Content tagged with “Diet Challenge”

How to eat to lose weight: what a 1,500 calorie day looks like
Did you know that one-third of New Year’s resolutions pertain to weight, diet and health? It’s true....

Diet Challenge Tip 28: Celebrate Small Victories
Tip 28: Celebrate Small Victories. You’ve made it through the month-long diet challenge…congrats! Keep your weight loss...

Diet Challenge Tip 27: Find Your Diet Derailers—And Ways to Overcome Them
Tip 27: Find Your Diet Derailers—And Ways to Overcome Them. Some people can’t resist chocolate. Others get tripped up...

Diet Challenge Tip 26: Move More
Tip 26: Move More. Incidental exercise—the kind you get from every day activities—significantly increases overall...

Diet Challenge Tip 25: Make A Bet
Tip 25: Make A Bet. You create a goal, set the stakes and assign a friend to keep you accountable at stickK.com. Fail...

Diet Challenge Tip 24: Savor a Small Treat Each Day
Tip 24: Savor a Small Treat Each Day. Savor a small treat each day—it won’t break your diet, says new research in the...

Diet Challenge Tip 23: Have Some Soup
Tip 23: Have Some Soup. In one study, published in the journal Physiology & Behavior, people consumed the fewest...

Diet Challenge Tip 22: Cut Up Veggies
Tip 22: Cut Up Veggies. Use some weekend free time to cut up veggies and place them in airtight containers or bags....

Diet Challenge Tip 21: Ask a Friend to Take a Walk
Tip 21: Ask a Friend to Take a Walk. Buddy up and get moving. Talking a walk, hitting a dance or yoga class or doing...

Diet Challenge Tip 20: Ditch the Top Slice of Bread
Tip 20: Ditch the Top Slice of Bread. Opting for an open-face sandwich instantly erases 100 calories. Choose whole-...

Diet Challenge Tip 19: Pack Your Snacks with Protein and Fiber
Tip 19: Pack Your Snacks with Protein and Fiber. Protein and fiber are both especially satisfying—they help keep you...

Diet Challenge Tip 18: Breakfast Like a Champ
Tip 18: Breakfast Like a Champ. Research shows dieters are more successful at losing weight—and keeping it off—when...

Diet Challenge Tip 17: Have Some Yogurt
Tip 17: Have Some Yogurt. Of all foods it’s the most closely linked with weight loss, according to a recent Harvard...

Diet Challenge Tip 16: Spend 30 Minutes a Day Running, Swimming or Biking
Tip 16: Spend 30 Minutes a Day Running, Swimming or Biking. Need some motivation? Just 30 minutes of exercise every day...

Diet Challenge Tip 15: Gulp Water
Tip 15: Gulp Water. People who downed two cups of water before meals lost more weight than those who didn’t in one 2010...

Diet Challenge Tip 14: After a Slip-Up, Repeat This Mantra
Tip 14: After a Slip-Up, Repeat This Mantra. After a slip-up, repeat this mantra: Back on track, stat. That way, you...

Diet Challenge Tip 13: Get 8 Hours of Sleep
Tip 13: Get 8 Hours of Sleep. There’s a reason they call it beauty sleep. Being sleep-deprived can affect your judgment...

Diet Challenge Tip 12: Use an Oversized Fork
Tip 12: Use an Oversized Fork. A University of Utah study found that bigger bites lead to eating less. Research also...

Diet Challenge Tip 11: Estimate Portions Using This Handy Guide
Tip 11: Estimate Portions Using This Handy Guide. You’re keeping track of what you eat in your food journal—right?—but...

Diet Challenge Tip 10: Dine on Dainty Plates
Tip 10: Dine on Dainty Plates. As serving sizes have increased, so have plate sizes—and seeing appropriately sized...

Diet Challenge Tip 9: Make Half Your Plate Veggies
Tip 9: Make half your plate veggies Make your plate look like this. 1) Fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables...

Diet Challenge Tip 8: Schedule in Exercise
Tip 8: Schedule in exercise Diet is only half of the weight-loss equation. To burn fat, you need to get moving. In the...

Diet Challenge Tip 7: Make A Meal Plan.
Tip 7: Make a meal plan. Don’t get derailed when a sudden hunger attack leaves you unprepared. Plan your meals and...

Diet Challenge Tip 6: Go Grocery Shopping.
Tip 6: Go grocery shopping. Stock up on healthy foods now for the week ahead. If you have the basic ingredients on hand...

Diet Challenge Tip 5: Weigh Yourself and Log Your Progress.
Tip 5: Weigh yourself and log your progress. The age-old advice to step on the scale at least once a week boosts pound-...