Weight Loss

I have a wait problem. I hate to wait. When I want something, I want it NOW. My wait problem also applies to my need to lose weight problem. When I ...

Many of us eat when we are bored, angry, tired, happy, sad, excited, anxious, frustrated, etc. We eat to reward ourselves and to comfort ourselves. Wouldn't it be great if we could find better solutions?

If you want to change your eating habits, or some of them, start by writing down everything you eat and drink. You can't get your food and weight under control until you pay attention.

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

According to a study following more than 68,000 American women for a period of 16 years, those who managed to get adequate sleep (about 7-8 hours), gained less weight during middle age.

Have you ever found yourself standing in front of the fridge, looking for something to eat? before you eat ask yourself, "Am I hungry?" If not, see if you can do something else.

Does it take a degree in nutrition, or advanced food additives, for us to finally realize that the amount of food we eat is out of the ordinary?

When Madonna and Sarah Jessica Parker tell us that they eat anything they want, they aren't lying. They just don't want and need that much.

From the country who gave us both Harajuku and Ninja Warrior, we now get a new trend. Japan has an aggressive yet motherly new public health mission of reducing the national waistline.

It is daunting isn't it? The amount of information is overwhelming. It's everything from diet books to weight loss blogs, from websites devoted to w...

There is nothing pure about the TV diva's 'self-esteem' preaching. But it does sound liberating -- the doors to this beauty church are open to everyone!

If you find yourself having the proverbial brain freeze at work all too often, and you know you suffer from sleep apnea (or think you do because you just can't feel rested after a long night's sleep), then listen up: it's time to reach for the green tea.

The main problem with self image is that you can never really see yourself the way others do.

Waist size affects sleep quality. But "short sleepers" are also more likely to be obese. So we should focus on the things we can do to reach our ideal weight and maintain it.

I grew up during a time when adults told you to eat all your food if you wanted dessert. Not only were we being taught to disregard our body's full meters, but also that the reward for overeating was more high calorie yummy food.

When it comes to bizarre celeb diets and wacky fitness regimens, we can't get enough. I was beyond thrilled to read last week in US Weekly that the wa...

******UPDATE: We might have some answers! See what diet and fitness experts had to say.****** An internet buzz abounds about the so-called (and seemi...

If you don't figure out how you approach food and dialogue in your own head, and what works for you, nothing will last.

i am gonna lose 20 pounds buy an AUDI TT inherit a farm start a non-profit go green eat raw have some babies do my MFA publish make a million dollars ...

Why in the world would we choose to mollycoddle with laws which encourage the obese to continue to both live an unhealthy lifestyle and stick us with the bill?

How is it that at such a young age, we almost instinctively understand that it's "better" to be small/thin versus big or large?

Would a thin gene test finally release fat people from the lazy-no-willpower-fat-is-contagious stereotype that our society is so fond of or would it only make it easier to pick them out to vilify?

The two unhealthy tendencies I see most often in the people I treat are: they tend to put other people's needs ahead of their own, and they don't take credit for their successes.

Some of us may be genetically predisposed to use food. We get that drug-like high from thinking about, scoring, preparing and ingesting our substance.