People have tried every kind of restriction diet to lose weight from ditching carbs, to going completely gluten-free, to going all-out vegan. Not eating meat, dairy products, eggs, and honey can definitely offer you a healthier diet since it's so low in saturated fat and cholesterol, but will it offer the quick results you want to see on the scale? A vegan diet isn't an automatic free ticket to Read more

Dear Fit, I'm trying to lose my last stubborn 10 pounds, and my regular workouts of running three days a week for 30 minutes just weren't doing the trick. So I decided to kick it up a notch and run every day. Now the scale is starting to budge slightly, which I'm happy about, but I'm wondering if it's bad for my body to run every single day with no days of rest? — Daily Runner It's great that Read more

Earlier this week, one of our own editors shared with us the healthy habits she picked up from her mom: "Even as a toddler, I was tricked into thinking that corn flakes were potato chips, yogurt was ice cream, and wheat germ was 'special sugar.'" Now out on her own, she can't stand white bread and still loves the taste of wheat germ. Many of you responded to the post with the healthy lessons Read more

I recently told you that the best fitness advice I ever received was, "In order to lose weight, you need to up your cardio." This little gem really helped kick my butt into gear to lose the extra weight I gained while living it up in my college days. I asked you to share the best advice you've heard regarding health and fitness and here's what you said. "Losing weight is about diet not Read more

There's so much to know when it comes to health, nutrition, and fitness, so if you're like me, you always have a question running in your mind. Maybe you're wondering about how to start a fitness regimen, which cereals contain the most fiber, or which running shoes are best. Don't fret, because the FitSugar Community has you covered. Check out the Ask the Community Anything box. You can type in a Read more

In college, I let the freedom of being able to stay up late and eat jellybeans for dinner get the best of me. Late-night pizza outings, the all-you-can-eat meals at the dining hall, and the frozen yogurt machine did not do my body good. The most exercise I got was from walking to the soda machine, and I ended up gaining way more than the usual freshman 15. By the time I graduated, I did not like Read more

FitSugar reader ccath posted this question in our RunningSugar community group. I'm planning on joining my college gym really soon. I've been doing lots of push-ups — sometimes I do 500 in a day, not exaggerating — but I still feel fat. I feel like my abs should be toned, but besides my arms I don't notice any difference. I feel fatter. Anyway, as I was saying I'm going to join the gym, and Read more

This post was submitted (anonymously, as always) to our Savvy Confessions group. Got any advice? Leave it in the comments. Hi, fellow Savvy Confessors. I've got an issue I've been struggling with that I could seriously use some help on. I am in a job where I am paid to be "available." I am paid salary (based on an hourly rate at 40 hours a week) regardless of how little or how much I work. Some Read more

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Mark Tyrrell offers eight relationship tools to make your marriage work. "All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble." — Raymond Hull So how do you make your marriage work? Or do you just blindly hope it'll take care of itself? Think of a hot, successful Read more