Mindy Kaling on Her New Year Diet Plan


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Mindy Kaling on Conan

Freshly minted author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Mindy Kaling made an appearance on Conan last night, and she dished that her New Year's resolution was a new diet plan. Mindy's approach to losing weight in the new year is to stop eating by 4 p.m., which she admits can hinder any chance of a dating or evening social life. It's also been making her cranky in the morning, but the funny Read more

Is It Hard to Stick to Your Diet Over the Holidays?


Updated 12/20/11 11:44 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Is It Hard For You to Stick to a Diet Over the Holidays?

Chances are you've been to a holiday party or two already. And besides the guaranteed drinks and merriment with your friends and family, there's another guarantee — the table of never-ending treats. It can be hard to think about diet and exercise during a month chock-full of cookies, candy, and eggnog. I've asked my friends if it's been easy to stick to a diet as the holiday festivities ramp Read more

The Biggest Diet Trends of 2011


Updated 01/25/12 9:05 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

The Biggest Diet Trends of 2011

Like years before, 2011 was chock-full of trendy diets that got everyone talking, as well as trying. So what were the top diets of 2011? Read on to find out! HCG Diet The HCG diet isn't new (it's been around for more than 50 years), but it's once again a phenomenon. This was the year that people flocked to doctor's offices to get a pricey hormone injection all in the name of weight loss. The Read more

Do You Eat Whatever You Want Over the Weekends?


Updated 11/16/11 8:52 AM · Posted by · 8 comments

Bank Calories During the Week For the Weekend

Normally I only see my workout buddies during the week. We meet at the gym, and they're always in uber-fitness and healthy-diet mode. After months of only hanging on the treadmill, we got together a few times this weekend. Since I was so used to hearing them discuss diets and workout regimens, I was shocked to see these gals eating and drinking anything — and everything — they wanted. They Read more

What Healthy Choices Will You Be Making This Halloween?


Updated 10/29/11 7:07 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 2 comments

Will You Be Making Healthy Choices This Halloween?

Thanksgiving and Christmas aren't the only overly indulgent holidays. Halloween gives them a run for the caloric title spot. Between candied apples, trick-or-treating stock, and Halloween-inspired cocktails, it can be hard to resist the constant temptations. But anything helps, whether it's bringing a healthier treat to your neighborhood Halloween party or limiting the amount of Halloween candy Read more

The Paleo Diet: Are Our Ancestors the Key to Weight Loss?


Updated 10/30/11 5:26 AM · Posted by · 14 comments

What Is the Paleo Diet?

The Paleo Diet, or Caveman Diet, is gaining momentum in the fitness world as a healthy way to lose weight. My trainer is all about the Paleo Diet — a meal plan based on the dietary habits of our Paleolithic, cave-dwelling ancestors. We're talking wild game, meat, and seafood, and vegetables, fruit, seeds, and nuts. What you won't find as part of the Paleo Diet are foods that developed during Read more

Reward and Remind: How to Maintain Weight Loss


Updated 07/06/11 8:38 AM · Posted by · 5 comments

How to Maintain Weight Loss

As hard as losing weight can be, sometimes the battle begins again when you try to stay at your goal weight. A new study from the USDA shows that the secret may be in the way you think. The study sought to find strategies that would help people maintain their weight in addition to dieting and exercising. After studying 926 people with BMIs 25 or higher (the marker for being overweight) who lost Read more

Blake Lively Uses Cupcakes to Fatten Up Ryan Reynolds


Updated 06/13/11 10:14 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Blake Lively Sabotages Diet of Ryan Reynolds

Based on her baked-goods antics, it looks like Blake Lively has a bit of a competitive streak in her. At a press conference for The Green Lantern, Blake joked that she attempted to thwart costar Ryan Reynolds's efforts to bulk up with his weakness — cupcakes. "It was just a way to sabotage Ryan. He was working out as much as he was, and I'm the girl. I'm supposed to look better." Ryan was happy Read more

6 Weekend Weight-Loss Tips to Slim Down


Updated 08/30/11 7:30 AM · Posted by Shape · 5 comments

How to Not Gain Weight on the Weekend

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. After a week of spartan lunches, rigorous workouts, and sleep-depriving presentations, it's easy to feel you've earned a happy hour margarita and a plate of cheesy nachos. But topping off a tough week in this way can undo all your hard work and even pack on the pounds. According to a study from the University of North Read more