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  • Where Do I Begin? If regular exercise or mindful eating are brand new for you, it can be overwhelming just to contemplate how to start. Ask a bunch of people who manage their weight successfully what their number-one suggestion is, and you get some highly specific answers: — "Figure out your TDEE using online calculators, and…

  • A Smorgasbord of Substitutions Who doesn’t like a cupcake? But this is no ordinary dessert — it’s meatloaf with mashed potatoes for icing. This is a bit of a prank, but substitution is one of the most powerful ways to make a shift from not-so-healthy choices to healthy ones. Check out Greatist’s List of 89…

  • Carol Dweck is interested in what underlies excellence and achievement, and has explored the way a person’s mindset can direct someone down one path or another. You can learn more about her work at take a brief quiz about your own mindset at her book website.

  • The Best Way Out Is Through When you add exercise to your life, the toughest part can just be making sure you keep doing it. As many a New Year’s Resolution-maker knows, it’s easy to get sidetracked — by work or family emergencies, by injuries, or even just by feeling punished by your workout. You…

  • What Is the Secret? When you make a new commitment to health eating and exercise, you face a firehose of information. Do this, not that. Make sure you do X, Y, and Z together. Avoid these terrible pitfalls. Follow these 43 steps for success. Choose a big goal. Hire a trainer. Prepare your whole week’s…

  • Don’t Let a Slip-up Cascade We get started on a new plan, and we do so well for the first week or two! And then something happens — the car breaks down, we sprain an ankle, we just can’t say no at the office birthday party. Forgive yourself, and move forward with your plan. It’s…

  • “Just Eat Less” OK, Einstein. How? Not a single one of us doesn’t understand why we “just need to eat less” if we want to lose weight, but most of us need to give some thought to how to do that. I suspect the big appeal of fad diets is the authoritative way they dictate…

  • I hate rest days! You’ve wanted to get into the gym habit for a while, and now you’ve got it to stick. The problem is, the non-gym days feel like a downer. Rest days are important, especially if your gym days are tough or the regular activity is a new part of your life. But…