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Running and Weight Loss

Running is not only excellent exercise, it's an efficient way to burn calories and lose weight. Get diet and nutrition advice, healthy recipes, and all the information you need to meet your weight loss goals.
7 Secrets of Skinny Runners
Running can definitely be a powerful tool in your weight loss or weight maintenance efforts, but you can't expect to lose weight or stay thin with running alone. Runners who stay thin know that they must also follow healthy eating habits. Follow these tried-and-true strategies to lose weight and keep it off.
Tips for Healthy Weight Loss
Running is perhaps one of the most effective ways to lose weight, but that doesn't mean it's a magic bullet. Here are some of the most successful strategies for runners who want to lose weight.
Running for Weight Loss
Many people start running because they want to lose weight. Get advice on how to successfully drop pounds through a combination of running and healthy eating.
How Can I Not Feel Hungry all the Time?
It's normal to feel hungry when you start a new exercise regimen or you increase your exercise frequency or intensity. You're burning more calories, so your body needs to take more in. Here are some ways you can avoid feeling hungry, with overindulging.
Six Simple Changes for a Healthy Diet
When it comes to eating healthy, losing weight, or maintaining your current weight, you shouldn't try to overhaul your diet all at once. For a healthy diet, it's better to make small changes over time because you're more likely to stick with them. Try these simple, healthy changes.
Best Foods for Runners
A runner's diet is important not for only maintaining good health, but also to promote peak performance. Here are some of the best foods to help runners achieve a healthy diet.
Ways to Avoid Weight Gain this Summer
Summer -- with its backyard barbecues, s'mores around the campfire, and yummy ice cream treats -- can be a diet-sabotaging season if you're not careful. Here are some nutrition and fitness tips to help avoid weight gain in the summer.
How to Get More Fiber in Your Diet
Dietary fiber -- found mostly in whole grain, fruits, vegetables, and legumes -- is an essential part of any healthy diet. Although it's probably best known for relieving constipation, fiber may also help lower your risk of diabetes, high cholesterol, diverticulitis, and other digestive diseases. And since fiber also helps make you feel fuller longer, it can help you avoid overeating and …
7 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism
Wouldn't it be great if you could burn more calories when you're just sitting on the couch? You can -- by improving your metabolism, the rate at which your body uses energy. Here are some simple changes you can make to help rev up your metabolism.
Tips for Controlling Portion Size
Portion control is the key to weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight. Try some of these tips to get your portion sizes under control.
Why Am I Gaining Weight During Marathon Training?
Some runners find that they actually gain weight during training. Learn how to avoid it.
Exercise and Weight Loss
Find out exactly why exercise is the key to weight loss.
Getting Motivated to Exercise
Staying motivated to lose weight and exercise is tough. Get tips on how to stick to your goals.
Feel Full on Fewer Calories
But is there a way to decrease calories without feeling hungry? Barbara Rolls, a food nutrition researcher at Pennsylvania State University, offers the following tips.
How to Shop for Healthy Diet Food
Here is some advice for shopping for healthy foods in your grocery store.
Why You Should Start a Food Diary
Starting a food diary is possibly the most important step you can take toward developing a lifestyle that leads to long term weight loss success.
Losing Inches But Not Losing Weight?
How important is your weight when it comes to slimming down? It may surprise you to know that your scale may not be telling you the whole story. Learn a better way to get weight loss results and track your progress.
Save Calories with Food Switches
A swap here and there can make a huge difference in your total caloric intake. Consider making these switches -- they add up to thousands of calories saved!
Weight Loss Survival Skills
Weight loss is about much more than just exercise and watching what you eat. Learn some basic survival skills to stay on the weight loss track.
Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's can be a time when training and healthy eating plans go out the window. Try to stick to some or all of these strategies to avoid weight gain during the holiday season.
Eat Healthier on the Go
You can still eat on-the-go if you're losing weight. It just takes a little planning and some smarts about ordering. Use these tips from Weight Loss Guide, Jennifer.

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