When buying packaged foods, stick with items that have a short ingredients list. For more help in finding the healthiest choices in packaged products, check our guide to reading nutrition labels.

To stop your stress management from slipping, mind-body expert Kate Hanley recommends establishing a "balance benchmark."

"For instance, if you've determined that cooking is calming for you, and a week's gone by and you haven't dirtied a pot, it's likely that you're getting out of balance," she explains. "Anytime you've gone a few days without one of those calming activities, you need to recalibrate and make sure you're taking good care of yourself."

Make a list of causes you care about, and select one charity or organization you'd most like to support. Don't rule out giving-back strategies such as microfinancing, which allows you to fight poverty by lending money to entrepreneurs in developing countries. If you're unable to give money right now, explore any volunteer opportunities available to you.

Look for any opportunity to replace starches and carbs with fruits and vegetables; the Action Plan recipe list is full of creative ideas. And keep the momentum going all year long by signing up for our Natural Pantry newsletter -- full of delicious new recipes delivered every Friday.

Today's Recipe
Instead of the traditional Italian dish -- full of carbs and saturated fat -- try serving spaghetti squash topped with meatballs made from ground turkey.

Combine all of Week 3's moves again today (with Week 4's upgrades), trying some different moves -- two to three each from the Upper Body, Lower Body, and Cardio routines -- that you may have skipped so far during the plan. Walk for 3 minutes and run for 12 minutes. Repeat twice for a total of three run/walk intervals.