Weight Loss
The Checkup: How to Tell if You’re Losing Weight Without Ever Looking at a Scale
• If you’re trying to lose weight, the scale can be pretty frustrating because the truth is, your numerical weight can fluctuate for many reasons […]
The Checkup: The Best Food Combos for Weight Loss
• Good news, taco lovers: Black beans and corn make for a delicious — and surprising! — weight-loss superhero duo. That, plus six more weight-loss food […]
9 Weekly Podcasts for Every Type of Health Nut
I’ll say it right off the bat: I’m a big fan of the podcast. It’s like a free on-demand radio show you can listen to […]
The Checkup: One Big Common Mistake Not to Make When Trying to Lose Weight
• We all know that too much of a good thing — say, brie (Mmmm) — can be bad. But too little can be a […]
The Checkup: Why You Should Be Eating Banana Peels — Seriously!
• For many of us, it’s a complete no-brainer to get rid of the peel when you eat a banana, but in some cultures, that’s a complete […]
The Checkup: The Perfect Excuse to Drink a Beer Today
• The perfect excuse to drink a beer later on today: This infographic shows how a beer or two — but not more — is the […]
There May Actually Be a Case for Weighing Yourself Daily, New Study Shows
We recently posted about why weighing oneself daily can be misleading and discourage weight-loss efforts. And many trainers and dietitians will back this up. But as […]
The Checkup: The Healthy-Eating Secrets Every Nutritionist Knows
• Eight healthy-eating secrets — like how to weed out whether a food item has hidden sugar, the perks of upping your spice intake, and […]
The Checkup: This Is the Biggest Mistake You’re Making at Breakfast
• If you eat avocado toast for breakfast every morning, you’d think you were being healthy, right? But you need to throw some protein — […]
The Checkup: Why You Should Step Away from the Scale If You’re Trying to Lose Weight
• At Be Well Philly Boot Camp last week, Philly-based personal trainer Brian Maher explained that if you’re trying to slim down, weighing yourself every […]
The Checkup: 17 Weight-Loss Tricks That Have Absolutely Nothing to Do With Exercise
• Because sometimes, three more episodes of Grey’s Anatomy courtesy of Netflix wins out over a trip to the gym: 17 weight-loss tricks — like […]
The Checkup: How to Burn a Crazy Amount of Calories With a Kettlebell
• A 20-minute kettlebell workout burns a whopping 400 calories. That’s right, four hundred. So, to help you jump on the calorie-burning kettlebell bandwagon, here: seven killer […]
The Checkup: How to Perfect Your Protein Intake
• It’s no secret that protein serves as a building block for all sorts of things — from healthy skin to toned muscles — but […]
The Checkup: Two Crazy Core-Strengthening Burpee Variations You Need to Try, Stat
• If you have two minutes today (and we know you have two minutes today), try doing one minute of each of these intense core-strengthening […]
The Checkup: Three Common Eating Mistakes That Cause Weight Gain
• These common eating mistakes, which lead to weight gain in even the healthiest of folks, have nothing to do with what you’re eating but, […]