Cool or Not: Betting on Weight Loss


Updated 02/10/09 2:29 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 26 comments

Would You Make a Weight-Loss Bet?

Gambling odds are rarely in your control; unless, of course, you're betting on your own weight loss. The New York Times reports that diet betting is gaining popularity among co-workers and friends, because money fills the lack of motivation blocking the road to weight loss for many. Nobody likes to lose money, and the whole idea surrounding diet bets is that you have to pay if someone else loses Read more

National Body Challenge


Updated 01/09/07 8:15 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 2 comments

National Body Challenge

Need a little competition to kick-start your healthy new lifestyle? How about the chance to win a million dollars?! Discovery Health's National Body Challenge is a FREE, eight-week, comprehensive fitness and weight-loss challenge that provides the tools and inspiration, online and on television, to get in shape, shed extra pounds and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Open to individuals, groups and Read more

Did Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow Get Into a Fight in Mexico?


Updated 03/22/12 7:13 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Today's Celebrity News March 21, 2012 Late Edition

Is there a feud brewing between Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow? — Lainey Gossip Carnie Wilson has weight-loss surgery — again — People Gene Simmons disses Rihanna — HuffPost Entertainment Are Ellen and Portia headed for a breakup? — The Frisky Kirsten Dunst steps out with a hot lunch date — JustJared See Joan Rivers rap — BuzzFeed Two Broke Girls' Beth Beyers works a gold bikini Read more

Eating Tips From The Bigger Loser's Former Nutritionist


Updated 02/28/12 3:52 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Dieting Tips From The Biggest Loser Nutritionist

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Fitness Magazine here on FitSugar! When Cheryl Forberg — registered dietitian, James Beard award-winning chef, and creator of The Biggest Loser meal plan — signed onto the show for its first season, she was shocked at the contestants' states of health. "Most of what I did was not on camera; at the beginning of every season, the applicant Read more

Get the Lowdown on Kendra Wilkinson From Her DWTS Partner


Updated 10/06/11 10:27 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Kendra Wilkinson and Kelly Osourne's Dancing With the Stars Partner Louis Van Amstel

There are always surprises on the list of celeb contestants for Dancing With the Stars, but having created her own brand of sport poles for pole dancing workouts, one would think Kendra Wilkinson could be a shoo-in for winning. But after teaching a sweaty LaBlast dance class at Crunch, her propartner Louis Van Amstel explained to me that he has his work cut out for him. I spoke with Louis a few Read more

DWTS Helped Jennie Garth Lose a Few


Updated 04/14/11 1:21 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 15 comments

How Dancing With the Stars Helped Jennie Garth Lose Weight

Dancing is a great and fun way to work out. Dancing With the Stars alums and contestants alike all praise the weight loss and health benefits they found in dancing. Kelly Taylor Jennie Garth is the latest of the DWTS' contestants to speak out on the fabulous benefits of dancing. Here's more: The 35-year-old mom of three (Luca, 10, Lola, 4, and Fiona, 1) has found the alternative to dieting: Read more

Ali Sweeney Talks Weight Loss and The Biggest Loser


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 4 comments

Alison Sweeney Talks About The Biggest Loser in Working Mother Magazine

I think having two TV gigs definitely qualifies actress Alison Sweeney as a working mother. Besides her longstanding gig on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, she's also the host of The Biggest Loser. Alison recently sat down with Working Mother magazine to discuss balancing home and a demanding career, her lifelong struggle with weight, and the controversy surrounding The Biggest Loser. Here are Read more

Website of the Day: Traineo


Updated 07/20/11 1:09 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 4 comments

Traineo Helps You Track Your Weight Loss Goals

If all this food blogging is starting to effect your waistline, then kick your resolutions into high gear with Traineo. This website makes it insanely easy to track your weight loss goals so you can drop the pounds without all the fuss of math equations. Just enter your stats (current weight, height, goal weight, etc.), and Traineo will give you a detailed graph of your weight loss progress as 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