It was surreal. The body that I had had owned all my life suddenly seemed not to belong to me anymore. It was as if it were somebody else's. Its legs were slimmer, its stomach was firmer, and apart from the physicality of it all, even its perception by others was completely different.

I'm not a health nut, but I take care of myself. Not to brag and not to be vain, but my decisions are purely to avoid going to the hospital with something that could have been avoided. I exercise and eat right to be healthy. I don't spend the day thinking about what I shouldn't eat, I spend it thinking about living a long life and travelling with the girl of my dreams.

WHO: Tammy Ducharme, project assistant AGE: 30 CITY: Winnipeg, Man. By The Numbers: 369 at my heaviest, and currently 233. Height: 5'9" The...

By three weeks into the New Year, most people have forgotten their resolution. If you resolved to lose weight this year and have not even started yet, don't worry you are not alone. Here are the steps to get back on track and make 2014 the first year in a long time you don't resolve to lose weight.

Are you as thin, healthy, fit or toned as you want to be? What if I told you getting where you want to be was pretty much a mathematical equation. There are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, that is a scientific fact. To take one pound of fat off of your body you need to do one of two things, or a combination.

Doing things to improve your balance will also ensure you are healthy into your old age. Weight loss really is simple in concept. Eat healthy, fresh, local foods. Make sure that the products you chose spend as little time in storage as possible. Then, once you fuel your body, make sure you get out and enjoy the world around you. I call it fitness to make memories..

Fitness experts used to promise people a six-pack if we wanted to get them to buy something fitness related. The fitness of the nation has deteriorated so much that people know they are a long way from a six-pack. That's why the basis of weight loss company Visalus' top-tier success is a brand new "Project 10" program.

The plan to battle back against overweight and obesity has to start with simplifying the answer. What works for me? That's the question people should be asking. If you don't like to work out, why do you want to look like someone who does?

I think this new gastric gadget aspireassist is ridiculous. It appears that the gadget inserts a port that allows for some of the food that is consumed to be siphoned out before it is digested. Sorry, but that sounds like something one would do under dire medical circumstances, a reverse feeding tube of sorts.

For the love of life, drop that New Year's resolution to lose weight. Come on, you made the same commitment last year too and look where it got you. If you are like most of the population who has between 10 and 90 to lose, substitute your vague "lose weight" resolution for this much clearer, sounder approach...

I am not a fan of including daily weigh-ins in a weight loss regime. Daily weigh-ins are emblematic of many of the things I find frustrating with the fitness industry. We are all more then a number, how we feel day to day should not depend on the reading on the scale. I suggest that if you want to weigh-in regularly, the most frequently you should do it is weekly.

The fitness revolution nicknamed "Fitspo," would have people believing that perfectly sculpted bodies are the new thin. It would have you thinking that if you aren't training for a marathon or a body building competition then you're doomed to a life of heart disease and metabolic issues. I'm here to tell you that all of that is false. It's nonsense.

We are all aware of the most obvious foods that are bad for our health. Those that contain excess fat, sugar and salt top the list. Ones that come to mind include candy, chocolate, buttery foods, smoked meats and salty snacks. I'm sure you know many more than that. But there are some foods that don't immediately come to mind which we mindlessly consume not thinking about the effects on our health.

People who have struggled to lose weight have heard it all: Cut back on calories! Work out for hours! Give up all the foods you love! But this isn't w...

It's been three weeks on the Lindora diet and I've lost 16 pounds. The diet is easy to comply with because it's well structured, there aren't a lot of options, and I'm a creature of habit so I can get down with eating roughly the same things over and over. Here's my daily meal plan.

Some diet regimens require participants to adopt radical changes in their existing eating patterns, including cutting out entire food groups such as fat or carbohydrates. While this can result in quick weight loss, it also makes it tempting to revert to old eating habits later on.

This morning I got on the scale expecting to show my blog peeps a seriously fantastico number. I stepped on the scale and closed my eyes. The entire blog that I wanted to write suddenly flashed before my eyes. And then I opened my eyes and I saw -- OH C'MON! Seriously?

We've all done it before -- listened as the friend who always seems to have everything together doles out advice on the simplest thing she's doing to ...

By Suzanne Somers These days, there's a true correlation between bigger portion sizes and bigger waistlines! Read on to find out how you should...

Oftentimes I ask myself, what weight, what number would make me happy with my body now? Would any number achieve that? It seems the answer is no.

When it comes to genetics, it's not just your hair and eyes encoded into the DNA -- it's also your proclivity for packing on the pounds (or losing the...

We're officially in the second week of 2012, and the holidays already feel like the distant past. And as for those oh-so-achievable resolutions made b...