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- Is Your Weight Loss Effort Being Sabotaged By What’s In Your Glass? - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Lynn SmithFrustrated by your weight loss efforts? Or maybe you’ve reached a plateau? When trying to lose weight we tend to pay better attention to what we eat. But have you thought about what you drink? The Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina examined dietary records of U.S. adults ...
Views: 766 - Help! I'm Trapped In A Middle-Aged Body! - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Lynn SmithIt happened the other night. My husband and I were watching TV. When I got up from the couch, I ended up hobbling along like an 80 year old woman after hip replacement. What's going on? This has happened before. But how long ago? When did it start? I'm not 80, I'm only middle-aged. This ...
Views: 759 - Be A Weight Loss Winner - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2008 from Lynn SmithDo you know that approximately 4,000 people die a day from cancer and heart disease? Of the people with heart disease, 70% of them are overweight. 42% of people diagnosed with breast or colon cancer are overweight. I bring up these statistics to emphasize the importance of maintaining a ...
Views: 747 - Why Would I Want A Weight Loss Coach And How Does It Work? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2008 from Lynn SmithObesity is a growing epidemic throughout the United States. Approximately 4,000 people per day are dying from diseases related to the obesity epidemic. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion adults are ...
Views: 740 - If You Don't Take Care Of You, Who Will? - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2008 from Lynn SmithFace it, ladies, we have a natural predisposition to take care of others. Usually to the point that we put others before the care of ourselves. The problem with this is…if you don’t take care of you, who will? Then there are those elusive Somedays. “When the kids go off to college, I’ll have ...
Views: 738 - Why Health Coaching Is Different For Women Than For Men - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2008 from Lynn SmithHealth coaching is about making real, positive, and lasting change in the quality of our health. But when it comes to health coaching for women, there are additional factors that need to be considered. First, is the caregiver factor. Women are just naturally the caregiver, it comes down to those ...
Views: 730(1 vote) - Should I Consider A Sleeping Pill? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithOnce again you wake up exhausted. It was another night of tossing and turning. Nights like this are happening more often. It's hard to have a productive day when you didn't get enough sleep. You've seen those ads on television. Maybe you should get a prescription, too. How can you tell if it's ...
Views: 713 - Do You Need A Chemistry Degree To Eat? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithI read something disturbing recently. It was this: the average fast food strawberry milkshake has 59 ingredients. It contains 40 chemicals but no strawberries or milk. What?! Are you kidding me? That got me thinking. We live in a society where our food is manufactured instead of cultivated. ...
Views: 701 - Key To Creating Achievable Goals - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2008 from Lynn SmithHave you ever made a New Year's Resolution? Did you make a resolution this year? Would you like this year to be the year to keep those resolutions? For most people, a new year brings renewed hope of achieving goals you have always wanted. We start the New Year off with great intentions to ...
Views: 694 - Feeling Guilty About Those Resolutions? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithIt’s been almost a month since we made our New Year’s resolutions. How’s it going for you? Not so good? You’re not alone. We start with good intentions but it doesn’t take much to derail our plan. We’re going to take a look at two reasons why our resolutions have failed and then we’ll come up ...
Views: 664 - Journaling - A Key To Weight Loss - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from Lynn SmithA common trap people fall into is eating without being consciously aware of how much food they are eating. Have you ever been preparing dinner and tasted a little of everything you were preparing? Do you help your kids finish their meal so no food goes to waste? Have you ever grabbed a ...
Views: 664 - Stressed Out? Four Ways To Beat It - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithAfter rolling over to look at the clock, you realize you overslept. Now you're late. It's out the door and on the freeway. Traffic is crawling. In the midst of bumper to bumper traffic you spill coffee in your lap. What an awful start to your day. By the time you walk in the door at work your ...
Views: 664 - How To Get Fit Living In A Fast Paced World - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2008 from Lynn SmithAre you a busy, professional woman or owner of your company? Do you run from morning until late in the night keeping up with all your obligations and responsibilities? When was the last time you made time for yourself? Most women keep putting off their health and wellness until sometime in ...
Views: 635 - Is Alli Your Ally? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Lynn SmithAs a pharmaceutical research nurse one of my favorite clinical research trials was the Orlistat Study. Orlistat is the generic for Alli. This was a well designed clinical trial. The patients were closely monitored and I had the ability to do diet and nutritional counseling with my ...
Views: 625 - Four Keys To Selecting A Weight Loss Coach - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Lynn SmithObesity has reached epidemic proportions throughout the world. According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion adults are overweight. This epidemic has far reaching consequences. Associated with this obesity epidemic is a significant rise in the number of people being ...
Views: 619 - How Health Coaching Makes You A Winner - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Lynn SmithWith the coaching field expanding so widely, there are now a lot of specialty coaches out there. One field that is growing is the area of health coaching. How do you go about choosing a coach that can help you reach your goals? What should you be looking for? There are two key elements in ...
Views: 616 - Life Would Be So Much Easier If Those Diet Pills Worked - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2008 from Lynn SmithWe have all seen the ads – New fat blasting pill melts away fat while you sleep. Or the person who lost 30 pounds in three weeks on a weight loss program. We’re tempted. We think about buying that $50 bottle or getting four weeks worth of food. But we’ve been this route before. We bought into ...
Views: 609 - How To Get Fit Living In A Fast-paced World - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2007 from Lynn SmithAre you a busy, professional woman or owner of your company? Do you run from morning until late in the night keeping up with all your obligations and responsibilities? When was the last time you made time for yourself? Most women keep putting off their health and wellness until sometime in ...
Views: 603 - Vibrant Health - Pain Or Pleasure? - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2008 from Lynn SmithWould you like to enjoy vibrant health? Most people when asked this question say yes. If everyone wants vibrant health, why do most people not have it? The answer lies in what motivates people into action. People are motivated by two thing either pain or pleasure. Of the two, pain is the ...
Views: 581 - Why Change Doesn't Stick - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2007 from Lynn SmithDid you make a resolution last New Year's? Was it to lose ten pounds, workout regularly or eat better? Three months later were you still sticking to that resolution? Probably not. Even worse, was that resolution the same one you made the previous year? We set these goals with good intentions. ...
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