DISCLAIMER: This was supposed to be a scientifically supported article about achieving weight-loss while on holiday. My intention was to measure exactly how far I walked during a four-day family vacation in Manhattan, to eat healthy foods and to not ...

Twenty pounds –I want to lose twenty pounds. Five years after losing fifty-two pounds and changing my life for the better, I find myself on a slippery slope of regression. I’m putting the weight back on and that has to stop. Really, if I’m goin...

I read an article recently about a woman who was purposely trying to gain weight. Her goal was to top 1000 pounds and perhaps become the world record holder for the heaviest woman to ever give birth. Her weekly grocery bill topped $800, and while the...

Yesterday was the third annual Picnic at the Brick Works. The event was sold-out and judging by the smiles on people’s faces, it was a huge success. As the print-media sponsor it’s hard to write dispassionately about the event –but it is, with...

I can’t dance. I say this up front because when I tell you that I went to the latest Buddhagroove event, some of you may have images of me shaking my money-maker to the drumbeats. That didn’t happen. But I’ll tell you what did: I met a number...

I was 39 years old and I weighed 242 lbs. –the high water mark if you will. None of my clothes fit me properly. I snored every night, which meant that I either rode the couch or I aggravated my wife. I was weak, tired and becoming increasingly depr...