There are really two things that drive New Year's resolution success. Number one is telling somebody about your goal. Chances are, they'll either join you in pursuing it or at least support you. Number two is to be concrete and specific. You don't want a goal like "becoming a better person," because there's no objective way to judge that. It's got to be something like "I'm going to call my mother once a week." Or "I'm going to cut my body mass index to 25." It can't be fudgeable.

People change based on what they feel, not what they know. Which means that understanding all that advice doesn't matter if there's no deep, profound, visceral awareness of why it's important.

Rather than munching on a bag of potato chips, stick to fresh fruit and veggies.

There were certain elements of the healing process I could not capture. And even if I was right in the science, I could be wrong in the spirit.

You need to be proactive, carve out time in your schedule, and take responsibility for being the healthiest person you can be - no one else is going to do it for you.

Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program.

I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don't like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens.