Need a little help with that weight loss? Consider "The Body Fat Solution: Five Principles for Burning Fat, Building Lean Muscle, Ending Emotional Eating and Maintaining Your Perfect Weight" (Avery), by nutrition researcher, fat-loss expert and bodybuilder Tom Venuto. His philosophy is that you can think yourself thin by banishing basic myths that impede weight loss, focusing on attitudes and beliefs that promote success and freeing the mind from emotional eating.

— Paula Rath

HOMESTYLE DREAM CONTEST

WIN A $30,000 ROOM MAKEOVER

Have you heard about the HomeStyle Dream Makeover Contest, presented by The Honolulu Advertiser and designer Cathy Lee's company, RSVPstyle? Grand prize is a $30,000 room makeover, personal design coaching with Cathy Lee and a KITV4 one-hour prime time special featuring the grand prize-winning project. Seven second prizes have an average value of $3,000. To enter, go to www.HonoluluAdvertiser.com/RSVPstyle. The deadline to enter is March 3.

— Advertiser Staff

FINAL WORD

"We had an amazing, sometimes turbulent ride together, and I wouldn't have wanted to share it with anyone else."

Marg Helgenberger | "CSI" star, on the departure of William Petersen, in TV Guide