Fat Traps, New Jobs & Winter: Listening to Local Voices

1. A new year means a new crop of jobs has opened up.

Kelly Blazek -- our job search den mother -- has leads on several career (not just job) opportunities.

These positions are in health care, engineering, customer service, analysts and more fields.

Not crazy about your current job? ...

2. Dr. Barbara Berkeley has focused on weight loss and management since long before it became trendy.

However, when it comes to weight loss, she still often hears supposition passing itself off as fact.

One of the untruths that annoys her the most? "It's impossible to lose weight permanently. You'll eventually regain it."

Berkeley talks about where several members have shed (and kept off) hundreds of pounds.

3. Let's be honest here.

Cleveland in winter can be depressing. Maybe not yet -- maybe we're still enjoying sledding, skating and the way snow looks on the backyard.

But in a few weeks, the same snow will make us angry.

And, after that, all that will be left is depressing resignation.

Fortunately, Patrick Giusto has a .