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'Exercise Helped Me Beat Breast Cancer' Beth is a wife, mother, SparkPeople employee and breast cancer survivor who has an important--and inspirational--message to share about the healing power of exercise. 7/19/2010 6:17:37 AM
When Picky Eating Becomes a Bigger Problem Many adults who have been labeled as "picky" aren't being particular by choice; some have diets that are so limited it has a significant impact on their lives. 7/16/2010 12:21:09 PM
Sometimes I Eat Ice Cream for Dinner (and Other Food Confessions) What can you learn from Coach Nicole's latest confession? It's called healthy eating--not perfect eating--for a reason. 7/16/2010 6:00:00 AM
Healthy Living Videos from Everwell 7/16/2010
Welcome Back to SparkPeople 7/16/2010
How the 'Girl with the Scars' Learned to Survive the Locker Room Along her weight-loss journey, Beth faced a lifelong fear: changing in the locker room. Read how ~INDYGIRL overcame this fear--and how you can too! 7/15/2010 6:10:24 AM
The Importance of Hard/Easy Days for Runners Taking a hard/easy approach to running allows you to progress as a runner while lessening your risk for overuse injuries. 7/14/2010 11:30:19 AM
Rave Review: Quick Sculpt Pilates DVD with Toning Ball Can you really tone up in 10 minutes with this workout set? Coach Nicole dishes the truth about her favorite new workout DVD. 7/14/2010 5:00:00 AM
12 Great Breakfast Recipes Ready to Go Are you looking for some breakfast recipes that you can eat on the go? Try some of these healthy and delicious breakfast recipes that are quick, easy and ready to go! 7/13/2010 3:12:34 PM
6 Tips to Ward Off the Post-Vacation Blues Ever feel sad after returning from vacation? You're not alone. One seasoned traveler shares her tips for warding off the post-holiday blues! 7/12/2010 3:54:44 PM
Turn a Movie into an Active Adventure Think watching a movie is nothing more than a passive activity. It can become an active adventure when you get your imagination involved. 7/12/2010 6:00:00 AM
Do You Judge Yourself Against Others? Having spent the better part of my life judging my success against others, it took a running class and a special man named Richard to allow me to let go of my insecurities. 7/10/2010 9:43:45 AM
Will Improving School Lunches Affect Childhood Obesity? Every day we hear statistics about the number of obese children in America. Is revamping school lunches a way to start solving the problem? Some say "yes", some say "no way". 7/9/2010 6:16:57 AM
Why Do I Need to See a Diabetes Educator? Find out how a diabetes educator can benefit you today! 7/9/2010
Look Your Best in Every Photo Now that we're not hiding from the camera, how can we ensure that our "after" photos are good ones? An image consultant and SparkPeople member tells us how. 7/8/2010 2:09:20 PM
4 Tips for a Healthier Road Trip Road trips can make healthy eating a challenge. Use these tips to make your next trip nutrient wise. 7/8/2010 6:09:39 AM
How Running Surfaces Impact Your Running Form By varying your running surfaces from time to time, you may be able to avoid overuse injuries as you build your endurance to becoming a more efficient runner. 7/7/2010 2:00:00 PM
Women, You've Been Exercising Too Hard, Says Study The first-ever study on women's heart rates during exercise says that the formulas we've been using to calculate target heart rates aren't specific to--or accurate for--women. 7/7/2010 7:00:00 AM
12 Delicious Ways to Use Peaches Are you looking for some new ways to use your peaches? Try some of these healthy and delicious peach recipes! 7/6/2010 10:00:19 AM
Who's More Stressful: Your Spouse or Your Boss? You'd assume a good way to unwind after a tough day might be to go home and spend some time with loved ones. According to a new poll, you might want to rethink that decision. 7/6/2010 6:00:00 AM
30 Days to Beautiful Confidence Boost your confidence! Follow these simple steps to help improve your health, self-esteem and beauty--inside and out. 7/6/2010
Tips to Make Great Skewer Kebabs Summer is a great time for creative fun with food on a stick and nutritious hot and cold skewer kebabs. 7/5/2010 1:28:48 PM
An Obesity Expert Tells Us What Really Works with Weight Loss Want to know what an obesity researcher has to say about weight loss? What works? What doesn't? Read on to find out. 7/5/2010 6:16:38 AM
SparkPeople Members Take on Seattle If you would have told me 5 1/2 years ago I would be traveling across the country to run with people I met on the internet I would not have believed it--but I did just that. 7/3/2010 10:49:07 AM
Is Marriage a Reason to Pack on the Pounds? Being healthy has been a big part of my life for many years, but I'm not the norm. Statistics show that both men and women tend to gain weight after they get married. 7/2/2010 10:00:22 AM