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Are You Trying to Lose Weight For Summer?
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Are You Shaping Up For Summer?

The pattern remains the same for a lot of us — we hibernate during the Winter months and get ready to shed our cold-weather selves as the weather heats up.
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The pattern remains the same for a lot of us — we hibernate during the Winter months and get ready to shed our cold-weather selves as the weather heats up. By the time Memorial Day comes around, we're looking for a few smart ways to shed a few pounds before it's time to don that bikini.

For other's, it's not as frantic: your cold-weather workout routine differs little from your bikini-ready one, and you're careful to balance comfort foods with fresh, low-calorie options all the time.

We want to know: where do you stand on your Summer weight-loss goals? Are you looking to shape up for Summer, or does your diet and exercise plan remain the same throughout the year?

How Do You Cut Sugar From Your Diet?
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How Have You Cut Back on Sugar?

The good news: we're eating less added sugar, according to a recent study that found that Americans get 13 percent of their calories from added sugars in food and drinks.
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The good news: we're eating less added sugar, according to a recent study that found that Americans get 13 percent of their calories from added sugars in food and drinks. And while the rate of added sugar in our diets has declined from previous years, we're still not close to the recommended amount of added sugar we should be eating every day, which experts say should be less than 100 calories (or six teaspoons).

Even so, the decline in the amount of sugary drinks and huge dessert servings we're eating is still a good thing. Tell us: how have you cut sugar from your diet? Vote in our poll and add your advice on how to cut sugar cravings below!

Healthy Living Advice Learned From Moms
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What Healthy Living Advice Did You Learn From Your Mom?

Mother's Day is a time to celebrate and appreciate your mom, and what better way than to reflect on all the good advice she's given you over the years?
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Mother's Day is a time to celebrate and appreciate your mom, and what better way than to reflect on all the good advice she's given you over the years? That's especially true when it comes to healthy living advice. Many times, it's our moms who we turn to when it comes to diet and exercise, whether that means following in your mom's sports-playing footsteps, or heeding her advice about eating all your vegetables.

My mom always encouraged me to be active, whether it was disappearing for hours with my friends on our bikes or joining the track team at school. She also always made sure I had healthy meals to eat, all while whipping up the best chocolate chip cookies and cakes for later. I loved the balance she taught me about food — that it should be kept healthy, in general, but in the end should be enjoyed.

What healthy living advice did you learn from your mom? Celebrate your mom by telling us in the comments below (or tell us how you are teaching your kids to be healthy)!

When Do You Eat Your Biggest Meal?
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What's Your Biggest Meal?

When it comes to eating to lose weight, it's not just what you eat — when you eat can be the secret weapon in your weight-loss journey.
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When it comes to eating to lose weight, it's not just what you eat — when you eat can be the secret weapon in your weight-loss journey.

Studies have shown that the best time to eat your biggest meal may just be midday; that way, you'll have time to burn all those calories throughout the day. But schedules and cravings may mean that you'd rather eat a big, metabolism-boosting breakfast instead or indulge at dinner. Either way, learn more about how eating a big midday meal — as well as spacing out your meals right — can help you drop pounds and tell us: what meal is your biggest?

How Long Is Your Workout?
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How Long Is Your Typical Workout?

When it comes to working out, we all have different styles.
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When it comes to working out, we all have different styles. You may try to fit in a short workout whenever you have a few minutes, or you may like the discipline — and results — of scheduling an hour-long workout into your daily routine.

Whatever your workout style, it's smart to try and get in the minimum amount of exercise — 150 minutes per week, according to US guidelines — in order to help reduce risk of disease and reap the other benefits of exercise. So tell us: do your weekly workouts make the cut? How long is your typical workout? Tell us what your favorite workout is in the comments!

Do You Juice?
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Do You Juice?

It can be hard to fit in all the vegetables and fruit you are supposed to eat every day, so the crop of juice options popping up in supermarkets and juice shops can be a welcome sight.
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It can be hard to fit in all the vegetables and fruit you are supposed to eat every day, so the crop of juice options popping up in supermarkets and juice shops can be a welcome sight. Drinking a cold bottle of cold-pressed green juice can be just what you need to up the nutrients you're getting to ward off sickness and feel more energized.

While some people use these juices to go on three-day juice cleanses to detox or lose weight (which may not be the healthiest idea), others just like to add a few juices into their normal everyday diet. Either way, let us know: have you become a fan of juicing? Let us know which juices you like the best, and check out our reviews of three of our favorite bottled green juices here!

Embarrassing Fitness Mishaps
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Embarrassing Fitness Mishaps: Have These Happened to You?

Getting through our workouts is usually pretty uneventful, but every once in a while, something truly cringe-worthy happens that makes us wish we exercised solo.
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Getting through our workouts is usually pretty uneventful, but every once in a while, something truly cringe-worthy happens that makes us wish we exercised solo. Click through to read about the top most embarrassing things that can happen while exercising and share whether or not these have happened to you.

Falling Indecent Exposure Oversweating or Sweating in Awkward Places Bouncing Chest Beet Red Face Passing Gas Dropping Equipment
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Where Do You Exercise Outdoors?
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What's Your Favorite Place to Exercise Outdoors?

When the weather's not cooperating, exercise options can be limited: brave the inclement conditions in the name of burning calories, or opt for friendlier conditions inside a gym, studio, or your own home.
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When the weather's not cooperating, exercise options can be limited: brave the inclement conditions in the name of burning calories, or opt for friendlier conditions inside a gym, studio, or your own home. But with Summer on the horizon, the options are endless — whether it's running around your neighborhood or doing a boot camp in the park — you don't have to limit yourself to an indoor workout.

With warmer weather almost here and so many options for you to sweat it out, tell us: what's your favorite place to work out when you're outside?

Gwyneth Paltrow Quote on Hating to Work Out
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Do You Procrastinate When It Comes to Your Workout?

I'll admit, when it comes to working out, there are many days when I like to procrastinate.
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I'll admit, when it comes to working out, there are many days when I like to procrastinate. I'll promise myself that I'll go to an afterwork class instead of going at lunch or I'll clean my apartment before going out for a run on the weekend — anything to drag out the inevitable. But once I finally lace up my sneakers and get through the workout, I always feel great; after all, it's like they say: no ever regretted a workout.

So when Gwyneth Paltrow recently admitted at the opening of Tracy Anderson's new studio that she doesn't exactly love to work out, her words rang true. The actress, famous for her strict almost-daily exercise routine, recently told POPSUGAR her workout motivation secret: "I just sob and kick and scream and then just force myself to do it." Spoken like someone who knows just how beneficial a regular workout routine can be.

What about you? Can you relate to Gwyneth's "kicking and sobbing" while procrastinating before a workout or do you love your exercise routine so much that you can't wait to start?

How Successful Was Your Lenten Resolution?
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The End of Lent: How Did You Do on Your Healthy Resolution?

Now that Lent is over, it's time to tally up your results.
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Now that Lent is over, it's time to tally up your results. Since many people, religious or not, use the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter to test their willpower by giving up something unhealthy — like junk food, alcohol, or couch time — we want to know: how did you do? Sticking to any healthy resolution can be hard to do for six weeks, so if you gave up something for Lent, then let us know if you braved the whole period without "cheating," if you took an indulgence or two, or if you had to quit your resolution for good!