Part 2
Grocery Shopping for a Lean Body

The first installment of our Summer Rapid Body Makeover focused on habits—bad habits that need to be broken and good habits that will help you live leaner and healthier. This week, Kelli Calabrese clears up some of the confusion about food labels so you can avoid the hype and shop smarter.

Do you walk around the grocery store, scratching your head about which salad dressing is best, wondering if you should choose butter or margarine, or which of the hundreds of yogurt choices are the right option for your body? If so, you are not alone. It’s confusing, and the choices keep expanding. But with a little insider information, you can be a savvy shopper and make the very best choices for your health, energy and well-being. Read more»

Top 10 Tips for Green Living

It can be easy to make greener choices every day.

1. Buy Organic. Organic produce tastes better, and it’s healthier! Start by buying even just 2 percent organic and work your way up from there. Read more »

Build a Better Nest Egg

The stock market lost 38 percent in 2008. But if you lost more than 20 percent, your problem wasn’t really the stock market—it was the design of your nest egg. Storms occur in markets, as they do in the real world, but your home shouldn’t be flooding every time they happen. Read more »

How to Stay Up When…

Even for the most optimistic, maintaining a positive attitude isn’t always easy. 

I’ve read several great books lately—The Difference by Jean Chatzky, As a Man Thinketh by James Allen and The Noticer by Andy Andrews, to name a few. Though they’re written by distinctly different people, and in Allen’s case in another century, a common belief runs through them: We are all responsible for our attitude. Read more »