How to Lose Weight While Eating More Food.

Inside your body, a war is waging between the cells that make up muscle and those that make up fat. How can you be sure muscle wins the battle?

How to make a weight loss smoothie

A major reason for the popularity of smoothies is their chameleon-like ability to be transformed into whatever you need them to be. Whether you just want a sweet treat, a workout drink, a health-boost or want to lose weight – smoothies can do it all. It’s what makes them so great, well that and the fact that they are excessively delicious.

7 Bedtime Snacks for Weight Loss

When it comes to snacking within an hour or two of your bedtime, there's a few things to consider: First, research does link late-night calories to the potential for weight gain. One study found that eating right before turning in can make your snooze time more restless, and that sets you up for fatigue and bingeing the next day. Also, late-night noshing tends to be associated with stress eating, which leads to overindulging in high-fat comfort calories.

10 Healthy Breakfast Recipes for Weight Loss

If you’re trying to slim down, don’t skip breakfast! Research shows that regular breakfast eaters tend to be leaner and dieters are more successful at losing weight — and keeping it off — when they eat breakfast. Mix up your morning meal and try one of these healthy, low-calorie breakfast recipes.

How to calculate how many calories you really need

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As anyone who has ever struggled with the scale knows, weight-loss success mostly comes down to keeping track of calories. And while general guidelines offer a daily intake range to shoot for (the Dietary Guidelines for Americans say young women should aim for 1,800 to 2,400 daily calories, depending on age and activity level), that range isn’t necessarily tailored to your specific needs—so it’s not as precise as it could be.

Quinoa: The fat-burning food that works for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

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Michele Promaulayko is the former editor-in-chief of Women's Health and author of 20 Pounds Younger.

By now, we've all heard about—and maybe even tried—the exalted quinoa grain. But until I started tapping into the great minds of nutritionists like Keri Glassman, R.D., one of the Life Stylists featured in my upcoming book 20 Pounds Younger, I didn't realize how incredibly versatile this ancient grain is. These days, I even eat it for breakfast! And why not? It's delicious and filling and totally unprocessed.

5 Delicious and healthy smoothiesecipes you didn't know

Strawberries and frozen banana—again? Power out of a smoothie slump by blending new ingredients, like hemp seeds, winter squash, and dried figs, into a health-boosting beverage your taste buds will love.

5 tips to make your kitchen fitness friendly

Eating five or six healthy meals, every single day? Is it even possible for a busy person with maybe a family and kids? Of course it is! These 5 tips will guarentee you fitness success!

The 15 best fat burning foods

Lose fat with this 7-Day, 1200-calorie meal plan

Follow this and you’ll slim down fast and still feel satisfied.

BY DELIA A. HAMMOCK, M.S., R.D. & ALISON STURM

Part of sliming down involves a simple, sensible exercise and eating plan. Here's a week-long menu for our Lose 20 Pounds Fast Diet program: Over the next 90 days you should aim to consume 1,200 calories a day plus calorie-free beverages as desired, and take a multivitamin and a 400-milligram calcium supplement daily.