If you’ve been struggling to lose pounds, wondering how you’ll get through week after week of dieting, there’s good news on the weight loss front: Dieting for just two days a week may actually help you lose more weight than trying to diet every day.

Winter is coming … and did you know you can use those cold temperatures to change your fat type and help melt off excess pounds?

“The immune system.” Is there a more boring phrase in health? But when the immune system fights something, that’s when things get interesting. How about fighting excess fat? That would be pretty exciting, wouldn’t it?

The realization that what you used to do isn’t working any more can send you looking for extreme exercise and diet. The bad news is: that may amplify hormone issues and increase your fat storage.

If you’re one of those people who seem to gain weight without really overeating, it may be your genes. The good news is, you’re not stuck. You can…

If you’re going to obsess over something in your health and fitness, obsess over feeling better, moving better and performing better. A six-pack may follow . . . or it may not.

Losing weight is by no means an easy task. And it can be discouraging, especially if you come from a family where extra pounds seem to be part of the genetic makeup. If that’s your case, I have some encouraging news for you…

Surveys estimate that almost 100 percent of women and nearly 70 percent of men had food cravings during the past year. Most of us experience food cravings on a regular basis. But what causes them?

The “experts” in the media have repeated for years that the best way to lose excess fat is to take it off slowly and steadily. A recent study shows that advice to be backwards.

Are you hungry when you eat? Or do you eat out of habit… or worse, out of sadness or boredom? That’s emotional eating and it’s a trap that makes differentiating real physical hunger from emotional cravings difficult.

If you could burn more fat every day by simply changing the order and timing of things you’re likely doing already, would you? I thought so. Here’s how it works…

Most diets can be a real headache. Too many rules about what to eat and portion sizes are enough to drive you over the edge. Stress and hunger set in and you’re ready to give up. If that’s your experience, you’re following the wrong one. Here are a few simple tips that can…