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Are You Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions?

This is the time of the year when my clients (and most people) struggle to stick to the resolutions that they made with good intentions on January 1st- lose weight, quit smoking, eat healthier, relax more, start an exercise program, write a book.

The difficulty most people face in keeping their resolutions is that changing behavior

involves more than simply vowing to do so. A lot more. So, whether you want to do more or less of something, quit something altogether or start something new, here are a few tips that can help.

1. Be sure the change you vow to make is something you really want, not just something you think you should do. Altering habits is hard work; if you're not going after something you really want, you set yourself up for failure.

2. Be specific about what you are going to do. Instead of vowing to "lose weight," state that you will "walk for 30 minutes three times a week and replace your daily sweetened beverage with water." State your goal in incremental, measurable, specific actions. Make sure that the goal you set is attainable, too. To go from a sitting position to running a marathon in six weeks may be too long a distance to travel in that short a time.

3. Accentuate the positive. When your goal is negative, you're reminding yourself of what you can't have or can't do. Instead of saying "I won't eat fatty foods," say "I will drink nonfat milk and have fruit for dessert."

4. Believe in yourself. Positive self-talk, affirmations and encouragement really do help. Even if you fail the first time, that doesn't mean you're doomed to failure. Be easy on yourself if you lapse. Change is often a two-steps-forward, one-step-back process. The important thing is to note what you have learned so that you can make some changes the next time.

5. Easy does it. Set your goals in short, manageable steps rather than one giant leap. Start slowly: go to the gym twice a week instead of four times; walk a block instead of a mile.

One of my clients has vowed every year for the past four years that she was going to write a novel. Following the tips above, this year she has committed to writing a page a day, three days a week. That's doable for her, and at that rate, by the end of the year, she'll be well on her way to a first draft.

If she can do it, you can too! What change do you truly long to make in your life this year?

Be that change -- You CAN do it!

From the book Women's Health Alert

From the book "Women's Health Alert" by Sydney Wolfe, M.D., Rhoda Donkin Jones and the Public Citizen Health Research Group:

… About half of all women are on a diet, far more than the number who are overweight.

… 13 million American women are using the birth control pill with more than 100,000 getting a pill which is too strong. Millions are unaware of the new studies linking long term use of the pill to an increased risk of breast cancer in women under the age of 45.

… At least 10 million postmenopausal American women have been prescribed long term hormone replacement therapy to prevent osteoporosis or heart disease, even though many of these women are not at high risk for either of these diseases. Many women are unaware of the increasingly clear evidence that long term use of these drugs causes a 50-100 percent increase in breast cancer.

… 20 million American women have had a hysterectomy, with 600,000 new ones each year. At that rate, one in three women will lose their uteruses by age 60 with more than a quarter of these operations unnecessary.

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Increase Libido with these 10 Superfoods

Enjoying an active and healthy sex life is essential to our wellbeing, and the foods we eat play a large role in whether we are in ensuring we feel in the mood. Ten super foods to help increase libido include:

Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds are one of the few foods that contain zinc, which is vital ensuring us vibrant sexual desire. Zinc is especially helpful for men as it helps to build healthy testosterone levels. These yummy seeds are also a rich source of omega 3 fatty acids, which are mandatory for sexual wellbeing.

Chocolate
Women have compared chocolate to sex for decades. Now research is revealing a strong scientific link between the two. According to Italian researchers, women
who eat chocolate regularly had the highest levels of desire, arousal and satisfaction from sex. Try eating dark chocolate

Celery
This sexual stimulator boosts a powerful substance known as androsterone, which is an odorless aphrodisiac in male perspiration that arouses the woman…or at least ensure they take a second glance.

Menopause

woman Commonly called the “change of life” (the correct term for the period before cessation of menstruation is perimenopause or climacteric), menopause refers to the time in a woman’s life when the ovaries begin to produce smaller amounts of the female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, resulting in physical and emotional changes. Menopause is not a disease or even a dysfunction, but rather a part of the natural aging process. Because it is usually accompanied by uncomfortable “signals,” it is most often looked upon as a problem instead of a process.

Depending on their diet, health, and country of origin, women become menopausal at different ages. Medically, menopause is said to have occurred when the ovaries stop producing eggs and menstruation ceases for at least one year. While this can occur anywhere between the ages of thirty-five and sixty, natural menopause occurs among 50 percent of women between the ages of forty-seven and fifty-two, most frequently between forty-five and fifty-four. Women who smoke generally go through menopause a few years earlier than nonsmokers, as smoking causes a decrease in ovarian estrogen. Early menopause also occurs when both ovaries are removed surgically.