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Of more concern to me is not what time of the day to weigh yourself, but how often you weigh yourself.

I know many of you weigh everyday which gives me heart palpitations! You could fast on any given day and weigh MORE the next morning. Conversely, if you ’splurged’ and had beer and pizza one evening, you may get on then next morning and weigh less then you thought. It’s unhealthly and just silly to use the scale as a daily litmus test of true body composition. MY recommendation: Weigh yourself ONCE a week. The same day of the week, the same time, preferably first thing in the morning, buck nekked. Keep track if you will, then one week later,(not before), repeat. You will see TRENDS and FLUCTUATIONS. You may have worked really hard, eaten just right to ensure weight loss, and still the scale, THE SCALE merely reads what the existing conditions of your body are that moment in time. Water weight, hormones, the big meal from the day before or not, constipation, or not, or any of the many (too many to list) reasons for fluctuations.  I can’t say this enough. It’s not perfection..it’s PROGRESS. Fluctuations occur under the most perfect eating and exercise habits.  If looking to lose weight,  over time you will see a downward trend, with natrual highs and lows along the way, on the scale. DO NOT let these highs and lows translate to highs and lows in your emotions giving the scale too much power. Again, scale fluctuations occur for many reasons under the most perfect eating and exercise habits. 

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Regards,

Margo

You’ve all heard the 8×8 rule.  Drink 8 glasses of water, at least 8 ounces each. There is no scientific study to support this, and the truth is, it really depends on your lifestyle. It depends on your nutrition, where you live (climate) your health, your exercise output, what other beverages or medications you take, and so on. On average, water takes up 60% of you, and this water provides moisture and carries nutrients, etc. I won’t bore you with details; you can google that. Simply put, if you feel thirsty, drink. A few glasses a day are sufficient for most of you. Remember, too, for those focused on weight loss: Thirst will often rear its head as hunger, when really you’re just thirsty. Just have a glass of water to kill what you think are hunger pangs. 

Diet in a bottle? Not!

Many of you might have seen the segment on national TV this morning for Acai berry drink. The segment was debunking this product, and how thousands of duped consumers were writing complaining. Yipppee. You may be getting very compelling (spam) email from “Oprah” and lord knows who else on this and other bottled “diet” miracle drugs. They are FAKES - imitating Oprah; just like people mimic your own email and send you spam from your email!  Anyone trying to sell you weight loss pills, endorsed by any celebrity are fake. Fake like the spam saying “We have 1 million dollars for you; I’m a barrister in London and will pay you to hold it for me”. That kind of fake. All diet emails you get are junk. Yes, fake. Lures. Spring is high season for this kind of  false advertising.