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Here's a great article I found about weight loss.

With the holidays coming up, here's a great article from Healthy Menu Mailer about losing weight sensibly, finding out your body mass index, and planning your meals.

If you'd like to check out the Healthy Menu Mailer Thanksgiving Planning Guide, click here.

Here's what you will get with the Thanksgiving Planning Guide...

• The Thanksgiving Planning Guide with organizing and planning tips.
  
• A Complete Thanksgiving Menu with detailed recipes.
  
• A Shopping List with everything you need to prepare the recipes of the menu.
  
• A second Shopping List of non-perishable items you can buy ahead of time.
  
• "To-Do" List to make sure you're not forgetting anything.

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How To Set Sensible Weight Loss Goals

The key to any successful weight-loss endeavor is to set some sensible weight loss goals. Setting goals will let you track your progress and gives you a definite target to aim for. You don’t want to aim too high and set yourself up for failure or even worse, risk your health by losing too much too fast. At the same time, you want to set a goal that is a little bit of a challenge. Here are some guidelines on how to come up with a sensible weight-loss goal.

Don’t lose more than 1 to 2 pounds a week.

You are aiming for slow and steady weight-loss. To set your goal, decide when you want to lose the weight by, and then expect to lose 1 or 2 pounds a week. So, if you figure a time period of 6 months, you want your goal to be around 26 – 52 pounds.

Even small goals will make a difference.

Don’t feel like you have to lose a lot of weight to make difference in your health. You will see benefits by losing as little as 10% of your body weight. If you weigh 150 pounds, losing 15 pounds may show an improvement in your overall health and the way you feel.

Use the Body Mass Index.

Feeling overweight, or thinking that you should lose some weight can be very subjective. To get a better feel for where you are at, you may want to calculate your Body Mass. Visit http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm to find out what your BMI is and what it means. Adjust your weight-loss goal so you will eventually be in the “normal” category.

Speak to your physician.

Schedule an appointment with your general practitioner. He or she knows your medical history and will be able to advise you on how much you should lose. It is always a good idea to speak to your physician before you start any diet or exercise program.

Set Mini Goals.

Once you set your ultimate goal and have a time-plan for reaching it, break it up into several mini goals to reach along the way. Looking at a big goal can seem a little intimidating. Breaking it up into smaller goals allows you to focus on your first mini goal and gives you a feeling of accomplishment when you reach that goal. Then just move on to the next mini goal until you reach your big goal.

Now that you have your weight-loss goal and the mini goals in place, start by tackling your first mini goal. I know you can succeed by approaching weight-loss one step at a time. Your next challenge is just to get started.

Susanne Myers is the co-creator of Healthy Menu Mailer. Busy Moms love the easy-to-prepare healthy dinner recipes, grocery lists and encouragement to stay healthy every day of the week. To learn more visit Healthy Menu Mailer.

Do You Know What's for Dinner Tonight?

I used to never know what I was cooking for dinner on any given day. Five o'clock would roll around and I would find myself rushing off to the busy grocery store - in hopes of finding something easy to cook. My hungry kids were in tow and I would always spend way more money than I needed to as extra items "fell" into my cart.

Other nights I would be too tired to even make a trip to the store. Instead I would franticly search for a take-out number, or guiltily haul the family off to McDonalds® - AGAIN.

Dinner Time At Our House Was No Longer Enjoyable.

• We Were Spending Too Much Money

• Time Was Wasted

• We Were Not Eating Healthy

• We Weren't Taking Time to Talk and Connect Around the Dinner Table

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