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Eating After Dark.
EatingAfter Dark
etween 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Lisa, 37, a Pilates instructor in Bos-ton, is devoutly diet-observant -- cereal for breakfast, a salad for lunch, chicken and vegetables for dinner. One wonders, then, why a woman with such solid self-control would need to post a sign on her refrigerator that commands, "Shut the door and walk away." "I struggle after dinner," she explains. In the hours before bed, she finds herself inhaling slices of leftover pizza and crackers smeared with peanut butter -- foods that would never cross her mind, much less her lips, during the day. "Nighttime snacking is the reason I can't lose the extra seven pounds I'm carrying," she ...
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- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest July 1, 2002 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest June 1, 2002 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest June 1, 2002 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest October 1, 2002 700+ words
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