I was living in Boston when the food truck phenomenon really started to take off. With the help of a city-wide competition between trucks vying for parking spots at Government Center, the food truck scene went from "guys selling fried dough and sausages in front of subway entrances" to "chefs and grad students and farmers selling everything from schmancy ice cream sandwiches, Vietnamese noodle salads, or gussied-up grilled cheeses, to popovers and rosemary sea salt French fries." And it all seemed to happen overnight.

One of the earlier food trucks to appear specialized in overstuffed, seasonal vegetable-oriented pita sandwiches. It swiftly became a beloved lunch destination. They had (and, I believe, still have) one sandwich called the egg and eggplant sandwich that I always wanted to try, but for reasons too complex and dull to talk about here, I never wound up getting one. This sad dietary omission has been haunting me lately, so I decided to google “egg and eggplant sandwich” to see if the internet could help me come up with my own.

We go to the gym for numerous reasons, one of the top being to shed some extra pounds. But sometimes we hit a weight-loss wall and our workout regimen isn’t, well, working anymore.

This can be for a variety of reasons and pinpointing the exact issue can be frustrating. Take a moment to think about your exercise routine. Here are 10 reasons why you may not be reaching your weight loss goal.

Life as a single woman would be so much better if all of your potential matches tattooed the kind of relationship they were looking for right on their foreheads. But until that becomes mandatory (and socially acceptable), we’ll have to settle for the occasional insights from online dating sites to enlighten us. Case in point: The dating app Clover recently polled users across the U.S. about whether they were looking for casual dates, long-term relationships, hookups, or new friends.

It turns out that New York City topped the list of cities where people are looking for long-term love. On the other side of the spectrum, Los Angeles Clover users reported looking for hookups more than any other city, while Chicagoans were most likely to be looking for new friends and Houston singles were most likely to want casual dating, according to Clover. Take a look at the rest of their results to see where you could find your ideal dating scene.

We get it. On a scale of zero to 10, your motivation to work out over the holidays ranks a negative two. Plus, who has to time to squeeze in exercise during family time? The answer: you. Here's when high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is super helpful.

HIIT consists of short, intense bursts of exercise with either active recovery (like less intense exercise) or complete rest in between. Cardio workouts and strength routines both qualify—they can both get your heart pumping AND fire up your metabolism thanks to the phenomenon known as after burn. You can get a super effective workout in 20 minutes or less—even in as few as 4 minutes if you do Tabata-style training (20 seconds hard, 10 seconds easy).

Since HIIT is one of the hottest fitness trends for 2014, why not get a jumpstart on a fitter you for the new year! Try one of these high-intensity workouts while the family's opening presents, as you wait for the turkey to cook, or right before A Christmas Story begins—seriously, you can do them almost anywhere, anytime.