How is it that food has become the way to reward or celebrate any and all accomplishments?  Got a promotion at work?  Let’s go out to dinner to celebrate! Wedding anniversary?  Let’s go out to dinner to celebrate!  Sometimes a dinner out is even used as a way to celebrate weight loss. We all know that eating out does little to benefit our waistlines.  Not only do we tend to eat more when at... 

How many times have you heard or even said to yourself, “Starting Monday I’m going to start exercising more and eating better.”  This is a recipe for disaster because it implies a drastic change from a current lifestyle.  Too many people set a date to start “cold turkey” and then get frustrated when they don’t see results in a few weeks. Real weight loss does not occur in a matter...