Cardio for Fat Loss (What Actually Works, From Someone Who Used to Hate Cardio)
I avoided cardio for the first decade of my training. I told myself it was for people who didn’t know how to lift, that…
Starting to Exercise After 40 (The Joint-Friendly, Ego-Friendly Version)
Almost every “starting to exercise” article online is written for a 22-year-old. You can tell because the program has six days in it, assumes…
Fitness Tips for the Whole Family (When You’re the Parent Trying to Lose Weight)
There’s a particular kind of fitness article aimed at parents that goes something like “be the example your kids deserve.” Every time I read…
Focus on Fitness, Not Fatness (The Argument That Held Up)
I’m not going to tell anyone the scale doesn’t matter. It matters to most people who land on a weight loss site, including the…
New Lifestyle Weight Loss Diets (The Honest Review of the Main Contenders)
I used to believe the right diet existed and I just hadn’t found it yet. Low-carb, low-fat, paleo, Whole30, intermittent fasting, the Mediterranean thing…
Health and Fitness for Busy People (The One Question That Replaces the Tips)
I’m not going to give you another list of time-saving health tips. The problem with those lists isn’t that the tips are wrong. It’s…
Weight Loss Tips for the Office (The Food Culture Nobody Warns You About)
For years, I thought my weight loss struggles in my 20s were about what I was cooking at home. It turned out about half…
Weight Loss Meal Delivery Plans (What They’re Actually Good For, and Where They Quietly Fail)
A friend of mine tried three different meal delivery services over about eighteen months. HelloFresh, then Factor when she wanted prepared meals instead of…
Herbs and Spices for Weight Loss (The Honest Version, Without the Metabolism Hype)
Before I get into the spice rack, I need to set one thing straight. The “spices that boost your metabolism” article is a persistent…
Healthy Weight Loss (How to Evaluate Any Plan Before You Commit)
The question I get most often, by a long shot, is “which weight loss plan is the best one?” The honest answer is the…