Weight Loss

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How I Lost 30 Pounds While Still Eating Candy Every Night Before Bed

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s story. Want to share your Transformation Story? Email ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Dr. Charlie Seltzer, 41, a physician […]

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I Lost Over 100 Pounds Doing SoulCycle. Now I Teach 7 Soul Classes a Week.

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s story. Want to share your Transformation Story? Email ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Denita Banks, 30, a […]

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How Lifting Weights Four Times a Week Totally Changed My Body

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story. Want to share your Transformation Story? Email ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Jenna Fisher (@jenna_trainer), health coach […]

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I Lost 40 Pounds by Eating More — and Working Out Less

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story. Want to share yours? Email ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Kara D’Onofrio Byler, 37, mother […]

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Three Years Ago I Couldn’t Make It Through a Hike. Now I’m a Philadelphia Spin Instructor.

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story. Want to share yours? Email ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Rachel Hiller (@tonedtanta), 30, works in […]

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How I Lost 25 Pounds Without Joining a Gym — Or Giving Up Pizza

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story. Want to share yours? Email ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Jasyra Santiago-Hines (@Fit4aRN), 28, retired nurse […]

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Scientists Just Found Another Reason You Can Blame Winter for Making You Fat

As far as excuses go for reason’s we, um, fill out a little during the winter, we’ve used them all: it’s too cold to exercise, the days are too […]

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How I Lost 58 Pounds After Having Two Kids

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story. Want to share yours? Email me at ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Tiffany Hopkins, 36, […]

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I Finally Learned to Cook — And It Helped Me Lose 46 Pounds

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story. Want to share yours? Email me at ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Mara Jefferies, 24, a nurse […]

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I Lost 50 Pounds by Eating More Fat and Trading Alcohol for LaCroix

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story. Want to share yours? Email me at ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Mark Kennedy-McClellan, 30, graduate […]

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How I Lost 35 Pounds — Without Giving Up Ice Cream

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story. Want to share yours? Email me at ccunningham@phillymag.com. Who: Alyssa Porambo, 31, […]

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I Gained 15 Pounds — And My Abs Have Never Looked Better

Changing your body takes hard work, persistence, and dedication. Here’s one Philadelphian’s transformation story.  Who: Taylor Merget (@_hustle.and.heart), 24, a respiratory therapist and cycling instructor from Queen […]

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The Checkup: The Unexpected Culprits Behind Your Pooping Problems

• So, you’re trying to lose weight and it’s going pretty well for the first couple of weeks or so, and then you start to notice […]

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New Study Finds Black Tea Could Have Weight-Loss Powers

Before you reach for your afternoon matcha latte pick-me-up, read this. New research from UCLA found that drinking black tea may aid in weight loss by […]

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Part-Time Dieting Might Be the Key to Reaching Weight-Loss Goals

Much like a full-time job, dieting can screw with your social life and take up loads of valuable space in your brain. So this news […]