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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.

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!

10 Ways to 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.

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.

Conquer Cravings

Don't let giving in to cravings spoil your weight loss efforts!

Do You Have the Wrong Idea?

Could your ideas about weight loss and exercise be all wrong?

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.

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.

How to Deal with Emotional Eating

Emotional eating is problem for many of us. Learn how to cope with your feelings and daily stress without turning to food.

How to Deal with Friends and Family During Weight Loss

Your friends and family can be a big help -- or a big hindrance -- when you're trying to lose weight. From food pushers to saboteurs, friends and relatives can take on new identities that can directly and indirectly affect your efforts to lose weight and your ultimate success. And many social situations make weight loss even harder than it already is. Here is some helpful advice on dealing wit…

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.

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.

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!"

Overcome Your Weight Loss Plateau

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.

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.

Sleep and Weight Loss

Learn how getting enough sleep can aid your weight loss efforts and get tips on how to sleep better.

Small Changes, Big Rewards

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!

Stress and Weight Gain

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.

The Importance of Mind-Set: How to Set Realistic Goals

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.

Weight Loss Readiness Factors

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.

Weight Loss Sabotage

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.

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.

What is Emotional Eating?

Learn more about what emotional eating is and find out if you possess characteristics of an emotional eater.

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.

Why Do We Give in to Emotional Eating?

Before you can understand how to cope with emotional eating, you must first learn why it is a problem in the first place.

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.
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