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ThinkStockYou shun junk food, eat balanced meals, and never miss a spin class. So why are you gaining weight?

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Look to your food portions, says a recent study published in the International Journal of Obesity.

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Study authors showed 186 people various foods such as cereal, beverages, and coleslaw, labeling them "healthier" or "standard" (although both versions were of equal calories), then asked them to serve themselves an appropriate portion. They found that not only did people assume that "healthy" equaled "less caloric", they served themselves heftier servings of the "healthy" foods, and felt less guilty about how much they ate.

"People tend to overeat foods labeled 'healthy,' or 'organic' because they assume that those foods won't cause weight gain," says David Grotto, RDN, author of The Best Things You Can Eat. "We call that the 'Health Halo', meaning, there are certain

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Find a high-altitude escape for every season at these scenic adventurelands

Big Sky, MT
Big Sky, MT
Fresh powder and no lift lines? It's just another day at Big Sky. It may not share the glory of the glitzy resort towns in Colorado and Utah, but with more snow and open space, this undersung skiing nirvana can rest on its own laurels. Between the town's two ski resorts―Big Sky and Moonlight Basin―there are three mountains used by an average of only 2,500 skiers per day ... it works out to 2 acres per skier. Combine uncrowdedness and lots of fluffy powder with a laid-back cowboy culture, and you've got the perfect winter weekend.
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Crested Butte, CO
Crested Butte, CO
Hiking is plentiful here, but two wheels are the true star: At this birthplace of mountain biking, you'll find more bikes than people. Grab one from the Alpineer for a spin on the Lower Loop, a 10-mile network of single- and double-track trails and dirt roads. Or jump on the Upper Loop, a track east of town that takes you

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Jason Kroft, center, with saviors including John Carey, far left. Photo: Courtesy of Jason KroftA Canadian man who survived a heart attack on the streets of New York City after a passerby revived him with CPR last fall got another special gift this week: the chance to publicly thank the good Samaritan who saved him.

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“It was wonderful,” Jason Kroft, the 41-year-old survivor told Yahoo! Shine in a phone interview. He added that the reunion was intense, and that, "I'm kind of quiet when I'm around him, and don't really know what to say."

Though he first met and thanked New Yorker John Carey two weeks ago, he got to acknowledge Carey's good deed at an official ceremony, the 19th Annual Second Chance Brunch, on Wednesday. Hosted by the New York City Fire Department as part of National EMS Week, the event brings cardiac arrest survivors—12 this year—together with the paramedics, EMTs, FDNY members and others who saved their lives.

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It's picnic season! Take your healthy lifestyle outdoors with these cool picnic gadgets that boast major health benefits. With this lineup of alfresco dining goodies, you're officially on track to have the Best. Picnic. Ever.

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Emma Way. Photo: Twitter via Spothaber.comThe criminal mind can be cunningly brilliant—or stunningly foolish. You can safely put Emma Way of the U.K. into that second category. She’s the aggressive 21-year-old motorist who allegedly hit a cyclist while out for a drive in the city of Norwich, fled the scene, and bragged about it on Twitter on Monday.

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“Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier—I have right of way he doesn’t even pay road tax! #bloodycyclists,” she tweeted.

Her admission was soon retweeted more than 300 times, inspiring angry responses and the nickname “twit and run girl” by fellow Twitter users. They also retweeted her brag to the social-media savvy Norfolk police department, who wrote back, "we have had tweets ref an RTC with a bike. We suggest you report it at a police station ASAP if not done already & then dm us." Though Way deleted her account, the ball kept rolling. The cyclist, Toby Hockley, a chef who had been taking part in an

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Photo: Alaskan Dude / Creative CommonsWillpower: I've spent much of my life curious about why some people have it, and some people don't. Some people say they're going to lose 10 pounds, and they do. No struggle. No yo-yo. They simply obey their own minds. Some people decide on an early bedtime so they can get up early. And they do! No arguing with themselves over getting into bed at night, and no snooze-alarm-smack-fest in the morning.

The rest of us struggle to some degree. Should I have the fries or the salad? I'll go to bed, but just one more sitcom episode first. We argue with ourselves, and we feel like we're two different people living in the same body. It seems like the angel and the devil on our shoulders are in cahoots to keep us going in circles.

Finally, after more than two years of research, I cracked the code. I lost 20 pounds. If I stay up late, it's because I've chosen to do work - not because I'm mindlessly surfing on the computer. And about that work - it's work that I love, not work that I do because I

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I despise the word "diet." I don't diet. I never have. I don't subscribe to diets as a means for losing weight because, from my experience, they simply do not work. I'm a healthy size 6 and generally eat well, but by no means am I a health nut. I don't think about food more than I have to, and I certainly eat my fair share of sugar by enjoying a can of Dr. Pepper, a handful of dark-chocolate peanut clusters, or a bowl of chocolate ice cream. I generally eat until I'm full; on occasion I stuff myself into a food coma like anyone else - but not too often.

But while reading this month's issue of Harper's Bazaar, I flipped to an article titled "Lose Weight Fast? Eat all you want, just not when you want - is that the secret to staying thin and healthy?" by Bill Gifford. It was based on a book called The Fast Diet by Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer.

Fasting?! "Great! Another ridiculous fad diet!" I thought.

I was about to skip the article until I realized it was only one

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