Do You Have Lean Genes?

Is your weight genetic?  Obesity genes account for only 5 percent of all weight problems. So 95 percent of any weight problems have nothing to do with your genes.  This fact has not affected the high incidence of obesity we see in our culture. We can’t blame the obesity problem on high fat diets either. Even though fat contains 9 calories per…

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Is Health & Beauty Skin Deep? 8 Steps to Healthier, More Radiant Skin

Here are 8 Steps to Having Healthier and More Radiant Skin: (1)  Your Sleeping Beauty Skin – You need to get good quality sleep, to not only reduce any bags under your eyes for example, but also to help your skin recover and regenerate properly on a nightly basis.  An optimum 7-9 hours. (2)  Your Skin Needs the RIGHT Nutrients – especially…

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Exploding Weight Loss Myths

Ok so you’ve made it through the first month of 2013.  How are your goals going so far, in particular your health and weight loss goals?  You may be feeling you’re ready to get some help.  You might have tried it on your own to with zero success. It’s time to review and overcome some of the resistance you have about ever being…

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Do You Need a Confidence Boost?

How is your Confidence Factor?  Do you sometimes find you are bold and yet at other times shy and retreating?  What does it take to be confident if not all the time at least some of the time? Here are 6 Tips to have a Consistent Boost to Your Confidence: #1 Making Self Care a Priority. No matter what if you don’t take…

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Do You Want To Be Lean Soon?

With such a successful Women’s Event this past Sunday it got me thinking about women’s struggle with weight and how we can change our perception.   I often wonder – is there an urgent need to get it off or is it simply a fantasy?  Is “I need to lose some weight” something you’re suppose to say especially if your not donning a…

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Want to Fit Into Those Skinny Jeans this Fall?

It can be done.  It’s seldom about what you are eating but more about what’s eating you.  Once you tackle and conquer this piece you will be well on your way to ultimate health, weight maintenance and happy days ahead.   Ok – I don’t want to convince you about life being perfect when you get to your ideal weight. It never is and…

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Are YOU Sick and Tired of Trying to Squeeze into…?

Are you thinking that it may be time to give your jeans away because you’ll never fit into them? Are you sick and tired of squeezing into our…?  Well you name it… Panic no more, leave the depression behind, grab onto your leather belts and floral scarves… You really don’t have to give up.  You can fit into your clothes…

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Is it Play Time Yet?

The fall is often a time for getting down to business and along with that comes serious responsibilities with a lot of stress attached to it.  So you don’t end up relaxing very much and your stress mounts.  Stress is a killer – not only in that it creates all sorts of conditions in the body, but it’s also nearly impossible to lose weight under…

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What I Learned from Cats

I start this article telling you about my cat Pushkin – how she was such an integral part of my husband Dennis’s and my life. She aged and became frail. I did everything I could to sustain her life. She decided to leave when I was on my way home from an out of town trip. She died in my…

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From Your Eyes to Your Thighs

Several years ago my friend and colleague Dr. Christopher Vogelmann – a chiropractor from the DC area – and I were jokingly (as we often do) discussingHoliday indulging. We were specifically speaking about Eggnog and agreed that this beverage’s key result is that the more you drink the more it will go “from your eyes to your thighs”. Yes, no getting around…

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