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Calories are fuel for your body.  If you don’t give your body enough fuel, it will start to slow down your metabolism to conserve energy because it thinks you’re starving.  When your metabolism is in this slowed state, it’s called “starvation mode.”    The second your body starts to run low on energy, your body [...]

By Amanda Straus and Monica Johnson Is it just us, or has it been a really long winter? Did the front of your treadmill, even with a juicy gossip magazine or TV in front of you, get kind of monotonous? If your time at the gym has become tedious, or if you’re burned out and [...]