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The biggest factor in weight loss is your motivation.

It’s more important than which diet you choose. It’s also the biggest reason why diets often fail. Since it’s so important, let’s find out how to make it work for you, not against you.

Most weight loss programs work if you stick with them. The trouble may be that you don’t. Why are programs so hard to stick to? Because you often feel bad when you are trying to follow them – you get hungry, the wrong hormones are coursing through your body, you may be missing a source of comfort, and you may have emotional links to your weight issues. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a post that I have written also for my new Family Vacation blog about eating when on vacation.

Vacations are marred by bad eating and not only bad eating but usually our daily schedules are thrown out the window.

When you are away from home it is very common that you eat based on hunger and snacks are almost always bad food. Both of these are very bad and there are ways to avoid it. Last month while on vacation my family was able to conteract this bad eating structure by planning all of our meals and snacks and here is how:

Kitchenette - The hotel we stayed at had a kitchenette and this was easily the best way that we were able to avoid any eating issues. Kids are terrible for not wanting to eat when it is time to eat and then being suddenly starving. With the kitchenette we were able to prepare probably about half of our meals and warm up other meals as well. Read the rest of this entry »

A new Reuters story tells us that whole grains will help you to lose weight. This is interesting news but really in line with what we would expect as whole grains are high in fiber and also are a great source for micronutrients. Whole grains are a great example of a good carbohydrate.

Often people talk about how we should reduce the amount of carbohydrates in our diet. Over the last 50 years or so we may be taking in more carbohydrates then we should be but one of the problems really is not always the carbohydrates but instead are the types of carbohydrates that we eat.

So what is a good carbohydrate? Well we know that whole grains are great. We also know that fresh fruits and vegetables are great carbs. Read the rest of this entry »