Something You Should Know about New Year's Day
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Resisting Holiday Food Temptation
November 30, 2011
Interview with Susan Albers, author of the book "But I Deserve This Chocolate!"
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Mike Carruthers:
Nothing makes eating healthy more difficult than the holidays but we can try.Susan Albers:
We underestimate how much we eat by about 40% so anything that you can do to be more mindful of how much you’re eating is going to help.

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Losing Weight In The New Year
January 10, 2011
Interview with Cynthia Sass, author of the book Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds, and Lose Inches
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Mike Carruthers:
If you’re trying to lose weight for your New Year’s resolution you know it’s difficult, so here are some guidelines to help you succeed.Cynthia Sass:
Well the number 1 thing you can do to lose weight is eat breakfast within an hour of waking up. That’s really going to rev up your metabolism, in fact sumo wrestlers how they get as large as they are is they don’t eat all day.
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How To Really Stick To A New Year's Resolution - Part 2
January 18, 2011 Interview with Heidi Grant Halvorson, author of the book Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals
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Mike Carruthers:
Willpower or actually lack of it is why we fail at New Year’s resolutions, right? Well not really.Heidi Grant Halvorson:
Willpower doesn’t work the way you think it does. So most people think of willpower as this sort of fixed thing – right? Some people have it and some people don’t. Willpower’s actually a lot like a muscle.
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How To Really Stick To A New Year's Resolution
January 17, 2011 Interview with Heidi Grant Halvorson, author of the book Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals
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Mike Carruthers:
Why do you think New Year’s resolutions usually fail?Heidi Grant Halvorson:
Typically we think we’re not reaching our goals for basically because of some sort of fixed ability that we don’t have - so I’m not smart enough, I don’t have enough will power.
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New Year's Resolutions
December 29, 2010
Interview with Dr. Donald Wetmore, author of the book KISS Guide to Organizing Your Life (Keep It Simple Series)
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Mike Carruthers:
Why are New Year's resolutions so hard to stick with?Dr. Donald Wetmore:
People will have a goal to lose weight, stop smoking, give up caffeine, and stop, give up, those kinds of things are all negatives.
Dr. Donald Wetmore


