Healthy Eating Tip: Text Your Food to DIET1


Updated 11/02/08 5:34 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 14 comments

Healthy Eating Tip: Text Your Food to DIET1

Deciding what you want to eat at a restaurant can be hard, especially when nutritional information is not easily accessible. In situations like this, just send a text message to DIET1 (34381). Include the restaurant and the menu item in your message, and the service will respond with a text containing the information you requested. I tried it out (several times) and it's really speedy, not to Read more

Cut Carbs Twice a Week and Still Drop Pounds, Study Says


Updated 12/08/11 3:22 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Cut Carbs Twice a Week For Weight Loss, Study Says

Don't have time or the willpower to diet all week long? Two days might just do the trick, according to British researchers. The dietitians found that women who cut carbs for two days and ate normally, yet sensibly, the rest of the week lost more weight than women sticking to a Mediterranean-style diet of 1,500 calories a day. After four weeks, the women who gave up carbs twice a week lost an Read more

Free Online Fitness Journals to Track Your Progress


Updated 11/15/11 11:08 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Free Online Fitness Tracking Tools

I like to think I'm disciplined with my weekly workout schedule, but sometimes I need some additional coercing to get my butt to the gym. Online progress tracking tools are great for keeping you motivated, and for holding you accountable if your healthy habits happen to take a nosedive. With the holidays just around the corner, many of us will be on the road visiting friends and family, making Read more

5 Lame Excuses For Not Eating Veggies


Updated 10/14/11 11:51 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Excuses For Not Eating Vegetables and How to Beat Them

You know your mama was right. Eating veggies is good for you, but lately you haven't been getting enough. Here are some reasons you may be skipping out and how to start getting those veggies back into your diet. 1. They Take Too Much Time to Prepare Washing, peeling, slicing, and sauteing veggies may take longer to prepare than ordering a pepperoni pizza (don't forget the wait time for delivery), Read more

Can Leggings Fight Cellulite?


Updated 03/16/11 5:25 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

What You Can Do About Cellulite

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Self here on FitSugar! Dimples on your face? Adorable! On your thighs and butt? Well, not so much. Cellulite is a genetic reality for almost 90 percent of women, which is why we're always intrigued and — we'll admit it — tempted by products such as these Turbocell Leggings. The manufacturer claims the compression technology will Read more

Did You Buy a Wedding Dress Smaller Than Your Real Size?


Updated 07/07/11 1:04 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Kim Kardashian's Wedding Fitness and Diet Plans

Kim Kardashian is on a wedding diet and fitness plan, and she's enlisted the help of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson to help her fit into her wedding dress, according to OK Magazine. The magazine says that Kim is hoping to drop a few dress sizes before her upcoming wedding to Kris Humphries, and is on a serious mission to make that happen. According to the magazine's source, in order to fit into Read more