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Getting Fit This Year? Avoid These Traps 01/29/2015 07:00pm • Every year, millions of Americans resolve to lose weight or get healthier. Historically, it's the most popular New Year's resolution, ranking above financial or other personal goals. This year is no different. In a Nielsen poll, 37 percent of respondents resolved to "stay fit and healthy" in 2015, 6 frugal ways to exercise with young kids 01/29/2015 07:00pm • Are you a parent with little ones at home? If you answered yes, there's a good chance losing weight is on your New Year's resolution list, especially if you're still rocking the pregnancy (or sympathy) pounds. However, working out when you have young children can be a struggle, not to mention exp How to Be a Supermarket Sleuth: Picking Produce 01/28/2015 07:00pm • Let's face it: We all need to buy food, but sometimes it feels like an overwhelming task to go and get it. Apps and delivery services are booming because we rely on them to bring the food to us when we can't or won't make the time to bring ourselves to the food. I happen to love going food shoppin 3 Numbers That Will Improve Your Financial Status 01/28/2015 07:00pm • Our society is obsessed with numbers. We're given numbered grades and GPAs all throughout school, we rely on numbers to track our weight and even our very identities are tagged with a Social Security number from the day we're born. We don't blame you if you're sick of numbers.However, there are a fe What Not to Say to Someone With an Eating Disorder 01/28/2015 07:00pm • For a person struggling with anorexia, bulimia or binge eating, certain compliments, comments or words of advice might cause more harm than good -- no matter how innocuous they seem. Take recent college graduate Maya Guttman, who struggled with anorexia nervosa and exercise bulimia as a student y Garden Plot: Follow this non-toxic plan for a better looking lawn 01/28/2015 05:36pm • It’s not just your lawn Why is your lawn not like Las Vegas? Because what goes on your lawn does not stay on your lawn. That’s why Maryland and Virginia recently enacted strict rules about the amount of fertilizer you’re allowed to apply to your lawn and when you’re allowed to do it. Is Plant-Based Diets: a Prescription for Optimal Health 01/27/2015 07:00pm • Did you hear? In one week, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West visit Woodland's Vegan Bistro in the District of Columbia, Chipotle pulls the pork on its menu and a new book will soon explain the secret behind Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez's most recent diet. In addition to the big match on Sunday for Ameri What to Say and Do If Your Daughter Thinks She's Fat 01/27/2015 07:00pm • Gulp. Not my daughter (or son)! First, the bad news: Your daughter told you she thinks she's fat. Now, the good news: Your daughter told you. "It's always good when your child is coming to you ... because that means they are looking for someone they trust and care for to give them some feedback, The difference between fat loss and weight loss 01/27/2015 04:27pm • - Fairfax Hackley, personal trainer 5 Ways to Keep Your Career Goals Moving Forward 01/26/2015 07:00pm • As the new year picks up its pace into a healthy stride, how are those resolutions you set shaping up? According to a recent CareerBuilder survey of more than 3,000 workers, 30 percent of survey respondents said they are regularly searching for job opportunities, and 16 percent are determined to la Cardio isn't dead yet 01/26/2015 07:00pm • Why exercise for more than 10 to 20 minutes at maximum intensity (AMRAP, for time!) when CrossFit tells you that's all you need? Why work out for more than seven minutes when "science" says that 11 percent of an hour, and 4 percent of the week, did the job just fine? In fact, for the Tabata set out Living With Atrial Fibrillation 01/26/2015 07:00pm • Atrial fibrillation, commonly referred to as AF or a-Fib, is the most commonly occurring arrhythmia, or heart rhythm problem. AF is characterized by an abnormal or irregular heart rhythm that causes a rapid heart rate. The irregular rhythm is due to abnormal electrical impulses in the atria (the up Two Maryland boys fight for life after falling through an icy pond 01/26/2015 04:44pm • WASHINGTON - Two Maryland families are standing by at the hospital, waiting for their kids to recover after falling through the ice of a Baltimore pond. Four kids playing behind Landsdowne High school around 1:30 p.m. Sunday walked out onto the thin ice of a nearby pond and moments later, all fo The best diets for men versus women 01/25/2015 07:00pm • Jay Rishel, 34, still dreams of tater tots. But that's about all the computer systems administrator in York, Pennsylvania, misses about his old, carb-heavy lifestyle. Since going on a ketogenic diet last July -- trading his potatoes for bacon -- he's lost more than 30 pounds and rarely feels hungry. Show Law Schools Interest, Share LSAT Scores in Later Applications 01/25/2015 07:00pm • Welcome to the latest installment of Law Admissions Q&A, a monthly feature of Law Admissions Lowdown that provides admissions advice to readers who send in questions and admissions profiles. If you have a question about law school, please email me for a chance to be featured next month. This w