lose weight

Tomorrow is the day most people abandon their resolutions for the New Year. How are you doing so far?

Most of us make New Year Resolutions but few keep them longer than a few days or weeks. Will this be your year to keep yours?

I’m a big believer in making things happen — rather than letting things happen. The old saying, when life gives you lemons make lemonade, is not far off.

Many of us view failure as too big a hurdle to overcome so we often talk ourselves out of the very things that will make us better.

Did you lose weight? Quit smoking? Learn a new language? Learn to play an instrument? Visit a foreign country? Start a money saving budget? Reduce debt? What happened? — February?

Like many of you I look at the past year and reflect on things that I might have done differently or things in my life that I could have improved.

New research suggests most people could easily lose up to two pounds a month simply by eating off smaller plates and focusing more on their food during mealtimes. In one study, people ate 45 percent more popcorn when they were given a larger size of the snack food, and diners given a “bottomless bowl” of soup that automatically refilled ate 73 percent more without even realizing it.