Reclaim your body after pregnancy

When you were pregnant, you may have changed your eating habits to support your baby's growth and development. After pregnancy, proper nutrition is still important — especially if you're breast-feeding. Making wise choices can promote healthy weight loss after

Teen obesity & weight loss

Teenage obesity is a dangerous — and widespread — problem. Like any weight-loss challenge, there's no magic bullet for teen weight loss.

Have a heart-to-heart

If your teen is overweight, he or she is probably as concerned about the excess weight as you are. Aside from lifelong health risks such as high blood pressure and diabetes, the social and emotional fallout

Holiday weight gain

It's commonly thought that the typical holiday weight gain is around 5 pounds. In reality, it's probably less. The catch is that even a small holiday weight gain is seldom lost — adding to the cumulative weight gain that happens over time for most

Exercise for weight loss

While diet has a stronger effect on weight loss than physical activity does, physical activity, including exercise, has a stronger effect in preventing weight gain and maintaining weight loss.

Being active is an important part of any weight-loss or weight-maintenance program. Because 3,500 calories equals about

Changing attitude

There are several stages that are reached when attempting to make lifestyle changes. These stages are pre-contemplation, contemplation, action and maintenance.

Pre-contemplation is the stage where the change first enters your mind. Do I want/need to

Sustainable weight loss

1. Observe your body from the perspective of living inside of it. The tendency to ignore and neglect the body often results in eating whatever seems easiest and most readily available. Overtime, this can result in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.

Many people live outside their bodies, observing them only as objects, concerned about their bodies meeting some physical ideal. This can result in a style of dieting which robs the body

Weight loss on vegetarian diet

The trick to losing weight on a vegetarian diet is to plan your meals in advance, ensuring they include a good variety of fruit, vegetables and grains. Resorting to junk food simply because you haven't taken the time to plan a meal is a sure-fire way to