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The Best Way to Be Bikini Ready from Memorial Day to Labor Day
It’s easy to get sucked into all the "drop the winter weight" hype come bathing suit season, but according to Equinox Senior Programming Manager Lashaun Dale, MA, MPH, NSCA-CPT, it’s not a good idea to get wrapped up in the idea that there’s a right amoun
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The 6 Worst People for Your Diet
Your best buddy can throw a wrench in your weight loss just as easily as pizza, French fries, and fast food. Protect yourself from weight loss wreckers with these strategies.
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6 Slimming Sleep Secrets
The latest science shows that missing out on sleep can lead to a host of health hazards, including weight gain. In fact, an analysis of the sleep-weight connection conducted by researchers at Columbia University found that people who sleep less than seven
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Weight Loss Mistakes Beginners Make
Weight-loss rookies beware: despite your best efforts, you may be making some well-intentioned mistakes that not only halt your progress, but can actually cause weight gain, leaving you feeling anything but motivated.
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11 Ways to Lose Weight This Weekend
When Friday rolls around, your mind automatically flips the switch--off from work and off from keeping your diet. Americans consume 400 more calories during that 48-hour period than on the typical weekday, according to a study published in the Journal of
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9 Spring Cleaning Activities that Burn Major Calories
Skip the gym and bust out the broom: These household activities torch up to 200 calories in just 30 minutes--nearly double the amount you'd burn pumping iron in the gym. K
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10 Health Lessons from Around the World
Lose weight and feel amazing with these global health traditions that work wherever you call home. From antioxidant-stuffed spices to midday Zs, every country has its own unique brand of staying healthy, happy, and fit. And it looks like we could learn a
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6 Mini Weight-Loss Moves that Lead to Major Results
Getting 'bikini ready' doesn't have to involve starvation. These totally-doable moves will have you proudly sporting your bathing suit come summer.
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20 Healthy Zero-Calorie Foods
So-called "zero-calorie" foods, like celery and cucumbers, contain fewer calories than the body uses to break them down. So fill up your fridge with the following 20 foods that are loaded with vitamins and minerals--not calories.
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7 Diet Foods that Hurt Weight Loss
They promise to help you control portions, lower your fat intake, slim your waist, and still allow you to eat three square meals a day. But in reality, the only thing "square" about many diet foods is the box. We asked three experts to examine a day's wor
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Overcome the 3 Biggest Diet Temptations
The next time you're thinking about ordering a margarita or you hear the call of ice cream from your freezer at night, use these tips on how to recognize the trigger and how to avoid it:
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8 Surprising Side Effects of Weight Loss
A smaller dress size and a healthier body are only two of the life-enhancing byproducts of regular exercise and a balanced diet. Here, eight more unexpected ways your life gets bigger when you grow smaller.
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The 8 Biggest Belly Bloaters
About one in five people regularly suffer from belly bloating. Luckily, once you ID the cause of your ballooning middle, deflating it is easy. Here are eight common culprits, plus simple strategies to get a flat belly in no time.
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7 Color Hues that Boost Weight Loss
Ever wondered why the insides of restaurants are often painted red, yellow, or orange? It's not a coincidence. Decode the hidden impact color has on your diet and fitness goals--and then use it to your advantage
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10 Comfort Foods that Won't Pack on the Pounds
For most people, the onset of winter weather means it's time to integrate a sixth food group into their diets: comfort foods.If you're not careful, these annual indulgences can quickly add pounds of extra insulation that are hard to remove come spring.
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The Weirdest Foods Our Presidents Ate
Honor our former leaders this President's Day by recognizing the preferences of their palates. From decadent to pragmatic to downright gross, our former leaders had unusual tastes.
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4 Scary Side Effects of Super Bowl Snacks
Not only can pizza, chips, and chili wreck your waistline-a big game binge of high-fat, high-sugar foods can have some startling and immediate effects on your health. Here's how high-fat or high-carb foods can harm you.
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12 Weird Ways to Halt Hunger
Feel like a slave to the vending machine? These surprising habits will squash your cravings faster than you can scarf down that bag of M&Ms