Who we write for
United States adults who want steady, realistic everyday habits around food, activity, sleep and tracking, and who want plain-language ideas to discuss with their own physician.
Everything here lives in one category, Healthy Weight Habits: realistic goals and tracking, satisfying meals with protein and fiber, beginner strength work at home, sleep, stress and snacking, and holiday eating.
The idea behind the site
Most people who want to change their weight have tried an approach that was too strict to last. Steady habits tend to do better than dramatic ones: a satisfying plate, a short walk, a regular bedtime and a way of tracking that does not feel like a verdict. This site focuses on the small, repeatable parts of daily life and on calm ways to think about them.
We explain how to set realistic goals and track progress, how protein and fiber build satisfying meals, how to start strength training at home, how sleep and stress affect snacking and how to get through holidays without all-or-nothing thinking. Every guide is meant to help you prepare questions for your own physician, not to replace one.
Principles
- We start from the habit. Advice begins with one repeatable action, such as adding a vegetable to lunch, not with a target number on a scale.
- We explain the terms. Words such as protein, fiber, portion, trend and resistance training each have a plain meaning, and we say what each one can and cannot tell you.
- We rely on public sources. Our guides are drawn from materials published by public health agencies and patient-education organizations, and we point readers back to their own physician.
- We name the limits. Bodies, health conditions and medicines differ. We explain general ideas and leave the decisions to you and your clinician.
- We update rather than repost. Guidance changes. When it does, the article is revised and the change is noted.
Who writes here
Owen Pruitt, Editor. Owen is a health writer, not a clinician. The guides here are drawn from public health materials and are written to support, not replace, the advice of your own physician.
Where we stop
Medical or diet advice. We do not diagnose, set calorie targets, prescribe diets or tell anyone to start or stop a medicine. Your physician does that.
Promises of weight loss. We do not promise weight loss, and we do not promote extreme diets, fasting, cleanses or supplements.
Paid placement. We do not accept payment for placement, and we do not rank products we have not compared on the same criteria.
Funding
Running Steady Weight Guide costs money, and two things cover it: display ads selected by third-party networks, and the occasional affiliate link. We never see the ads beforehand, advertisers cannot touch our copy, and a commission has never changed a conclusion — a good share of our advice is to pick one small habit, repeat it for a month and talk to your physician before changing how you eat or move, which is less exciting than a challenge and far more useful. The details are in the Disclaimer.
Corrections
Nobody is right all the time. Guidance and products change, and we occasionally miss an update. Use the contact form to point out a mistake; we check it against the source, correct the article and say what we changed.
Contact us
Questions, disagreements and topic suggestions are welcome through our Contact page. We cannot see your health history, but we can usually help you write down three questions to take to your next appointment.