Weight Loss And You

Dear Readers, First and foremost, we want to take a moment to simply say how much you, our readers, inspire us. It’s because of you that we want to get better and better. We couldn’t be more honored to have you in our community — your voices, your achievements and your successes all make what […]

Welcome to Day 4: Healthy for the Holidays! Your Day 4 workout is a focused cardio and body-weight strength interval session that doesn’t require any equipment and can easily be done in a small space at home or in a hotel. In our workout video below, we’ll alternate cardio intervals with body-weight strength moves for […]

Research suggests that anywhere from 20–80% of runners end up injured each year. This number is of course lower for walkers as a result of the reduced impact forces, but even still, pavement pounders of every ilk deal with a whole host of nagging issues, from knee pain to plantar fasciitis. These types of injuries […]

If you fall asleep the second your head hits the pillow, you should probably rethink your strategy. “People who do that are sleep-deprived,” says Phyllis Zee, MD, PhD, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. “It usually takes a healthy person about 10 to 15 minutes to fall asleep.” On the other […]

Eating and sleeping are basic human needs that go hand in hand in many ways. It’s no surprise that what you eat before going to bed affects the quality of your sleep. “The foods we eat before bed can give us the nudge we need to make good sleep great — or they can keep […]