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1. Why Losing Weight Is Like Groundhog Day
2. Autumn-Delicious Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe
3. Does Cold Weather Make You Store Body Fat?
4. Goal Setting For The New Decade: Beyond The New Year’s Resolution
5. My Holiday Fitness Challenge to You
6. 5 Excuses That Won’t Fly in 2011
7. How an Entire Year Could Go By With No Results
8. Damage Control For Holiday “Accidents” (Part 1)
9. Damage Control For Holiday “Accidents” (Part 2)
10. Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, Set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals
11. Your Fitness Future Foretold: 20 Predictions for the New Year
12. How to Stay on Your Diet and Stay in Shape Over the Holidays Without Turning into a Miserable Scrooge! (A Holiday Survival Guide)
13. Brain Science And New Year’s Resolutions

	Why Losing Weight Is Like Groundhog Day For most winters in New Jersey, it doesn’t matter whether Punxsatawney Phil sees his shadow or not… After being dumped on with snow and braving bitter cold temperatures, and the ever-so-despised ice storms, with sidewalks of slush and streets as slick as skating rinks, it usually seems like winter will never end! And they call this place the Garden State? Anyway, I remember reading a news story about the Famous Pennsylvania groundhog, and that got me thinking… For most people, weight loss is a lot like groundhog day…
	Autumn-Delicious Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe These pumpkin pancakes are surprisingly delicious and packed with excellent nutrition. They can be served as breakfast any day of the week, a “finger food” at a holiday party, or packed for a meal later in the day. These are so tasty that you won’t even miss the maple syrup or powdered sugar, and you won’t have to worry about those holiday temptations when you have such a delicious and healthy alternative. Any kitchen dummy can have these prepared in 15 minutes or less. Enjoy!
	Does Cold Weather Make You Store Body Fat? Do you get fatter in the cold weather? It’s a good question right now, considering that this year’s farmer’s almanac is predicting a frigid winter and true to the prediction, the Huffington Post just ran a story, “Cold Temperatures Greet The New Year.” It’s FREEZING here in New Jersey and it’s not like this is the Yukon territory.
	Goal Setting For The New Decade: Beyond The New Year’s Resolution When you pause and reflect on the past decade as you look ahead to a new one, it makes you appreciate how short life is, how valuable time is and how quickly the time can pass you by – with nothing to show for it, if you don’t plan otherwise. That’s why the passing of another decade can feel like a wakeup call as much as a fresh start: Looking at the technological wonders that surround us in 2010, I can’t help thinking it feels like science fiction. In fact, modern technology is one of the reasons why some people have succeeded at body transformation while others have failed.
	My Holiday Fitness Challenge to You Media reports say that most people gain between 5 and 10 pounds of body fat in the six weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. According to research from the New England Journal of Medicine, the average amount is much more modest – just over a pound. However, even modest holiday weight gain may be cause for concern: A study by the National Institutes of Health found that this seasonal weight gain – even just a pound – is usually not lost after the holidays; it simply adds to the “weight creep” that sneaks up on us as we get older.
	5 Excuses That Won’t Fly in 2011 It’s 2011. Your old excuses for not getting in shape won’t work. As Dr. Evil (Austin Powers) said, ZIP IT! I don’t want to hear them anymore! Read em’, then haul your excuseless butt to the gym!
	How an Entire Year Could Go By With No Results If you’ve been doing the same nutrition, same calories, same cardio, same weight training and the same intensity for the entire past year with no changes, then you shouldn’t be suprised if you’ve continued to get the SAME results (very little). If you do more of the same, you usually get more of the same.
	Damage Control For Holiday “Accidents” (Part 1) We’ve all been at the holiday get-togethers, and have quickly devoured something devilishly delicious with little thought. Some feel little shame for eating a cake or drinking half the bowl of punch, but others find themselves feeling guilty afterwards and can’t help but think, “oops, I shouldn’t have eaten that.” I have to admit I do get a little chuckle out of the “accidental” part! Do you ever really “accidentally” eat anything? I think we are all responsible for everything we eat and how much we eat and until you consciously realize and accept this, and take the time to do some proactive meal planning, you will probably continue to have lots of “overeating accidents!”
	Damage Control For Holiday “Accidents” (Part 2) It’s lunchtime, and you’re trying to decide what to make today. Normally, you would have your regular chicken salad with mixed nuts, but today is different. You’re going to a party in the evening, and even though you’re not quite sure what to expect, you know there will be a ton of food in an atmosphere of very little restraint. You decide that it’s probably best to eat a lighter lunch than usual, to prepare for the evening calorie-surge. This is commonly known as “banking calories” which is analagous to saving calories like money because you’re going to consume more later.
	Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, Set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals Why do new year’s resolutions usually fail? Why do you start with guns blazing on January 1st, but by February, you’re losing motivation, cheating on your diet, skipping workouts, and slipping back into old patterns? John LaValle, a master trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) suggests that we should take a closer look at the meaning behind the word “Resolution.” Being derived from the word “re-solve,” it really means “to solve again.” And isn’t that exactly what happens? You solve the same problem again and again, year after year?
	Your Fitness Future Foretold: 20 Predictions for the New Year Happy new year! Today is your lucky day because I’m going to predict your future and forecast exactly what kind of results you’re going to get in the next 12 months. Sylvia Browne, step aside… I’m pretty good at this..
	How to Stay on Your Diet and Stay in Shape Over the Holidays Without Turning into a Miserable Scrooge! (A Holiday Survival Guide) I’d like to share with you 10 ways that you can follow your diet and stay in great shape over the holidays without turning into a “miserable Scrooge.” If you follow this advice, then you’ll be one of the proud few with a New Year’s resolution to be the best you’ve ever been in the new year to come – instead of one of the guilt-ridden many who must resolve to reclaim what they lost over the year that’s just passed them by.
	Brain Science And New Year’s Resolutions It doesn’t matter how much you know about nutrition or exercise. Until specialized fitness knowledge is linked with goals and directions, you won’t accomplish much or keep the changes long term. Most people believe they are “setting goals” when they make a new year’s resolution. However, most resolutions are casually set, lightly taken and only done once a year on January 1st. Neuroscience has now shed some light on why New Year’s resolutions almost always fail and how to set goals scientifically for permanent change and results that last