in honor of Easter – a family holiday where it’s quite easy to be thrown from your plan – the subject this week was handling people who are trying to sabotage your efforts to improve your health. MY reasons for Weight Watchers are different than yours, even different than when […]
The Two Week New Year Plan
Resolutions have a bad reputation. Mainly because most of us don’t follow through with the lofty ideas that swirl in our brains on January 1st. So hell with resolutions. But here’s the thing. I do have goals. Every year I have goals. And a lot of those goals I’ve achieved over the years. Some my […]
Exorcising Ghosts of Diets Past
We’ve all been on many different plans and well, failed right? But here’s the question, is your failure on a previous diet derailing this one? Are you letting the time you went over on points that one week, or ate a donut during a low-carb phase, or the time you skipped exercising one day and […]