Nothing weakens diet willpower faster than craving sweet, salty, or fatty foods. Find out how to stop cravings and stay on your diet.

By Madeline Vann, MPH
Medically reviewed by Christine Wilmsen Craig, MD

Everybody has weak moments in their diet when they can practically taste the salty, sweet, crunchy, or fatty foods they crave. Yet these are often the very foods that undermine your efforts to lose weight. After all, when is the last time you complained about craving cauliflower?

Exercise is a good thing, but working out too much can cause serious physical
and emotional problems.

By Diane Stresing
Medically reviewed by Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH

Good physical fitness doesn’t just happen — it requires a commitment to healthy eating and regular exercise. But when does it go too far? Sometimes, that commitment to exercise can turn into an addiction.

Addictions are marked by some standard signs, a few of which can be extended to exercise:
Withdrawal symptoms, such as unusual irritability, when you cannot engage in the activity Tolerance, meaning you need increasing amounts of the substance or behavior over time Significant conflicts in your life, such as missing work or avoiding other responsibilities, caused by the compulsion to engage in the addictive behavior Committed, non-addicted fitness enthusiasts view exercise as an important element of their lives — but not the central or most important part. Someone with an addiction to exercise is likely to experience physical, financial, and social problems as a result of the behavior, whereas a committed exerciser will not exercise to the point where it interferes with aspects of his or her life.