Jane Velez-Mitchell

The global Meatless Monday trend has hit California schools!  Now every Monday, the Los Angeles Unified Public School District will be serving 650,000 vegetarian meals in their school cafeterias.  Jane Velez-Mitchell and spokesperson for the Humane Society of the United States Paul Shapiro discuss the potential health, environmental, and animal welfare benefits of this change.

Visit the Humane Society or meatlessmonday.com to get involved in the meatless movement

Chick-fil-A was rocketed into the middle of the battle over same sex marriage when CEO Dan Cathy said he believed in the "Biblical" definition of marriage. This was met with a firestorm as groups organized protests against the restaurant and others organized an appreciation day in support of Chick-fil-A. 

But most people ignored one major point... what all this fast food does to your health and your waist-line. Weight loss coach Charles D'Angelo has endorsements from Bill Clinton and Richard Simmons among many others. D'Angelo says that in this whole debate we missed an opportunity to talk about another important issue, American obesity. 

In Jane’s continuing adventure to a healthier lifestyle, she looks at how a persons mental state can affect their weight loss. Judi Hollis, author of “Fat is a Family Affair” and the newly released “From Bagels to Buddha,” joins Jane to discuss the psychological relationship between people and the food they eat, including overeating and the possibility that people could be addicted to food. 

For more on this story watch Jane Velez-Mitchell weeknights at 7pm ET on HLN. 

Fitness magician Tom Holland is back with another great exercise tip.  This time he shows Jane the benefit of combining different exercise moves to cut your workout time in half.  

You can see all of Tom's tips here. 

Fat-Burning Foods to Add to Your Real-Food Diet

Christine Avanti is a nutritionist and the author of "Skinny Chicks Eat Real Food" 

Rory Freedman is the best-selling author of “Skinny Bitch”, what many people call the most entertaining diet book out there. Freedman breaks down her secrets to staying slim to Jane Velez-Mitchell. Freedman says the key is avoiding the “bad food playing field.”

The “Skinny Bitch” author also gives us her do’s and don’ts.  For example, ditch the soda: regular and diet; and limit sugar, high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners.

Fitness magician, Tom Holland, is back with his weekly fitness tip.  This time Tom talks about getting on the ball- the stability ball! Tom says more and more people are trading in their desk chair for a stability ball because it not only helps your posture but it is a great workout for your core. Tom shows Jane some easy exercises you can do with a stability ball and just a little bit of room. 

Tom Holland is a fitness and lifestyle expert and is sharing his secrets with us on a weekly basis.  His motto of "Believe in yourself" is the perfect fit for Jane's adventure to a healthier lifestyle. Jane is searching for simple, small changes we can make that will provide big results. 

How do you know when you should buy organic, cage free, or when you can just settle for conventional produce and other foods? Here to spell it all out for us and let us know what other organic products you should splurge on and pass on, this season is nutritionist and author of "Skinny Chicks Eat Real Food" -- Christine Avanti. 

Read Christine Avanti's guide to organic food here