24/Savvy Beauty and Health

How to drink and not get fat is a lot easier than you think.  In fact, the answer is so simple, you'll wonder why you haven't thought it before:  Don't drink so much. Ok, don't get mad.  I'm actually serious.  Researchers have discovered that unless one is blessed with Herculean powers of resistance, we mortals will eat and drink whatever is placed in front of us.  Which means, if you enjoy drinking and are at a party, dinner, or any occasion in which your glass is being refilled (even if YOU are the one refilling it), you're bound to drink more than you intend, taking in a lot of calories and throwing away a lot of dollars along the way.

I'm not exactly sure what Helen Fielding meant by "sluttish washing up" in Bridget Jones' Diary, but I'm guessing my standard "it's-not-dirty-until-you-can-see-or-smell-it" approach would qualify.

If you like your home fresh, clean and tidy but are a little work-shy like me, there are myriad opps for maximizing efforts and minimizing exertion and they don't even need any planning ahead...just a wee bit of using your head (yuk, yuk).