Getting unstuck and motivated

Are you feeling stuck in your diet or weight-loss efforts? When motivation leaves, it’s easy to get stuck and lose hope of things ever being different.

Perhaps you keep promising you’ll change, but you never follow through. Maybe you set goals, but can’t seem to ever get started on them.

When you’re stuck, everything comes to a stand-still. You may even wish for a crisis of some kind, because you’re convinced it’s the only thing that will get you going. [Read more…]

Overweight Kids – Idea #2

In the last post, I told you about a column written by Drs. Oz and Roizen and their recommendations for helping overweight kids.

I didn’t like some of their advice, so I’m adding my own twist to what they said.

I’ve already told you my thoughts about their suggestion that you walk or exercise with your child for two hours a day. Here’s their second “great” idea. [Read more…]

Overweight kids-idea #1

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In a recent newspaper column by Drs. Oz and Roizen, a reader said:

“I was a fat kid, so I’ve worked hard (sometimes) to stay at a healthy weight as an adult.

Now I have a 4-year-old and he’s becoming overweight too. I don’t want him to go through the same struggle I did. How can I help him?” [Read more…]