This Huffington Post Blogger is in a 'love' space. It didn't just happen. I went to 'love' intentionally. It's part of my diet plan.

In order to successfully embody a healthy lifestyle, one must build reserves in all areas of their lives, including their relationship sector. If you are...

Serotonin, Dopamine and Norepinephrine - The Three Kings

As we head into the last week of the holiday season (Praise BE!), I thought it might be useful to know what foods bring forth the best feelings. Yes, foods change the chemical structure in your brain, and therefore have an impact...

I do believe that a great many of us have a deep-seated belief that in order to permanently remove excess weight we need to suffer. Particularly, during the holiday season. Oh, yes ... lots of suffering going on!

How did I come to this conclusion that y'all think you...

You've decided to make scrambled eggs for breakfast. You take three eggs from the refrigerator. As you are oh-so-gracefully moving toward the counter, one falls from your hand and smashes on the floor.

What do you do?

1. Clean it up.

2. Make two scrambled eggs instead of three.

3....

Some time ago, I wrote Oprah a letter and posted it on her website.

"Dear Oprah," I wrote, "If I can permanently remove over 50 pounds, so can you. Why don't you come and visit with me. Stay a week. I'm willing to bet you'll lose weight. And it's not...

Handicap Me! Please.

Golf is a great leveler. It's handicapping system enables beginners to compete with skilled players. A zero handicap is called a 'scratch' handicap, and a 20 handicap is called a 'bogey.' The handicap measures how well you'd stand up against a 'scratch' golfer.

Our Lady of...

Do you like the way your life is unfolding? Would you like to change some of it? Change direction? Reinvent yourself? You can, you know. Reinvent yourself! I know because I did!
Here are 13 steps to a new and improved, reinvented you!

Learn how...

Are you wondering how to survive Thanksgiving? How to make it through without gaining 7 (more) pounds plus 20 pounds of family baggage?

Just follow these 10 tips, guaranteed to help you get to the other side of the holiday, happy, sated and smiling.

The Best Ever Thanksgiving...

Hey everyone! Here is a

Now you can remember not only the...

How would you like to trade in feelings of overwhelm and holiday stress (which I admit are mounting...

I was recently talking to one of my star coaching clients (each and everyone of you a star in your own way). Betty (the names have been changed to protect the innocent) said, "I know...

We know that obesity is a growing epidemic among adults and children, leading to increases in serious illness including diabetes. For the first time, our children's life span may be shorter than ours. How frightening is that?

And yet, we continue to overfeed our children (and ourselves).

Now, I know...

Now that the election is behind us (I am writing this on Tuesday, with my heart in my mouth -- please, no repeat of past elections) may we move forward in life.

Aside from the past 8 years, what are you tolerating? Putting up with? Stomaching?

If you wish...

"You talkin' to me?"

Believe it or not ... there was a time when no one 'dieted' and nasty fat words didn't exist. Cavemen did NOT call each other "fatso." Those types of words weren't created until the late 1800's!

In fact, the first corpulent words were "porky" in...

Is your behind wider than a Costco cart? Is your stomach softer than the Pillsbury Doughboy's? Has the circumference of your thighs doubled?

As "mistress of ceremonies" for the Kick in the Tush Club*, I intermittently receive an impassioned plea from a member desperate to find an answer to the...

Food Facts and Diet Tips - Direct from the JT360 Fat Removal Room

Ghosts, Goblins, Gremlins ... oh My!
More likely than not, you will be (or are now) tempted to indulge in (at least) one piece of candy on and/or before and maybe even after Halloween.

In...

In these perilous times, we have a penchant for drama. Not that it's not justified ... but still ... is that where you want to live? In drama mode? STUCK? However difficult the times, would you not prefer to be solution oriented, moving forward toward your compelling future? Having a...

"Six Thinking Hats" is a powerful technique that can help you to develop new ways of dealing with difficult situations, food or otherwise.

The process of thinking through these six hats can help you to create six distinct approaches; six new points of view. The more we stretch our...

Leave Your Rage On the Page

In these particularly precarious and nerve-wracking times of Wall Street meltdowns, plummeting portfolios, free-falling 401Ks, decreased property value, companies crashing, and a $700 billion Bail Out - all happening within the span of a few days - some of us may find ourselves reaching...

Five years ago, almost to the day, after permanently removing (if you lose it; you will find it) over 50 pounds of body clutter (a.k.a. fat), decades of mental clutter (a.k.a. negative belief systems) and environmental clutter (a.k.a. mess on my desk), I walked into my boss's office and said,...