How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off

Losing weight isn't just a physical change for women. In fact, the emotional upheaval caused by weight loss can be devastating.

We could wake up in a happy state, ready to face the world with a smile, and then we step on the scale and our mood changes to foul in an instant.

My poor mother. I was her second child and she had me when she was only 20 years old. While David, my brother who is a year and two days older than m...

Everything in life has a cycle. Not to sound morbid here, but even businesses, ideas, all forms of life - are conceived, born, grow, peak, decline an...

I love a good salad bar. Ruby Tuesdays is one of my favorite places to eat out - because of their awesome salad bar. (Though they also have a 980 calo...

Ever daydream about being thin? Oh, come on. Be honest. Anyone who has ever tasted getting to goal as much as they've tasted fried food knows what I'm...

Anyone can make short-term changes in their eating behavior and lose at least a little weight. But unless they make changes in their thinking, they will never be able to sustain their new eating behaviors.

I'm not like many people--I never worked outside the home. I went to college. Got my degree. Then worked for my mom as a graphic designer in her home-...

Several Wednesday nights ago at my weight loss meeting a new member joined our group. I'll call her Amy. This was her first time following any diet (y...

You CAN lose weight - and KEEP it off. Do you believe that? If you do, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn ... No, seriously. Here's the story of that famo...

Why does a new notebook feel so good? (Or maybe you can relate better to a brand new food journal.) It's more than just a clean writing space ... it'...

Seventy Percent! That's the number to remember this week. If something makes up 70% of your body, you'd think it was pretty important. Yup. This week'...

Traditionally, when it comes to "wedding fat," it is the bride who weighs in most fahklempt (Yiddish for emotionally overwhelmed, mixed up) over her n...

You've done it before a million times. Maybe you're presenting at a meeting or confronting a co-worker on an issue. You run through it in your mind,...

Ever since I started writing my blog I vowed I would write about counting potato chips. Some of you will think this is "over the top", but others will...

A few years ago (more than I'd care to admit) I went to a parenting conference that challenged the attending moms and dads to ask ourselves, "How you...

Okay, let's face it. We are a fat nation. Well, at least two-thirds of us are. Seat sizes have increased in cars, stadiums - even toilets. Many of u...

When I started dieting again in 2001 for the bajillionth time, I didn't believe I would ever be thin. However, I did believe that I could lose one pound. And that's all I needed to get me started.

Quality time has to be made, not found. But that is the one thing Super(wo)man lacks. The fallout: an unfit, overweight, weak body.

I wondered when the best time for a diet would be. Surely there must be a lull, some sort of break from food-focused festivities in a twelve month span.