HARRISON, N.Y. -- Linda Rey, partner of Rey Insurance Agency in Sleepy Hollow, describes it as the “come to Jesus” moment when she has to bring up the “health issue” to clients when pricing out insurance premiums. Insurance is typically considered a dry topic, but Rey is one of those people who can make anything fun. She is a lively, articulate professional, who is regularly seen about ...

HARRISON, N.Y. -- Jackie Celestino, of Eastchester spent her spring-summer Wednesday nights playing in an after-work golf league with 30 women. Her friend Sherry Bruck had started the Can’t Lose Diet in May, at the beginning of golf season. Week after week, Jackie took note that Bruck wasn’t indulging in the usual post-round cocktail because she was on a strict 40 day fat-burning diet. ...

HARRISON, N.Y. -- I’ve been in maintenance mode since the end of July and have successfully stabilized my initial weight loss while managing to drop even a few more, bringing my total to 37 pounds.It has been a journey with unexpected twists and turns, as promised by the philosophy of Harrison's Can't Lose Diet. I remember owner Pat Hall saying that my body would reset and stop craving ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Two years after hip surgery, Franziska Dubac was suffering from swollen ankles that impeded her daily activity and love of walking. A 30 pound weight gain didn't help with the swollen ankles, and the swollen ankles prevented her from getting her daily walks in to help her get healthy.Dubac was resigned to having to lose weight but felt discouraged before she ...

HARRISON, N.Y. -- I look at my closet to assess the options for dresses to wear to a wedding in Philadelphia this upcoming weekend.  It will be my first major social event since dropping 30 pounds on the Can’t Lose Diet fat-burning program based in Harrison. Even though I’ve been on maintenance since mid-July, I hadn’t yet taken the time to shop for better fitting clothes because I’ve ...

HARRISON, N.Y. -- The "freshman 15" is an expression commonly used that refers to an amount of weight gained during a student's first year at college usually attributed to the carbohydrate-rich cafeteria-style food and junk food loaded up in dorm rooms. With many dining halls set up in all-you-can-eat style with mega dessert choices, add in lack of sleep, stress, and decreased levels ...

HARRISON, N.Y. -- We assume that all advances in life are for the better. Faster computing power. Smarter phones. Cars that navigate. Apps that anticipate. Medicine that cures. New technology steadily disrupts old paradigms, making life new and improved. But there’s one very vital and necessary aspect of our lives that has not improved. In fact it’s difficult not to get angry and ...

HARRISON, N.Y. -- Allowable foods in the Harrison-based Can’t Lose Diet Fat Loss system might stun some people seeking to shed extra pounds this summer. Can’t Lose Diet owner Pat Hall uses Resonant Frequency Technology as one of the key components to her program. The system is based on the premise that all substances have an ideal resonant frequency. If a person is allergic to a ...

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- My 54 year old brother is bi-polar and has had a history of battling mental illness for his entire adult life. His routine is to get stabilized on meds and therapy but then inevitably falls off the wagon as he caves in to social pressure and the desire to join in the fun of having a drink or toking a joint. These seemingly minor “cheats” trigger a manic ...

HARRISON, N.Y. -- Stuck in a rut with weight gain and lacking motivation to stop it, Cari turned to Pat Hall and her Harrison business, Can’t Lose Diet, in a desperate, and perhaps final, appeal for help. Cari, who requested not to use her last name, heard Hall’s promise about losing 20 pounds in 40 days. “I wondered, ‘Is this real,’’’ Cari said. “Then I looked at the website and ...