Weight Loss

I Interviewed Jillian Michaels and Lived to Tell

Leslie Goldman | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Jillian Michaels, Abs, Cardio, Weight Loss, Weightng Game, Trainer, Overweight Biggest Loser, Martial Arts, Living News
Leslie Goldman

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to interview Jillian Micheals, a woman whose abs are sharp enough to shave my husband's face.

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Kick In The Tush Club: Drowning In Drama

Janice Taylor | Posted 10.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Health, Weight Loss Tips, Losing Weight, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Coach Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, How to Lose Weight, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Personal Health, Living News
Janice Taylor

In these perilous times, we have a penchant for drama. Not that it's not justified ... but still ... is that where you want to live? In drama mode? ...

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Is Your Mind Expanding Your Girth?

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 10.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, Fat, Weight Loss, Forget Perfect, Finding Grace, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Living News
Lisa Earle McLeod

The key to weight loss is swapping negative habits and self-talk with something more positive.

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Kick In The Tush Club: Emotional Eating Bail Out

Janice Taylor | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, Healthy Lifestyle, Well-Being, Health, Economic Crisis, Living, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss Coach, Wellness, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Happiness, Personal Health, Living News
Janice Taylor

Leave Your Rage On the Page In these particularly precarious and nerve-wracking times of Wall Street meltdowns, plummeting portfolios, free-falling 4...

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"Guiding Light" Star Talks About Her Weight Loss Surgery

Us | Posted 09.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Gastric Band, Weight Loss, Women's Health, Guiding Light, Caitlin VanZandt, Entertainment News

After a lifelong battle with obesity, Caitlin VanZandt, of Guiding Light and The Sopranos, underwent a 45-minute laparoscopic adjustable gastric-bandi...

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Man oh Manorexia

Trisha Gura | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Anorexia, Health, Manorexia, Living News
Trisha Gura

The man took his mom's dieting and father worry to the extreme. His thoughts now are so distorted by his eating disorder that, in the hospital, he continued to limit his caloric intake.

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Kick In The Tush Club: A Meditation On Fearless Living

Janice Taylor | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Creativity, Depression, Fear, Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, Health, Freedom, Weight Loss, Anxiety, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Happiness, Living News
Janice Taylor

Five years ago, almost to the day, after permanently removing (if you lose it; you will find it) over 50 pounds of body clutter (a.k.a. fat), decades ...

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Are You Overeating Due to the Economy?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 09.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Peter Jennings, Health, Economy, Compulsive Overeating, Weight Loss Tips, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Overeating, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Are you using food to deal with the current stress we are all under due to the turmoil in the economy? Do you find yourself mindlessly consuming foods you don't normally eat?

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Food Blogging: The Newest Eating Disorder?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 09.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Snapping, Photographs, Oatmeal, Cupcakes, Obessive, Writing, Eating, Weight Loss, Pictures, Food Blogging, Eating Disorder, Health, Living News
Leslie Goldman

Is food blogging the answer to our nation's obesity problem...or a pathway to obsessive behavior?

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Don't Lose Weight for an Event

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 09.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Losing Weight, Health, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips, Events, Weight Loss Motivation, How to Lose Weight, Reunions, Weddings, Low Self Esteem, Food, Self-Esteem, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Event losers tend to care more about what other people think of them than they do about taking good care of themselves on a regular basis. This is a symptom of low self-esteem.

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Kick In The Tush Club: Tip-Toeing Past The Amygdala

Janice Taylor | Posted 09.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Lose Weight, Janice Taylor, Brain, Kick in the Tush Club, Healthy Lifestyle, Well-Being, Health, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips, Amygdala, Wellness, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Life, Happiness, Personal Health, Living News
Janice Taylor

The amygdala, an almond shaped structure located in the mid-section of the brain, is crucial to our survival. It is where the "Fight or Flight" respo...

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Kick In The Tush Club: Ever-Increasing Waistline

Janice Taylor | Posted 09.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Lose Weight, Janice Taylor, America, Kick in the Tush Club, Health, Fat, Weight Loss, Obesity, Wellness, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Living News
Janice Taylor

I'm not surprised that America is fatter than ever! Or that the latest report, "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2008" from t...

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Kick in the Tush Club: The Laws of Unattraction

Janice Taylor | Posted 09.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Well-Being, Happiness, Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, Weight Loss, The Laws of Unattraction, Health, The Laws of Attraction, Wellness, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Living News
Janice Taylor

One sure way to get those positive vibes swirling out there is to be attracted to yourself, in a healthy and self-affirming way.

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How To Overcome Your Fat Gene

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 09.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Fat Gene, Amish, Weight Loss, Living News

CHICAGO (AP _ Maybe you CAN blame being fat on your genes. But there's a way to overcome that family history _ just get three to four hours of moderat...

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It's Not About Your Fat; It's About Your Life

Janice Taylor | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, Health, Life Coaching, Life, Weight Loss, Fat, How to Lose Weight, The Balanced Life, Wellness, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Living News
Janice Taylor

A number of readers have asked me for more details about my travels on the rocky road to Sveltesville, wanting me to further share my secrets that led...

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Weight Loss Tips You Probably Haven't Heard Before

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Eating Disorders, Food, Weight Loss, Diet Tips, Binge Eating, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

I have come up with a few tips to help you deal with some specific weight loss road blocks. Feel free to share your own, as they might just help someone else.

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Are You a Food Addict?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Food Addiction, Food, Weight Loss, Counting Calories, How to Lose Weight, Health, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Use environmental control to have your cake and eat it too. Just don't bring the entire cake home.

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Why A Food Diary Will Double Your Weight Loss

Time.com | Sanjay Gupta | Posted 08.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Food Diary Weight Loss, Dieting Tips, Weight Loss, Food Diary, How to Lose Weight, Dieting, Living News

The study tracked nearly 1,700 overweight or obese adults across the country who were at least 25 years old. Men and women were included, and 44% of t...

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No Weigh!

Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Beauty, Weight, Gender Gap, Gender Stereotypes, Weighing Yourself, Weight Loss, Scales, Living News
Darryle Pollack

Before you can say "Kirstie Alley", the men all line up by the scale, with absolutely no hesitation and no prodding whatsoever, and weigh themselves. No clearer divide exists between Mars and Venus.

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It's Like a Free Lunch -- But Without the Calories

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 08.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Mice, Aicar, Research, Health, Exercise, New Research, Fitness, Pills, Salk Group, Exercise in a Pill, Medicine, Studies, Gnc, Obesity Crisis, gw1516, Weight Loss, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

"It's a little bit like a free lunch without the calories," says Dr. Ronald Evans, lead researcher of the Salk group. It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... exercise in a pill! Wait -- we've been promised this before...

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Mind Over Munchies: 6 Ways To Maintain Your Weight

Heather Cabot | Posted 07.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Diet, Weight-Loss, Living News
Heather Cabot

With bathing suit season in full swing and celebrity moms parading around in skinny jeans, I thought now might be a good time to share some tips on weight maintenance for moms.

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Why Are You Overweight?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Weight Loss, Diet Tips, Diet, Health, Emotional Eating, Overweight, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

When I ask people why they are overweight, the first and most common answer is, "I don't know." I often notice a huge disconnect between the question, the factual answer, and the common responses.

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Winning Weight Loss Tip: It's Not Just About What You Put Into Your Mouth

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Weight-Loss Tips, How to Lose Weight, Weight-Loss, The Balanced Life, Diet Advice, Living News
Karen Salmansohn

I have a wait problem. I hate to wait. When I want something, I want it NOW. My wait problem also applies to my need to lose weight problem. When I ...

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6 Tips to Conquer Emotional Eating

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Diets, Weight Loss, Over Eating, Health, Emotional Eating, Coping With Food, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Many of us eat when we are bored, angry, tired, happy, sad, excited, anxious, frustrated, etc. We eat to reward ourselves and to comfort ourselves. Wouldn't it be great if we could find better solutions?

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They Are Called Eating Habits for a Reason

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Eating Habits, Weight Loss, Health, Food Diary, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you want to change your eating habits, or some of them, start by writing down everything you eat and drink. You can't get your food and weight under control until you pay attention.

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