See Food, Must Eat! How to Avoid Food Triggers and Stop Mindless Eating

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Office Cake

Surprise! It's Dora the comptroller's birthday, and someone has baked a cake.

Freeze! If you're watching calories, you shouldn't accept a slice thinking you'll have only a taste. "That's walking to the edge of the cliff, leaning over, and trying not to fall," says Schwartz. "Don't set yourself up like that." Instead, simply say, "No, thank you." You don't have to give a reason, and you're not being a party pooper for abstaining. "It's not right to put people in a position where they feel pressured to eat," says Schwartz. In the future, she adds, you might want to start a movement at your workplace for birthdays to be celebrated with bouquets instead of cakes.

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3/4/2012 03:23:00 AM Report Abuse

dara_woo-hoo wrote:

we actually grow shorter and smaller in general, and we live longer because as science and technology advance we know figure out what's good and what's bad for our bodies. People used to use LEAD to whiten their complexions, for example...!!

12/24/2010 02:29:58 PM Report Abuse

savsmith79 wrote:

Behave Kids...

5/4/2010 12:05:28 PM Report Abuse

peanut6661 wrote:

jenisdog_crazy, c'mon, don't you think life evolves at some level? even if we've only been around for 3 thousand years, our bodies have changed drastically during that time. we live longer, and grow taller than our ancestors.

5/1/2010 09:08:54 PM Report Abuse

jenisdog_crazy wrote:

Come on fitness! We are not all evolutionists, and there is no reason to infuse your beliefs (or non beliefs) into an article like this! It is uncalled for, and offensive to myself, as well as many other readers.

5/1/2010 03:16:03 PM Report Abuse