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How to make your meals exciting by engaging your senses 01/15/2015 07:00pm • It's mid-January, and you're likely fatigued from all the New Year's resolution talk. So instead of putting more focus on deprivation and lofty goal setting, why not take the opportunity to stop, breathe and celebrate? It's so easy to get caught up in the " should's" that you may forget to glorify t Is the Autoimmune Paleo Diet Legit? 01/15/2015 07:00pm • Most people think of the paleo diet as the meat lover's way to lose weight. But some people with autoimmune conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, are turning to a refined paleo version to improve life-disrupting symptoms such as pain and fatigue. While medical experts not affiliated w How to Develop Frugal Habits 01/15/2015 07:00pm • Throughout my college years and early adulthood, I struggled with yo-yo dieting. I was never at risk of becoming dangerously overweight, but I had about 20 pounds to lose thanks to constant chocolate, junk food and pasta cravings. For several years, I tried to work around those cravings. If I work I Overdid It At the Gym. Now What? 01/15/2015 07:00pm • January is here, and with it comes a fierce determination to get back to the gym. Perhaps the holidays caused you to neglect your workouts. Maybe you haven't been back to "your" gym since you signed up last January. Whatever the reason, you put on your gyms shoes and said hello to the weight room a A year of savings: A 12-month plan to improve your personal finances 01/15/2015 11:30am • WASHINGTON -- If you’re like me, it’s hard to keep your New Year’s resolutions. You may start off strong and have good intentions, but the demands of everyday life get in the way, or the goals become overwhelming. I find it’s easier to set and complete smaller goals. With that in min Data Show Which Top-Ranked Colleges Operate Most Efficiently 01/14/2015 07:00pm • Ohio's Miami University--Oxford took top honors as the most efficient school among National Universities and Michigan's Hope College was most efficient among National Liberal Arts Colleges in an exclusive U.S. News analysis that compared spending and educational quality. For this analysis, U.S. Ne Don't Make These 7 Diet Mistakes 01/14/2015 07:00pm • Every January, it seems that more people than not are vowing to eat well for the New Year. For most, it's a matter of weight loss and determination that this will be the year the pounds start to whittle away. The problem, though, is thatmany people haven't learned from their mistakes and by Februar Under Armour fitness app's celebrity pitch 01/13/2015 02:23am • By Steve Winter, special for wtop.com LAS VEGAS -- When Baltimore-based Under Armour introduced its new mobile app-based connected fitness platform at last week’s international Consumer Electronics Show, they deployed a best-of-both-worlds strategy to herald the announcement  -- they combined How U.S. News Ranks the Best Jobs 01/12/2015 07:00pm • Choosing an occupation is personal, and of course, there is no ideal way to determine the best job overall. Still, U.S. News' Best Jobs rankings offer job seekers an intuitive method to compare professions based on components that matter most: salary, the number of expected openings, advancement opp How to Find the Best Job for You 01/12/2015 07:00pm • What do you want to be when you grow up? It's such a simple question when we're kids, and we answer it with enthusiasm and archetypal answers. "I want to be a firefighter. An astronaut. President of the United States." But finding the best job to fit our lifestyle, interests and talents is dif Untangle Analogy Arguments on the LSAT 01/11/2015 07:00pm • Most LSAT prep programs focus on question types in their treatment of the logical reasoning section. Another important, but less utilized, method of maximizing one's score in the logical reasoning section is by identifying and understanding common argument structures. The LSAT tends to recycle a fe Woman has 10-lb. baby 1 hour after learning she's pregnant 01/09/2015 10:15am • WASHINGTON -- This baby was truly a surprise. Katherine Kropas hadn't missed a day of work in two years, but when she visited the hospital for the strange and sudden pain in her stomach and back, she discovered that she was pregnant and in labor. An hour later Kropas, 23, had a baby girl. " Think Americans are getting healthier? Think again. 01/08/2015 07:00pm • It's the start of a new year, when many Americans make resolutions to get healthier. Over time, however, what constitutes the term "healthy" has become skewed. Much of the nutrition and health information disseminated to the public comes from media overhype, pop culture icon endorsements and health- Does this calorie make me look fat? 01/07/2015 07:00pm • You've most likely heard the term "a calorie is a calorie" before. This popular phrase, after all, encompasses the nitty gritty behind the foods we eat and weight we maintain. But the truth is, it's really not that simple -- and not all calories are created equal. Let's start with what a calorie Analysis: Global Universities That Outperform Their Reputations 01/07/2015 07:00pm • For the first time, U.S. News is publishing an analysis of universities from our Best Global Universities rankings that are overperforming or underperforming their global research reputation. This analysis of the rankings, which are powered by Thomson Reuters InCitesTM research analytics solutions