Ever wonder how some people seem to lose weight with relative ease while you can barely make the scale budge? Us too. So, we dug into our data to identify the top habits of successful MyFitnessP

Most dieters today assume they need expensive gym memberships, fancy running shoes, or restrictive eating plans to get in shape. But before that stuff was invented, people had to exercise using

You might not know it, but food psychologist Brian Wansink has probably already influenced the way that you eat. Although some of his views differ radically from conventional nutrition advice, h

In a previous article, I discussed why we turn to food for emotional reasons. If you really want to be free of this self-destructive habit for good, you need to increase awareness in your eating

Meditation can be a highly useful weight-loss tool: It can give you a productive way to recenter when junk food cravings strike, and can help you embrace a loving attitude that lets you forgive

I was recently teaching a workshop on the interaction of mindfulness, compassion and self-nurturing. This is a topic I love exploring, and what I have found to be true is what we feed our minds

You wake up after having slept a little, grab a breakfast you’re not really excited to eat on your way to a job you’re not really excited about. You spend your afternoon dreading going to the gy

Recent research contradicts the practice of deprivation to achieve weight loss and health goals There are six basic types of unprocessed whole foods:vegetables fruit nuts, seeds and plant oils

On a recent tea-sourcing trip to Japan, I had the privilege of working with a translator who interprets for many English-speaking businessmen and women in a variety of industries (auto, tech, fi

“Don’t eat after dinner.” This piece of weight-loss advice is preached by many food and exercise experts, but is there really any scientific merit to it? Late-night eating has no clear-cut defin