The power to change your life and lose weight has to come from within yourself. No one can do it for you. This month, Judith talks about how to discover and harness that inner power to achieve your goals in 2010.

You can do it! Click-through to read more about how!

Thanksgiving can be a wonderful day to celebrate family, tradition, and blessings, or it can be an all-you-can-eat buffet of fat-laden foods that will leave you with indigestion and guilt. No one wants to be left feeling guilty or like a failure. What happened to the “happy” in Happy Thanksgiving? Why put yourself through it?

Why not change it?

Thanksgiving is the kick-off of the “holiday season”. This November could be your first Thanksgiving of true joy. You could commit to take care of yourself mentally, physically, and spiritually. You could hold your head high with confidence.

If you struggle with maintaining your diet commitments during the holidays, click through to read Judith’s tips for dealing with the stresses of Thanksgiving when you’re dieting!

• Do you feel guilty when you eat “bad” foods?
• Does the number on your scale dictate the quality of your day?
• Do you eat when you’re not hungry and keep going when you’re full?
• Do you eat when you’re angry? When you’re just bored?
• Do you exercise to eat?
• Do you measure the success of your day exclusively by a calorie count?

If you answered yes to many (or all!) of those questions, you’re normal. That’s the sad, but good news.