Learn to Love Your Body at Any Size

Learn to Love Your Body at Any Size

Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body

Learning to love your body is crucial. From magazine ads to music videos, women are barraged by images of stick-figure women who are far from the norm. If a woman is not a size 4, she may consider herself overweight and strive to obtain a body image that’s unachievable. These…

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Water Weight Loss: What to Eat

Water Weight Loss: What to Eat

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

A poor diet, hormonal changes or a sedentary lifestyle can cause you to retain water, but is there anything you can do about it to get your belly looking flatter fast? Start eating. That’s right – filling your belly with the right foods can help beat the bloat of water…

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Benefits of an Anti-inflammatory Diet

Benefits of an Anti-inflammatory Diet

Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating

There has been a blizzard of information about anti-inflammatory diets within the past several years, beginning with the anti-aging studies of Yale University professor Dr. Nicholas Perricone. He introduced the anti-inflammation concept into popular vocabulary in 2002 with his book, The Perricone Prescription, as baby boomers grew more concerned with…

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Skinny Bitch

Skinny Bitch

Diet Reviews / Other

It does not matter what the number on the scale is. A “skinny bitch” comesin all shapes and sizes, they say. Both Rory and Kim, a former modeland a former modeling agent respectively, had their own demons with food until they figured out the impact a healthy diet could have….

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The Blueprint For A Successful Diet Plan

The Blueprint For A Successful Diet Plan

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

When it comes to weight loss, it’s important to have a plan in place. If you address your weight-loss issues haphazardly, it’s unlikely you will realize your goals. From your exercise regimen to your daily menus, you must use some foresight to plan ahead – whether it’s for a day,…

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Beware of Salad-Bar Syndrome

Beware of Salad-Bar Syndrome

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Lettuce us examine the many dangers of the beloved salad bar. It may seem like the dieter’s dream destination. And it is — that’s because it’s loaded with high-fat, high-calorie offerings that are loaded with flavor. While the salad may seem like a diet-smart choice on the surface, it can…

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OPTIFAST

OPTIFAST

Diet Reviews / Prepared Meals

The program has three main components: medical, behavioral and nutritional. To participate, you must first undergo a medical evaluation to see if you meet the standards of the OPTIFAST plan. Once you are a patient of the OPTIFAST program, you have a team of physicians, dietitians and counselors at your…

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Motivational Books to Move You

Motivational Books to Move You

Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body

There are several books that one can keep returning to for motivation, reassurance, perspective and the always-needed reality check. A healthy lifestyle is much more than a workout routine or a diet. These books address it all — attitude, humor, philosophy, culture, environment. We are what we choose to be,…

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