Here’s a fancy (but quick!) fruit recipe to serve when you have guests over — or just make it for yourself and have a healthy snack at your fingertips!

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Dieting takes dedication, commitment and a desire to become healthier and choose to eat those foods which will ultimately bring a successful outcome. Bob Green’s BestLife program is a unique way to achieve these goals. His philosophy is this: “The BestLife program is not a diet that you will go on and off; it is meant to change your eating habits for life. This diet is rooted in the idea that eating is and always should be one of life’s greatest pleasures. You can love food and live happily while still meeting your weight- loss goals. The diet is designed to help you lose weight and ensure the pounds don’t return.”

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There is no better time clock than your own body. Have you noticed how efficient your body is at letting you know if it is time for breakfast, snack, lunch or dinner?

But problems arise because we generally have two reasons for eating. The first is hunger and the second is appetite. Aren’t hunger and appetite the same thing, you may be asking. Not at all. Hunger is completely different from appetite.

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I try my hardest to keep junk food out of the house. If it’s around, and I see it, I’m much more tempted to have a little sneak.

A little bit of junk food once in a while isn’t a problem. The problem is when you keep saying, “I’ll just have a bit,” over and over again. When you add up those little “bits” of calories, chances are you end up overeating — and gaining weight.

What I’ve started doing is playing peek-a-boo with the junk food — only I don’t play the full game: I keep the food hidden! Out of sight, out of mind definitely works for me. My hubby loves to buy dark chocolate and it’s been creeping into the house more and more often. So I’ve taken to hiding it in the back of the food cupboard. If he wants it, he can go look for it!

What’s great about this “out of sight, out of mind” method is that science backs it up!
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If you know me at all, you know I’m a big fan of calorie counting. There’s something so motivating about knowing how many calories you eat vs. how many you burn — and calorie counting helps me avoid certain foods when I *know* those extra calories are going straight to my hips!

Calorie counting can be a real eye-opening experience if you’ve never done it before. It can take some getting used to, but it’s definitely worth it.

There are lots of online calorie counters/fitness trackers, but today I’m going to talk about a downloadable software: FitDay for PC.

FitDay for PC is a software that’s easily installed on your PC, so you don’t need to be online to use it. You don’t have to worry about slow connections or logging in, or losing data if your Internet connection times out.

Not only can you track your food and exercise with FitDay PC, you can track things like your body measurements and your mood — and that’ll help you see the relationship between your mood and your food! This can help a lot when it comes to cravings and comfort food triggers.
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