I drink a “green” smoothie—clinical nutritionist Kim Snyder gave me the recipe. Here's what's inside: spinach, romaine, celery, apple, banana, lemon and lots of ice and water. If I drink that first thing, no matter what else I eat that day, I know I’ve done something good for my body.

—Genevieve Monsma, Beauty Director

A lot of overweight people have an actual fear of being hungry, so they (we) eat something at the first faint stirring of not-fullness. I have lost the most weight when I faced the first feelings of hunger and told myself, “Good!  You’re hungry. Now, you’re not going to eat for another half hour" (or 45 minutes, or hour, or whatever). If you do that, you find out that the hunger pangs won’t kill you; in fact you get used to them and can actually forget about eating for a while. 

I finally embraced yoga. I swear I hadn’t “stretched” since 1982. Best thing ever.

—Susan Swimmer, Contributing Fashion Features Editor

Having my 16-year-old daughter force me to go to the gym more often than I would and stay for over an hour (instead of my usual 40 minutes) makes a real difference.

—Lesley Jane Seymour, Editor in Chief

When I do this, I tend to work harder.

—Susanne Bamberger, Assistant Art Director

I discovered that breakfast is, in fact, for me, NOT the most important meal of the day. I used to be a giant breakfast eater because I bought into this propaganda, which, by the way, has never been proven. Once I disabused myself of that theory, I was able to drop my excess weight very quickly. The best part? I no longer have a mid-day slump. My first meal is lunch and I feel great all day long.

—Susan Avery, More.com Digital Director

When making dips, use fat-free Greek yogurt instead of mayonnaise or sour cream. It still tastes great.

—Susanne Bamberger, Assistant Art Director

A few years ago I worked on a book called Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution: Turn off the genes that are killing you and your waistline, by Steven Gundry, MD, and it totally changed the way I felt about food. Ever since then, I’ve been attracted to leafy greens, actually all green veggies, and turned off white foods like pasta, rice, potatoes and bread. I started to lose weight unintentionally—which was fine by me. I also acquired a puppy at that time, and got into the habit of walking 1-2 miles a day. I don’t know how much weight I’ve lost since then, but I have dropped a few clothes sizes. I still eat white foods if they’re put in front of me, and I still want my chocolate fix every now and then.

—Stephanie von Hirschberg, Features Editor

It’s easier to make a 5:15 am workout when other people are depending on you to be there. Plus, knowing that there’s always another race around the corner makes me want to train hard—and consistently—to help my team achieve our goals.

—Danielle Kosecki, Health Writer

This year, Weight Watchers decided that fruit has no points—you can eat as much as you want. So every afternoon at my “crazy time” (around 4) I eat a container of fresh fruit. Expensive but tasty. And I never want a Butterfinger bar afterwards.

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