Below is the best ways to fuel your workouts - without thwarting your weight-loss goal:

Pre-workout: If your meal was more than 5 hours ago, have a 100- to 200-calorie snack 30 minutes before your workout. Liquids digest faster, so try milk, juice, Gatorade or half a smoothie (keep it low-cal by choosing plain, low-fat yogurt and fruit and skipping syrups, powders and other additions).

Mid-workout: You need a snack during your workout only when you’re hustling for more than 90 minutes. Your best bet? A 100-calorie carb boost, like a handful of jelly beans or a sport gel such as Gu.

Post-workout: Ideally, reach for a snack that combines carbs and protein to aid recovery. second best: carbs with fiber (like fruit). If your next meal is less than 3 hours away, be sure your snack is under 200 calories; try an energy bar with at least 3 grams of filing fiber, half a bagel with peanut butter or low-fat chocolate milk.

Lost your exercise mojo? Regain your motivation with these tips:

1) Think of seven fun activities you want to try - hiking, in-line skating, etc. Write them on strips of paper, then put them in a “workout jar”. Once a week, draw one out of the jar and schedule a day to try your new challenge.

2) Use the 10-minute rule. Short bouts of exercise can add up and get you motivated. Try jumping jacks in the a.m. or lifting weights while you watch TV.

3) Reward yourself. If you’ve been eyeing a new exercise top or an iPod nano, give yourself one credit for each workout. When you get to 10, hit the store!

You walk on them, stand on them and squeeze them into shoes - not to mention the heck of a beating you give them when you work out. Do these moves three times a week to stretch, strengthen and rejuvenate even seriously stressed feet.

To massage: place your fingers under the sole of your right foot. Press down wherever you feel extra tension and hold for 10 seconds. Switch sides.

To strengthen: sit on the edge of a chair; place a pencil on the floor under your right foot with the point toward your right pinkie toe. Flex your ankle, lifting everything but your heel. Fan your toes apart and drum toes one at a time over the pencil, starting with your pinkie toe. grip the pencil with your toes and pick it up, then place it back down on the floor. Repeat 5 times; switch sides.

To stretch: lie on your back with your right foot on the floor. Bend your left leg, keeping hands behind knee. Flex your left foot, slowly pointing it, reaching through your toes, then curl toes into a “fist”. Flex your ankle, then slowly uncurl toes. Repeat 5 times; switch sides.