Obtain your free annual credit report under the FACT Act — your credit report will be mailed to you within 15 days. You can order your free annual credit report online at a special Website (annual credit.com) set up by the big three credit reporting agencies in the United States, to furnish free annual credit […]
Installing the shutters yourself will always save you money but you have to be prepared for a little bit of work. Get some good instructions on this before you attempt it. Wood shutters are great, you’ll love the classy look and feel. If you can get cheaper all the better. There is big discount if […]
You could be lucky. I was - just once. When my middle daughter was born I actually weighed 10 pounds less than I had when I’d conceived her. That’s not something you can count on, though, and I can tell you that from experience as well. Most women start their lives as a new mom […]
My mother told me a little story the other night. When she first
started working in sales, she said, her goal was to ‘write a string of
pearls’ - in her parlance, five weeks in a row of 100 sales or more. Her first two weeks would be great - but that third week was always a […]
Dieting can be expensive, especially if you join a weight loss program or purchase special foods. As of April 2002, the Internal Revenue
Service recognized some weight loss expenses as tax deductible under medical expenses. According to that ruling,
“…Uncompensated amounts paid by individuals for participation in a weight-loss program as treatment for a specific disease or […]
If you believe the old stories about much weight people put on during the holidays, you’re right—partially. In a recent study conducted by The National Institute of Health, the researchers discovered that, in reality, most people tend to only put on just slightly under one pound. But a person who is already overweight will average […]
If you’re pregnant, you’re very likely concerned about the amount of weight you’re gaining, the effect it has on your body, even how difficult it will be to take off after your pregnancy. Your OB/GYN or midwife is your best source of advice about healthy weight gain during pregnancy, but there are general guidelines.
Depending on […]
I was a chubby child. My mother, out of love and fear, tried everything to help me lose weight - bribes, threats, punishment, diets, commiseration, even hypnotism and diet pills. I usually lost weight, only to put it back on shortly after she stopped doing whatever she was doing. Her biggest worry was that I’d […]
We all do it. When we’re bored, lonely, frustrated, uncomfortable -
just about any negative feeling at all - we reach for a snack. It may be habit, it may be ’socially acceptable’ or it may be the result of years of conditioning, but there it is. We’ve grown to equate food with
comfort. There are some […]
Losing weight is a national preoccupation. I challenge anyone to turn on the television or radio, surf online or open a magazine without finding an advertisement for a weight loss product or an endorsement for a new diet or eating plan. Everyone wants to be healthy and look their best, and for possibly the first […]