My family is, indeed, taking me out to my favourite restaurant. I will enjoy myself and eat/drink moderately. But I am also working out at least five days a week. And tomorrow I'll carve out extra time, enough to run 10K, just for insurance. I am 53 years old and I weigh 231.6 pounds. I never want to weigh more than that ever again.
Timi Gustafson, R.D. | Posted 05.24.2012
Managing your weight is a health issue, period. It has nothing to do with being attractive or sexy or being able to wear certain types of clothing -- although some of these perks can be great motivators. Staying within your healthy weight range has much greater value in and of itself.
Christine Avanti | Posted 05.02.2012
If you're going to hit the beach, you don't want to look like a blowfish who did a five-day Atkins crash diet -- a smaller, puffy version of your former self. Been there. Done that! I have the deflated booty stretch marks to remind me of my former yo-yo dieting days that I gave up on over a decade ago.
CP | Lauren La Rose, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.11.2012
TORONTO - A workout DVD doesn't have to be the only tool in your fitness arsenal when you're in need of a little motivation to get off the couch and e...
CP | Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.11.2012
TORONTO - Dr. Ben Williams remembers the first time someone suggested gastric reduction surgery to him as a possible way to triumph in his life-long b...
The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 04.09.2012
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 ...
Everyday Health | Suzanne Somers | Posted 03.11.2012
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...
The Huffington Post Canada | Sarah Kelsey | Posted 03.07.2012
Well hello there, Mariah Carey! Fresh off of having twins Moroccan and Monroe, the singing sensation is flaunting a tight and taught figure in her lat...
Cassandra Scrimgeour | Posted 04.24.2012
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.
Everyday Health | Denise Austin | Posted 02.08.2012
By Denise Austin Trying to shed pounds? A few changes to your routine can help boost your metabolism and optimize your daily caloric burn, movi...
The Huffington Post Canada | Arti Patel | Posted 03.28.2012
You've set your ideal weight goal, told your friends your plans for weight loss and avoided those tasty temptations during dessert. But still, those e...
Everyday Health | Jillian Michaels | Posted 03.26.2012
By Jillian Michaels Is your muffin top a 2011 holiday gift that just keeps on giving? Whether your goal is to lose it for good, or to finally t...
The Huffington Post Canada | Rebecca Zamon | Posted 03.19.2012
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...
The Huffington Post Canada | Rebecca Zamon | Posted 03.19.2012
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...
Arya M. Sharma, MD | Posted 01.05.2012
To many readers, the very idea that you can carry excess weight and still be healthy may sound like an oxymoron. After all, is excess body fat not strongly associated with a wide range of health problems from diabetes to sleep apnea and from arthritis to cancer? Yes it is, but not in everyone.
Shannon Kadlovski | Posted 03.06.2012
Metabolism is a very complex process, so it is easiest to think of it as something that affects how easily our bodies lose or gain weight. So how do you increase your metabolic rate naturally, you might ask? By consuming these five amazing metabolism-boosting foods!
Theresa Albert | Posted 03.03.2012
For the love of life, drop that New Year's resolution to lose weight. Come on, you made the same commitment last year and look where it got you. By a...
The Huffington Post Canada | Arti Patel | Posted 01.02.2012
When it comes to making New Year's resolutions, many of us want to see that number on the scale change. If you're planning to get a gym membership...
Andrea Paine | Posted 02.27.2012
Sometimes it's really the smallest of things that can make a difference. Kindness towards others can be a simple as a smile or holding the door open for a stranger. Why not make an affirmation to complete one random act of kindness a day?
The Wall Street Journal | Posted 12.28.2011
The first item on a highly successful to-do list: Make a better to-do list. With the new year comes the urge to accomplish all the things that were me...
TheKit.ca | Posted 12.19.2011
By: Karen Kwan, TheKit.ca I recently tried a juice cleanse, namely, the Energize version from Total Cleanse. It consisted of six juices a day, ...
Posted 12.12.2011
It's the middle of December, and you're likely a quarter of the way through your packed holiday schedule, which means you're still able to look at a c...
The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 12.08.2011
In any given year, you'll have your celebrity weight loss -- and gain -- stories, and 2011 certainly was no different. What did set this year apar...
Yoni Freedhoff M.D. | Posted 01.28.2012
The verdict is in: "Children like what they know and eat what they like." So to make sure your children know healthy, here are some straightforward prescriptions for healthy at-home eating.
Stacy Irvine, D.C., M.Sc. | Posted 12.17.2011
For most people there is a common perception that we are at our physical best in our 20s and then it is "all downhill from there." But I believe that our decline in strength as we age is not as dependent on physiological declines in our bodies, but mostly due to the lack of opportunity to train effectively to build strength.
The Fat Diaries | Posted 05.25.2012