Book author gives fitness tips for those trying to lose weight

Everyone loves to eat and drink during the holiday season, but as soon as the New Year rolls around we scramble to get healthy and lose weight. &#8220To ensure weight loss success, you must do things differently in 2006,” said Laurie Bell, an internationally recognized weight loss and health expert, and the author of the new book, &#8220Lose the Lies, Lose the Weight: The Ultimate Guide to Permanent Weight Loss.” (Back to Basics Publishing, LLC 2005) The statistics aren't optimistic. Of the 45 percent of Americans who make New Year's diet and health resolutions, most give up after the first month. Many of these attempts are from lifelong yo-yo dieters who have been unsuccessful with other previous weight-loss attempts. The good news? It