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Newsletters from 2008

• Eating for the Wrong Reasons
• Still Not Eating Breakfast?
• Leaner Cuts of Meat
• Back to Basics
• Added Sugars
• Make 2008 a Winning New Year

Newsletters from 2007

• Make Every Day Count
• Get to the Root of Your Cravings
• More Holiday Meals Ahead?
• Making a List and Checking It Twice
• December - The Final Stretch
• Exercising and Losing Weight
• Thanksgiving Is Not for Gobbling
• Curb the Sugar - Curb the Fat - Curb the Wrinkles
• Checklist for a Thin Body
• This Halloween, Don't Fight The Candy Monster
• Winter Comfort Foods Made a Little Less Fattening
• Gaining Weight After Thirty? Here's Why!
• An Apple a Day Keeps the WEIGHT Away
• Eating Right Is More Effective Than Eating Less
• 30 Things You Can Do Instead of Eating
• School Is On - Pack Your Lunch
• When You're on the Run
• Are Summer Treats Adding to Your Waistline?
• Should We Sue McDonald's?
• Feeling Satiated Longer
• Cool Off with Mouth Watering Melons
• Picking Friends for Weight Loss
• Something New for the BBQ
• Take Your Meal Plan on Vacation
• Eating to Avoid Belly Fat
• Four Tips for the 4th of July
• Water and Sports Drinks
• Food Labeling Can Be Misleading
• Getting Sneaky with Your Food
• Lose 8 Pounds in 4 Weeks!
• 100 Calorie Packs
• Gardening for Weight Loss
• Curbing Nighttime Eating
• Shopping for Weight Loss
• Shopping the Supermarket Perimeter
• The Joy of Eating
• Light Lunches
• Fruits and Vegetables Make a Difference
• Eggs and Weight Loss
• Calorie Burning Drinks
• Fad Diets
• Weighing Yourself Daily
• Eating Disorders
• Taste Buds and Weight Problems
• The Fourth Meal
• Eating in the Fast Lane
• Valentine's Treats
• Eliminate, Reduce and Substitute
• Build a Little Muscle - Lose a Lot of Weight
• Your Self Image and Weight Loss
• Taming the Hunger Beast
• Looking Ahead to 2007

Newsletters from 2006

• Looking Back on 2006
• Monitoring the Food You Eat
• Holiday Beverage Makeovers
• A Gift of Health
• Never Say Never
• A Piece of Pie
• It's a Family Affair
• Enjoying the Holidays without Gaining Weight
• Pack on the Vitamins and Minerals - Not the Pounds
• Eating in Large Groups Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
• Lose Weight with a Hobby
• Trick or Treat (Making It through the Holidays)
• Is Obesity a Choice?
• Lose Weight Now and Be Healthier Later
• Satisfying a Sweet Tooth
• Brown Bagging It
• Spicing Up Your Weight Loss
• Free Diet and Weight Loss Tutorial
• Small Changes Yield Big Results
• Monitoring Your Progress
• Barbecuing Fruits and Vegetables
• Eating Low Glycemic Foods
• Five Myths Debunked
• Keeping Count of the Extras
• Water Doesn't Have to Be Boring
• Got a Hot Body?
• Sneaking in More Fruits and Vegetables
• Indulge in a Smoothie
• The Risks of Rapid Weight Loss
• Forgoing Meat for Weight Loss
• Hitting a Plateau
• Vitamin C and Weight Loss
• It's not the Cookie, It's the Bag of Cookies!
• Fire Up the BBQ and Make It Lean
• Improve Your Health with a 10% Weight Loss
• Getting Fat on Corn
• Weight Loss Begins in Your Mind
• Drinking Green Tea
• Counting Calories
• Calories - How Low Should You Go?
• What if the Weight Comes Back?
• Tips from Successful Dieters
• Women's Health Initiative Dietary Study
• Revving Up Your Metabolism
• Diet Pills
• Sugar Addiction
• Dark Chocolate, Health and Weight Loss
• Support from Family and Friends
• Dealing with Slips
• Watching Out for Bad Fats
• Good Fast Food
• A Supportive Environment

Newsletters from 2005

• New Year's 2006 - A New Beginning
• Looking Back on 2005
• Not in My House!
• Soup and Salad
• Eating Smaller, More Frequent Meals
• Holiday Feasts
• Whole Grains for Health and Weight Loss
• Trimming the Fat
• Watching Out for Sugar
• Substituting with Fruits and Vegetables
• Quick, Easy, Healthy Breakfasts
• The Benefits of Eating Breakfast
• Measuring Success
• Changing Behaviors
• Lifestyle Changes
• Falling Short of Your Long Term Goals
• The Battle of the Kitchen
• Calcium and Weight Loss
• Food Substitutions for Cooking and Baking
• Emergency Meal Kit
• Eating at Night
• Salt, Weight Loss and a Healthy Heart
• Snacking between Meals
• Beware the Food Pushers
• Assessing Priorities
• Making Changes
• Smart Eating at Parties and Picnics
• Little Changes Can Make a Big Difference
• Vegetables and How to Cook Them
• When to Stop Eating
• The Size of Your Dinner Plate
• Cooking Tender, Tasty, Low Calorie Meat
• Take a Second Look at Your Breakfast Cereal
• Feeding Your Emotions
• The Right Attitude for Weight Loss
• Sleep Like a Baby for a Trimmer Waist
• If You Stop Losing Weight
• Put Your Drink on a Diet
• 2/3-to-1/3 Proportions for Simple, Healthy Weight Loss
• Managing Your Weight Is Like Managing Your Finances
• Weighing In on Your Dog's Diet
• The Value of Keeping a Food Journal
• Cut 150 Calories and Drop 15 Pounds

Support from Family and Friends

Newsletters

When you're committed to weight loss, it's perfectly reasonable, even necessary, to ask your family and friends for support. Bringing them into the equation will both foster support and provide someone you'll have to "answer to" when you slip. Just knowing that they know your plans will help keep you on-track.

Hold a family meeting and discuss the changes you plan to make and how they can support you. If you'll be buying different foods, let them know that you're making a "safe" shelf to store your own foods, and ask them to find a separate place to store junk foods so you can avoid them.

If it will help you at this stage of your progress, ask if there can be designated areas of the house that are no-eating zones so you have a place to retreat without temptation.

Hold similar meetings with your friends to discuss how they can support you. And ask both family and friends not to suggest that you eat foods that are not in your diet plan.

Enlist your family and friends to help you reach your weight loss goals, and they'll give you support and cheerleading that will help ensure your success.

Healthy regards,
Megan Porter, RD