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No clue what to eat before your workout? Struggling to fall asleep? Five experts answer some of the wellness questions they frequently get asked.

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Meal Prepping Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank, and It Just Makes Sense for Runners to Do Heather Mayer Irvine The idea of prepping meals—spending a few hours once a week to get everything set for several day’s worth of food—may seem daunting, but like with running, you have to put in the work upfront to reap the rewards down the road. “In our busy household, my mantra is always,‘cook once, eat twice,’” Elyse Kopecky, co-author of Runner’s World. Meal prepping...

We’re in the midst of a global pandemic and national political upheaval unlike anything we’ve seen in the past 150 years. Still, wellness influencers, major news outlets, and even the CDC are finding plenty of time to fret about dieting and weight gain. In response, anti-diet nutritionists, therapists, and activists have taken to social media to point out that a too tight grip on your eating habits can cause anxiety and unhealthy patterns that leave you frustrated and physically uncomfo...

If Your New Years Resolution Is to Lose Weight, Read This First by jen see For many of us runners, New Year’s resolutions take the form of more ambitious training plans and fresh training goals. But January can also mean a renewed effort to improve your life in other ways, including losing weight for some and getting faster. It sounds enticingly simple. But before you go buy a new bathroom scale and start cutting calories willy-nilly, it’s worth remembering that most people...