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20 Reasons Why Diets Fail

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We’re celebrating No Diet Day on May 6 courtesy of the eating disorder recovery advocate and Director of Diet Breakers, Mary Evans Young. International No Diet Day began in 1992 and has been going strong ever since, fighting disordered eating,…
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Apps to Help You Kick Bad Habits & Shape Up

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No matter what your New Year’s resolutions were, there are plenty of apps out there to help you stick to them. And if you’ve fallen off the wagon, don’t despair. It’s never too late to start over and kick your bad habit once and for…
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After 14 Years of Body Weight Workouts, Here Are my Accomplishments

I have been working out 3 to 6 days a week (mainly 6 days since '03) consistently for 14 years performing a wide variety of body weight workouts. Here are my accomplishments. The spreadsheet on which I calculated this underestimates…
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Diet Check With Squash & Egg Salad Recipe

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The New Year is upon on us and we’re all in a frenzy to lose the weight we’ve packed on since Thanksgiving. I know I am. Those buñuelos, flans, fruitcakes and turrones didn’t seem too bad when they’re melting in our mouths. But, in…
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Tactics to Avoid Winter Weight Gain

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I love the holidays. I love hosting parties for family and friends. I love going to parties. I like baking and cooking and bringing dishes to friend’s gatherings and chowing down while we watch football playoff games. But all this social…
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Chayote-Green Bean Salad with Tomatoes & Cotija

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Like its family members zucchini and cucumbers, chayote can be eaten raw or gently cooked. When steamed, chayote has a natural sweetness. Chayote is inexpensive and picks up the flavors of whatever it’s cooked with. Mexican cooks use it…
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Tips for Busy Moms to Find Time to Exercise

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Exercise is a mood enhancer and an energy booster, which should be reason enough to lace up those kicks and hit the road running. Most women however, feel too tired to even think about it. When you are a multi-tasking mami it does take a…
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6 Ways to Stick to Your Diet During the Holidays

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It’s a holiday tradition as familiar as Black Friday or trimming the tree: abandoning your diet in favor of those tempting holiday indulgences. But instead of dreading the scale once the last Christmas cookie crumbs have been swept away,…
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The Most Dangerous Foods & Why You Should Avoid Them

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What are the most dangerous foods around? Whether it's on television, in the papers, or from other mothers at the playground, scary reports about food are on the rise. It can be hard to separate the truth from misinformation, scare tactic,…