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If you’re watching your weight, do you have to give up alcoholic drinks? Not if you’ve got a taste for one of these delicious low-calorie cocktails.Weight loss isn’t a one-stop destination. The trick is to find the weight at which you’re happy and healthy, adjusting your lifestyle to match. Sure, that can mean ditching things like fast food, candy, and alcoholic drinks. But you can’t abandon all of life’s little pleasures, right?Today, we’re pouring you a double shot of low-calorie cocktail inspo. What does science have to say about drinking and losing weight, and what cocktails play nicest with a…

When you wake up in the morning, you can’t be sure of what the day will bring. Even with the best-laid plans and routines, much of what happens when you step outside is out of your control. This fact can kick off a spiral of negative thinking, as you face challenges throughout the day, and make you forget that you do have some say in what happens to you because you can control your reactions to what happens. But when irrational beliefs and thought patterns take hold and obscure this, they can disrupt your life and hold you back from…

Hear the term “push-pull” workout, and you probably think of upper-body workouts in which you superset pushing exercises, like push-ups and bench presses, with pulling movements, like chin-ups and dumbbell rows. But the time-efficient structure of a push-pull workout can (and should) be applied leg day, too, says Dane Miklaus, C.S.C.S., founder of WORK Training Studio in Irvine, California. He explains that the terms “push” and “pull” correspond with the muscle groups used to “open” and “close” a joint, respectively. For example, exercises targeting the muscles that flex or close the hip joint are considered pulling exercises, while movements that…

Most of us may not be able to churn out tasting menus or author cookbooks, but if there’s one thing we have in common with chefs, it’s the inability to resist the siren song of the Bloomin’ Onion. Even chefs, with all their culinary acumen and affinity for top-tier ingredients, love a chain restaurant now and again, be it an Italian spot, a streamlined burger, or a familiar fixture for Mexican comfort food. Fast-food chains, in particular, are a frequent fixture for chefs, but when they’ve got extra time to wine and dine, full-service chains scratch the itch just as…

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been told I need to do more core work to fix my lower back. My lumbar spine has always been a bit swayed. As a teenage ballet dancer, one of the most common corrections I’d get from teachers was, “Tuck in your popo!” (Which would be your butt, BTW.) Now that my favorite hobby is running, I’ll often see in race photos (especially during the later miles) that it looks like I’m leaving my butt half a foot behind the rest of my body—not the most efficient form, nor the most comfortable.…

Every day, you make thousands of decisions—whether you realize it or not. Some have little bearing on your future, like choosing between chicken or carnitas at Chipotle or debating whether you’ll take a bus or Uber back home. Other choices—like starting a small business for your crafty hobby, say, or leaving your cozy hometown and moving across the country—may require a serious pros and cons list.Weighing so many options and pondering all the potential outcomes can be extremely stressful, especially for those of us who overcomplicate even the simple things in life (like figuring out the best route for a…

With Independence Day comes lots of grilling, chilling, friends, and fireworks which means now is the perfect time to get your grill ready for fun and flavor with these can’t miss grilling tips. Successful grilling calls for a clean cooking space, the right amount of heat, and marinating techniques that can’t go wrong With that, Stephen Coe, nationally recognized, award-winning chef, owner of the New England-based Lobsta Love Food Truck, who is known for beating Bobby Flay at his own game on Food Network’s “Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay” and is also a four-time Chopped champion, shares his expert tips to…

The product recommendations in this post are recommendations by the writer and/or expert(s) interviewed and do not contain affiliate links. Meaning: If you use these links to buy something, we will not earn a commission. Aside from the gas savings and forgiving return policy, access to Costco’s strong lineup of organic products is one of the major perks of membership. And if sales are any indication, Costco shoppers seem to love the retailer’s organic items. Several years back, analysts concluded that Costco was potentially “eclipsing” organic giant Whole Foods in terms of organic food sales, according to the Seattle Times.…

Creating music has always been therapeutic for Kelly Clarkson, who wrote upwards of 50 songs following her 2020 split from ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, she told Entertainment Weekly. Still, the singer understandably needed extra support through her divorce, which she ultimately found in a combination of therapy and medication.In a recent appearance on the Las Culturistas podcast, Clarkson told co-hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang that she realized she needed antidepressants during a particularly rough therapy session that took place mid-separation.“I looked at my therapist and I just couldn’t stop sobbing, and I was like, ‘I actually had to cancel some…

An ulcerative colitis (UC) diagnosis is scary, especially when it’s followed by words like “no cure,” “regular colonoscopies,” and “medication.” Like so many things in life, there’s no playbook that prepares you for a chronic illness; it can feel like a reactive state of mind much of the time. We react to the things our bodies do, rather than being proactive. This is through no fault of anyone, as it’s the nature of a diagnosis like UC. You can’t know what you don’t know until you know, you know?AdvertisementIn all seriousness, it would be helpful if there were something to…