Now that the New Year is here, many Americans will resolve to lose extra pounds. With what seems to be an endless display of weight-loss ads, one could become very confused as to what the best approach would be.

Nope, sorry to disappoint, but diets don’t work. None of them. Really. I’m not even going to waste time proving it; just google recent studies on diet success and let’s get on with it. If you, like most of America, added 5 pounds or an …

HealthyWage Pays Out Nearly Half a Million Dollars on Weight-Loss Wagers in …MarketWatch (press release)For their weight-loss achievements, HealthyWage collectively paid dieters over 0000 cash. In addition, while in 2010 HealthyWage had no corporate participants, in 2011 the company secured over 250 high-caliber corporate participants, …and more »

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After undergoing gall bladder surgery at age twenty-three, Jennette Fulda decided it was time to lose some weight. Actually, more like half her weight. At the time, Jennette weighed 372 pounds.Jennette was not born fat. But, by fifth grade, her response to a school questionnaire asking “what would you change about your appearance” was “I would be thinner.” Sound familiar?Half-Assed is the captivating...

Chicago Tribune Secrets of weight loss are simple but not magicChicago TribuneThe principle behind weight loss is pretty basic: Eat less, move more. Yet, for all its simplicity, we can't seem to get this formula right. In Illinois, 63 percent of the population is overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control …and more »

Nope, diets don’t work. But boosting your metabolism does. Here, 5 surprising – and proven – strategies to rev up your fat-burning system and take off the pounds fast.

A mother-of-two, who thought it was ‘impossible’ to lose weight on her own, has told how she lost six stone purely through exercise after, unbeknown to her, her gastric band snapped. Karren Knight, 47, who tipped the scales at 22 stone, had spent years …

Some good news on the weight-loss front. Even if you’ve been a total flop before — regaining all the weight you lost and 10 pounds on top of that — you can be a dieting success.

Weight Loss, Anyone?Patch.comFrankly, most of them are weight loss and gym programs and I'm getting annoyed at being told that I need to lose weight. I know that already – you're hurting my apparently rather large feelings. There are so many products out there that claim to make …and more »