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How Eating Slowly Helps You Lose Weight (and It’s Not Just About the Calories)

I used to inhale my food. I didn’t pay any attention to what I was eating – in fact, my...
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Tired of Trying (and Failing) to Quit Your Bad Habits? Add, Don’t Subtract

When I was in college, I used to eat at least once a week at a restaurant that had blackened...
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Stop Looking for the Perfect Menu — Do This Instead

My girls hate math. And since I was an English major, I’m pretty useless when it’s time for homework. So...
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How to Tame the Binge Beast and Beat Stress Eating for Good

I struggled for YEARS with stress eating. To be perfectly honest, I still have the urge to shove something in...
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4 Tips to Prevent Halloween Candy Binges

Happy Halloween! This is my favorite holiday of the year, and I’m one of those crazy people who gets super...
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7 Tips to Take the “Work” Out of Working Out

When I was training for my first marathon, I used to get through a long run by envisioning the burrito...
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The Top 5 Strategies I Use to Curb Emotional Eating (and Willpower Isn’t One of Them)

I struggled for years to stop binge eating. My drug of choice was sweets, chocolate in particular. I would try...
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4 Super-Effective Strategies to Keep Yourself From Overdoing It This Thanksgiving

Now that I’m divorced, I no longer attend the huge Thanksgiving gathering that my ex-husband’s family hosted. My family, owing...
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Why Emotional Eating is an Eating Disorder — And How to Stop

During the 20-plus years I spent trying to lose the same ten pounds, I resorted to some really desperate measures....
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Bad Taste

When I got my first real job out of college, I lived in Atlanta with one of my best friends....