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Advice: My Family Isn't Supporting My Health Goals

Learn to say "no" to the last slice of your mom's famous pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving.

Is your mom trying to stuff her famous apple turnovers in your mouth even though you're on a no-carb diet? Are your boyfriend's coach potato tendancies rubbing off on you? Exercise Your Way To Better Sex In this video, YourTango expert and health coach, Nicole Burley shares her philosophy on getting healthy even when your family isn't on board. Your friends will hit the gym with you once they see your new body. Jealousy can be a motivator! 

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Emotional Eating: How To Stop Feeding Your Feelings

If you just ate dinner, but junk food is calling your name, then this is the article for you.

Amy made a delicious dinner for her family with strips of chicken, zucchini, peppers, onions, mushrooms, eggplant and tomatoes over whole wheat pasta. She even added some freshly grated parmesan cheese. Everyone loved it, and she ate slowly, enjoying each bite. She left the table feeling comfortably full and totally satisfied. Amy decided this healthy eating thing was a cinch! An hour and a half later, Amy remembered the bag of peanut butter cups in the pantry.

Hate Going To The Gym? Watch This
Hate Going To The Gym? Watch This

Hate Going To The Gym? Watch This

This video won't make the pounds magically disappear, but it will help motivate your next workout.

Not one of those women who hit the stairmaster seven days a week? Still looking to get in shape, but hate the trudge to the nearest gym? What Your Sex Life Can Tell You About Your Health In this video, YourTango expert and wellness coach, Nicole Burley, has just the thing to get you off the couch, on the cardio equipment, and into a healthier lifestyle. No matter what your workout preferences are, finding the right motivation is half the battle. 

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Is Your Relationship Causing Your Bad Habits?

Smoking, junk food, biting your nails...could you be doing these things because of your partner?

When it comes to relationships, straight people in marriages and gays in long-term, intimate cohabitation partnerships may pick up unhealthy habits from their significant others, U.S. researchers say.

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Help! My Partner Is Sabotaging My Health Goals

How do you say 'no' when your significant other offers you the last cupcake?

Does your partner like your curves, but you want to stay slim and healthy? YourTango expert and health coach, Nicole Burley, gives the advice you need to get him or her on board with your weight loss. In this video, you'll learn how easy it can be to share your passion for a healthly lifestyle without compromising your relationship. 10 Tips For Losing Weight As A Couple Couples yoga, anyone?

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No Viagra Necessary: Weight Loss Boosts Male Libido

Burgers are bad for his libido, but diet and exercise can help him get it up.

If your man has lost his mojo, replace his potato chips with carrot sticks. A new study shows that dropping a few pounds can dramatically increase his libido.

3 Reasons You May Not Be Losing Weight

3 Reasons You May Not Be Losing Weight

You're always dieting and you just can't shed the pounds.

The number one reason my clients come to see me is weight loss. They’ve tried diet after diet losing the weight and then gaining it back. Exasperated and frustrated they finally seek help. After more than 10 years of coaching I found some common threads for the lack of success at weight loss and weight maintenance. 1) Your Behaviors/Relationship with Food

Why Is Katie Holmes So Obsessed with Being Thin?

Why Is Katie Holmes So Obsessed with Being Thin?

Are you obsessed with your weight like Katie Holmes? Can you ever be thin enough?

What exactly changes in your life when you are a size 0 or even smaller? Do you get more friends, feel more loved or attain greater happiness? Does it really improve the way you feel about yourself, or verify that you still aren’t enough? I’ve been wondering what really drives the obsession with being thin after watching yet another celebrity slim down to the point she is skeletal. The beautiful Katie Holmes has gone from fit, sexy and stunning to super skinny and looking anorexic.

8 Ways To Weigh Less While Eating Way More

8 Ways To Weigh Less While Eating Way More

The tricks to getting off that diet roller coaster and enjoying life.

1. Step Away… From The Diet Food! “Foods” like diet sodas, 100-calorie snack packs, anything low fat, no fat, reduced fat… they are all programmed to destroy you. Only eat real food. Real food grows on a plant (vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, nuts, and seeds) or comes from an animal. Real food is nurtured by the sun. Real food is not processed, packaged, pasteurized or chemicalized. It has nothing is added to it, and nothing is taken away.

Are You An Emotional Eater?

Are You An Emotional Eater?

How do you know if you are really an emotional eater or eating for a different reason?

When I first met MaryLou, she said her biggest issue was emotional eating. She ate frequently when she wasn’t hungry and felt compelled to eat junk foods when things didn’t go well. That certainly suggests emotional eating, but it could also be the result of other eating issues or subconscious triggers.