4 Power Foods That Can Lift Your Spirits After 60 – Say Bye-Bye to Gaining Weight!
Who among us hasn’t reached for a fatty bowl of ice cream or a double chocolate brownie when feeling anxious? We all know how good either of these can make us feel. Those initial feelings of pure pleasure, the cool creaminess…
Read MoreHow to Create New Eating Habits for Permanent Weight Loss
Are you sick and tired of hopping on and off the diet hamster wheel, but you want to be a comfortable, healthy weight? If you are serious about losing weight, the only way to get permanent results is by changing your eating habits…
Read More2 Reasons Why “Cheat Days” Are Not a Weight Loss Winning Strategy for Emotional Eaters
When I am on a diet, I live for my cheat days. I fantasize every day, all day long, about the food I am going to splurge on during my next cheat day. I know if I want to reach my goal weight, I’m in for a long period of time. My cheat day allows me to feel less…
Read More11 Small-Step Ideas for Healthy Weight Loss After 60
No matter our age, it’s hard not to think about how 5 or 10 fewer pounds might make us happy. It can mean the difference in a dress size. It can be a boost to self-esteem. It can mean a compliment from an observant friend or spouse…
Read MoreLive with a Scarfer? How to Lose Weight Anyway!
If the book hasn’t yet been written, it’s utterly overdue, and just to get the ball rolling let me suggest the title: Surviving Life with a Scarfer. It seems to be a truism in life that those of us who meticulously watch our food intake pair up…
Read More5 Reasons Older Women Should Lift Weights
Many older women think weightlifting is for men, or (at the very least) for younger women. However, the benefits of weightlifting for older women are striking…
Read MoreYour Circadian Clock May Be the Key to Weight Loss After 50
It seems that the brilliant researchers who study our circadian clock, that internal timekeeper, have tuned in to an important factor for weight management. It seems a blue light sensor in the retina measures ambient light level…
Read MoreAre Negative Affirmations Blocking Your Weight Loss?
Chances are if you’ve struggled with your weight, you’ve said some pretty mean and negative things to yourself over the years. But did you know that every thought you think and every word you speak is an affirmation? Yep, the good stuff, but also the bad stuff…
Read MoreDos and Don’ts for Losing Weight Without Dieting After 50
You’re trying to lose weight, maybe for the third time. Or maybe it’s the 30th. But you really want it to be the last time. You’d love to finally put the kibosh on this post-menopausal weight gain once and for all! You’ve been down this road before…
Read More5 Easy Ways to Ditch Nighttime Eating and Drop Weight for Good After 60
It would be great to find an effortless, fun, easy and irreversible way to [insert your biggest wish here]. Like finding that perfect shade of lipstick, a dress that makes you look like a princess, or a chocolate dessert with fewer calories than celery. We can dream, right?
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