Fitness Tip: If your food fits with no individual item touching another, you can be pretty confident that your portion sizes are appropriate.

Fitness Tip: Learn the ropes. Not only is it inexpensive, portable, and easy to use almost anywhere, you’ll burn about 200 calories in 20 minutes.

Fitness Tip: A workout partner not only keeps you accountable, she also may help you clock more time at the gym and torch more fat.

Fitness Tip: There is no point in performing any exercise without proper form. It doesn’t matter how many pushups you can do if you’re not doing them correctly.

Fitness Tip: When you do high-intensity interval training, follow a 2:1 work-to-rest ratio, such as sprinting one minute followed by 30 seconds of recovery