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…
Get Moving: Why Walking Is the Most Underrated Weight Loss Tool
I used to roll my eyes at walking advice. It seemed like the kind of thing people recommended when they didn’t have a real…
Fast Weight Loss Routines (And Why “Fast” Is Almost Always the Wrong Question)
I once printed out a 30-day fast fat-loss plan and put it on my fridge. I followed it for 11 days, hated every minute…
Five Healthy Benefits of Exercise (None of Them Are About the Scale)
If you only train to lose weight, you’ll quit when the scale stalls. That’s not a moral failing, that’s just what the math looks…
Healthy Eating to Lose Weight (It’s Less About What and More About How)
For most of my 20s I was convinced the answer to weight loss was finding the right list of foods. The right macros. The…
Weight Loss Tips for Busy Moms and Dads (Feeding Yourself While Feeding Picky Eaters)
A friend of mine with three kids told me she’d given up on “healthy eating” articles because every single one of them assumed she…
Weight Loss Tips for Everyone (Mostly the Boring Ones)
There was a stretch of my late 20s where I had four different diet apps on my phone at once. I was tracking macros,…
Weight Loss Tips for Seniors (The Honest Version)
Almost every weight loss article aimed at older adults sounds vaguely like a brochure for a senior living facility. They talk about “gentle activity”…