Trying to be "perfect" week after week typically leads to feelings of deprivation, resentment, even anger or depression, and culminates in either binge eating, or diet abandonment.

Ditch the "all or nothing" mentality. In that mindset, one small diet deviation triggers thoughts like...

One recent study found that friends who eat together consume more food than those paired with strangers, and friends give each other "permission" to overeat.

Break the eating-as-entertainment pattern. Rather than scheduling social time around happy hour and dinners out, mix things u...

Chronic hunger generally indicates that your diet is imbalanced or inadequate, which can cause your body to conserve energy and resist weight loss.

Include healthy foods that boost satiety and keep you fuller longer, namely those high in lean protein (organic eggs, poultry, fish, be...