Lose weight? Stop smoking? Get out of a bad relationship? Start a new healthy habit? How did you  do it?

Was there a “mantra” that stuck in your head? Did you wear rubber bands or pedometers or amulets to remind you? Share your success tips and receive your choice of  Charla Krupp’s books, How Not to Look Old or How to Never Look Fat Again. Three winners will be chosen on March 31, based on most helpful entry.

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Post your comment and be entered to win Charla Krupps’ new book “How Never to Look Fat Again”. Winner will be selected from all comments posted by April 15 and notified by email.

My favorite thing… not having to wear so many clothes. Shed those boots and gloves! What’s yours?

Submit a comment to be entered to win a copy of Christopher Hopkins’ cool makeover book “Staging your Comeback: A complete beauty revival for women over 45″.

We’ll choose one respondent on January 30 to win.