Losing Weight

Alicia Silverstone On Living Your Best Life

Huffington Post | Priyanka Boghani | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living


If you really want to make a change on this planet, a plant-based diet is the easiest, fastest way to get there.

Tweet What You Eat: Twitter Diet Shames People Into Losing Weight (VIDEO)

Posted 10.05.2009 | Technology


Move over, Atkins. Step aside, South Beach. The digital age has a new way to lose pounds and it involves more sitting at your computer, and less cardi...

28 Diet Tips In 28 Days

intent.com | Janice Taylor | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living


As we move from summer to fall, into the new school season and new year, I am wondering if you would like to join with me as I recommit to my health, ...

Why It's So Hard Not To Be Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living


Christina Pirello

Fat, sugar and salt; the triple threat to our waistlines... and health. Mere decades ago, the food industry made a conscious choice to seduce the Amer...

Hate to Exercise? Don't Sweat It.

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


Darryle Pollack

The solution seems obvious: be less physically active and you'll eat less. You don't even need a Harvard degree to figure it out.

Exercise Won't Make You Thin?

TIME | John Cloud | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living


As I write this, tomorrow is Tuesday, which is a cardio day. I'll spend five minutes warming up on the VersaClimber, a towering machine that requires ...

The Key to Losing Weight that Nobody Talks About

Dr. John Neustadt | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living


Dr. John Neustadt

What's completely ignored in the diet debate but essential to long-term success, is the need to realign the body's biochemistry in order to reach a healthy weight.

The Perfect Day to Start a Diet ...

Kim Bensen | Posted 06.16.2009 | Living


Kim Bensen

I wondered when the best time for a diet would be. Surely there must be a lull, some sort of break from food-focused festivities in a twelve month span.

Three Weeks to Thinner Thighs: Exercise Optional!

Anne Dunev | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living


Anne Dunev

Without starving yourself, without diet pills or gimmicks, even without exercise, it is possible to have thinner, smoother thighs in three weeks.

"No One Ever Died of a Big Butt!"

Donna Fish | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living


Donna Fish

Despite the fact that men and women seem to struggle with weight in fairly equal numbers as adults, women do tend to put weight on in their butts, vs. their stomachs.

Counting Experiential Calories

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living


Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

An Experiential Calorie is a unit of awareness, a unit of conscious presence, a unit of meaning. The job of an Experiential Calorie is to enrich your Mind. Take a moment to count the latter.

How Long Does It Really Take To Lose Weight?

nytimes.com | GINA KOLATA | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living


CARL FOSTER, an exercise physiologist at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, was amused by ads for a popular piece of exercise equipment. Before-a...

Dueling Docs

Janice Horowitz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living


Janice Horowitz

Most stomach-stapling patients lose 3/4 of their extra weight within 12 months. However, complications will strike a quarter of people who have the surgery and one in every 200 will die from it.

Overweight and Not Doing Anything About It?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

The pain of being overweight, and all the negatives associated with it, has to be greater than the pleasure of the food before one is ready and willing to change.

The Ultimate Resolution Guide

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living


Ariane de Bonvoisin

The First 30 Days is offering a free guide to help you get your goals solidified for 2009. I'll tell you now that it's not a step-by-step how-to guide.

Big Fat Denial

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you are in some form of fat denial, you may find yourself avoiding the scale. This can go so far as avoiding going to the doctor as they always weigh you there.

New Year's Resolutions

One For The Table | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living


One For The Table

I'd really like to lose 15, but I might lose 5. Either way, I need to feel good in my own skin and accept the fact that I'm not going to get any cuter.

New Year's Resolution: To Be Happy in 2009, Stop Dieting!

Colleen Perry | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living


Colleen Perry

In order to break out of our delusion, we must acknowledge the crucial fact regarding dieting and weight loss -- dieting does not work.

How to Keep and Use a Food Journal

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

I have been touting the value of food records for years. It is tedious and it can be hard to write down high calorie days, but it is so worth it.

Kick In The Tush Club: Drowning In Drama

Janice Taylor | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living


Janice Taylor

In these perilous times, we have a penchant for drama. Not that it's not justified ... but still ... is that where you want to live? In drama mode? ...

Don't Lose Weight for an Event

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 10.19.2008 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

Event losers tend to care more about what other people think of them than they do about taking good care of themselves on a regular basis. This is a symptom of low self-esteem.

Losing Weight: What They Won't Tell You On TV

Tara Stiles | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living


Tara Stiles

The question most people ask me on YouTube and in person is "What should I eat to be skinny?" It is the main thing on America's mind, or at least the...

What Is Your Calorie Budget?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

Do you know how many calories you should be eating each day? Most people don't. Use this formula to find out.

5,000 Calorie Thanksgiving Dinner

Peggy Siegal | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Peggy Siegal

Though the pilgrims had to pork up because their next big meal was Christmas, today's Americans will still be wolfing down another 5,000 calories of leftovers all weekend.