Americans who have made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight should start thinking about more than what they eat, a beverage industry survey said on Monday.

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The turkey is gone. The eggnog is kicked. And the last of the Champagne has been drunk. Your waistline is bursting at the pant seams - just like last year.

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Are you tired of diet tips handed out by someone with apparently unlimited income and time? For some of us, it may just not be practical to spend half of our Sunday preparing carefully portioned meals for the rest of the week, or financially feasible to buy all our meals prepackaged in just the right portions. (more…)

Most of us have tried at least one quick fix to drop pounds for good, but find the weight keeps coming back.

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There’s absolutely no reason we can’t get at least five servings of wonderfully fresh and delicious fruits and vegetables during the growing season. Scientific evidence shows that we really can’t overdo it on fresh produce, so why not set a goal of enjoying servings of fruit and vegetables every day. Your body (and taste buds!) will thank you. Here are some favorite summertime fruits and veggies. Enjoy!… (more…)

Oh, no, here he comes again! He’s a little early today. I knew I shouldn’t have skipped our usual breakfast meeting. Now he’s going to start with the constant grumbling. Yep, there he goes and he’s only getting louder. I wish I could just make him go away! But as the Greek writer Plutarch once said, “It is a hard matter to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.”

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