diet

I've never been good at watching what I eat unless it is me watching it disappear into my mouth. So the thought of starting a diet right now, as we enter the holiday season, seems not only crazy...but impossible!

If you haven't lived up to last year's resolutions to be healthier and lose weight, you can go ahead and call it quits. October is the 5th fattest month of the year and the fattest are still ahead.

When you decide to diet - there all sorts of options! Now there is a diet that counts how many bites you take. According to the diet you are allowed to take 100 bites and you have to chew them 10-20 each and that will help you lose weight.

Holy cow - if you are looking to lose weight there are literally tons of books with different ways to shed pounds. So which one is best? Starting a diet is a lot like choosing a religion. You want the right one that isn't a waste of time, that is best for you and you feel is right, and also still let's you live a normal life.

If you have ever been on a diet you have probably had a cheat day here and there. Some people would argue that a cheat day is OK. I think it's how much you "cheat" that really matters. Yesterday I cheated WAY too much but, it wasn't entirely my fault. I started out on track with my delicious egg whites but, then I ate a BUCKET of popcorn at the movies, fruit snacks followed by chocolate

I'm famous for going out to dinner, getting half of my meal to go, and then eating the leftovers as soon as I get home. Why do I do this? I found 8 reasons from ABC News why we are STILL hungry after we eat!

I was visiting my sister over the weekend and while we were visiting I asked her for a diet soda. She practically yelled at me that diet soda will kill me! I laughed at her reaction but later thought... is my beloved diet soda really killing me? So I did what every brilliant American does and "googled" it. Here is what I found.

Remember the movie Supersize Me, where the guy gained a bunch of weight on an all McDonalds diet? Well, here's a guy who ate nothing but McDonalds for three months and lost 37 pounds. Meet John Cisna of Ankeny, Iowa.  He's a science teacher at Colo-Nesco High School in Colo, Iowa...

Do you remember when Jared lost an insane amount of weight eating nothing but Subway?  There's a 47-year-old woman who managed to lose around 300 pounds by eating almost nothing but pumpkin. She's gone from 520 pounds to 220 pounds and says, "I love pumpkin, I could eat it all day ...

The warning signs of a potential epidemic in heart disease are becoming more evident, new research showing that moms who are very heavy during pregnancy may be saddling their children with more than just a few extra pounds.

The 'Frankenburger' is being tasted on a very public stage in London on Monday.

If you know me, you know that I am a sucker for any new diet. So when I heard about the 5 and 2 diet I had to try it. I decided that not only was I going to try it  for a week or two but that my husband should do it with me. There is only one simple rule to this diet...