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Not-So-Fundraisers

If you or your spouse is involved with your child's school, you will eventually be asked to participate in a school fundraiser. Now, these events usually need two things: volunteers and product to sell. As many an experienced parent knows, bake sales are a big source of cash for schools. Many extracurricular activities also [...]

All-Or-Nothing-Dieting

When some people first start a new diet, they go all out. No fast food. No candy. No slip ups. No room for mistakes. While this seems admirable, these people often end up obsessed with their diet. And then a situation will arise where the diet just cannot be [...]

But I Hate To Get Sweaty!

Exercise is the most important part of successful weight loss besides proper eating habits. Getting exercise helps to boost your metabolism, which in turns helps you to burn calories and fat faster. But exercise does more than just get your body in a weight loss "mindset". Exercise helps get your blood pumping [...]

Chips, Cookies and Candies… Oh My!

When you even begin to think about weight loss, probably the first thing that pops into your mind is, "ooh, I'd love a candy bar right now," or "I wonder if there are any chips left?" For some reason, our bodies are trained to go right for whatever is the worst thing for us, [...]

Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery – There Are Benefits

In the past couple of years, lap band weight loss surgery has gained popularity as a new minimally invasive treatment for weight loss. The formal name for this procedure is laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. It requires no stomach stapling, no isolation of intestines or re-routing of intestines. LAP-BAND is a registered trademark that refers to [...]

Childhood Obesity: Understanding the Problem

As is true with obese adults, there are many reasons why a child might be obese. Some obesity is caused by medical conditions that inhibit the function of the thyroid or other parts of the body. Some children become obese because their daily lives do not include regular exercise. Other children struggle [...]

What’s in a Calorie?

When you begin searching for a weight loss program, you should know what you are trying to do and what losing weight actually means. The most important thing to think about when losing weight is the calorie: a calorie is a unit of measure and what it measures is the energy in food. [...]

How To Succeed At Failing

There are a few things that over-zealous dieters tend to do in the beginning of their diets that will almost certainly cause them to fail at their weight loss efforts. First of all, skipping breakfast will only lead you down the road of, "gee, I'm starving" at about 10 am. And this will [...]

Childhood Obesity: Learned Behaviors

As parents, it is hard for us to realize that our children learn virtually every behavior from us. But as hard as it is for us to deal with, it is even harder for our children to deal with, especially when it comes to learned behaviors regarding food. Just as a food-obsessed and [...]

I Can’t Eat It: French Fries

French fries are things that you really can't eat on a diet. As wonderful as it would be to give you some easy ideas to include real, hot, greasy, crispy French fries in your diet, it's almost impossible. The oil they are fired in completely negates any way to improve them. However, [...]

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