Andrea Bari Levine
Why Spot Training is Still a Myth and What to Do Instead
Last week I was reading a book on strength training for women when I came across support for spot reduction or the training of a specific...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Nov 2, 2020
- 1 min
Monitor to Modify
Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Body, wisely wrote that "[c]onsistent tracking, even if you have no knowledge of fat-loss or...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Oct 18, 2020
- 3 min
How to Eat More to Lose More
Studies suggest that people eat the same volume of food day-to-day, regardless of the type of food eaten. So when we try improve our...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Oct 18, 2020
- 2 min
How to Hack Our Habits (Part 6)
At last, the habit series has come to an end. By way of reminder, over the last several weeks we have dissected the habit loop--cue,...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
How to Hack Our Habits (Part 5)
Up until now we have been discussing how to create what Charles Duhigg refers to as a three-step "habit loop"--a cue, which triggers an...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
You Can't Burn Off a Bad Diet
For those of you who may have fallen off the physical fitness bandwagon during the pandemic, I have good news. Your diet is a better...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
My Culinary Kit
Based on the positive response to the last article, I've decided to share a bit about my own DIY kitchen experiences during COVID. Having...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
How to Hack Our Habits (Part 4)
The benefit of habits is that they kick in automatically, without much thought or effort. But to hard wire behaviors into our brain we...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
The DIY Diet
This week's article was inspired by a recent personal experience: Due to COVID-19, specifically increased time at home and concern about...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
How to Hack Our Habits (Part 3)
When it comes to behavior change, we're often focused on the outcome rather than the process. But transformation rarely occurs without...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
To Breakfast or Not to Breakfast?
We've all undoubtedly heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But many of the studies that underpinned that marketing...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
How to Hack Our Habits (Part 2)
We've already learned that habit formation has four parts: a cue, which triggers a routine, that produces a reward, that drives a craving...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Aug 10, 2020
- 3 min
How to Hack Our Habits (Part 1)
When it comes to making a change in our life, whether it be related to physical or mental health, finances, work ethic, etc., we tend to...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Aug 10, 2020
- 1 min
How to Create a Healthy Plate
When it comes to nutrition, it's easy to get bogged down in flashy headlines, measuring portions and the minutiae of micronutrients...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Jul 27, 2020
- 2 min
The Hype About Hydration
Why is water so important. We've all certainly heard that we need to drink 8 glasses of water a day, but we may not know why or if that's...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Jul 27, 2020
- 2 min
I Think I Can: The importance of a growth mindset.
I Think I Can. One of my favorite stories as a child was The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper. If you don't know the story, a...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Jul 13, 2020
- 2 min
Why You Eat More Sugar Than You Think
When I think of sugar, I typically think of fresh-baked cookies, ice cream sundaes, frozen coffee drinks and, my favorite, red wine. But...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Jul 13, 2020
- 1 min
The Science of Willpower
Implementing good habits takes work. It requires a conscious decision (maybe several conscious decisions per day) to do something that...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
Why a spoonful of sugar is not the answer.
Don't listen to Mary Poppins. A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but it will also increase your risk of chronic...
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Andrea Bari Levine
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
Strategies for Behavior Change
The first step towards meaningful change is identifying what is important to you and the tangible steps you can take to achieve it. But,...
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