Weight Gain

What Did You Eat Today?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

What I ask people to do is to get on the scale every day. Yes, every day. Write down your weight each day and average it out over the course of a week. This keeps you awake and aware to what is going on.

Weight Gain Linked To Bacteria In Intestines

latimes.com | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living


A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, making it easi...

Are You a Closet Eater?

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

Continuing to associate the pleasure of companionship with the enjoyment of food gives me those same good feelings I had with my girlfriends -- filmy, fluid and fun.

The Secret Dialog Of Women

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

Weight loss coach Kathrine Brown's mission is helping women of power and influence who are holding themselves back. She does this by detecting the subtle sabotaging dialogs that decrease their power.

The Holiday Cure: How To Wake Up Thinner

Janice Taylor | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living


Janice Taylor

As we all know all too well, the holidays present a multitude of stresses that together can create the perfect 'fat' storm.

Plastic Surgery Denial Syndrome

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 10.14.2009 | Style


Irene Rubaum-Keller

"Your lips are not meant to be flotation devices for your face in case it capsizes." Carol Leifer Have you seen Nicole Kidman lately? Delta Burke?...

28 Diet Tips In 28 Days

intent.com | Janice Taylor | Posted 11.22.2009 | 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, ...

Beware of Late-Night Eating

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Dr. Michael J. Breus

I've always said that getting good sleep is one of the easiest (and cheapest) ways to lose weight. Now there's one more reason hit the hay on a empty stomach.

Late Night Eating Linked To Weight Gain

nytimes.com | Tara Parker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living


A new study in mice suggests that it's not just how much you eat, but when you eat it, that influences weight gain. Researchers at Northwestern Unive...

Muffintop: The New Feminine?

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

A woman should have a little pooch. It's part of what makes us womanly.

Hide Your Body, Hide Yourself

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living


Susan Harrow

If you're always looking for ways to not be seen, how do you speak out? How do you move through the world if you have an invisible cloak that has no magical powers other than to keep you in your own shadow?

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...

How Do We Become Fat?

Fred Hahn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living


Fred Hahn

You can't exercise your fat away ladies and gentlemen. You have to speak the correct language to your body if you wish it to release fat from your fat cells.

Why Self-Help Can't Solve It All

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living


Alison Rose Levy

The rest of us have to subsidize food industry profits through covering the health care costs of the resulting health problems.

How Happy Is... 5 Fears Of Getting Pregnant, Dispelled

Sophie Keller | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living


Sophie Keller

Making the decision to have a baby is not an easy one and one that is not to be taken lightly. Caring for a new soul takes a lot of delicate handling...

New Diet Study Reveals that Research Studies Mislead

Fred Hahn | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living


Fred Hahn

If a woman stays at her 25 year old wedding day weight of 130 pounds until she is 50, she is pleased with herself. However, should she be?

Do You Struggle with Your Body Image?

Margaret Ruth | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living


Margaret Ruth

The fastest way to get the body shape you like is to like the body shape you have. The clearest way to get the body shape you love is to love the exact shape of it now.

Break Bad Habits: 5 Strategies To Help You Make Changes

oprah.com | Tim Jarvis | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living


And now for something completely different: five out-of-the-box approaches to help you change a habit, a mind-set or the way you think about change....

No More Body Bashing

Emme | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living


Emme

It's time, we must accept our bodies not as objects to manipulate but ones to appreciate, feed, exercise and have fun in.

22 Tips For Navigating The Holiday Table

Dr. Nicholas Perricone | Posted 01.24.2009 | Living


Dr. Nicholas Perricone

Thanks to indulgence, holidays are a time of accelerated aging. I can't promise you a Benjamin Button experience, but I can help you to enjoy the bounty, preventing a mutiny of the body!

Oprah is Officially Obese: What Does that Mean for You?

Michelle Fiordaliso | Posted 01.15.2009 | Style


Michelle Fiordaliso

Your fluctuations in weight can be opportunities to learn more and more about who you are and what you need to manage the stress in your life.

If Those Waist Beads Break, You Should Probably Skip Dessert

Michelle Madhok | Posted 11.27.2008 | Style


Michelle Madhok

As the beads get tighter around your waist, you know you're gaining a few pounds. So you can nip that weight gain in the bud before you're struggling to button your jeans.

An Open Letter to Cheryl Burke

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.13.2008 | Entertainment


Irene Rubaum-Keller

Who are these people who are jumping all over Cheryl for gaining a few pounds? Women who are way heavier, less successful, and not on TV, I would guess.

Life Cycle: Pop vs. Soda? Either Way It's Made with (GMO) Corn.

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Last week we talked about popcorn. Chemically flavored...

When Men Let Themselves Go

men.style.com/details | Pete Wells | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Letting yourself go is not exclusively a male pursuit, of course. It's just that men can get away with it. Last year, Tyra Banks publicly defended her...