When I was growing up whenever my brother or I did something good we were rewarded with food. Good grades? Let's go for ice cream! Won a soccer game? How about a pizza party! The truth is I think a lot of families are like this. After all, let's face it - food is fun, everyone loves it and it is a great way to celebrate! Plus it's a good way ...

I tell you what, sometimes it seems pretty unfair that it is so dang easy for a lot of us to gain weight but so much harder to lose it. The obvious answer is to keep from gaining weight in the first place. Or, if you've recently shed some pounds, to keep from putting them back on again. The good news is that there are some really easy tricks you can ...

Weight loss doesn't have to be complicated or difficult. Cut out just 500 calories a day through a combination of diet and exercise and you will lose a pound a week. By going the slow and steady route with weight loss you will be much more likely to keep the weight off long-term and will be helping to ensure that you keep your body healthy and strong. Does cutting 500 ...

Scales have a funny way of destroying diets. You know how it goes. You follow your diet perfectly, get all the exercise you were supposed to and step on the scale expecting to see the numbers drop. Surprise! Not only may the numbers on the scale not have gone down, but they may actually have gone ...