January 2009
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Keep the Weight Off in 2009!

• Sit down to eat. Take the time for 3 or 4 meals.
• Snack only when you're hungry.
• Use shopping lists to avoid fattening impulse buys.
• Peruse the produce section, check labels, and generally eat a nutritious diet.
• Relieve stress by learning alternative ways of coping.
• Walk or talk with a friend instead of spooning up ice cream.
• Dance, bicycle, join a softball team - whatever it takes to make exercise pleasurable.
• Enjoy chocolate guilt-free, but limit intake to two candy bars a week.
• Don't be on and off a diet. Creating a healthy lifestyle is a week-, month-, and year-long practice that takes time.

Source: Prevention Magazine: Houston, TX. newsletter 0n-line, January 2009, via Inside Out On-line Jan/09.