Oh, it feels so good to lose weight. After weeks of hard work, your pants are feeling loose and you're fitting into that favorite jacket without havin...

You know what they say about man's best friend, but could man's best exercise buddy be a canine, too? The science is in dog-lovers' favor. "Dogs pr...

Diet and exercise — sure, they can help you lose weight. But most people need to consider a third component to keep unwanted pounds from coming back...

Largely, I manage to cling to my summer me until November, when early darkness drives me toward a different light, one whose radiance is contained only by a door. Opening the refrigerator, I reach for comfort foods to assuage my discomfort with the calendar before crawling under the comforter, the fridge door open all this uncomfortable time, my weight shifting from foot to foot and season to season.

Christine Jensen, age 50, had struggled with emotional eating and weight issues since her twenties. But over the last 18 months she has completely ove...

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Twenty years into his career as a software contractor, Steve Silberberg ditched the corporate world for the great outdoors. The result was Fitpacking,...

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I had a roommate in college who always left a few bites on her plate. "It's my diet," she would joke.