November 2007

The Easiest Way to a Flat Stomach?

What's the easiest way to a flat tummy? One reader wanted to know this and so she paid $20 for an expert on Google Answers to find the answer for her. She specifically asked if sit-ups would be the fastest way to trim her waistline. She got a pretty detailed answer and if she followed the instructions,...

Tosca Reno is supremely fit at age 48. Tosca's heaviest weight was 204 and this was when she was in the middle of divorce and after having three children. She gained the weight at that time by turning to comfort foods. Today she weighs 75 pounds less. She initially lost the weight by regular workouts...

Cathi Lee has lost more than 300 pounds. She weighed over 500 pounds a few years ago.She was recently interviewed by Oprah and her story will air on the Oprah Show sometime in the next couple of weeks. See more about Cathi Lee he...

John has experienced massive weight loss success. He used to weigh over 400 pounds and has lost over half of this weight. Last year, in just 12 months, he lost the biggest portion of his excess weight, 150 pounds lost in one year.He lost this weight mainly by avoiding wheat, dairy and sugar.See more...

The beautiful Fiona Falkiner has succeeded in losing a lot of weight. Again. She first lost a lot of weight on the Biggest Loser TV program in Australia, but soon gained it all back again, and now has lost weight again and completed her first triathl...

David Eigenberg has lost twenty pounds in just three months. What motivated him to lose the weight? Eigenberg is one of the male stars in the movie, Sex and the City. Apparently the movie producers asked him to hit the gym before filming began. He says: "It's harder to be a man on Sex and the City than...

A reader saw the post on sagging skin after weight loss and has this to say about it;I am noticing a lot of articles about people who have lost a lot of weight and are upset about the sagging skin. I think the more important thing right now is to be healthy. I have a lot of weight to lose myself and...

There is a new word in the dictionary and it's locavore.A locavore is someone who tries to eat food that is grown locally -- within a 100-mile radius.The word has just been made famous because it was chosen as the 2007 Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary.See more about losing weight...

The New York Times had an article a few days ago about how men's weight loss efforts differ from women. They said that at Weight Watchers meetings, the women get emotional but the men don't. They interviewed a few men who attend male-only weight loss meetings. One guy says; “Without the women there...

Diets were not working for Sally so she decided to take a long term approach and change her lifestyle, rather than dieting. She says;Because I've taken a gradual approach, I've had gradual results as well. At first I lost a good bit of weight, but now my weight loss has slowed to an average of about...

Katie lost an amazing 124 pounds off her petite frame over a period of 17 months. She now weighs 110 pounds.She was slim on her wedding day 18 years ago but started gaining weight after her pregnancy. She tried many fad diets over many years. But nothing worked. Seventeen months ago she decided she...

Six months ago Frank and Elaine looked and felt older than their years. Frank is 52 and Elaine is 45 years old.Frank was taking about 15 pills a day to ease his high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. They both spent a lot of time on the couch and ate fried and fatty foods. Frank...

Tim has lost 87 pounds. This was a tremendous feat for him but it only took him eight months. He lost the weight via regular walking, then also swimming as well as adhering to the Weight Watchers program. Tim is 37 years old and at his heaviest he weighed 262 pounds. He is 5'10" tall and now weighs...

An FTC study has found that weight loss scams are a leading source of fraud in the U.S. About 4.8 million Americans bought bogus weight-loss supplements, patches, creams or other products, making fat-fighting fraud the most common scam.Consumers are urged to visit the FTC's web site at ftc.gov to report...