I want to spend some time on this post talking about serotonin and its impact on your hunger before starting with the Serotonin Power Diet book review. Your body is an amazing machine. But it is also a slow bloated bureaucratic machine that takes months, if not years, to bring itself back into balance.

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I am so exited about the upcoming months. I am in the process of planning my wedding for September.
And like most brides-to-be, I want be in great shape for that day. I am not too interested in dropping my vanity pounds as I am in shrinking my dress size. Muscle mass is more compact than fat. So a person with more muscle would look slimmer than a person of the same weight with more fat.
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This post is based upon an engaging discussion I had with my co-worker and bowling partner, Steve, about weight gain with a desk job, eating low carb, and smaller portions. I concluded this post with the seed planting idea to inspire others to live a healthier lifestyle.

Though variety is the spice of life, when it comes to dieting, variety increase our chances of failure. The January issue of most magazines always have some kind of meal and exercise plan to whip us back into shape after a couple months of holiday eating. If you count the ingredient list of these meal plans, they usually average at least 6 to 10 ingredients. Most of which are used in only 1 or 2 meals for a week long meal plan. How practical is that?! Variety in food is what kills most diet plans.
The execution of a diet meal plan is the key to success for weight loss.
Microwave dinners are a stable in my brown bag lunches. It provides instant portion control and convenience when we do not have any leftovers from the night before for lunch the next day. I prefer microwave dinner to fast food for lunch when I have the option. Microwave dinners are not the salt pit that [...]
Welcome to Small Steps to Health where we do not take orders from a cookie! My strategy for limiting my calories for my lunch with some friends worked great! I ate and joked with my friends without overstuffing myself. However, I still got fuller than I wanted (I am trying to cruise on 3/4 of [...]