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A big strong YES is that well-rooted tree who has weathered storms and learned when to bend to incredible winds so that it lives to see more of them. Your “yes” to weight loss needs to have you rooted to your path until you reach your milestone, and keep you on it forever after to make it permanent.…

There is nothing more frustrating than when you are doing everything right, but the last 15 pounds you want to shed, are sticking to you like Velcro. This is where your detective work and personal honesty will make the difference.

Any exposure (ingested, dermal or inhaled) that causes the body great imbalances in chemistry, hormones or organ function forces your body to find a solution to counterbalance it.…

The United States has the highest rates of obesity in the world. Proof that we do not have a fix on the situation is that obesity rates continue to climb each year. What are other countries doing that we aren’t?

Each culture is the result of thousands of years of evolution and a lifestyle that ensures greatest health and survival.…

Is it okay to have a 13th article? Or would that be bad luck? Buildings either omit the 13th floor, make it a maintenance floor or refer to it as the Penthouse Suites and charge three time normal rates.…

In my last article I explained how you train your body inadvertently by the choices you make. With work, social and family expectations constantly demanding more and more of you, I am wondering if you have trained your body to push through the physiological need for more sleep, by eating?…

You trained your body. On occasions your body seeks to train you with a strong enough veto to influence future choices. More than 25 years ago my body vetoed my choice of a Gin Cocktail. I have not ordered Gin since that vivid zip-lining episode.…

Each food has special qualities. A same food will have a different result in each person’s body. Foods main purposes in the body are to provide energy, building materials, clean-up, maintenance and repair.

Carbohydrates have been criticized, made to appear as the enemy and many have unnecessarily eliminated them from their diet.…

Permanent weight loss requires unpacking your ideology and rethinking your automatic behaviors.

When you order an entrée and it comes with “free” soup or salad, do you ask yourself if you want a soup or salad, or do you just go with the flow, accept and eat it because it is free?…

Every year new books hit the shelves with the latest one-size-fits-all diet trend, purported to be YOUR miracle. One-size-fits-all diet approaches provide simplicity, instant direction and a plan of attack which get you mobilized quickly. The problem is they demand total conformity at the expense of your unique body and lifestyle requirements.…

We are just a couple days into the New Year which makes it prime time to determine your weight loss action plan. Which will it be? The Turtle or a Hare (hare, as in rabbit)? Both have equal value, but each goes about the same quest differently.…