Health

We're inundated with tips and systems to lose weight, but advice on keeping it off is harder to find. Perhaps that's because the current recommendation is to basically stay the course: stick with your plan, we're told, and the weight will stay off. But researchers surveyed more than 1,000 people who lost weight, and found the keys to success — no matter what your goal. It turns out that losing weight and keeping it off require separate skills.

The bootcamp trend is heating up. Though it may not sound appealing, the results are nothing to quibble with, which is why these classes are popping up everywhere.

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Our happiness writer goes for lunch with her dad to talk about his life, his stories, and how she fits into it all.

“Make your bottom half your better half” — this is the slogan for the new line of Tone-Up Fitness shoes from Skechers. “Makes your top half think your bottom half is your better half” might be a more correct statement, though admittedly not as catchy. On Monday night, the footwear company invited me to test the new line of Tone-Ups by participating in a boot-camp workout with celebrity trainer Romano DaSilva. Sketchers says the multi-layer sole of Tone-Ups encourage your feet to roll forward, forcing the muscles in your bottom half to work a little harder.