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SPECIAL EDITION
THE SCIENCE OF
WEIGHT
LOSS
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Contents
4 What a Healthy Diet Looks Like
Clean Living
38 How Stress Makes Us Gain
42 All About Cravings
46 14 Healthy Foods That Keep You Full
52 Gain-Proof Every Stage of Your Life
56 Eat Out and Stay Lean
60 Modern Diet Questions Answered
66 Would You Try Goop’s Detox?
70 Wine vs. Your Waistline
Power of Exercise
76 How Fit Are You?
80 Secrets from Star Trainers
86 8 Moves for a Strong Core
90 The Tao of Being Round
94 Why Not Walk?
INTRODUCTION
What a Healthy
Diet Looks Like
The struggle to shed pounds is real. But it is possible to eat
healthier and lose weight in a way that is sustainable for you
By Hallie Levine
OSING WEIGHT IS NO EASY TASK, WHICH HELPS EXPLAIN WHY THE U.S.
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it’s much more complicated than that. “Obesity is a cialist at the Boston University School of Medicine
real disease, with real physiological consequences: and the president of the Obesity Society.
when you gain weight, the nerves in your hypothal- Often, a lower-carbohydrate diet—one in which
amus that conduct signals from your fat cells to the about 30% of calories come from protein and the
rest of your brain become damaged,” explains Louis rest from low-glycemic foods (those that don’t raise
Aronne, director of the Center for Weight Manage- your blood sugar quickly, such as non-starchy vege-
ment and Metabolic Clinical Research at Weill-Cor- tables, nuts, beans and some fruits)—is easier to fol-
nell Medical College. “As a result, your brain doesn’t low because it’s less likely to trigger hunger pangs.
realize that you’re full, so you keep eating.” “I usually encourage patients to eat as much pro-
At that point, people are not gaining weight just tein, fruits and non-starchy vegetables as they want,
because they’re consuming more calories—once while restricting starch intake to one to two servings
someone has become overweight or obese, the body a day,” says Apovian. Protein is particularly essen-
produces hormones such as insulin that increase fat tial because it helps build back muscle mass, which
storage. That makes it more likely that those extra reverses the decline in metabolism.
noshes will be harbored as fat. When you do eat starchy carbs, try to consume
The health consequences are real. “More than 70 them last—people who ate chicken and vegetables
illnesses—including heart disease, Type 2 diabetes first, followed by bread and orange juice, had sig-
and even some cancers—are the nificantly lower blood-sugar and
direct result of carrying around insulin levels after a meal than
too much body fat,” says Aronne. people who ate the exact same
Even when people do end More than 80% of thing in the reverse order, ac-
up shedding weight, the regain cording to a study by Aronne
rates are staggering. More than
successful dieters published in 2015 in the medi-
80% of successful dieters end up end up gaining cal journal Diabetes Care.
gaining back all their weight— Exercise is also a key piece
and then some—within about
back all their of the puzzle. Whereas aerobic
two years, according to a UCLA weight—and then exercise helps you lose weight
review of more than 30 studies. by increasing the amount of
Once you start losing a substan-
some—within calories you expend, resistance
tial amount of weight—consid- about two years. training helps prevent your me-
ered at least 10% of your body tabolism from taking a nose-
weight—your body goes into dive. That’s because along with
“starvation mode.” Your sys- fat, you shed muscle too; and the
tem slows its production of leptin, a hormone that less muscle you have, the fewer calories you burn.
suppresses your appetite, while at the same time But a 2015 study found that healthy adults who did
pumping up levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin, resistance training two to three times a week for nine
explains Aronne. The result: you’re walking around months saw a 5% increase in resting metabolic rate.
feeling constantly famished. Finally, don’t discount the real health benefits you
Yet despite the odds, there are encouraging signs. gain from shedding just a little bit of weight. “We see
There is a growing movement to focus on healthy life- the greatest improvements in health with just los-
style tweaks rather than extreme diets. Recognizing ing 5% to 10% of body weight,” says Aronne. Losing
this shift, in 2018 Weight Watchers rebranded itself merely this much significantly lowered patients’ risk
as WW, with the slogan “Wellness That Works.” Its for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to
new mission: “We inspire healthy habits for real life.” a 2016 study published in Cell Metabolism. “If some-
Meanwhile, researchers keep learning from peo- one’s 200 pounds, it’s a lot less daunting to encour-
ple who lose pounds and get healthier as a result. age them to lose just 10 or 20 pounds, as opposed
“Ultimately, it doesn’t matter if you put someone to 50,” adds Aronne. “They’re much more likely to
on a low-fat or a low-carbohydrate diet—in the keep off that weight.”
end, studies show people lose the same amount of And at the end of the day, from an overall wellness
weight,” says Caroline Apovian, a weight-loss spe- perspective, that’s what matters the most. □
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swallowing, based on the advice of a popular nutri- ple ate half a grapefruit with every meal out of a be-
tion expert named Horace Fletcher. Lore has it that lief that the fruit contained fat-burning enzymes)
at about the same time, President William Howard and the cabbage-soup diet of the 1950s (a flatulence-
Taft adopted a fairly contemporary plan—low-fat, inducing plan in which people ate cabbage soup
low-calorie, with a daily food log—after he got stuck every day for a week alongside low-calorie meals).
in a White House bathtub.
The concept of the calorie as a unit of energy had
been studied and shared in scientific circles through- Birth of a diet boom
out Europe for some time, but it wasn’t until World The 1960s saw the beginning of the massive com-
War I that calorie counting became de rigueur in the mercialization of dieting in the U.S. That’s when
U.S. Amid global food shortages, the American gov- a New York housewife named Jean Nidetch began
ernment needed a way to encourage people to cut hosting friends at her home to talk about their is-
back on their food intake, so it issued its first-ever sues with weight and dieting. Nidetch was a self-
“scientific diet” for Americans, which had calorie proclaimed cookie lover who had struggled for years
counting at its core. to slim down. Her weekly meetings helped her so
In the following decades, when being rail-thin much—she lost 72 pounds in about a year—that she
became ever more desirable, nearly all dieting ad- ultimately turned those living-room gatherings into
vice stressed meals that were low in calories. There a company called Weight Watchers. When it went
was the grapefruit diet of the 1930s (in which peo- public in 1968, she and her co-founders became
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The 2016 live finale of The Biggest Loser. The series fueled Americans’ interest in
wellness—and helped scientists better understand why it’s hard to keep weight off.
millionaires overnight. Nearly half a century later, Research like Hall’s is beginning to explain why.
Weight Watchers, which in 2018 was rebranded WW As demoralizing as his initial findings were, they
(with the slogan “Wellness That Works”), remains weren’t altogether surprising: more than 80% of
one of the most commercially successful diet com- people with obesity who lose weight gain it back.
panies in the world, with 3.6 million active users and That’s because when you lose weight, your resting
$1.2 billion in revenue in 2016. metabolism (how much energy your body uses when
What most of these diets had in common was an at rest) slows down—possibly an evolutionary hold-
idea that is still popular today: eat less fattening food over from the days when food scarcity was common.
and you will lose weight. Even the low-fat craze that What Hall discovered, however—and what
kicked off in the late 1970s—which was based on the frankly startled him—was that even when the Big-
intuitively appealing but incorrect notion that eat- gest Loser contestants gained back some of their
ing fat will make you fat—depended on the calorie- weight, their resting metabolism didn’t speed up
counting model of weight loss. along with it. Instead, in a cruel twist, it remained
That’s not what happened when people went low- low, burning about 700 fewer calories per day than
fat, though. The diet trend coincided with weight it did before they started losing weight in the first
gain. In 1990, adults with obesity made up less than place. “When people see the slowing metabolism
15% of the U.S. population. By 2010, most states numbers,” says Hall, “their eyes bulge like, ‘How is
were reporting obesity in 25% or more of their pop- that even possible?’ ”
ulations. Today that has swelled to 40% of the adult The contestants lose a massive amount of weight
population. For kids and teens, it’s 17%. in a relatively short period of time—not how most
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doctors recommend you lose weight—but research the registry includes more than 10,000 people from
shows that the same slowing metabolism Hall ob- across the 50 states with an average weight loss of
served tends to happen to regular Joes too. Most peo- 66 pounds per person. On average, people on the
ple who lose weight gain back the pounds they lost current list have kept their weight off for more than
at a rate of two to four pounds per year. five years.
For the 2.2 billion people around the world who The most revealing detail about the registry: ev-
are overweight, Hall’s findings can seem like a for- eryone on the list has lost significant amounts of
mula for failure—and, at the same time, vindica- weight—but in different ways. About 45% of them
tion. They show that it’s indeed biology, not a lack say they lost weight following various diets on their
of willpower, that makes it so hard to lose weight. own, for instance, and 55% say they used a struc-
The findings also make it seem as if the body itself tured weight-loss program. And most of them had to
will sabotage any effort to keep weight off in the try more than one diet before the weight loss stuck.
long term.
But a slower metabolism is not the full story.
There are many people who succeed in losing What keeps weight off
weight and keeping it off. Hall has seen it happen The researchers have identified some similarities
more times than he can count. The catch is that among them: 98% of the people in the study say they
some people appear to succeed with almost ever modified their diet in some way, with most cutting
diet approach—it just varies back on how much they ate in
from person to person. a given day. Another through
“You take a bunch of people When you lose line: 94% increased their phys-
and randomly assign them to ical activity, and the most popu-
follow a low-carb diet or a low- weight, your resting lar form of exercise was walking.
fat diet,” Hall says. “You follow metabolism—the “There’s nothing magical
them for a couple of years, and about what they do,” says Wing.
what you tend to see is that aver- amount of energy “Some people emphasize exer-
age weight loss is almost no dif- your body uses cise more than others, some fol-
ferent between the two groups low low-carb diets, and some
as a whole. But within each when at rest— follow low-fat diets. The one
group, there are people who commonality is that they had
are very successful, people who
slows down. to make changes in their every-
don’t lose any weight and people day behaviors.”
who gain weight.” When asked how they’ve
Understanding what it is about a given diet that kept the weight off, the vast majority of people in
works for a given person remains the holy grail of the study say they eat breakfast every day, weigh
weight-loss science. But experts are getting closer. themselves at least once a week, watch less than 10
For the past 23 years, Rena Wing, a professor of hours of television per week and exercise about an
psychiatry and human behavior at Brown Univer- hour a day, on average.
sity, has run the National Weight Control Registry The researchers have also looked at their atti-
(NWCR) as a way to track people who successfully tudes and behavior. They found that most of them
lose weight and keep it off. “When we started it, the do not consider themselves type A, dispelling the
perspective was that almost no one succeeded at los- idea that only obsessive superplanners can stick to
ing weight and keeping it off,” says James O. Hill, a diet. They learned that many successful dieters are
Wing’s collaborator and an obesity researcher at the self-described morning people. (Other research sup-
University of Colorado. “We didn’t believe that was ports the anecdotal: for some reason, night owls tend
the case, but we didn’t know for sure because we to weigh more than larks.) The researchers also no-
didn’t have the data.” ticed that people with long-term weight loss tended
To qualify for initial inclusion in the registry, a to be motivated by something other than a slimmer
person must have lost at least 30 pounds and main- waist—like a health scare or the desire to live a longer
tained that weight loss for a year or longer. Today life, to be able to spend more time with loved ones.
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Finding your fit before they get it right. Jody Jeans, 52, an IT project
manager in Ottawa, had been overweight since she
The researchers at the NWCR say it’s unlikely that was a child. When she came to the clinic in 2007,
the people they study are somehow genetically en- she was 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 240 pounds.
dowed or blessed with a personality that makes Though she had lost weight in her 20s doing Weight
weight loss easy for them. After all, most people in Watchers, she gained it back after she lost a job and
the study say they had failed several times before the stress led her to overeat. Jeans would wake up
when they had tried to lose weight. Instead they on a Monday and decide she was starting a diet, or
were highly motivated, and they kept trying differ- never eating dessert again, only to scrap the plan a
ent things until they found something that worked couple of days, if not hours, later. “Unless you’ve had
for them. a lot of weight to lose, you don’t understand what it’s
“Losing weight and keeping it off is hard, and if like,” she says. “It’s overwhelming, and people look
anyone tells you it’s easy, run the other way,” says at you like it’s your fault.”
Hill. “But it is absolutely possible, and when peo- A March 2017 study found that people who in-
ple do it, their lives are changed for the better.” (Hill ternalize weight stigma have a harder time main-
came under fire in 2015 for his role as president of taining weight loss. That’s why most experts argue
an obesity think tank funded that pushing people toward
by Coca-Cola. During his ten- health goals rather than a num-
ure, the NWCR published one ber on the scale can yield better
paper with partial funding from “Losing weight results. “When you solely focus
Coca-Cola; the researchers say and keeping it off on weight, you may give up on
their study wasn’t influenced by changes in your life that would
that financial support.) is hard. But it is have positive benefits,” says the
Hill, Wing and their col- NIH’s Hall.
leagues agree that perhaps the
absolutely possible, It took Jeans five years to
most encouraging lesson to be and when people lose 75 pounds while on a pro-
gleaned from their registry is the gram at Freedhoff’s institute,
simplest: in a group of 10,000 do it, their lives but by paying attention to por-
real-life biggest losers, no two are changed for tion sizes, writing down all her
people lost the weight in quite meals and eating more frequent,
the same way. the better.” smaller meals throughout the
The Bariatric Medical Insti- day, she’s kept the weight off
tute in Ottawa is founded on for an additional five years. She
that thinking. When people enroll in its weight-loss credits the slow, steady pace for her success. Though
program, they all start on the same six-month diet she’s never been especially motivated to exercise,
and exercise plan—but they are encouraged to di- she found it helpful to track her food each day as
verge from the program, with the help of a physi- well as make sure she ate enough filling protein and
cian, whenever they want, in order to figure out what fiber—without having to rely on bland diet staples
works best for them. The program takes a whole- like grilled chicken over greens (hold the dressing).
person approach to weight loss, which means that “I’m a foodie,” Jeans says. “If you told me I had to
behavior, psychology and budget—not just biology— eat the same things every day, it would be torture.”
inform each person’s plan. Natalie Casagrande, 31, was on the same program
“We have a plan that involves getting enough cal- that Jeans was on, but Freedhoff and his colleagues
ories and protein and so forth, but we are not mar- used a different approach with her. Casagrande’s
ried to it,” says Yoni Freedhoff, an obesity expert weight had fluctuated throughout her life, and she
and the medical director of the clinic. “We try to had attempted dangerous diets like starving herself.
understand where people are struggling, and then One time, she even dropped from a size 14 to a size
we adjust. Everyone here is doing things slightly 0 in just a few months. When she signed up for the
differently.” program, Casagrande weighed 173 pounds. At 4 feet
In most cases, people try a few different plans 11 inches, that meant she was clinically obese, which
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Love spinning
class? Hate
running? Finding
workouts you
genuinely like is
one key to sticking
with exercise for
the long term.
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means having a body mass index of 30 or more. mate that obesity-related genes account for just 3%
Once she started working with the team at the of the differences between people’s sizes—and those
Bariatric Medical Institute, Casagrande also tracked same genes that predispose people to weight gain ex-
her food, but unlike Jeans, she never enjoyed the pro- isted 30 years ago, and 100 years ago, suggesting that
cess. What she did love was exercise. She found her genes alone cannot explain the rapid rise in obesity.
workouts motivating. By meeting with the clinic’s What’s more, a recent study of 9,000 people
psychologist, she also learned that she had gener- found that whether a person carried a gene varia-
alized anxiety, which helped explain her bouts of tion associated with weight gain had no influence on
emotional eating. that person’s ability to lose weight. “We think this is
It took Casagrande three tries over three years be- good news,” says study author John Mathers, a pro-
fore she finally lost substantial weight. During one fessor of human nutrition at Newcastle University.
relapse period, she gained 10 pounds. She tweaked “Carrying the high-risk form of the gene makes you
her plan to focus more on cooking and managing her more likely to be a bit heavier, but it shouldn’t pre-
mental health and tried again. Today she weighs 116 vent you from losing weight.”
pounds and has maintained that weight for about Another hot area of research is the link between
a year. “It takes a lot of trial and error to figure out weight gain and chemicals we are exposed to every
what works,” she says. “Not every day is going to be day—substances like the bisphenol A (BPA) found
perfect, but I’m here because I in linings of canned goods and
pushed through the bad days.” cash-register receipts, the flame
retardants in sofas and mat-
Experts estimate tresses, the pesticide residues
Genes and gut
that obesity- on our food and the phthalates
bacteria found in plastics and cosmet-
Freedhoff says that learning related genes ics. What these chemicals have
which variables are most im- account for just 3% in common is their ability to
portant for each person—be they mimic human hormones, and
psychological or food-based— of the differences some scientists worry that they
matters more to him than iden- between people’s may be wreaking havoc on the
tifying one diet that works for delicate endocrine system, driv-
everyone. “So long as we con- sizes. ing fat storage.
tinue to pigeonhole people into “The old paradigm was that
certain diets without consider- poor diet and lack of exercise are
ing the individuals, the more likely we are to run into underpinning obesity, but now we understand that
problems,” he says. That’s why a significant portion chemical exposures are an important third factor in
of his meetings with patients is spent talking about the origin of the obesity epidemic,” says Leonardo
the person’s daily duties, their socioeconomic sta- Trasande, an associate professor of pediatrics, envi-
tus, their mental health, their comfort in the kitchen. ronmental medicine and population health at New
“Unfortunately,” he says, “that’s not the norm. The York University’s School of Medicine. “Chemicals
amount of effort needed to understand your patients can disrupt hormones and metabolism, which can
is more than many doctors put in.” contribute to disease and disability.”
Exactly why weight loss can vary so much for peo- Scientists are also exploring how the microbi-
ple on the same diet plan still eludes scientists. “It’s ome—the trillions of bacteria that live inside and
the biggest open question in the field,” says the NIH’s on the surface of the human body—may be influ-
Hall. “I wish I knew the answer.” encing how the body metabolizes what we eat. Eran
Some speculate it’s people’s genetics. Over the Elinav and Eran Segal, researchers for the Personal-
past several years, researchers have identified nearly ized Nutrition Project at the Weizmann Institute of
100 genetic markers that appear to be linked to being Science in Israel, believe the variation in diet success
obese or being overweight, and there’s no doubt may lie in the way our microbiomes react to foods.
genes play an important role in how some people In a 2015 study, Elinav and Segal gave 800 men
break down calories and store fat. But experts esti- and women devices that measured their blood-sugar
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What Is
Intermittent
Fasting and
Is It Actually
Good for You?
Researchers are learning that eating very little
food two days a week leads to lasting weight loss,
reduced risk of diabetes and other health benefits
By Markham Heid
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beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system,” says energy,” he explains. This switch is a form of mild
Benjamin Horne, director of cardiovascular and ge- challenge to the human body that he compares to
netic epidemiology at Utah’s nonprofit Intermoun- exercise; just as running or lifting weights stresses
tain Healthcare system, who has published research the body in beneficial ways, the stress imposed by
on the subject. “[Intermittent fasting] is something fasting appears to induce some similarly beneficial
that is moving into practice in the medical field, and adaptations. Whether you’re talking about physical
it’s a reasonable approach for people who don’t like activity or fasting, “these cycles of challenge, recov-
daily restriction of their calories.” ery, challenge, recovery seem to optimize both func-
The bulk of the early research on fasting focused tion and durability of most cell sites,” he says.
on weight loss. Studies comparing intermittent fast- Fasting also makes sense evolutionarily. All-the-
ing (also known as intermittent energy restriction) time access to food is a relatively new phenomenon
with calorie-cutting diets have found that people lose in human history. Back when sustenance was harder
more weight on fasting plans. They also seem to like to come by, “natural selection would have favored
the diet better; intermittent fasters tend to drop out individuals whose brains and bodies functioned well
of dietary studies at lower rates than calorie cutters. in a food-deprived state,” Mattson says.
“Intermittent fasting is a good option for weight But experts acknowledge there are still unknowns.
loss for overweight and obese people,” says Michelle Almost all the human research to date has been in
Harvie, a research dietitian with the Prevent Breast overweight or obese adults. “We don’t know of its
Cancer unit at the Manchester benefits in normal-weight peo-
Breast Centre in the U.K. Har- ple, as it has not been studied,”
vie has co-authored studies on Harvie says. It’s also not yet clear
intermittent fasting, and her re- Intermittent fasters if there are any long-term risks.
search has repeatedly shown that seem to like the How should you try it? Matt-
it outperforms traditional diets son says the 5:2 plan has the
in weight loss, reduction of body diet; they drop out most data backing it up. For two
fat and improvement in insulin of dietary studies days a week (either consecutive
resistance. She’s also found some or broken up), consume just 500
evidence that intermittent fast- at lower rates than daily calories of fat or protein—
ing may beat traditional weight- foods like eggs, fish and nuts.
loss plans in lowering women’s
calorie cutters. One day’s meal plan could be
risk for breast cancer. two scrambled eggs for breakfast
Most of Harvie’s research has (180 calories), a quarter cup of
examined 5:2 fasting plans—restricting calorie in- almonds for a snack (200 calories) and a four-ounce
take two days a week while allowing normal eating cod fillet for dinner (100 calories). You can divvy up
the other five. But she says there’s also promising re- calories however you like. “But better to have no or
search on diets that impose fasting every other day very little carbohydrates,” he says. While you’ll want
(usually referred to as alternate-day fasting plans) and to eat healthy foods the rest of the week, you won’t
on time-restricted fasting, in which daily food con- have to count calories or avoid carbs.
sumption is restricted to a six- or eight-hour window. He says you can expect to feel hungry for the first
“None of these have been studied head-to-head, few weeks. “But by the end of the first month, we’ve
but they all improve health,” says Mark Mattson, found, almost everyone has adapted and there are no
chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the Na- symptoms,” he says. It may eventually turn out that
tional Institute on Aging and a professor of neurosci- longer periods of fasting—say, going 24 hours with-
ence at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Matt- out any food at all—could be even more beneficial.
son has published multiple studies on intermittent But more human data is needed.
fasting. There’s evidence these diets bolster stress “I suggest people talk to their physician first,”
resistance and combat inflammation at a cellular Horne stresses, adding that intermittent fasting is
level, he says. “People undergo a metabolic switch not a silver bullet: “There’s no amount of exercise
in which the liver’s energy stores are depleted, and or fasting that can overcome a bad diet or an un-
so the body’s cells start using fat and ketones for healthy lifestyle.” □
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1810–1820s: you could eat things like riveting TV out of facing 2009: The dad bod
Vinegar and Water apples and beef.) Reality off to get fit. The show— » Describing a man in
Diet » Romantic-era check: any more than criticized for encouraging married-life mode and
poet Lord Byron believed one or two pounds of contestants to lose “softly round,” the term
that obesity causes lost weight per week is weight too fast—lasted “dad bod” made it into
lethargy and stupidity, water weight, not fat. 17 seasons and made the Urban Dictionary in
so he hopped onto the household names out of 2009. The sobriquet’s
Vinegar and Water Diet, 1963: TaB debuts Jillian Michaels and Bob popularity suggests
according to the book » It wasn’t the first diet Harper. that men get judged for
Calories and Corsets. soda (Dr Pepper had their bodies too—and
It’s as appetizing as it one a year earlier), but that there is something
sounds: water mixed Coca-Cola’s TaB was the appealing about a more
with apple-cider vinegar. first diet drink to hit big. realistic, attainable
And to the present day, Although TaB is still on physique.
some people claim this the market today, diet-
method burns fat. soda sales in general
have fizzled, as science
has shown diet soda can
actually trick your body 2006: Beyoncé and
into craving sugar. the Master Cleanse
» To lose 20 pounds fast
for the movie Dreamgirls,
Beyoncé reportedly
went on the Lemonade
1925: Cigarette Diet Diet (foreshadowing,
» The roaring ’20s intro- perhaps?). Also known
duced its own dubious as the Master Cleanse,
diet plan: smoke your it involves downing a
way slim. A Lucky Strike 1972: The Atkins concoction of hot water, 2016: Ashley
cigarette ad campaign Diet catches on » lemon juice, maple syrup Graham graces the
advised to “reach for The high-protein-diet and cayenne pepper Sports Illustrated
a Lucky instead of a craze began with the several times a day, plus cover » People of all
sweet” and “to keep a publication of a book a laxative tea at night. sizes cheered when
slender figure . . . reach called Dr. Atkins’ Diet Not a recipe for healthy, Ashley Graham—a stun-
for a Lucky.” It’s hard Revolution. Atkins—a lasting weight loss. ning, fit size-16 model—
to imagine any advice cardiologist—preached appeared on the cover
worse than that. that severely limiting 2010s: Paleo Diet of Sports Illustrated’s
carbs causes the body » In his book The Paleo swimsuit issue. She also
to burn fat. While his Diet, Dr. Loren Cordain landed fashion-magazine
diet is still popular, urged people to stick covers, reminding the
most experts recom- with Paleolithic-era food world that beauty is not
mend a more moderate groups—meat, seafood, one-size-fits-all.
approach to limiting fruits and vegetables—
simple carbs. and skip foods created 2018: Weight
1950s: Cabbage- through modern farming Watchers becomes
Soup Diet » This plan 2004: The Biggest practices, like grains and WW » As fewer Ameri-
promised you could lose Loser makes weight dairy products. This diet cans go on diets, Weight
10 pounds in seven days loss must-see TV has been criticized for Watchers rebranded
by living largely on—you » As America became eliminating grains, which itself as WW with the
guessed it—cabbage more health conscious, are high-fiber and linked slogan “Wellness That
soup. (On certain days The Biggest Loser made to weight loss. Works.”
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Why You
Should Stop
Counting
Calories
Eating more of the right foods and cutting back
on added sugar help the body naturally regulate
weight, according to the latest thinking
By Mandy Oaklander
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the quantity is what matters most for staying healthy, less weight than people on a low-carbohydrate diet.
losing weight and maintaining those results. In another twist, eating healthy fats—the types
“When you eat the right quality and balance of that support the heart, like the omega-3s in tuna and
foods, your body can do the rest on its own,” says the monounsaturated fat in olive oil—does not seem
David Ludwig, an endocrinologist, researcher and to cause weight gain. A trial published in The Lancet
professor at Harvard Medical School, who wrote the Diabetes & Endocrinology showed that people who
2016 weight-loss book Always Hungry? “You don’t followed a Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables and
have to count calories or go by the numbers.” fat for five years lost more weight than those who
The problem with foods that make people fat isn’t were told to eat low-fat. A related study found that
that they have too many calories, says Ludwig. It’s people who followed a high-fat diet reduced their
that they cause a cascade of reactions in the body risk of cardiovascular disease by about 30% com-
that promote fat storage and make us overeat. Pro- pared with those instructed to eat a low-fat diet.
cessed carbohydrates—foods like chips, cookies, “After hearing for 40 years how eating fat makes
soda, crackers and even white rice—digest quickly you fat and how we have to count calories to con-
into sugar and increase levels of the hormone insulin. trol our weight, people are afraid of foods that hu-
“Insulin is like Miracle-Gro for your fat cells,” ex- mans have enjoyed and viewed as healthy for hun-
plains Ludwig. It directs cells to snap up calories in dreds of years, like olive oil, nuts, avocado, fatty fish,
the blood and store them as fat, even dark chocolate,” says Lud-
leaving the body feeling hungry wig. “These foods are among
in a hurry. This is why it’s so easy the most healthful foods in ex-
to devour a big bag of chips or Replace processed istence, even though they are
a blueberry muffin and still feel loaded with calories.”
famished.
carbs with healthy Real, natural foods with fiber,
Repeat this cycle too many fats. Fats don’t protein and fat are so satisfying
times and your metabolism that you’ll naturally eat less of
will start working against you. raise insulin, so them, the new thinking goes. “If
What’s more, “when humans try they can be a key the meal contains all three, then
to reduce their calorie balance, the food will move more slowly
the body fights back,” says Lud- ally for weight loss, through the GI [gastrointesti-
wig. This happens in two ways: says David Ludwig. nal] tract,” says Mira Ilic, a clin-
the body’s metabolism slows in ical dietitian at the Cleveland
order to keep calories around Clinic. When a food takes its
longer, and you begin to feel time passing through the body,
hungrier. “This combination of rising hunger and you feel fuller longer. And that helps you naturally
slowing metabolism is a battle that we’re destined regulate your calorie intake.
to lose over the long term,” he adds. Instead of choosing a meal based on calories, Ilic
advises picking foods from all three categories: one
high in fiber, like a vegetable or whole grain; a pro-
Put fat back on the plate tein source (think chicken or salmon); and a healthy
The best way to break this fattening cycle is to re- fat, like a salad with olive oil and chopped avocado.
place processed carbs with healthy fats, Ludwig But it’s still possible to overdo it, even on healthy
points out: “Fats don’t raise insulin at all, so they foods. The biggest temptations are typically peanut
can be a key ally for weight loss.” butter and almond butter, which are often eaten by
That idea, of course, contradicts decades of di- the spoonful, says Ilic. She likes the “healthy plate”
etary advice. Americans have long been warned method of foolproof portion control: assembling
about the dangers of fat, since the nutrient contains half a plate of nonstarchy vegetables; a quarter plate
more than twice as many calories as carbohydrates of protein; and a quarter plate of quality carbs, like
and proteins. By the math alone, replacing fat with whole grains or legumes. Foods with healthy fats
carbs seems like a good idea—but it’s not. Studies may also pop up in the protein and carb parts of
have shown that people on a low-fat diet tend to lose the plate, and if you stick to that formula, you’ll be
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By eating balanced, veggie-rich meals that include protein and healthy fat, you
help your body regulate blood sugar and weight.
less likely to overeat them. After creating so well- the mix. “After cleaning the metabolic slate and low-
rounded a meal, you’ll find it easier to keep the ering their insulin, people may be able to enjoy pas-
amount of good fat you add to it in check. tries, pasta, etc., in moderation,” says Ludwig. If you
Another way to guard against overeating healthy- miss these foods, he recommends experimenting to
but-rich foods is to slow down at the table. “A lot of see what you can handle before cravings are trig-
people are eating way too fast,” says Ilic. “It takes a gered. “For others whose metabolism doesn’t toler-
minimum of 20 minutes for the brain to pick up on ate that as much, the benefits of being in control of
satiety, the fullness of the stomach, and you miss the hunger and not having to fight cravings will be much
cue of being full if you’re eating too quickly.” greater than the fleeting pleasures of those processed
carbohydrates.”
As for Rabe, she ended her year of dodging calo-
Tune in to your hunger ries by embarking on a new one in which she em-
Recent research found that when people did a braced fat and reduced sugar. She lost about as
short mindfulness exercise called a body-scan much weight while gaining leanness, strength and a
meditation—in which you take stock of how you feel steadier stream of energy. “I feel so much freer to not
inside—they were better able to pick up on internal be restricted and obsessed over calories,” she says.
cues that signal hunger and fullness. People who are “I’ve made some really major changes in the quality
more mindful have also been shown to experience of my diet, and I feel I can sustain them.”
fewer weight fluctuations over time. Best of all, ditching the meal math renewed her
Even though eating quality calories will help you love for food, so much so that she started her own
crave treats less, there’s still room for the occasional cooking blog.
indulgence. Ludwig is a fan of dark chocolate, which Rabe says she’ll never go back to counting calories.
has heart, brain and satiety benefits. If that doesn’t “I’m internally motivated to eat the way I do, because
do it for you, you can keep the occasional cookie in I enjoy it,” she says. “I like the way I feel now.” □
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Raising Kids
Who Are
Body Positive
I wanted my daughter to have a healthy body
image and a healthy relationship with food.
My first step: to stop nitpicking my own shape
By Jancee Dunn
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Do you like to
hike or bike with
your kids? You’re
teaching them to
value their body
for what it does,
not looks like.
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line when you indulge on something less-than-ideal. 2016 University of Chicago study found that eating
I started paying more attention to the way I talked disorders tend to begin at an earlier age with boys—
about eating after I had a conversation with Alan at age 13, rather than age 14 for girls.
Kazdin, director of the Yale Parenting Center. He I noticed that I was practicing NBT all the time.
told me that kids learn behaviors by watching and We do it as a way to give a compliment to a friend
listening to their parents—what psychologists call (“I wish I had your thighs; mine are huge!”). We do
modeling. Like some sort of high-level security cam- it to assure others that we don’t think we’re better
era, kids are observing you all the time, whether than anyone else. We do it to make each other laugh.
you’re aware of it or not. In a recent group text with friends, one volunteered
And it goes much deeper than just mimicking that when she looks down at her smartphone—the
what you say and do. Kazdin told me that research worst angle imaginable—her resulting double chin
has demonstrated that there are special cells in the made her look like Walter Matthau. We all chimed in
brain called mirror neurons. If I pick up a banana with our own comparisons, heavy on America’s fore-
to eat and my daughter is watching me, her brain fathers—Ben Franklin, John Quincy Adams.
fires cells that are the equiv- It can be reassuring that
alent of her hand picking up other people have the same
the banana as well. This sug- thoughts as you do—and
gests, Kazdin said, that see- indeed, experts think this
ing a behavior forges the body bashing evolved as a
same neural connections way for women to bond with
that you make from prac- friends by showing vulner-
ticing the behavior. In other ability. Unfortunately, re-
words, modeling can actu- search shows that airing
ally change the brain. insecurities with friends ac-
“Modeling is so impor- tually makes you feel worse.
tant,” Kazdin told me. “I Not only that, but like
think it’s nice in some ways some sort of pernicious
that parents don’t really re- virus, this behavior is
alize the responsibilities catching. A 2012 report in
that they have and that their the journal Psychology of
behavior is being observed Women Quarterly shows
all the time,” he said. “It’s re- that engaging in Negative
ally daunting.” Body Talk prompts other
But I had never entirely Kids who cook are more likely women to do it too. NBT is
realized how thoroughly to choose healthy foods. not harmless chitchat; it has
children absorb their moth- long-term consequences. A
ers’ negative body talk, or 2015 study published in the
NBT—and how early their journal Adolescent Health,
feelings about their body image take root. A 2015 Medicine and Therapeutics found that the frequency
report from Common Sense Media found that girls with which teen girls and boys participate in “fat
as young as 5 who think their moms are dissatisfied talk” is correlated with eating-disordered behavior.
with their bodies are more likely to be unhappy with And the more we do it, the more it becomes the
their own. Even more disheartening was a 2010 re- norm—making it harder for those with healthy at-
port that found that nearly a third of kids ages 5 to titudes toward their bodies to speak up.
6 choose an ideal body size that’s thinner than their But of course, it’s hard to stop NBT from bubbling
own perceived size. up in your brain. When I was recently in a dressing
Nor are boys immune. A 2012 study published in room, trying on clothes—without my daughter—I
the journal Pediatrics found that two thirds of mid- was cursing at my nice, round hiney as I tried to stuff
dle school and high school boys exercised regularly it into a pair of jeans.
not to improve their health but to be more toned. A And I am constantly fighting food-related guilt.
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The
Definitive
Guide to
Body Fat
Some good fat can improve our
metabolism. Another type can wrap
around the heart. Discover how body
fat can help and harm our health
By Hallie Levine
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viding essential padding for your body, it has an- so, she may not even be technically overweight,
other important job: it generates the hormone adi- but it’s usually visceral fat that’s adding the extra
ponectin, which helps regulate insulin production. weight,” explains Caroline Cederquist, a bariatric
“Paradoxically, the fatter you are, the less adipo- physician in Naples, Fla., and the author of The MD
nectin you produce, which means that your body Factor Diet.
has trouble regulating insulin, increasing the risk of How to blast it off: “To mobilize visceral fat, a bal-
heart disease and diabetes,” Hamdy says. anced diet is essential,” Cederquist says. “Eat lean
How to get rid of it: Cutting calories is crucial for protein throughout the day while controlling your
overall weight loss, but getting moving counts too: carb and fat intake.” For keeping visceral fat off, car-
women who walked, cycled or took public trans- dio is the way to go: a 2011 Duke University study
portation to work had about 1.5% less body fat than found that regular aerobic exercise, the equivalent
those who drove, according to a U.K. study. “It’s of jogging about 12 miles a week at 80% maximum
proof that those little bursts of activity count when heart rate, was the best workout for losing visceral
it comes to burning fat,” notes Pamela Peeke, the au- fat in particular.
thor of Body for Life for Women. “Even just walking
from the train station or bus to your office can burn
on average an extra hundred calories.” Brown fat (a.k.a. good fat)
Already active? Ramp it up. “When you take Where it is: Mainly around your neck, collarbone
your workout up a notch, you reach VO2 max— and chest. For years, researchers assumed that it
that’s the level of exertion where you have the op- was present primarily in infants, helping to keep
timal breakdown of body fat,” Peeke explains. “It them warm, and that it gradually disappeared dur-
also fools your body into thinking that you’re work- ing childhood. But in 2009, studies revealed that
ing out minutes after you’ve stopped, so you’re still some adults still have brown cells.
burning calories.” What it does: This buzzed-about “good” fat becomes
metabolically active when we’re exposed to cold tem-
peratures, burning up energy. “Since brown fat is
Visceral fat used to generate heat, it burns more calories at rest,”
Where it is: Nestled deep within your belly, where says Ruth Loos, professor of preventive medicine at
it pads the spaces around your abdominal organs. Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Fifty grams
You can’t feel or grab it. (about 4 tablespoons) of brown fat, if maximally stim-
What it does: Visceral fat has been dubbed “toxic” ulated, could torch about 300 calories a day.
fat, and for good reason: “It secretes inflammatory How to beef it up: Since brown fat is activated by
proteins called cytokines that affect insulin produc- cold, prepare to shiver. According to a study in Cell
tion and increase inflammation throughout the body, Metabolism, folks who spent 10 to 15 minutes in tem-
which raises the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes peratures below 60 degrees produced a hormone
and heart disease,” Hamdy says. You can’t directly called irisin, which appears to make white fat cells
measure visceral fat unless you undergo an MRI or act like brown fat; they got a similar boost from an
a CT scan. hour of moderate exercise at warmer temperatures.
The next best thing? Grab a tape measure and And keep your thermostat low: an Australian study
wind it around your waist; if your midsection is more showed that men who lived in homes set to 66 de-
than 35 inches, you most likely have too much vis- grees generated 40% more brown fat than when they
ceral fat, Hamdy says. A Mayo Clinic study pub- lived in higher temperatures.
lished in 2014 found that Caucasian women with
waist sizes above 37 inches were more likely to die
from heart or respiratory disease. About body-fat percentage
Another sign of trouble appears when your num- The best way to determine whether you’re carrying
bers are off, meaning you’ve got low HDL (good) too much flab is to check your body-fat percentage.
cholesterol and elevated blood glucose and triglyc- A healthy range is between 20% and 25% for young
eride levels. “When a woman who has been lean women and up to 30% after age 50, Peeke says. Skip
most of her life gains 10 to 20 pounds at age 40 or the skin calipers (they pinch the skin around your
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upper arm, thigh and stomach); results can be off by The danger of ectopic fat
as much as 5%. Peeke’s recommendation: an at-home Ectopic fat has the same metabolic properties as vis-
bioelectrical impedance scale, which sends an elec- ceral fat, but instead of padding your abdominal or-
trical current through your body and measures how gans, it settles in your heart, liver, pancreas and mus-
fast it returns. Other methods, such as underwater cles. “Most of us have only a few pounds of ectopic
weighing (you’re dunked into a pool to measure your fat,” Hamdy says. “Even so, it’s dangerous because
body fat) and DEXA scans (which use an x-ray to de- it’s inside vital organs and can increase the risk of
termine body composition, including body fat, lean heart disease, liver damage and Type 2 diabetes.”
muscle and bone density), are more accurate, but The only way to tell if you have ectopic fat is by
you’ll have to go to a health clinic to get measured. getting an MRI or a CT scan. One key way to avoid
this problem is to stay active. The more you sit, the
more likely you are to have this fat around your
Cellulite explained heart, according to a University of California, San
Skin dimples happen when subcutaneous fat cells Diego, study.
collect in pockets and push against the connective
tissue under your skin. You can minimize their ap-
pearance by staying at a healthy weight and doing
How to actually burn off fat
strength-training moves (more muscle equals tauter Resistance train: A strength workout that incorpo-
skin). Caffeine-infused creams (such as Clarins Body rates high-intensity interval training (HIIT) will help
Lift Cellulite Control) can temporarily de-puff fat burn calories and fat stores at a higher rate than one
cells for a smoother look. done in straight sets, says trainer Gunnar Peterson.
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The drill: do eight repetitions of different types of and you may not lose those last 5 or 10 pounds until
body-weight-resistance activities (chin-ups, squats, after you wean.
burpees, etc.), alternating 20 seconds of work with Menopause: Until this point, most women still store
10 seconds of rest. fat around their lower half, but once they go through
Rest: Yet another benefit of getting a good night of menopause, their fat-storage patterns mimic men’s,
sleep: a Brigham Young University study found that which means women may start sporting what looks
women who slept between 8 and 81⁄2 hours a night like a beer belly.
had the lowest levels of body fat. Why? Lack of sleep
can wreak havoc on hormones that control fat me-
tabolism. If you have trouble getting a solid seven or Can you be heavy and healthy?
eight hours of rest, try shutting down your devices at
Some research suggests yes, but the answer isn’t en-
least one hour before bedtime. Also make sure yourtirely clear yet. A 2013 study found that although
room is dark; light from alarm clocks and the street
overweight people may have a higher life expectancy
can interrupt sleep. than normal-weight people, they spend those years
Relax: Doing yoga can reduce cortisol levels—high in poorer health.
levels of the stress hormone have been linked to belly
“While certain types of fat, particularly subcu-
fat. In fact, obese postmenopausal women who prac-taneous fat, may not have the impact on your heart
ticed yoga for 16 weeks reported significant reduc-
that visceral fat does, they can affect your quality
tions in visceral fat, according to of life,” Peeke says. “If you’re
a Korean study. heavy, you’re more likely to de-
velop osteoarthritis or just have
If you have trouble trouble moving around.”
How age factors in
getting seven or
Childhood: The number of fat
cells you have is set early on, so eight hours of The best fat-fighting
you don’t actually get more of foods
rest, try shutting
them when you gain weight. In- Dairy: People who consumed
stead, those fat cells swell as tri- down your devices more dairy while on a low-
glycerides (i.e., fatty acids) are calorie diet lost 21⁄2 more pounds
stored in them. If enough fat
at least one hour of fat than those who didn’t,
cells expand in size, your body before bedtime. according to a review published
begins to, well, expand too. Boys in the International Journal
tend to be born with more fat of Obesity.
cells in their belly, while girls are born with more Proteins: Research has shown that people lose more
fat cells in their hips, thighs and butt, in prepara- visceral fat on a lower-carb, higher-protein diet than
tion for storing fat during pregnancy. they do on a low-fat diet that’s high in carbohydrates,
Adolescence: Between the ages of 9 and 19, the vol- Hamdy points out.
ume of fat in girls more than doubles, due in part to Oatmeal: For every 10-gram increase in soluble
a surge of the female hormone estrogen. “Your body fiber consumed per day, visceral fat was reduced by
starts producing estrogen in preparation for having 3.7% over five years, according to a study at Wake
a baby and nursing years down the road. That estro- Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.
gen helps fuel the growth of fat cells,” Peeke says. Vegetable oil: Swedish research found that poly-
Post-pregnancy: There’s a reason it is so difficult to unsaturated fats (including omega-6-rich oils such
shed that extra fat after having a baby. It’s a throw- as safflower, soybean and corn) may help prevent
back to our caveperson days, says Peeke. “It’s re- you from gaining visceral fat and may even help you
serve storage for the demands of breastfeeding,” she build muscle.
explains. This helps ensure that new mothers can Fatty fish: Omega-3s (found in salmon, tuna, mack-
feed their babies in times of famine. So even though erel and sardines, as well as flaxseed and walnuts)
breastfeeding burns about 500 calories a day, your may help reduce abdominal fat. And—bonus!—they
body is hardwired to hold on to some fat deposits, may be protective for your heart too. □
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2
8 WAYS FAT 1
AFFECTS THE
FEMALE BODY
Having excess fat—or too little
of it—can wreak avoc with a
woman’s system BY HALLIE LEVINE
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eat well when you’re out and find filling whole foods
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How Stress
Makes Us
Gain
What to do when evolution is working
against you. Hint: being aware helps
By Kate Rope
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Why meditate? When you have a daily coping ritual, you bring your stress level
back to baseline, so it doesn’t spill over and start to harm your body.
What’s more, rather than living a life punctuated foods in them “comfort foods.” When we eat them,
by the threat of a saber-toothed tiger, many of us live our cortisol levels decrease and we feel a sense of re-
a life of lesser but continuous stresses. It’s something lief. In fact, says Peeke, “people who overeat under
our bodies were not designed to handle. “When our stress actually feel a drug-related anesthesia.” That
body never gets out of that fight-or-flight mode, it sounds—and probably feels—pretty good. The prob-
becomes chronic stress,” says Goldman. lem is that it is short-lived, she adds: “You just ate
You may not realize the impact stress is having a load of sugar, your insulin levels skyrocketed, and
on you. “Most people are walking around with ri- now you have all of these metabolic consequences.”
diculously high levels of stress hormones and don’t This kind of stress eating, which anyone can fall
even know it,” says Peeke. And our body’s primal re- prey to, might lead to your typical middle-age weight
ward system pushes us toward one of two things to gain of 20 to 30 pounds. But genetics and life ex-
soothe itself: sex or food. Sex is scarce in our modern periences can turn stress eating into addictive eat-
workaday world, but vending machines? Plentiful. ing, with much more serious weight and health con-
And here’s why we call the high-fat, high-calorie sequences. There are many genes—ones related to
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addiction, metabolism, diabetes, depression and take, food intake, movement, sleep and stress.”
anxiety—that factor into a propensity to overeat or To reduce stress, Goldman recommends having at
gain weight. When they interact with negative ex- least three adaptive coping mechanisms that you can
periences in childhood, the effect can be exponen- actually see yourself doing in times of stress—such
tial. According to research from the Harvard Nurses’ as cooking, cleaning, deep breathing, calling a friend,
Health Study, children who experience the chronic taking a walk or taking a bath. “If you are participat-
stress of abuse—verbal or physical—or have other ing in daily coping mechanisms, it’s much easier to
traumatic incidents in their childhood are more bring your stress level back to baseline,” she says.
likely to end up overweight or obese. Early on, says For people who have a history of trauma, Peeke
Peeke, they have few outlets to manage their stress, recommends finding a therapist—a psychologist or
so they often turn to food, developing a brain-body a licensed social worker—who has certifications in
feedback loop that can actually alter their genes’ trauma-based work. It also helps to equip yourself
messaging to predispose them to addictive eating. with techniques that can fill in for that 20-minute
In fact, the first study to examine the connection run from the woolly mammoth. “One of the best
between child abuse and food addiction, published things you can do to calm the storm—bar none—
in the journal Obesity in 2013, found that for women, is meditation,” says Peeke. “We’ve done tremen-
a history of any kind of abuse led dous epigenetic studies, and
to a 90% increase in the risk of what we’ve found is that regu-
developing a food addiction. lar meditators have a decrease in
But lesser events can also Children who grow both the level of stress hormone
put you at risk for stress- as well as in the expression of in-
related weight gain. “Stress is
up with the chronic flammatory genes. The result is
in the eyes of the beholder,” says stress of abuse or better control of overeating and
Peeke. “The guy sitting at the weight gain. Literally, you dial it
desk with all those deadlines? In
other trauma are down. How cool is that?”
his brain, he is under ridiculous more likely to end “Go for meditative walks,
strain. You don’t need a building meditative runs, bring on yoga.
to fall on your head to develop
up overweight How about tai chi? Do the kinds
addictive-like eating behav- or obese. of physical activity where you
iors—they fall on a spectrum.” have a chance to get lost in it,”
And that spectrum is where she adds. “When I’m in the pool
Tim Chambers found him- doing laps, nobody is bothering
self after his health scare. “It is easy when you are me. It is exquisitely meditative.” That combo “will
stressed out to only worry about getting through that be able to reverse so much of what’s taking place in
day,” says Chambers. “It’s very easy to have a short- both your mind and body.”
term mindset.” But it won’t happen overnight, shares Chambers.
Sitting in that hospital room, Chambers changed “You have to have a sense that if I go for a really long
his. He decided to make three lifestyle changes that walk right now or if I go to the gym and work rather
he could track every day—exercise, sleep and food— than just eat, it will be better for me. What’s tough
to create a “chain” of healthy behavior. “If I would is that it’s not instant gratification like eating, but
get enough sleep, get 10,000 steps, eat within my as you get through the things that are stressing you,
allotted calories and go to the gym three or four and you look back, it helps you have more belief in
times a week, that was not breaking the chain,” it the next time.”
says Chambers. “I would try to go for the longest Chambers’s faith and patience have helped him
period I could without breaking it. If I did break it, create his own brain-to-body feedback loop, this
I would just pick it back up again.” In two years, he time a positive one. He has kept the weight off, and
lost 115 pounds, which he has kept off for two years he reports that while his “external stressors are
and counting. about the same as they’ve always been, my manage-
Chambers’s three-point plan hits several of the ment of them has been different than it has been my
suggestions Goldman gives her clients. “Water in- entire adult life.” □
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All About
Cravings
Rich and sugary foods trigger our
innate survival instinct. Can’t swear
them off? You don’t have to, according
to the latest science
By Sunny Sea Gold
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long weight struggles at Green Mountain at Fox Run, Simply put, these “hyperpalatable” foods make us
a mindful-eating retreat in Ludlow, Vt. “The more feel gooood in some of the very same ways that sex
we understand cravings and examine the roots of and drugs do. Whether sugar or any other food is
our drive to eat, the more we can actively choose literally, diagnosably “addictive” is still a matter of
what to do with those cravings and take better care debate. What’s not: reward signals in the brain can
of our bodies.” override cues like fullness in many people, contrib-
uting to overeating, weight gain and, sometimes,
addict-like behavior around food, he says.
Your craving brain That said, cravings and food preferences can
Food cravings originate in the brain, not just your change over time—especially if a person begins to
belly. Hormones, memories, sights, smells, emotions, eat a larger variety of nutritious foods. Try to focus
thoughts and signals between brain cells all influ- on what you’re adding instead of what you’re consid-
ence what and how much you want to eat. For exam- ering off-limits, says Notte. “Rather than approach-
ple, research shows that enticing images of food on ing it as ‘I really need to cut out white flour,’ ask your-
billboards and TV trigger cravings and drive (over-) self what types of starches, such as whole grains and
consumption, and these effects are even more pro- beans, you could add into your diet to bring more
nounced when you’re hungry. Directly after a meal, balance there. When we can bring more balance
these “food cues” lose much of into our diet and meet our bod-
their punch, at least in average- ies’ overall needs, we do start to
weight individuals, says Ander- see that our cravings change.”
mann. But people with obesity Cravings can Giving in to every fatty,
or binge-eating issues don’t ex- change over time— sugary food whim can cause
perience that same steep post- weight gain, insulin resistance
meal drop-off, suggesting that especially if a and other negative health out-
brain differences may be at least person begins to comes. But actively ignoring
partly responsible for some peo- and suppressing cravings can
ple’s persistent cravings. eat a larger variety backfire, leading to a restrict-
Internal physical cues kick of nutritious foods. and-binge cycle (otherwise
off cravings, too, but not in the known as yo-yo dieting) that
way you may think. “Generally contributes to some of the very
speaking, we don’t have much same health problems. “Cutting
evidence to support the idea that needs for spe- a food out of our diets generally increases cravings
cific vitamins or minerals trigger cravings for par- for that food—thinking a food is off-limits makes
ticular foods,” says Notte. “What we do see in nu- us want it so much more,” says Notte. “It’s the scar-
trient deficiency is the body encouraging you to go city effect. Cravings and overeating behaviors are, in
out and seek more food in general to try to fill in part, related to perceived food scarcity and uncer-
the gaps.” Although you’re not more likely to crave tainty about when it’ll be available again.” Indeed,
steak for the iron, cravings for sugars and carbohy- researchers have found that when mice are deprived
drates soar when blood sugar drops, such as when of food for several hours and then are given access to
you skip meals. “Carbohydrates are the body’s pre- a sugary liquid, they binge on it—whereas animals
ferred source of energy and the easiest to break down with constant access to the sugar don’t. A similar re-
into glucose, so your body will seek them out when bound effect is seen in humans.
you need an energy boost,” she says. Intake of carbo- For most people with lifelong weight struggles,
hydrates spikes when we’re sleep deprived. here’s how that cycle plays out: Restricting calories
Foods high in fat, sugar and certain other addi- and food groups increases cravings for off-limits
tives also cause sudden spikes in dopamine in parts foods. After a month or three months or a year, when
of the brain related to “reward” and pleasure, ex- a person’s resolve breaks—as it nearly always does—
plains Miguel Alonso-Alonso, director of the Lab- he’s probably going to overeat those high-calorie
oratory of Bariatric and Nutritional Neuroscience foods, even binge. For some folks, this “rebound
at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. eating” can go on for days, weeks or even months.
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Tempted by treats at the office? Ask yourself: Am I truly hungry for this now? You
may find you just need a mental break, like a walk or a chat with a co-worker.
Mindful habits Notte. You may realize that you’re tired and what you
need is to turn off the TV and go to bed. Or perhaps
For most of human history, cravings and constant you’re stressed, and the craving is more about sooth-
food seeking helped us survive lean times. But the ing yourself than how yummy the food is. Folks with
modern foodscape is one of ubiquitous, cheap calo- emotional- and binge-eating issues especially may
ries marketed to us by a $5 trillion food-retail indus- crave certain foods as a kind of self-medication, says
try. This is where the reasonable, prefrontal-cortex Andermann. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
part of our big brains come in, says Andermann. We and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) are both re-
can tap this region to do three things: stop and no- search-backed ways people with emotional cravings
tice cravings, decipher where they’re coming from can gain more control over their eating behaviors.
and choose how to respond. “When asked how they Regular physical activity has also been linked to
know when they’re finished with a meal, Ameri- a greater ability to actively control eating behavior.
cans say it’s when a TV show is over, or when their Animal studies suggest it could be due to changes
plates are empty—not when they feel full,” says An- in blood flow, the release of certain brain chemicals
dermann. “The first step in changing any kind of such as feel-good endorphins and better function-
learned action is mindfulness—paying attention.” ing of neurons, says Alonso-Alonso.
You might start by noticing what you’re doing The answer to “Why am I craving this food?” may
when a hankering crops up. Habits are a powerful simply be that you want the pleasure of eating it.
trigger for cravings, says Alonso-Alonso. Our brains That’s OK, insists Notte. “Your ultimate goal should
like convenience and efficiency above all else, and never be simply to not eat the food that you’re crav-
“habits operate as behavioral shortcuts in daily life ing,” she says. Instead, the aim is to make a mindful
and are a preferred mode of making decisions with and informed decision that balances your needs in
minimal effort,” he says. Shake up your routine as the moment with what you want in the long term.
much as you can to create more of a pause between “Food is a great pleasure,” she continues, “and hu-
craving and action. mans are pleasure-seeking creatures. Sometimes just
“Sometimes all you need is a moment to ask your- allowing ourselves to enjoy the food and then move
self if you’re truly hungry for this right now,” says on really is the best way to handle it.” □
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14 Healthy Foods
That KeepYou Full
Reach for one of these hunger-busting picks, and you won’t find
yourself reaching for a cookie an hour later
By Kathleen Felton
Artichokes
Artichokes are super fill-
ing—in fact, they are one
of the highest-fiber veg-
etables. A single boiled
artichoke has 10.3
grams of fiber—almost
half the recommended
daily amount for women.
Dark chocolate
Dark chocolate contains
monounsaturated fatty
acids that could help
speed up your metabo-
lism, says Cynthia Sass,
RD. “I love to chop dark
chocolate into squares
and add them into a
smoothie.”
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Avocados
This heart-smart super-
food is oh so satisfying:
one study found that
women who eat half an
avocado at lunch might
experience reduced
food cravings later in the
day. Sass recommends
whipping avocado into
a smoothie or mixing
it with citrus to make a
creamy salad dressing.
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Broccoli
A mighty source of
calcium and important
cancer-fighting com-
pounds, broccoli also
has loads of filling fiber
and will set you back only
30 calories per serving.
If this cruciferous veggie
makes you bloat, steam
it first to make it easier
to digest.
Eggs
You might not think of
them as a weight-loss
food, but eggs are
packed with protein,
which helps curb your
appetite. One study
found that overweight
women who ate eggs for
breakfast lost twice as
much weight as women
who started their days
with bagels.
Quinoa
Quinoa contains hearty doses of
iron and magnesium, which help
give your body energy. And a one-
cup serving of this seed boasts 8
grams of filling protein and 5 grams
of fiber. Confused about how to cook
quinoa? It’s delicious in a salad,
in burger patties or pancakes, or
baked into muffins.
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Almonds
Almonds are light (just
163 calories for 23). In
one study, people who
added a daily serving of
them to a low-cal diet
lost more weight than
those who ate a carb-rich
snack such as crackers.
Greek yogurt
Greek yogurt is an
extremely satiating
snack, with 17 grams
of protein. Per a study
in Appetite, people who
ate a high-protein yogurt
snack three hours after
lunch felt fuller and ate
dinner later than the
other participants.
Lentils
There’s a reason lentils are consid-
ered one of the world’s healthiest
foods. With 13 grams of protein and
11 grams of fiber per serving, this
legume will keep you feeling full for
hours in between meals. They’re a
great source of fat-burning resistant
starch, too, with 3.4 grams in a half-
cup serving. Lentils also boast twice
as much iron as other legumes
and are especially good sources of
vitamin B and folate.
Popcorn
With the exception of movie popp -
corn—w which can pack 1,000 0 calo-
ries or more—popcorn is a healthy,
filling snack. “In addition to a
all of
the be efits of being a memb ber
of the whole-grain family, popcorn
is light and airy
iry, so you ca
can eat a
large portion,” saysy Sass s.
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Bananas
Bananas are a top source
of resistant starch, which
the body digests slowly.
This helps you feel full,
while encouraging the
liver to switch to fat-
burning mode.
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Chia seeds
Small-but-mighty chia
seeds pack a serious
fiber punch—4 grams
per tablespoon—so
when you add them to
your favorite healthy
foods, they’ll help ward
off hunger.
Apples Oatmeal
Apples have pectin, Oats are another great
which slows digestion source of resistant
and makes you feel full. starch. In one study,
Research shows eating people who ate hot oat-
a whole apple with your meal for breakfast felt
meal (versus drinking less hunger later in the
apple juice) is a natural day than those who ate
appetite suppressant. cold oat cereal.
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Gain-Proof
Every Stage
of Your Life
Ever notice how weight tends to creep on at
certain times? Here’s how to push through these
vulnerable periods and come out healthier
By Jessica Migala
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It’s a trend experts see in both men and women. than you had before. (We’re not talking about at-
“Weight tends to naturally trend up after high tempts to eat healthy and balanced, but rather active
school, and I see this especially pronounced in men,” efforts to restrict what you’re eating.) In fact, adults
says Benjamin O’Donnell, an endocrinologist spe- who had a history of dieting were more likely to have
cializing in weight management at the Ohio State gained weight over a 10-year period compared with
University Wexner Medical Center. Men may be ac- those who ate regularly, according to a 2018 study
tive in sports in high school, and when they get to in the journal Eating Behaviors.
college, they’re not on a team anymore but “they When you shortchange your body of calories (en-
don’t stop eating like a football player,” he says. ergy), it stimulates physiological mechanisms that
Of course, the same happens to women too; amplify hunger and add body fat; psychologically
they’re no longer on the field-hockey team but they’re speaking, drastic diets also make you hyper-focus
eating as if they’re doing suicide sprints every day. on food, increasing the likelihood of a binge, says
Young students may find that this is the first time Bacon. This is often what leads to regaining more
in their life when they have food freedom, says Tracy weight than you had lost.
Lockwood Beckerman, a registered dietitian in What you can do: “It’s important for people to
New York City. “Your normal eating habits become know that dieting doesn’t get them what it prom-
flipped, and you’re dealing with the influence of new ises,” says Bacon. “If you want to get to a weight
friends, a new schedule, stress that’s healthy for you, the idea
and a new living situation.” isn’t to try to control or fight
The best way to avoid bulk- your body but trust it.”
ing up in college is to not focus Couples who Tuning in to your body
on weight gain but instead focus are in happier, through things like intuitive
on developing healthy new eating (in which you honor your
habits. It’s unlikely that down- more supportive hunger and cravings without re-
ing beer and pizza and staying marriages stay at lying on restriction) puts your
up until 3 a.m. is living your body back in the driver’s seat.
best life, even if it feels fun at a healthier weight Next, ask yourself how you
the time. from the newlywed can fit exercise into your work-
Everything may be new, but day. Could you do 15 minutes of
now’s the time to develop stress- period into midlife. a streaming workout at home? Is
reduction strategies and get ad- there an office park you can walk
equate sleep to buffer late-night around at lunch? Getting regu-
binges. If you do find yourself face-to-face with mid- lar exercise not only makes it easier to keep weight
night nachos, assemble a small plate of them so you steady but also lowers your risk of many serious
don’t mindlessly devour the order. Another sugges- health problems.
tion for snack attacks: “Keep in-shell pistachios in
your dorm room,” she says. “The nuts require leg-
work to crack open, so you can’t inhale them quickly.” Tricky time: Early married life
Did you come back from your honeymoon feeling
a little puffy? It’s not just you: the transition into
Tricky time: Your early 20s married life leads to weight gain in men and women,
Going from college to career often means taking a according to a 2012 study review from researchers
desk job and enduring something of a commute. at the City University of New York. (Interestingly,
So it’s probably no wonder that young adults add the transition out of marriage leads to weight loss,
about a pound or two per year, per 2013 data from the CUNY researchers found.) One Finnish study
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In they looked at, for example, found that both men
an effort to control this creeping weight gain—or and women who transitioned into marriage almost
strive for a certain body ideal—you may respond by doubled their risk of substantial weight gain com-
trying to go on a diet. For all your good intentions, pared with consistently married people. The CUNY
the strategy can backfire, leaving you with more fat experts theorized that couples may be eating more
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together, moving less and not worrying so much limited free time) toward sleep. “Sleep deprivation
about their looks once they become locked in. can alter hormones responsible for hunger and full-
In some cases, they’re just putting back the weight ness cues,” says Beckerman.
that they crash dieted off before walking down the In addition, give yourself grace during this very
aisle. (“Sweating for the wedding” is a thing, after stressful period. “Don’t be so hard on yourself,” she
all.) Problem is, the extreme methods people try to adds. “If you can relieve the pressure to be perfect
get slim fast to fit into their wedding dress or tux are and that thinner is better, you can really shift your
unsustainable. “If you dieted to the extreme, that thinking toward how certain foods will make you
weight will come back on after the wedding, since feel instead of how they will make you look.” To
it’s an unrealistic vision for where your body should make healthier eating easier on yourself, consider
have been,” says Beckerman. “Your body is fighting signing up for a meal-kit delivery service that sends
to go back to a weight more in line with its genetic pre-prepped ingredients with recipes to make it sim-
set point.” pler to throw together a balanced dinner.
First off, don’t crash diet before the wedding. It Try thinking of every meal as an opportunity to
will leave you vulnerable to binge eating and devel- make a healthy choice. Go with lean protein, whole
oping a negative relationship with food. Once you’re grains and at least five servings a day of fruits and
hitched, if you’re a healthy eater and your mate isn’t, vegetables. But don’t beat yourself up if you have an
“don’t feel trapped in your partner’s eating habits off meal. So you ate three cookies for lunch while
just because you’re a duo,” Beckerman says. Take standing over the sink! No one is perfect. Dinner
turns cooking and you may just convert your spouse will provide another chance to eat right.
to loving grain bowls and grilled fish. Focusing on
your relationship can pay off too. Research shows
that couples in happier, more supportive marriages
Tricky time: Quitting smoking
stay at a healthier weight from the newlywed period You may be hesitant to give up cigarettes because
into midlife. you’re worried you will put on pounds after quit-
ting. “When you quit smoking, you can expect some
amount of weight gain because nicotine suppresses
Tricky time: New motherhood appetite,” says O’Donnell. Some people gain 10 to
It’s not OK to expect a woman postpartum to “snap 20 pounds, he adds. Ex-smokers may feel hungrier
back” to her former body. The things you did to and also find that they’re scarfing down snacks be-
maintain the weight you were at B.K. (that’s before cause they’re so accustomed to holding something
kids) likely aren’t your priorities anymore now that in their hands.
there’s a little one to care for. “After having a baby, O’Donnell recommends that recent quitters find
your routine has been flipped on its head,” says a no-calorie substitute, such as sugar-free chewing
Beckerman. gum or naturally flavored carbonated water, that
Although there’s no reason to feel pressure to re- keeps their mouth busy and fills the void left by ciga-
gain your old shape, some women put healthy eating rettes. It’s also a good idea to have healthy snacks on
habits on the back burner for years after starting their hand, so you’re reaching for carrots and hummus or
family, which can lead to problems down the road. an apple instead of a big bag of chips.
One study on women who entered pregnancy with a And even if the scale does tick up, rest assured
normal BMI discovered that one third became over- that you will be healthier in the long run—even if
weight or obese a year postpartum, per the journal you’re heavier. While the risk of Type 2 diabetes rose
Obstetrics & Gynecology. This of course has health im- in the short term among recent quitters who gained
plications, as excess weight can put a woman at risk weight, their hearts were still healthier for it. Even
for heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. people who gained more than 20 pounds lowered
So what’s a healthy way to address those new- their odds of dying from cardiovascular disease by
mom pounds? Six months postpartum, think about 67% compared with ongoing smokers, according to a
how you can start to shift your habits—and it doesn’t 2018 study in The New England Journal of Medicine.
have to be an entire overhaul. Rather than focusing As O’Donnell says, “Remind yourself that you’re
only on diet and exercise, put your efforts (and any doing something positive for your health.” □
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Eat Out
and Stay
Lean
Yes, you can enjoy restaurant meals
without putting on pounds. Here’s how
to find the best bets on any menu
By Courtney Mifsud
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Scanning the menu? Be on the lookout for code words like “creamy,” “rich” and
“juicy”—they signal fattening fare and encourage diners to overindulge.
“It’s OK if they want to go out Friday night and eat down at your table. Making a reservation in advance
wings, but then they need to cut back on Thursday can help minimize the aroma effect.
and Saturday.” Once you get to your table, there’s a way to make
The temptations of a restaurant begin when you choices that align with your goals. If you know the
walk in the door. Researchers at the University of restaurant ahead of time, preparation is your friend.
California, Berkeley, found evidence that merely Take a look at the menu online and decode some of
smelling food could lead to weight gain. In their 2017 the language. Descriptive emotion-rich adjectives
study, mice were split into three groups: one group like “creamy,” “rich” and “juicy” are all over restau-
had their usual sense of smell, one had their sense of rant menus, and, according to Brian Wansink, the
smell shut off, and a third set was given a heightened author of Mindless Eating, these words can seduce
sense of smell. These mice all ate the same high-fat diners. Wansink found that descriptive labels in-
diet, and while they all gained weight, the greater the creased sales by as much as 27% and nudged people
sense of smell, the more weight they gained. Once toward a restaurant purchase they might not have
the heavier mice in the third group had their scent otherwise made. By mulling over the menu from
superpowers shut off, they dropped the weight. your laptop instead of in the moment, you’ll have
That’s not to suggest that any of us should wear time to consider your options without impulse and
nose plugs when sitting down to a meal out. Instead, go with more nourishing picks.
just be aware of how heavenly smells can affect ap- A 2015 study in the Journal of the American Acad-
petite. A 30-minute wait standing near the kitchen, emy of Nutrition and Dietetics also backs up how un-
with the aroma of a freshly cooked steak and garlicky healthy restaurant meals can be. According to the
french fries wafting through the air, could trigger study, a staggering 92% of meals from large-chain
you to eat more than you would have if you sat right and local restaurants had more than the recom-
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mended calories for the average person for a single or cheese) and nutritious extras such as mushrooms
meal. The researchers found that portion sizes in the or plain (that is, not candied) nuts.
restaurant industry are obscene. “Some meals ex- Salad dressing can be a source of healthy fats—or
ceeded the calories recommended for a whole day,” a creamy, calorie-laden disaster. Going with olive oil
Susan Roberts, director of the Energy Metabolism and balsamic vinegar or a squeeze of lemon rather
Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutri- than prepared dressings gives you flavor without too
tion Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, many excess calories. You’re best off staying away
told TIME in 2016. “Our biology is designed to make from low-fat dressings, though. Although they may
us eat when there’s food there. I don’t think anybody seem like a diet-friendly sub, these options aren’t
should feel bad that they get weak when there’s an as healthy as you might think. A 2012 Purdue Uni-
excessive portion in front of them, because the prob- versity study examined salads dressed with vari-
lem is the excessive portion, not them.” ous types of fat and found that different levels of
There are strategies to help you avoid polishing fat in the dressing limited the benefits of the salad.
off a steak as big as your head or an omelet fit for “In order to get more from eating fruits and veg-
three. Consider splitting an entrée with your part- etables, they need to be paired correctly with fat-
ner or friend; you can even add a healthy appetizer based dressings,” said Mario Ferruzzi, the study’s
or a veggie-rich salad to your lead author. “While a salad with
shared meal to bulk up its nu- fat-free dressing is lower in cal-
tritional content. ories, the absence of fat causes
Another way around the
Supersized indeed: the loss of some of the benefits
portion distortion is to ask the 92% of restaurant of eating vegetables.”
server to box up half of your And did you know that your
meal to go and bring you only
meals exceed the anxiety level when eating out
the remaining half. Ordering recommended also impacts your ability to
two appetizers instead of an stick to your goals? Navigating
entrée is a favorite trick of di- calories for the a stressful meal out like a first
etitians. If you go with tuna average person, date or business lunch prompts
tartare and a side salad, for in- many of us to order things that
stance, you get a balanced mix of one study found. we normally wouldn’t have. In-
protein, healthy fats and healthy stead of anxious ordering, if
carbs without a lot of calories. you find yourself stressed at the
As a general rule, avoid fried appetizers like jalapeño table, excuse yourself and take 5 to 10 deep breaths.
poppers and anything covered in cheese. According Mindful breathing can move your body into a more
to Mike Moreno, the author of The 17 Day Diet, some relaxed state, which will allow you to make thought-
fried apps pack the amount of fat that four people ful food choices.
should have in a whole day. Finally, keep in mind that how you talk about
Salads may seem like the ultimate healthy order, food—to others and to yourself—can help you stick
but they can add unwanted calories and absurd with healthy-eating goals. In a study published in
amounts of saturated fat. In chain restaurants in the Journal of Consumer Research, dieters who said
particular, meal salads tend to come in an oversize “I don’t eat that” instead of “I can’t eat that” when
bowl, packed with fattening extras like bacon, crou- faced with temptations were more successful at re-
tons and fried strips of chicken. Taco salads are es- sisting treats and more likely to choose a healthy
pecially likely to derail healthy-eating intentions. snack. The researchers theorized that saying the
Often served in a fried tortilla shell with a bed of words “I don’t” lends a feeling of self-control rather
iceberg lettuce rather than mixed greens, they are than the forced deprivation implied by “I can’t.”
loaded with saturated fat (from sour cream, cheese, So when the dessert cart comes around or your
ground beef, etc.) without giving you much in the friend is asking you to split an order of fried onion
way of vegetables. Look for a salad that contains a rings, try saying, “I don’t eat that.” You may find that
lean protein such as chicken, salmon, edamame or those four simple words help you stick with your
chickpeas, ideally one source of fat (think avocado goal—and feel happy about it. □
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Modern
the site of most of the polyphe-
nols in lemons. Many committed
lemon-water fans may be zest-
ing some rind into their water,
but it’s likely nowhere near the
Questions
of vitamin C, and some studies
have linked low vitamin-C status
to obesity. But that’s a large leap
from saying that ingesting more
vitamin C can prevent or reverse
Answered
What are the benefits of lemon water?
weight gain, Hunnes says.
Pectin, a kind of fiber found in
lemons, has also been linked to
some weight-loss benefits. “Pectin
can lower LDL or bad cholesterol
and has some anti-inflammatory
What about hot yoga? Find out which benefits,” says Bahram Arjmandi,
a professor of nutrition at Florida
trends are backed by research State University and former edi-
By Markham Heid tor in chief of the Journal of Food
and Nutritional Disorders. “It can
also prevent fat absorption and
moderate insulin response.” But
from a 2008 Japanese study that most pectin comes from the flesh
linked lemons’ polyphenols— or pith of a fruit, not its juice.
micronutrients with antioxidant “Lemon water is not a miracle
YOU properties—to less weight gain
and improved fat metabolism in
weight-loss food,” adds Elizabeth
DeJulius, a registered dietitian
ASKED: mice that were fed a high-fat diet. nutritionist with Alliance Integra-
Will Drinking It’s possible, the study team said, tive Medicine in Cincinnati. Still,
that lemon polyphenols may stim- lemon water could indirectly help
Lemon Water Help
ulate the liver to produce enzymes people lose weight, she says, be-
Me Lose Weight? that help block the absorption of cause thirst is often mistaken for
dietary fats. hunger. Because many people
Keep in mind that the re- find plain water boring, adding
search was in mice; there have lemon may lead them to stay hy-
been no rigorous studies show- drated, reducing thirst-triggered
Lemon-infused water is a pop- ing that lemon water can promote food cravings. “Dehydration can
ular drink for weight loss. Propo- weight loss in humans, says Dana also slow metabolism, which in
nents claim that it flushes out tox- Hunnes, a senior dietitian at the the long term can lead to weight
ins, cuts appetite and tweaks the University of California, Los An- gain,” she says.
body’s digestive processes in ways geles, Medical Center. Bottom line: If you like lemon
that block fat absorption. Trouble Another problem is that lemon water, sip away. But if you’re look-
is, it doesn’t work like that. water uses the juice, not the rind. ing for evidence-backed ways to
The drink’s hype seems to stem Mice in the study were eating lose weight, this isn’t among them.
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Whether you have extra weight Working out just one part of
in your upper arms or your rear your body probably won’t slim
YOU
end, it makes sense that targeting it down, but some body parts,
those areas with exercise would such as your stomach, are more
ASKED: slim them down. But in most likely to shed fat when you exer-
cases, this kind of “spot reduc- cise. “Some fat deposits are more
Can You Lose Weight
tion” isn’t possible. One study in metabolically active than others,
Just from Your the Journal of Strength and Con- and those may be more respon-
Stomach? ditioning Research found that six sive to exercise interventions,”
weeks of intensive ab workouts says Arthur Weltman, a profes-
did nothing to slim the exercis- sor of medicine and chair of the
ers’ midsections. department of kinesiology at the
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University of Virginia. “Abdomi- will likely respond to exercise the tummy? One study found
nal fat in particular is one of the and diet changes, he says. The that while aerobic training—
most metabolically active fats.” bad news: extra fat in these re- such as running and cycling—led
Working out triggers the re- gions is also linked with a greater to greater whole-body fat loss, re-
lease of hormones, Weltman says. risk for diabetes, heart disease sistance training targeted abdom-
The higher the exercise intensity, and cancer. On the other hand, if inal fat in particular.
the more of these hormones your you store fat in the hips, butt and In a nutshell, spot reduction
body pumps out, and the more thighs, that fat is not metaboli- generally doesn’t work. But a mix
metabolically active fat you lose. cally active. You have a lower risk of resistance training and high-
If you have fat stored in your for many diseases, “but that fat is intensity aerobic exercise, along
gut, arms and chest, a lot of your very hard to reduce,” he says. with a healthy diet, may help re-
fat is metabolically active, so it What form of exercise targets duce belly fat.
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Would
YouTry
Goop’s
Detox?
Gwyneth Paltrow’s plan left our writer
inspired to eat healthily—and also hungry
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s
lifestyle brand, Goop,
is reportedly worth
$250 million.
Day 1: Sunday
My detox did not get off to the
best start. I woke up on Sunday
morning, forgot I had agreed to do
this and promptly had two cups of
espresso. (It had been a late Sat-
urday night—sorry, GP.)
I’d stocked up on most of the
detox supplies earlier in the week,
but I had a few things left to buy.
So I went to my local health-
food store to spend an upsetting
amount of money on almonds,
pumpkin seeds, sunflower butter
and coconut nectar. (For the un-
initiated, coconut nectar is like a
more expensive and less delicious
cousin of honey.) After that, it was
time to bake Gwyneth’s Detox Gra-
nola Bars—the recipe for which is
found, along with many others, at
goop.com. Those bars would be
my breakfast for the next five days.
They were easy enough to
make: you use a blender to turn
the walnuts and gluten-free oats
into a fine, flour-like powder,
and then combine all the ingre-
dients in a bowl and spread the
mixture onto a sheet pan. The re-
sult? While flavorful, they were
the most dry and crumbly gra-
nola bars in the entire world (I
don’t think I will ever fully de-
crumb my kitchen). But at least I
could feel good about snacking on
them—with almonds, flax seeds,
walnuts and pumpkin seeds, they
deliver a serious dose of protein
and healthy fats.
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Next up: Gwyneth’s Warm- even said he’d have this for
ing Morning Latte, which I de- How is Goop food? dinner again.
cided to make even though it The veggie salad with
was technically the afternoon. poached chicken (top)
The latte calls for 13 different
was a hit; the salmon Day 3: Tuesday
and radicchio, a miss.
ingredients, including sun- Another dry granola bar for
flower butter, coconut nectar, breakfast and some dry brown-
coconut oil and “transforma- rice sushi for lunch (the detox
tional” powders from a brand does not allow soy sauce,
called Sun Potion that retail which I sometimes forget is
for a cool $125 altogether. I the tastiest part of sushi). I had
love my job, but dropping that one cup of coffee, which, while
much money on dubious pow- still cheating, was a huge im-
ders seemed above and beyond provement from my usual two
the call of duty. I tried to call to three cups.
in press samples from the com- For dinner, I made the
pany, but they didn’t come, so Laarb Lettuce Cups. I liked
I made the latte with the other them a lot, but the last chicken
10 ingredients. lettuce cups I had were from
It was actually kind of good. Chrissy Teigen’s cookbook, so
While definitely not a coffee this was a lesson in contrasts.
replacement, the drink was The sauce in Gwyneth’s ver-
creamy and foamy at the top, sion is a lot less flavorful than
thanks to coconut oil. And with Chrissy’s (which benefits from
spices like ground nutmeg, lots of sriracha, hoisin and
cloves and cinnamon, it tasted Thai sweet chili sauce), but I
Christmassy and a little nutty. admittedly felt a lot lighter after these.
Dinner was Lentils with Salmon and Grilled Ra- Maybe too light—I was still hungry after din-
dicchio, which turned out to be my least favorite of ner, so I had another granola bar and made myself
all the recipes. The salmon and lentils were fine, but a warming latte. It was good, but ugh, is it a pain
I’m not a fan of bitter greens, and grilled radicchio is to measure out all the different spices just for one
extremely bitter, even with balsamic vinegar on top. little drink.
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also became obsessed with the ner was the Kitchen Sink Thai
garlicky sunbutter dressing, GP’s chili (bottom) was Fried Rice, which I was really
which tastes like very creamy tasty and satisfying, but looking forward to because—
the lettuce cups were
peanut sauce. rice! Carbs, I have missed you
blah and didn’t satiate
And some exciting news: our fearless detoxer. so much. I like the concept be-
the Sun Potions arrived! The cause you throw in all the re-
three that Gwyneth recom- maining veggies you had to
mends for the warming latte buy for the detox so they don’t
are Sun Potion astragalus, Sun go to waste. I was so hungry, I
Potion tocos and Sun Potion forgot to take a picture before
reishi. Since they cost $125 al- eating it. It was really good, but
together, I wanted to believe maybe a bit lacking in protein.
that these powders would ba-
sically change my life. But not
having any idea what they ac- Final thoughts
tually were, I asked Cynthia It is now Friday morning and I
Sass, RD, for her professional am very hungry. I can’t wait to
opinion before giving them a have two cups of guilt-free cof-
try. “There’s some research to fee today, a sandwich for lunch
show that rice bran may help and pasta for dinner. I weighed
lower cholesterol,” she said of myself this morning, and I’ve
the tocos. “It provides solu- lost five pounds on this detox,
ble fiber, so it may boost full- which seems like a lot in such
ness.” She added that there’s a short amount of time, espe-
also some scientific research to cially since I wasn’t overweight
suggest that astralagus might to begin with.
improve athletic performance and regulate blood But I do feel as if I have had more energy than
glucose and insulin levels in people with Type 2 usual, even as I have cut back on caffeine. And tem-
diabetes. porarily eliminating sugar and dairy was a good
But Sass scared me away from the reishi: “It’s exercise—I admittedly probably consume more of
thought to boost immunity and reduce inflamma- these food groups than is ideal, and giving them up
tion,” she said, but there was a fatal case of fulmi- forced me to load up on healthier substitutions (for
nant hepatitis when powdered reishi mushroom was example, adding avocado to my salads instead of
taken orally for longer than one month. “It can also my go-to feta). I also like that I’ve been eating tons
interact or interfere with some medications.” of leafy greens, and the recipes got me to try veg-
Yeah, nope. I left the reishi at my desk and took gies I don’t usually reach for at the supermarket,
home the toros and the astralagus for my evening like bok choy.
warming latte. I did feel like the powders bulked up These past five days have also made me realize
the drink a bit, making it more filling and protein- that even though I consider myself to be a healthy
shake-like. But I’m not sure there was a big differ- eater, I rely a bit too heavily on carbs to create a
ence in taste. (In other words, save your $125.) filling meal. I also snack on the free Goldfish and
M&Ms in my office more often than I’ve previously
admitted to myself. Going forward, I’ll try to eat
Day 5: Thursday fewer refined carbs and less red meat and sugar
I skipped breakfast (bad, I know) and had a salad (too much sugar and red meat can increase the risk
for lunch with greens, avocado, sunflower seeds, of heart disease). But I’ll be happily adding back
cucumber, Kalamata olives and chickpeas, and an whole grains (a good source of filling fiber), shell-
apple with peanut butter for my afternoon snack. I fish (clams are packed with vitamin B12) and soy.
don’t think there was enough protein in my salad, I’m sorry, GP, but I just can’t have a sushi roll with-
because I left work the hungriest I’ve ever been. Din- out soy sauce. □
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Wine vs.
Your Waistline
Beer, wine and other booze don’t have to lead to weight gain.
Read this before your next night out to avoid cocktail calories
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on food in order to “make room” for drinks will only additional sugar can make you even hungrier: your
backfire and send you straight to the bottom of the blood sugar skyrockets higher than it does on beer,
candied-nut bowl. Here’s why: most cocktails are wine or a shot of something, making the plummet
loaded with simple carbohydrates, “so during a night (and the resulting cravings) worse.
of drinking, people end up with soaring blood sugar, And then there are the calories! Booze has seven
followed by a ‘crash’ that leaves them ravenous,” says calories per gram, making it the second-most calo-
Jason Burke, an anesthesiologist and hangover re- rie-dense macronutrient. (That’s just below pure fat,
searcher who runs a hangover-treatment clinic in which has nine calories per gram.) This means a mea-
(where else?) Las Vegas. sly 1.5-ounce jigger of vodka has almost 100 calories.
You can help counteract that effect by nibbling Mix that up with some club soda and lime, and it’s
foods that provide long-lasting energy. “Before you a reasonable tipple, but when you start tossing to-
go out, have dinner or a snack with protein, fiber and gether a whole bunch of different liquors, whether
healthy fat,” says Karlene Karst, author of The Full- it’s a hipster fizz made with bourbon, elderflower
Fat Solution. “They stabilize your blood-sugar lev- liqueur and house-made bitters, or a dive-bar Long
els without slowing down your metabolism.” Karst Island iced tea loaded with vodka, rum, tequila and
recommends Greek yogurt with berries, almond or gin, it really adds up (to the tune of 300 calories, in
hemp butter with an apple, or a protein shake. An the case of a Long Island).
added benefit of grabbing a bite beforehand, she Even simple mixed drinks like rum-and-Cokes
says, is that that Pinot or appletini will be absorbed and screwdrivers pack extra calories because of the
more slowly into the bloodstream, minimizing its sugary soda and juice. “So if you’re going to drink,
diet-damaging effects. have something straight up and simple like wine or
In addition to revving your appetite, tippling also beer,” Peeke advises. Any wine or beer works, but
makes you lose your eating inhibitions (“I only live to trim about 10 calories per glass, choose a rosé or
once. I’ll have the fettuccine Alfredo!”). “It tempo- white wine instead of a heavier red. A whole pint of
rarily impairs the prefrontal cortex, the smarty-pants a dark beer is about 170 calories (compared with 195
part of the brain that allows you to think clearly and for the same amount of regular beer) and may leave
rein in impulsivity,” Peeke says. “So after a certain you feeling fuller than, say, champagne, because it’s
amount of alcohol—and it’s different for everyone— so starchy and rich, Karst notes. Vodka, gin or bour-
you’re going to feel yourself not caring and letting bon with club soda and a twist are pretty good bets
it rip with food and probably drinks.” A cocktail (or too. Club soda is calorie- and sugar-free and dilutes
three) can make you forgetful too, as in, forgetting the alcohol and its effect on your cravings. Avoid
that the Death by Chocolate dessert is not on your juices, liqueurs (which are sweet and syrupy), colas,
eating plan. tonics and super-sugary bottled mixes like the ones
The trick is to have an easy-to-follow strategy for a lot of bar-made margaritas and daiquiris.
in place before you take that first sip. Scout out the
bar or restaurant menu ahead of time and note your
picks on your phone. Then set an alert to remind you
Rule #3: Stick to a drink or two, tops
to order wisely—that way you won’t have to think too No more than one drink a day for women and two
much (or rely on that alcohol-impaired prefrontal a day for men is the widely accepted definition of
cortex!) to stay on track. As with your pre-partying moderate drinking, but there’s a misconception
meal, go for something with fiber, protein and a little among some bar-hoppers that you can go without
bit of healthy fat to help control blood-sugar levels alcohol all week and save your seven drinks for the
and make you feel satisfied, Karst says. weekend. “That’s the worst thing you can possibly
do for your weight,” Peeke says. (And, of course, for
your health.) “It has a much bigger effect than one
Rule #2: Know that some drinks drink a day.”
make you hungrier than others When you down three or four drinks in one night,
When it comes to waist-friendly cocktails, the sim- your body has many hundreds of alcohol calories to
pler the drink, the better. Not only do the sweet- process before it can continue to break down food
and-fancy ones tend to have more calories, but the calories or stored fat. Plus, all those drinks throw
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Signature cocktails are fun every now and then, but they often have a lot of sugar
and calories; you’re better off making beer or wine your go-to drink.
your blood sugar even more out of whack, so you’re the only thing at play. “The body needs energy to
hungry as heck, and because you’re tipsy, your pre- resolve the effects of a big night of drinking, so it
frontal cortex is misfiring and you now have zero wants the richest source of energy it can find, which
compunction about ordering the fried mozzarella is fat,” Burke says. “Also, greasy foods tend to settle
sticks with a side of ranch (and keeping them all for the stomach a bit.”
yourself). The extra calories alone are enough to To avoid that problem: When you’re out, make
pile on the pounds; have four drinks every Satur- sure you drink a big glass of water for every cocktail
day night and you’ll be up about 10 pounds in a year. you have. Then, before going to bed, have some more
water, along with a snack that is high in fiber and
protein such as high-fiber cereal or oatmeal, Burke
Rule #4: Beware that gnawing, recommends. “You’ll get important nutrients into
starving feeling the next day the body that were lost during alcohol consump-
The morning after poses a new challenge. As if a tion,” he explains. “Plus, foods rich in fiber stay in
hangover weren’t punishment enough, you’re fight- the stomach longer, so you’ll be less prone to hun-
ing cravings for large amounts of cheesy, greasy fast ger in the morning.”
food. Part of the problem is that you’re dehydrated With any luck, you’ll also be less likely to overeat
(don’t forget, alcohol is a diuretic), and that can make in the a.m., ensuring that your shape won’t have to
you feel even hungrier, Karst notes. But that’s not pay a steep price for a fun night out. □
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How Fit
Are You?
Take these at-home tests to measure
your cardio, strength, flexibility and
balance. Then use our easy steps to
improve your scores
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up. Repeat and count how many you can do until to 80 degrees. Less than that means you’ve got tight
you can’t go any longer. hamstrings, which can tug on your lower back, pull-
2. Squat test. Stand with your feet hips width apart, ing your posture out of whack and causing pain.
toes pointing forward. Keeping weight on your heels, Get more flexible. Lie faceup in doorway, left
bend your knees and sit back. Aim to lower until knee bent and right hip near right side of door
your thighs are parallel with the ground, keeping frame. Extend right leg to the ceiling, back of leg
knees behind toes. Push into heels to stand. Count against the edge of the door frame. Flex foot, press-
how many reps you can do until you need to rest. ing heel toward the ceiling. Hold for 20 to 30 sec-
Score it. For push-ups, 13 to 19 is a solid count for onds. Repeat on left leg. Do up to three times a day.
women in their 30s. For 30-something men, 17 to 21
is a good score. For the squat test, about 30 is a good
number to hit for women ages 36 to 45, while men
How’s your balance?
that age should aim for a count in the upper 30s. If How to find out: Do the Romberg test
you’re up to a decade older than that, subtract five Balance may be the easiest component of fitness
from your goal number. Younger? Add five. to ignore while you’re young. It’s the unsung hero
Get stronger. The recipe for getting stronger is that keeps you from wiping out when you step on a
to create what’s called “overload” by regularly chal- patch of ice and helps you stay upright on a moving
lenging your muscles to do slightly more than they’re bus. A well-tuned connection between your body’s
used to. You can do this by using weights, resistance sense of space and your muscles firing is essential
bands or body-weight exercises (like push-ups and to every move you make, from walking to running
squats) two to three times a week. (Do it only once a to standing on your tiptoes to reach the top shelf.
week and you may find you feel sore after every ses- “If you have a sedentary job or life, you may not
sion.) Shoot for 8 to 12 reps of each exercise. even realize you have a balance issue until it’s too
While practicing squats and push-ups is a solid late or a fall happens,” says Gagliardi of the Ameri-
start, to make sure you hit all your major muscle can Council on Exercise.
groups, you should include moves that involve push- And it’s not just about preventing falls. Re-
ing, pulling, squatting and twisting, says Ross. An- search shows that not only is poor balance a risk
other hint: exercises that use just one arm or leg at factor for musculoskeletal injuries like ankle
a time tend to be most effective, he says. sprains, but also, training your balance could ac-
tually make positive changes in your brain to im-
prove memory and spatial reasoning.
Are you flexible? Try it. Stand near a wall with your feet together,
How to find out: Check your hips and hamstrings arches touching, and cross your arms in front of
Since the hips and hamstrings link the upper and your chest. Set a timer and close your eyes. The
lower body, they’re a good gauge of general flexibil- goal: stand this way without wavering or falling
ity. The tests here are preferable to the classic sit- for one minute. If you can do that, you’ve got a
and-reach, which can aggravate back pain, says Jes- good baseline for balance. Overachiever? Try the
sica Matthews, an assistant professor of kinesiology sharpened Romberg test: stand with your feet in
at Point Loma Nazarene University and the author line heel to toe, eyes closed.
of Stretching to Stay Young. Score it. If you can do the sharpened Romberg
Try it. Lie faceup on an exercise table or bench, test for 60 seconds, it’s a good sign, says Gagliardi.
your lower legs hanging off the end. Bend right leg Get better balance. Practice the Romberg test.
and pull knee toward your chest. Next, lie fully on Go to the level that feels safe for you, even if that’s
the table with both legs extended; lift right leg to- sitting on the edge of a chair with your feet to-
ward the ceiling without bending your knee. Do both gether; aim for three 30-second holds. Progress to
tests on each side. standing with a narrow stance. If you ace the test,
Score it. On the first test, if you can pull your knee incorporate balance into your strength training
to about chest level without lifting your opposite leg with one-legged exercises like lunges or by turn-
and lower back off the surface, your hip flexibility is ing two-legged exercises (like a bridge) into one-
good. Ditto on the second test, if you can lift your leg legged ones (extend one leg). □
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Ryan Seacrest
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Stephen Pasterino
“Find your with Nadine Leopold
flaws—and steer
toward them”
—Stephen Pasterino, Victoria’s
Secret models’ go-to trainer (clients
include Nadine Leopold, Devon Wind-
sor and Blanca Padilla), and creator
of the low-impact method P.volve
Ryan Reynolds
“Change things
up well before you
check out”
—Don Saladino, celebrity trainer
whose clients include Ryan Reynolds,
Blake Lively and Scarlett Johansson;
owner of Drive495; and creator of the
Playbook exercise app
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“Step up—and
tune out”
—Harley Pasternak, best-selling
author, Reebok trainer and fitness
and nutrition specialist whose clients
have included Jennifer Hudson, Lady
Gaga and Rihanna
Courteney Cox
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Missy Elliott
NBA star
Kevin Love
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8 Moves for a
Strong Core
Building muscle improves your metabolism,
bolsters the bones and helps prevent injury.
In this excerpt from Lifted, trainer Holly Rilinger
shares an abs routine
By Holly Rilinger with Myatt Murphy
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B A
GET SET! Begin by sitting staying balanced on your GET SET! Lie flat on you extend your arms
on the floor with your legs butt as you go. Touch the your back with arms forward toward your feet.
bent in front of you, your floor with your left hand, straight down at your Stop when your back is at
toes raised and heels then bring yourself back sides, palms down. Place about a 45-degree angle
on the floor. Straighten to the GET SET posi- the soles of your feet from the floor; lower
arms in front of you, aim- tion. Repeat the exercise together so your knees yourself down into the
ing your fingers toward again, only this time keep point out to the sides— GET SET position.
your feet. your left arm pointed for- this helps release your JUST STARTING OUT?
GO! With your core mus- ward as you reach back psoas, the deep muscles Perform a normal crunch.
cles braced for stability, with your right hand. that connect your spine Start with knees bent,
keep your right arm point- JUST STARTING OUT? If to your legs. feet flat on floor, and
ing forward as you lean you’re having a hard time GO! Keeping soles of feet hands lightly touching
back and reach behind balancing, try bending together, contract core behind your ears. Crunch
yourself as far as pos- your legs more so your muscles, then slowly curl up by raising head and
sible with your left hand. feet remain flat on the your head, shoulders shoulders off floor; lower
Try to stay focused on floor. and back off the floor as yourself back down.
A C
B
GET SET! Sit on the floor until your torso is at a you can without losing amount of time.
with your knees bent, 45-degree angle. You your balance. Return to JUST STARTING OUT?
your feet crossed and should be balancing on the GET SET position, If you can’t keep your
your heels raised off the just your butt. then repeat the move by balance, place your feet
floor. Straighten your GO! Keeping your arms slowly rotating to the left. flat on the floor about
arms out in front of you straight and feet raised Keep alternating back shoulder width apart.
and clasp your hands, on the floor, slowly rotate and forth throughout the
then slowly lean back to the right as far as exercise for the required
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The Tao
of Being
Round
Stressed about not having a six-pack?
Abs, schmabs: there are far better
reasons to work out
By Dan Bova
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ergetic feeling I have? This is going great! But then from person to person, they can vary from muscle
I’ll catch a glimpse of my midsection in the bathroom group to muscle group on the same person. Westcott
mirror and think, “C’mon, that’s all you got for me?” tells the tale of legendary bodybuilder Boyer Coe,
See, the thing is, I’ve always had something of who competed in the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s: “In-
a gut. It sticks to me like a wiggly, jiggly shadow terviewers would ask him, ‘You have the best biceps
whether I’m working out six days a week or not. Is in the world. What exercise do you do?’ And he’d say,
that discouraging? Short answer: yes. Longer an- ‘Doesn’t matter—no matter what I do, it all works.’
swer: holy crap yes! It seems like no matter what But they noticed he didn’t have that six-pack, and
I do, my abs behave like a groundhog that saw its they asked him, ‘Don’t you exercise your abs?’ And
shadow and fled back into its burrow under my belly he said, ‘Yes, but it doesn’t matter—whatever I do,
button. I’m 45 years old—will I go through life never it doesn’t work!’ And this was Mr. Universe! He was
having a six-pack? one of the best in the world, and even he couldn’t
Turns out, probably! So says Wayne L. Westcott, overcome what genetics gave him.”
a professor of exercise science at Quincy College While that all might sound discouraging, it is ac-
and co-author of Strength Training Past 50. “Most tually something of a relief. Genetics is to blame for
of us are genetically endowed with an average num- my unsculpted shape. Woohoo! If my DNA hates sit-
ber of muscle cells and fat cells. ups as much as I do, there’s no
But some people are born with need to exercise, right?
a smaller-than-average number Wrong, Westcott is quick
of muscle cells, and some peo- “Some people are to answer. He and other ex-
ple are born with more-than- perts are big proponents of
average fat cells,” he explains.
born with a smaller- strength training for the genet-
“So they have to try to work than-average ically blessed and messed alike.
through a thicker layer of fat to “There are a lot of good rea-
have their muscles—particularly
number of muscle sons to be doing strength train-
the abs for men—pop through.” cells; some are born ing, and No. 1 is that people lose
Westcott gave me a quick about six pounds of muscle per
idiot-proof “Am I genetically
with more-than- decade—even runners lose it if
blessed?” test that you can try average fat cells.” they don’t strength train,” West-
too. Flex your biceps, and keep cott says.
your forearm at a right angle. And a lack of muscle can re-
The average person can fit sult in more than just getting
two index fingers between their biceps bulge and sand kicked in your face by buff beach bullies. Sar-
the crook of their elbow. But a Men’s Health cover copenia, the loss of muscle that comes with aging,
model? He can barely fit one. “They were born with brings with it a loss of bone, which can lead to osteo-
a longer than average muscle belly, which is the sum porosis (brittle bones). “That’s what leads to broken
of all the muscle fibers in any given muscle. And so bones and even death with some falls as people get
they have greater potential to build bigger muscles.” older,” Westcott notes.
In one study conducted by Claude Bouchard of Staving off bone loss is just one of the things
Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton pumping iron does. “Your muscles are the larg-
Rouge, La., a group of inactive men and women were est storehouse of sugar in the form of glycogen, so
put on an identical 20-week workout program and people who strength train have a much lower risk
monitored to make sure they actually did it. And of Type 2 diabetes,” Westcott says. Strength train-
they did. At the end of the program, participants ing also reduces your odds of developing high blood
were measured for increases in endurance and abil- pressure, a risk factor for heart attacks and strokes.
ity to exercise at high-intensity levels, as well as OK, so I might not get killer arms from working
changes in body fat and increases in muscle fiber. out, but I also might eliminate getting a killer dis-
The result? Some improved a lot, and some didn’t ease. Got it. So what now? Do I need to sign up for
improve at all. And they all did the same thing! one of those crazy CrossFit classes where you hit big
But wait, it gets better. Not only do results vary truck tires with sledgehammers for three hours? Just
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Good news: you don’t have to endure extreme workouts to build significant muscle
tone and improve your overall cardiovascular fitness.
the opposite, says Westcott. “Your body doesn’t like plan. One day you do five exercises that all involve
major change—it wants homeostasis, to stay stable,” pushing: bench press, shoulder press, squats, tri-
he explains. “If you haven’t been exercising, you ceps kickbacks, lunges—three sets of 20 repetitions
need to start slow and gradually build up.” with low weight. Then, in the next workout, you
Results take time, adds Christi Pappas, a per- do all pulling moves: biceps curls, lat pull-downs,
sonal trainer in Commack, N.Y., who became a pro leg curls, stiff leg deadlifts, upright rows. Do this
bodybuilder at the age of 46. “It is a marathon, not three or four days a week, mixing in 30 minutes of
a sprint.” any kind of cardio you actually enjoy (or don’t com-
While you’re patiently awaiting the day that your pletely dread).
body is totally shredded, you can take comfort in Since speaking to these exercise experts, I’ve
this fact: you are building more muscle mass, which re-started on my fitness journey with a whole new
helps to shred calories. Even at rest, muscle tissue (more realistic) set of goals. Move over, six-pack;
burns more calories than fat tissue. Not enough to my new goal is to not have my knees sound like the
throw in an extra Big Mac for dessert with no reper- floorboards of a haunted house whenever I stand
cussions, but hell, I’ll take any bonus burn I can get. up. And to not feel like I’m on the verge of a heart
I asked Pappas for some exercise tips for people attack when I get to the top of the subway-station
like me. Pappas gave me a dumbed-down weight- stairs. And guess what? Already nailed it! You hear
lifting program. She refers to it as the push-and-pull that, gut? You and me are going places! □
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9%
of American
adults eat the
recommended
2–3 cups of
vegetables
each day9
$900
Monthly fee at one
high-end by-application-
only gym in New York City2
LESS
THAN
5%
of adults get
half an hour of
$10
Monthly cost at a popular
physical activity national gym chain3
every day8
19.5
teaspoons
Amount of added sugar
100 the average American eats
GRAMS in one day6
Amount $9 BILLION
of protein
Value of the U.S.
the average
yogurt market4
10,000+
American now
eats daily—
about twice SOURCES: (1) Centers for Disease Con-
as much as we trol and Prevention’s National Center for
People listed in the Health Statistics (2) Forbes (3) Planet Fit-
need. Many
people think National Weight Control Registry, which ness (4) Market-research firm Packaged
Facts (5) National Weight Control Registry
they need to eat tracks people who have lost a significant (6) University of California, San Francisco
amount of weight and kept it (7) The New York Times (8, 9) CDCSource:
more protein to President’s Council on Sports, Fitness
be healthier7 off for at least one year5 and Nutrition
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