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If you want to lose weight in a healthy, sustainable way, it's essential to get adequate levels of protein in your daily diet. For one, consuming healthy protein helps you feel satiated for longer periods of time and reduces your hunger hormones, which can prevent overeating or snacking between meals. Protein also has a higher TEF (thermic effect of food) than fat or carbohydrates, meaning it helps your body burn more calories when you eat it. And on top of that, protein can help you build muscle mass. But while it's…

As you age, it's important to change your diet to stay healthy and fit. If you don't pay attention to what you consume, it is possible to put on a full pound of body fat or more each month. So whether you're trying to lose weight or not, it's important to pay attention to your food choices after 50. To help you make your new dietary changes an easy transition, we talked to an expert and put together the best foods with low calorie content everyone over 50 should eat to stay lean. It's just a…

Thanksgiving is almost here, which means you'll soon be indulging in all your favorite dishes. While the main course of turkey or ham is important, it's the Thanksgiving side dishes that usually get people talking. Either you're hosting dinner yourself or heading to someone else's house and need something to bring, but either way, you probably need an idea or two for delicious sides to bring. If you get tired of cooking the same recipe over and over and want to change it up this year, you've come to the right place. From…

Any way you look at it, weight loss is challenging. It's a long journey with many ups and downs, and sometimes you can feel stuck in a rut without making any progress. The good news is that ETNT are here to help. we chatted with Chris Mohr, PhD, RDan exercise physiologist and Fitness and Nutrition advisor for Fortune recommendswhich explains how to effectively combine incline walking and strength training for faster weight loss. Incorporating incline walking and strength training into your…

Strength training can be an incredibly productive method of exercise for those hoping to lose weight, burn calories and sculpt muscle mass. That being said, it is important to determine the ideal duration of your workouts to achieve the desired results. That's why we consulted a personal trainer who breaks down exactly how long your strength sessions should be for weight loss while keeping them effective and sustainable. If you're wondering if you can lose weight with just strength training, the…

As a personal trainer, I often recommend treadmill interval training to clients who want to accelerate weight loss and improve their overall fitness. These workouts are not only time efficient, but they are also highly effective at burning fat while boosting cardiovascular health and strengthening muscles. The beauty of interval training is its ability to combine periods of high-intensity effort with recovery intervals. This creates a dynamic, challenging workout that pushes your body to burn…

Deciding how to prepare a turkey for Thanksgiving is a real mission. Cooking this traditional holiday poultry comes with a handful of potential difficulties, such as finding the right size turkey for your group, adding enough flavor, leaving enough time to thaw, and avoiding one of the most common turkey-related problems: making sure it makes t dry out. One way to avoid a dry turkey is to brine it, but exactly how do you properly brine a turkey? Brining involves immersing the turkey in a salt water solution, which not only…

Losing weight and getting in shape doesn't require an expensive gym membership or fancy equipment. In fact, with the right game plan, you can lose 20 pounds without a gym membership—whether it's at home or wherever you're most comfortable working out. At the end of the day, weight loss depends on the difference between the number of calories you consume and the number of calories you burn during the day. A gym membership gives you access to exercise equipment and workouts that make it easy to…

Many of my clients focus exclusively on crunches and abdominal exercises to burn belly fat, but that is only part of the solution. For real fat loss, especially around the midsection, it's important to engage large muscle groups that require more energy and burn more calories. That's why I've compiled the five best lower body workouts to lose belly fat, so all you have to do is lace up your sneakers and get going. Your lower body—the glutes, quads, hamstrings, and calves—holds some of the largest…

As a personal trainer, I know that it doesn't always take a gym or heavy weights to get lean and lose weight. With the right bodyweight circuits for weight loss on deck, you can raise your heart rate, build strength and burn calories efficiently, all from the comfort of your home. Bodyweight exercises are versatile, allowing you to focus on core strength, muscular endurance, and even functional fitness—key components of a lean, strong physique. And when performed in a circuit, they maximize…