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The Professionalā€™s Guide to Feeling Less Hungryā€”Without Weight-Loss Injections

The Professionalā€™s Guide to Feeling Less Hungryā€”Without Weight-Loss Injections

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Back when the office looked like Mad Men, appetite suppression wasnā€™t exactly a medical innovation. It was three scotches before dinner and a pack of cigarettes at the conference table.

Nicotine blunts hunger. Alcohol numbs it.

That was one way to power through a long workday.

Thankfully, weā€™ve evolved.

Todayā€™s appetite conversation revolves around GLP-1 medications, metabolic health, and pharmacological precision ā€” not ashtrays and highballs.

But the core issue hasnā€™t changed: high performers still struggle with energy, hunger, and body regulation in demanding environments.

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How AI Fixed My Hair Routine (and Saved Me From Product Chaos)
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How AI Fixed My Hair Routine (and Saved Me From Product Chaos)

I have enough hair product to coat a small village.

This is not aspirational.
This is the predictable outcome of good taste, frequent blowouts, and a deep belief that this product will finally be the one.

If youā€™ve ever left a salon with excellent hair and a polite suggestion to ā€œjust use this at home,ā€ you know how it starts. A mousse for volume. A spray for shine. A serum for hydration. Over time, your bathroom becomes a luxury archive ā€” and somehow, your hair still ends up weighed down, greasy, or wrong by day two.

The problem wasnā€™t the products.
The problem was using too many good things at once.

So I did what I always do when something feels chaotic but solvable:
I used AI to impose structure.

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Protein, Politics, and the Food Pyramid: What the New U.S. Nutrition Guidelines Actually Mean for High-Performing Professionals

Protein, Politics, and the Food Pyramid: What the New U.S. Nutrition Guidelines Actually Mean for High-Performing Professionals

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The latest federal nutrition update corrects some long-standing mistakesā€”but still stops short of telling busy professionals what they really need to know. Nutrition Guidelines Are Not the Same Thing as…

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The High-Calorie Secret: Why Starbucksā€™ New ā€œProteinā€ Drinks Are a Total Scam
Is it a protein latte or an afternoon milkshake? When you check the sugar content of Starbucks' latest drinks, it's hard to tell the difference.

The High-Calorie Secret: Why Starbucksā€™ New ā€œProteinā€ Drinks Are a Total Scam

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As soon as I saw Starbucks was releasing a “Protein Drink” menu in time for the fall Pumpkin Spice craze, I knew it had disaster written all over it. After years of dealing with weight fluctuations I can say one certain thing: The minute I cut Starbucks out, the pounds drop (and so does the waistline!)

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How to ghost sugar overload this Halloween (updated)
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How to ghost sugar overload this Halloween (updated)

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Itā€™s Halloween already, and we are officially sanctioned to go back to trick-or-treating and Halloween parties. The drugstores and grocery stores are teeming with bags of fun-size candy bars and candy corn pumpkins. Offices and schools have candy bowls and homemade cookies EVERYWHERE. You may be going to one or a few Halloween parties this weekend. This is NOT the time to white knuckle. There is a better answer.

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The DAO – Decision. Action. Outlook.
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The DAO – Decision. Action. Outlook.

The ā€œDAOā€ of being a “fit professioanl is a three-part framework that gives professional women a customizable plan of action for fitness success while balancing their career and relationships.

Do you want to get fit, but don’t have time to figure it out? My personal blog, DAOFitlife, and the upcoming book, is here for busy professionals who donā€™t have time to figure it out. I give you my insights on making fitness – physical AND spirtal – a sustainable part of your life.

If you are like me, you DONā€™T HAVE TIME to waste on spending hours in the gym OR to cook elaborate meals with obscure ingredients. Through years of my passion for fitness, I have accrued knowledge of what works ā€“ and more importantly, what is a waste of time. I can show you how you can revolve fitness around your life, instead of trying to do it the other way around.

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