| Dieting again? This year, keep it real
Instead of starting a healthful regimen on Dec. 1, they've stuffed themselves through the holiday season, making the challenge of losing weight even more difficult.
"We joke that we'll either start on Jan. 1 or another landmark day: a birthday or a Monday or an anniversary," says Sandee Nebel, a Winter Park licensed mental-health counselor who specializes in eating behavior and eating disorders.
Invariably, even those procrastinators make resolutions with great enthusiasm. "Basically what happens is, people get very excited," Nebel says. "They have a plan. They're going to work out, they're going to join a gym. They're going to walk 10 miles a day. So we feel a kind of power surge -- we get very excited about change."
So what goes wrong?
Almost immediately, most of us do something inherently human: We falter.
Wang Beixing cherishes dream of winning gold at Winter Olympics
Her understanding is cute and skills are near perfection," said Xiao Hua, director of the speed skating department of China's Winter Sports Management Center. Since 2003, Wang has been trained in Canada under the strict guidance of Canadian coach Kevin Crockett. "Besides the five hours on the ice rink, I set aside one or two hours each day for learning language. On weekends, I discuss training matters with my teammates," Wang disclosed. As for her foreign coach, the 23-year-old skater described him as "best coach" for his great skating career and marvelous training experience. In spite of her achievements, Wang keeps a low profile in skating and life. On the media report that she is likely to succeed Wang Manli as speed skating queen of China.
Evil genes and antifreeze: TV gurus' toxic talk put under the ...
Now the scientific claims of the celebrities who appear on our television screens with advice on living healthy lifestyles and avoiding toxins have been put under the microscope.
A year on from publishing a leaflet that encouraged celebrities to check their facts when talking about science, the charity Sense About Science has brought together a panel of experts to assess how Britain's actors, TV presenters and lifestyle gurus did in 2007.
In a report published, the experts noted a welcome drop in big scientific gaffes. But they still found plenty of cause for concern. They say spurious claims about ""artificial"" chemicals are still going strong, as is unsupported medical advice from people who are not doctors. And confusion has endured about terms such as organic, artificial and natural.
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