Support & Motivation
Here you will find resources on dealing with the emotional aspects of weight loss, such as emotional eating and gaining support from friends. Plus, tips on staying motivated and changing your behavior on everything from portion control to coping with cravings.
Hardest Part of Losing Weight - What is the Hardest Part of Losing We…
Our readers share their most difficult challenges when it comes to losing weight. Take a moment to share: What is the hardest part of weight loss for you?
Our readers share their most difficult challenges when it comes to losing weight. Take a moment to share: What is the hardest part of weight loss for you?
The Recession and Weight Loss - How is the Recession Affecting Your W…
Is the recession helping you lose weight or hindering your diet. I want to hear how the recession is affecting your weight loss efforts!
Is the recession helping you lose weight or hindering your diet. I want to hear how the recession is affecting your weight loss efforts!
Printable Food Diary
A simple print-out for recording your food intake and then reflecting on your tendencies to eat from emotion, stress, or habit.
A simple print-out for recording your food intake and then reflecting on your tendencies to eat from emotion, stress, or habit.
What You Need to Know About Starting a Food Diary
Whether you want to lose weight or maintain the goal weight you are currently at, keeping a regular, honest food diary can be the key to identifying and dealing with the eating habits that lead to long-term weight-management success. These resources will help you learn why, and how to start keeping an effective food diary today.
Whether you want to lose weight or maintain the goal weight you are currently at, keeping a regular, honest food diary can be the key to identifying and dealing with the eating habits that lead to long-term weight-management success. These resources will help you learn why, and how to start keeping an effective food diary today.
Do You Have the Wrong Idea?
Could your ideas about weight loss and exercise be all wrong?
Could your ideas about weight loss and exercise be all wrong?
New Year's Resolutions to Lose Weight:This Year, Resolve To...
Here are a few things that I suggest you "resolve" instead of simply saying, "I'm going to lose weight this year!"
Here are a few things that I suggest you "resolve" instead of simply saying, "I'm going to lose weight this year!"
10 Tips for Eating Out
Check out these 10 easy ways to stay on track when you dine out while dining.
Check out these 10 easy ways to stay on track when you dine out while dining.
10 Way to Lose those Last 10 Pounds
Take a look at 10 easy ways to lose the last 10 pounds that just won't budge!
Take a look at 10 easy ways to lose the last 10 pounds that just won't budge!
10 Ways to Control Portions
These are the 10 best ways to size up servings and control portions.
These are the 10 best ways to size up servings and control portions.
5 Common Emotional Eating Cues
Learn about the five most common emotional eating cues.
Learn about the five most common emotional eating cues.
Banish All-or-Nothing Thinking
All-or-nothing thinking can be a detrimental habit for anyone trying to lose weight. Here are five steps to stopping it.
All-or-nothing thinking can be a detrimental habit for anyone trying to lose weight. Here are five steps to stopping it.
Breakfast Excuse Busters!
There's no such thing as a good reason to skip breakfast! Here are our solutions to the obstacles standing between you and a healthy morning meal.
There's no such thing as a good reason to skip breakfast! Here are our solutions to the obstacles standing between you and a healthy morning meal.
Breakfast is for Weight Loss Champions
Learn why eating breakfast may actually help you lose weight.
Learn why eating breakfast may actually help you lose weight.
Conquer Cravings
Don't let giving in to cravings spoil your weight loss efforts!
Don't let giving in to cravings spoil your weight loss efforts!
Emotional Eating Cues
Learn about the five most common emotional eating cues.
Learn about the five most common emotional eating cues.
Fight the Freshman 15 and Win
Learn how to cope with the weight gain many students experience at the beginning of their college stint.
Learn how to cope with the weight gain many students experience at the beginning of their college stint.
Friends and Family Plan
Learn how to gain your friends' and family's support during your weight loss journey. Plus, find tips on staying motivated.
Learn how to gain your friends' and family's support during your weight loss journey. Plus, find tips on staying motivated.
How to Deal with Emotional Eating
emotional eating
emotional eating
How to Say No to Food Pushers
Learn how to best say no to friends and family who regularly tempt you to eat foods that aren't on your diet.
Learn how to best say no to friends and family who regularly tempt you to eat foods that aren't on your diet.
Identify Your Emotional Eating Triggers
Learn how to identify your emotional eating triggers.
Learn how to identify your emotional eating triggers.
Learn to Recognize Hunger Signals
Learn to recognize hunger signals in order to prevent emotional eating.
Learn to recognize hunger signals in order to prevent emotional eating.
Overcome Your Weight Loss Plateau
When the scale just won't budge and you don't know why, give these tips a try.
When the scale just won't budge and you don't know why, give these tips a try.
Portion Control Secrets
Check out these easy ways to keep portion sizes in check.
Check out these easy ways to keep portion sizes in check.
Sleep and Weight Loss
Learn how getting enough sleep can aid your weight loss efforts and get tips on how to sleep better.
Learn how getting enough sleep can aid your weight loss efforts and get tips on how to sleep better.
Small Changes, Big Rewards 2
Our community members share the small changes that have added up to big results over their weight journeys.
Our community members share the small changes that have added up to big results over their weight journeys.
Stress and the Scale
Learn why taming tension can help you trim your waistline!
Learn why taming tension can help you trim your waistline!
Stress and Weight Gain
Learn how stress affects women's weight loss efforts with "Stress and Weight Gain ... What's a Girl to Do?".
Learn how stress affects women's weight loss efforts with "Stress and Weight Gain ... What's a Girl to Do?".
Take it Easy!
You don't have to over-do on exercise for it to work. Research shows a little bit goes a long way.
You don't have to over-do on exercise for it to work. Research shows a little bit goes a long way.
The Importance of Mind-Set: How to Set Realistic Goals
Learn how and why setting realistic weight loss goals is so important.
Learn how and why setting realistic weight loss goals is so important.
The Urge to Indulge: How to Cope with Cravings
Learning how to handle cravings is an important part of successful weight loss and maintenance.
Learning how to handle cravings is an important part of successful weight loss and maintenance.
Weight Loss Readiness Factors
Weight loss should be attempted only when you are truly ready to make the necessary lifestyle changes.
Weight loss should be attempted only when you are truly ready to make the necessary lifestyle changes.
Weight Loss Reality Check
Before you give up on your weight loss efforts, make this reality check to be sure your goals are in line.
Before you give up on your weight loss efforts, make this reality check to be sure your goals are in line.
Weight Loss Sabotage
Learn how to cope when friends and family seem to want you to fail in your efforts to lose weight.
Learn how to cope when friends and family seem to want you to fail in your efforts to lose weight.
Weight Loss Survival Skills 2
Our community members share the weight loss tips that always get them through.
Our community members share the weight loss tips that always get them through.
Weight Loss Survival Skills
When I can't be bothered to follow a diet, these are the weight loss skills that keep the scale in check.
When I can't be bothered to follow a diet, these are the weight loss skills that keep the scale in check.
What is Emotional Eating?
Learn more about what emotional eating is and find out if you possess characteristics of an emotional eater.
Learn more about what emotional eating is and find out if you possess characteristics of an emotional eater.
Why Do We Give in to Emotional Eating?
Why We Give in to Emotional Eating
Why We Give in to Emotional Eating
With Friends Like These...
Sometimes even your most well-meaning friends can do your dieting efforts more harm than good. Learn how to deal. Plus, brush up on the basics of buddying-up.
Sometimes even your most well-meaning friends can do your dieting efforts more harm than good. Learn how to deal. Plus, brush up on the basics of buddying-up.