907 Reasons Your Metabolism Does Not Work Like Math

 Jonathan Bailor, the author of The Smarter Science of Slim, is becoming a regular here on this site because we just can’t get enough of his good scientifically backed info! First he shared with us how a calorie is not just a calorie, then he broke down sugar addiction with tips on how to break it. [...]

Are You At Your Happy Weight?

Earlier this month, we shared a few of our top tips for finding your “happy weight.” Now, don’t get it twisted. To us, “happy weight” is more of a feeling or a comfortableness in your own skin rather than some unrealistic, ideal number you’re chasing. After all, no matter your size and the number on [...]

5 Tips to Find Your Happy Weight

Ever heard of your “happy weight?” That magical number on the scale where your body settles after living a healthy lifestyle that’s perfect for you? Well, it exists and we want to help get you there. See, the number on the scale isn’t really that important. Instead it’s about the feeling you have in your [...]

Four Reasons Why a Calorie Is Not a Calorie

We hear this all the time: a calorie is a calorie! But turns out, according to the latest research, it’s just not quite that simple. (This is just another reason why we think obsessive calorie counting is for the birds!) Don’t believe us? Jonathan Bailor, the author of The Smarter Science of Slim, is here to [...]

The Slooow Postpartum Slim-Down

I’ve been reporting on my postpartum baby belly over on Fit Bottomed Mamas. And while I feel like my progress has stalled in a major way, I’m glad I have these pictures to prove to myself that my stomach is actually deflating and I am actually getting somewhere, albeit slowly. These pictures prove what we’ve [...]

What’s Up, Doc? If It’s My Weight, Tell Me!

I heard a story on NPR awhile back that really made me think. It was about how patients say that doctors don’t spend enough time talking with them about losing weight. Some doctors apparently don’t broach the topic at all. One survey showed that a whopping two-thirds of doctors don’t discuss losing weight with their [...]

Can We Stop Talking Clothing Size Already?

We’ve long preached that health, fitness and happiness shouldn’t be determined by the number on the scale. In fact, it’s kind of the FBG philosophy to step on that scale no more than once a week, using it as a gauge for where you are but not enough for fluctuations to ruin your day. My [...]

8 Tips for Talking About Weight With Children

This post on the topic of talking about weight with kids was part of our first Active Kids Week on Fit Bottomed Mamas. For all of the special content, click here!  All parents want happy, healthy kids. But with childhood obesity at high levels, odds are that not every kiddo is as healthy as possible. [...]

FBG’s Top 10 Weight-Loss Tips

Today’s post is part of FBG’s Back to Basics Week that features the best beginner fitness and beginner nutrition posts that help you to be a little healthier and—in theme with the week—a little smarter. It’s not news to any of us that there’s more than one way to drop a dress size, but, when you’ve got [...]

5 Tips to Get Out of Your Own Way and Lose the Weight for Good

When it comes to rebelling, you probably think of 16-year-olds or people covered in lots of tattoos who like to swear a lot. But over the last few years, I’ve learned that most of us don’t rebel against others as much as we rebel against ourselves. Think about it. How many times have you set out [...]

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