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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Greetings from the Editor
2. Article—Surviving September: The Dietary New Year
3. Article—Why Do You Eat?
4. Inspirational Quotes
5.Articles & Web Sites Worth A Look

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Dear Fitness Friends,

Last month I told you about my vacation I spent in San Francisco. This month, unfortunately, I will tell you about an involuntary trip I took. You see, I live in Jupiter, Florida and evacuated, when we heard that hurricane Frances was heading straight for us.

We traveled to Jacksonville—a nine-hour trip—which should have taken only 5 hours. Coming back home wasn't quite as bad, but by then we learned that it would be quicker to travel U.S. 1. We took U.S. 1 part of the way. It was faster, but it took us along many small towns which were hit hard by Frances. We went mile after mile through towns with no electricity, much devastation, and some flooding.

There will be much cleanup and much rebuilding to get things back to normal. Now, we are watching Ivan's path. South Florida is breathing a sigh of relief, but now the pan handle of Florida and other coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico are getting prepared for the worst.

I know these acts of nature are out of our control. At times like these, we aren't always able to make the healthiest choices regarding our eating and exercise, since our lives and homes are in jeopardy. At other times, we can be much more in control of these choices.

For those of you who have been afftected by this hurricane season, I wish you the best. I also wish everyone the opportunity to take action today regarding your fitness and health. This is one facet of your life in which you have power to control. By doing what is required to acheive optimum health and fitness, you are getting yourself ready to be able to handle life's challenges with a little more ease.

Wishing you fitness, good health and safety,

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"A healthy diet is the catalyst for all bodyfat loss."

~~Kristia Knowles

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The transition from summer to September provides an opportunity to readjust schedules. Recent studies support this practice as a way to eliminate calories that can lead to overweight and its medical consequences.

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With summer completed and school back in session, it’ll be time to settle back into another fall routine. And, even though the flexible schedules of summer have gone, this is actually a very good thing for your weight and health.

In the summer, schedules can be hectic, haphazard, jumbled. This plays havoc with your weight control efforts because you end up eating on the run, at odd times during the day, or out of sync with any rhythm you have established.

Just as your sleep is affected by its normal cycles, your body also needs predictability when eating. Uneven eating patterns leads to multiple between-meal snacks, and these only provide extra calories.

Dr. Barbara Rolls at the Penn State University has shown that, when you eat between-meal snacks, you are not going to eat less at the next meal. In fact, they have no bearing at all on how much your body is hungry for later on. So all those calories are just piled onto the total.

This really makes September very much like January in many ways. January is the "diet month" because people will have eaten poorly at office parties and family reunion grazing fests for 6 straight weeks—and they're finally ready to turn over a new dietary leaf.

In the same way, we typically slip-n-slide off our normal eating schedules through the summer months, only to return to normalcy and "real life" in September. So September becomes like the dietary New Year.

It’s the perfect time make fresh schedules and routines that fit a new, relaxed lifestyle. Put space in your day for relaxation, so you aren't so stressed through the day. This will keep you from cramming too many activities around your life this fall. Make sure you sit down for dinner (not in your car), and enjoy those around you.

To create the schedule that serves you best, do right away, because once life kicks into high gear again, it will be more difficult to shift gears and shuffle priorities again.

What to include on your schedule:

Time to eat at the table, to unwind, to do an exercise you really love. You might try getting up a half hour early (if you’re a morning person) or staying up a half hour later, to sit in the quiet of your home. Have your mate with you, your pet, or your favorite book. The point is to turn off the noise, and turn on a moment of sanity.

What to exclude from your schedule:

Unneeded activities, excess car time, stressful people. You can’t be all things to all people and, while you’re trimming down your weight, it’s really okay to cut back on your harried time commitments as well. You’ll be more effective if you focus on just a few things at a time. Walk away from stressful people, who just contribute to the angst of those around them. You
need peace in your life.

These tips are great starters for not only surviving September, but for living a thin and healthy life throughout the year.

Will Clower is the award-winning author of The Fat Fallacy and founder of The PATH Curriculum, The PATH Online, and Newsletter.

The PATH: America’s weight solution. Dr. Clower can be reached on his website www.fatfallacy.com.

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"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."

~~Mark Twain

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Why Do You Eat?

By Kathy Thompson

How many different reasons do you have for eating?

Food is really any substance taken into the body to provide energy. It is a material to keep your body strong and
regulates bodily processes.

Again, how many different reasons (excuses) do you have for eating?

We sure put a lot emphasis on food in our society. Every time we turn around we are eating; celebrating, depressed, stressed, Thanksgiving, Christmas, weddings, wakes, when angry, tired, sad, July 4, Valentines, birthdays, bored.

The body knows what is needs and when. The problem is, we don't listen to our bodies.

Most of us usually eat when we are hungry, the first time we feel our stomach growling. For most of us this is a false hunger. It will go away.

Hunger is complex unpleasant sensations that build slowly in the stomach, throat, mouth, and head, and increases in intensity the longer you go without eating.

Appetite is a pleasant desire for a specific food, and may have nothing to do with hunger. You may feel full, but still have room for dessert.

Satiety, the active mechanism in weight control, is the subconscious, often abrupt signal to stop eating. It tells you you have had enough to eat.

Both hunger and satiety are regulated by the interaction of a number of areas in the brain responding to various
stimuli. In most adults this mechanism maintains an ideal weight for 40 years or more.

However, overweight people have this machanism discconected; their urge to eat is generally governed not by physical need, but external forces--such as mental states as boredom or
fatigue and such incidental stimuli as remembering left over cake in the kitchen.

The best rule of thumb is to eat only when hungry and just enough to satisfy your hunger.

Kathy Thompson, is a freelance writer/speaker, with over 25 years of researching nutrition and fitness. To help you improve your health check out The Easiet Most Powerful Diet in the World --"The List Diet." The last diet you will ever need. Details are atwww.words4-u.com/diet4u.html Contact Kathy at; healthyu@w...

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"Fifty years ago people finished a days work and needed rest. Today they need exercise."

~~Unknown

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"Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness."

~~Earl of Derby

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