Start a Biggest Loser Competition in Your Office


Updated 03/16/09 11:28 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 13 comments

Start a Biggest Loser Competition in Your Office

The office is often a place where people end up gaining weight. What with all the sitting around all day, snacking at your desk, office parties, ordering food as a group, and the baked goodies co-workers bring in, it's no wonder extra pounds start to creep onto the scale. So instead of getting fatter at your job, lose weight together by starting a Biggest Loser-style competition in your office. Read more

Curtis Stone on His New LA Eatery and Responding to the Haters


Updated 04/21/11 9:30 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Curtis Stone to Open Restaurant in Los Angeles

If you watch any amount of food television, there's a good chance you've heard of Curtis Stone. From Take Home Chef to The Biggest Loser, there's nowhere this attractive Aussie hasn't been. Currently, he's busy being host of Top Chef Masters and a judge on America's Next Great Restaurant. We took time to get to know the chef, who's busy as the new face of Great Grains. Over the phone, Stone — Read more

8 Ways to Motivate and Get Off Your Cold Weather Butt


Updated 10/27/11 6:03 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Ways to Motivate Yourself to Work Out During the Winter

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Self here on FitSugar! I got chills. They're multiplying. But they're not of the Grease Lightening variety. It's getting cold (nearly 75 degrees in LA) and I'm starting to see visions of couches, heavy meals, hot chocolate and layered clothing (to hide the blubber!). What? You need fat for warmth . . . supposedly. Okay, fine. Better nip this Read more

Feel the DailyBurn


Updated 10/14/11 11:49 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 18 comments

Use the DailyBurn Website to Track Health

I'm becoming a big fan of DailyBurn — a website that lets its users track workout, diet, and health goals in easy-to-read charts and graphs. There's a ton of great health and fitness information on the site and it has a social side that lets users interact with other members. If you're not very tech savvy, don't be afraid. The site is easy to use and is laid out in a friendly and intuitive way. Read more

News Alert: Men and Women Are Different, Exercise Wise Too


Updated 10/14/11 11:48 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 38 comments

News Alert: Men and Women Are Different, Exercise Wise Too

Physiologically speaking, women and men are different – no real news flash there, but these differences even affect how we exercise and they haven't been studied for very long. Like most scientific studies, exercise studies were performed on men and the researchers assumed the results would cross gender line. About 15 years ago researchers began to study the female body in motion (FYI: Title IX Read more