If I had a dollar for every "before" and "after" weight loss shot in which a person stands sideways holding out their giant pants, I'd be a very rich lady. The reality is, I'm not rich. And those "before" and "afters" do little to celebrate the real achievement and change that comes with dramatic weight loss.
We all know that the path to weight loss depends upon healthy eating and regular exercise. Yet for those of us who need more guidance, which diet is most effective when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off? A new study may have the answer.
My mother can't stand cooking, and she won't mind me saying so. In fact, she used to openly pine for a pill one could take in lieu of eating/cooking. It was a Brave New World fate that I—loving food far too much to forsake my taste buds—could never imagine.
Well, it seems my mom's wish is finally modern science's command.
Brooke Birmingham has a lot to be proud about. The author of the blog 'Brooke: Not on a Diet' shed more than 170 pounds and kept it off. But when the 28 year old attempted to tell her story to SHAPE, she was told the fitness magazine wouldn't print the picture of her in a bikini, loose skin and all.
“To the fatty running on the track this afternoon…” That's the start of a Facebook message courtesy of of Viral Nova. Oh great, I thought, another self-righteous Maria Kang-styled rant that I have have absolutely no desire to read to the end. But, you know what? I was happy I did.
Indulge a bit too much over the holidays? Fret not. Welcome to the future, where the very convenience that allows you to pack on pounds can just as easily help you unpack them. Too good to be true? Then you haven't heard of HAPIfork yet.
It's the ultimate trompe l'oeil—a mirror that makes you look thinner than you actually are. Thanks to a concave curve in the glass, Kickstarter entrepreneur Belinda Jasmine has devised a piece of ingenuity that flatters, and well, lies.
What was that magic ratio of chest to waist to hips? 34:26:34? In any case the glamorous movie stars of old had spectacularly small waists. It seems the tiny waist is making a comeback, and the go-to way to get them: corsets. Not long ago Jessica Alba got a lot of flak for shrinking her post-baby body by wearing one. But Michele Kobke has taken the corset to a new extreme.