A few years ago I had a lady ask me if she could still have her 2 glasses of wine a day and lose weight. I wanted to say 'Well, duh!!!!' but I held my composure and responded politely. First, let me say the person I am talking about is not any of my current participants in the weight loss challenges-so all of you reading are 'off the hook'. Lets get back to the subject of alcohol and weightloss.

Losing weight and consumption of alcohol is definitely a topic th... Read More

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Promised I'd get back to you on my 5K results. Awhile ago I had entered a 5K race in a big Detroit event. Since I coach people to live healthier lives through nutrition and lifestyle I felt it important that I practice what I was preaching. So I dusted off the old jogging shoes in July and got myself back on track with the jogging I had drifted away from several years ago. What better way to achieve a goal than to actually set one and follow through.


It wasn't easy. You know I am n... Read More

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One of the things I talk about on one of the weightloss challenge classes is the impact a regular exercise program has on your metabolism and your weight.  One of the points I bring up during the class is the comment that it is harder to get your health back once you lose it than to work at maintaining it. This statement is also true for people who do or don't exercise; it is much harder to 'get moving again' once you have slacked off.  Let me illustrate by my own example.

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Dining out and trying to keep your calorie intake within a healthy range can be an overwhelming challenge. With more and more people living hectic lives around their jobs, family and home, it's not surprising that more people turn to some type of food establishment outside of home during the week.

That number is not slowing down either. In the 1970's, around 36% of a person's food budget was spent on food outside of the home. That number has shot up to over 48% of the food budget.

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The other day before the start of the Wednesday Weightloss Challenge, I was chatting with one of the challengers. She was telling me that a year ago she weighed in at around 300 pounds. Mind you, this is not a tall woman, maybe about 5 foot 1. Carrying around that much weight on such a small frame is not only unhealthy, it's potentially disastrous in terms of the damage that much excess weight can do to a person's body.

She was telling me that she had lost almost seventy pounds from he... Read More

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