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When someone says they want to lose weight, what they really mean is they want to shed excess body fat. However, without a well-designed plan in place, a calorie deficit leads you to lose both fat and valuable muscle tissue. To minimize muscle loss, it’s crucial to incorporate resistance training, quality sleep, and a high-protein diet into your regular routine. Protein plays a multifaceted role in weight management, influencing factors like hunger levels, metabolism, and muscle preservation. While heavy resistance training provides the necessary stimulus, signaling to the body that existing muscle should be retained, a high-protein diet ensures the body has an ample…

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing.I still remember the frequent complaint one of my childhood friends used to recite: “Ugh, we’re having chicken for dinner again.” Now that I’m cooking more, I finally get the boredom my friend was feeling (even if she wasn’t the one making dinner). It’s easy to get tired of the protein if you’re eating it the same way all the time, and figuring out fun new ways to cook it can feel daunting.  That’s where this…

Fall in Kelowna can’t quite make up its mind.One day it’s crisp and cool, with mist hanging over Okanagan Lake, and the next it’s warm enough for shorts and an iced coffee on a patio.It’s a season made for layers and for testing the kind of clothing that can handle anything the weather throws at it.Last week, we decided to spend a few days outdoors closer to home.One day, Charles and I headed for a walk along the Mission Creek Greenway, where the fall salmon run is in full swing. The water shimmered with flashes of red as the fish…

Sadie Sink—the now 23-year-old actress whose star took off when she joined the ensemble cast of Netflix’s Stranger Things during its second season—has not quite lived in a right-side-up world since 2017.“There’s life during Stranger Things and there’s going to be life after Stranger Things. It was my childhood. Things are going to be very different,” she says with a bittersweet smile, speaking to me over Zoom from her parents’ home in New Jersey.The show’s grand finale arrives on New Year’s Eve, wrapping up a run that’s seen Sink and her co-stars—including Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, and Millie…

Taking money away from billionaires is funny, and threatening to do it can be a nice political sugar rush for anyone with even a tiny amount of class consciousness (even though it would not get close to creating “socialism” in America according to socialists like Doug Henwood). The state of California is now very much threatening to do it, and the predictable result is happening according to the New York Times: tech billionaires like Peter Thiel and ex-Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page are having their obligatory tantrum and threatening to leave. The political instrument involved here is not a…

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “We can’t receive from others what they were never taught to give.” ~Unknown When I was younger, I believed that love meant being understood. I thought my parents would be there for me, emotionally and mentally. But love, I’ve learned, isn’t always expressed in the ways we need, and not everyone has the tools to give what they never received. As an adult, I’ve learned something both liberating and heartbreaking: Parents can only give what they have. I used to get frustrated…

Jordan RaananDec 27, 2025, 12:00 PM ETCloseJordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — There is a lot at stake on Sunday for two 2-13 teams when the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders meet at Allegiant Stadium (4:05 p.m. ET, CBS). Namely, the pole position for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft.The Giants and Raiders currently have a 37.6% and 36.2% chance, respectively, to land the coveted top pick, according to ESPN Analytics. The Giants would be…

After-Christmas deals are an excellent way to redeem any gift cards or cash you got for Christmas. You can purchase something you actually want, and you can do it for less money than usual. I’ve scoured the Internet for truly good after-Christmas deals on the gear that we’ve hand-tested on the WIRED Reviews team. Many of these sales will end this weekend, so keep that in mind while you’re shopping. Find all the highlights below.For more inspiration, check out some of our recently updated buying guides, including the Best Office Chairs, the Best Cheap Phones, and the Best Space Heaters.WIRED…

Author: December 27, 2025mbg Spirituality & Relationships Editormbg Spirituality & Relationships EditorSarah Regan is a Spirituality & Relationships Editor, and a registered yoga instructor. She received her bachelor’s in broadcasting and mass communication from SUNY Oswego, and lives in Buffalo, New York.Image by Brianna Lee x mbg creative / StocksyDecember 27, 2025With just a few days left of 2025, it’s almost time to start a new year. And the first week of 2026 is looking busy with Mercury moving into Capricorn, Chiron going direct, and a full super moon in Cancer. Here’s your horoscope.The moon is in splashy, social Gemini…

American consumers aren’t feeling great about the economy or their own financial situation, with the phrase “affordability crisis” dominating headlines and political campaigns over the last few months.The majority — 70% — of Americans surveyed in a Marist poll of over 1,400 adults taken in December, say that the cost of living in their area is not very affordable, or not affordable at all, for the average family.While President Donald Trump called the word “affordability” a “con job by the Democrats,” in a speech in early December, other politicians have insisted it’s an issue for their constituents. “The affordability crisis…