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April 2009

Don't Eat After 8:00 PM


As you try to lose weight and make changes like eating more vegetables and drinking more water, you also shouldn't eat late at night.

According to Dr. Pamela Peeke, author of Fight Fat Over Forty and an obesity researcher who specializes in stress-hormone-related weight gain, if you consume the bulk of your calories at dinner or in the late evening, the stress hormones that have been building up in your body all during the day are going to create strong cravings for the fats and carbohydrates that fuel the "fight or flight" response, so you'll be likely to eat more.  Those same stress hormones, known as cortisols, are also going to stimulate receptors on the fat cells in your abdomen to accept more fat.

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March 2009

Eating Out Will Jam You


If you think you're in a bind at 20 pounds or more over your ideal weight and you're eating out three or more times a week, then come talk to me.  I know what the problem is.  Bottom line, the fast food joints with their high-fat, supersized meals are going to jam you if you're not careful.  So are lots of other restaurants, from the soul food joint to the most elegant French restaurant with its butter this and cream that-again, if you're not careful. 

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