Willpower alone won’t lead to lasting weight loss. Build habits, shape your environment, find support, and practice self-compassion to make healthy choices easier and more sustainable.

That is especially true when you’re making changes to manage weight or improve health because it’s an experience that’s full of challenges and self-exploration.

There are only 24 hours in a day, so how can you add in more time for fitness if you’re already filling those hours?

Mindful eating is an approach to food and eating that you can carry with you for life.

Although rapid weight loss diets can give you a quick lead, slower, steadier approaches can eventually lead to more weight loss overall, and a better chance of maintaining that loss.

A good night of sleep can have immediate benefits, both that you can feel and that you cannot detect, but are there. It’s a win-win! 

An important point when losing weight is that many people have triggers for eating unhealthy foods or too much food.

Committing to a weight loss journey is an accomplishment. Identifying exactly what you are proud of in your journey so far can be motivating as you plan to carry your healthy habits forward for life.

Establishing habits can make healthy choices easier by turning them into automatic behaviors. That way, you can work towards your goals without feeling like you’re working hard.

Stress can have negative effects on your physical and mental health, but you can manage stress to avoid these effects. 

A healthy Labor Day weekend is possible if you plan ahead.

While it’s always tricky to figure out which trends are sustainable and which ones will fade, here are a few we think are going to stick around for the long run.

It’s time to focus on sleep if you want to lose weight, improve focus, lower blood pressure and blood sugar, and experience other benefits.

Losing extra pounds can make a dramatic difference in your health risk, but there are other ways to measure progress.

Learn more about Lark's Wellness & Prevention program, and how it can benefit your members.

When it comes to setting and achieving goals, you are probably right whether you think you can or you can't!

Increasing physical activity is one of the best ways to lower diabetes risk. The program encourages you to get at least 150 minutes per week of physical activity.

When it comes to setting and achieving goals, it may seem as though you either can, or you cannot. Does whether you think you can even matter?

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Prescription medications can often help manage chronic diseases, but their drawbacks can include high upfront costs, side effects or complications, and lack of effectiveness due to low adherence. Lifestyle changes are known to lower risk for and help control many chronic conditions.</p>

Learn how to lower your blood pressure before taking your test through these tips and tricks, and get the most accurate reading!

When you follow a crash diet, you may see results quickly, but the weight loss vanish at the end. Learn how to lose a pound a week, painlessly.