This week's tips include slowing the way you eat, loosening up and looking thinner, lemony baked stuff whiting, stretching your hamstrings for their health.

• Weight Training 101
  Strength training can be a useful part of a weight management program, too. About's Exercise Guide gives you the right information. If you have fibromyalgia, though, start out slowly, with very low weights (I use 4 pound weights) and not too many repetitions.

• Marcia's Friend Jo's Diet Tip
  Research has shown that it takes 20 minutes for your brain to get the message from your stomach to stop eating because you're full. This is why some dieting gurus recommend putting down your fork between bites; that technique can help you slow down your eating so that it takes you at least 20 minutes to eat.

• Loosen Up, Look Thinner, And Walk Better
  From Walking Guide Wendy B.: "Do you want to look 15 pounds thinner? Do you want to walk more fluidly and eliminate lower back pain? Do you want to improve speed? Then you need to do some wall work."

• Recipe of the Week!
  Lemony Baked Stuff Whiting
  Also good for perch (and maybe other fish). 261 calories per serving, with just 4 grams of fat. A seafood and onion-lover's dream come true!