Diet & Fitness / Mind & Body
A journal documenting your dieting journey can be a beneficial tool to ensure achieving weight-loss success. Keeping a record of your efforts and analyzing what works and what does not is tantamount to creating a personal support system. Your journal can consist of much more than a simple food diary….
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Style & Beauty / Beauty tips
Melt away fat! Target tough fat pockets that diet and exercise can’t reach! If any of this sounds familiar, then you’ve probably heard pitches for nonsurgical liposuction. But how does it work? Is it effective? It depends. Your best bet is to find a plastic surgeon in your area who…
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Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
Snacks with less than 100 calories are not hard to find. The key to a good snack is finding food that effectively fights off hunger. If you choose a snack with fiber and/or protein, it will most likely hold you over until mealtime. Whether you prefer sweet or salty, you…
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Moms / Mom Tips
Face it – getting your kids to veg out is no easy feat. And force-feeding them fruits isn’t much simpler. The fact remains, no matter how difficult the task may be, every member of your family should be getting their five a day. The Center for Disease Control recommends that…
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Moms / Mom Tips
It’s never too early to start teaching your children about the value of heart health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated one in every four deaths can be attributed to heart disease. February marks National Heart Health month, and it’s important to teach your children…
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Diet & Fitness / Fitness
For great abs, you need two things: A little knowledge and a little action. Start with the knowledge. The first thing you should know is that crunches are a lot of pain for little gain. True, they will shape and tone the outer layer of abdominal muscles but shaping jelly…
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Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips
If you know you just can’t help overindulging on sweets or you feel guilty for already stuffing your face, then you may want to get moving. Concentrate on workouts that offer the most bang for your buck – those that burn the most calories in the least amount of time….
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Moms / Mom Tips
From jackets to lunchboxes to hair clips, does it seem like your child is constantly losing things? Unfortunately, you child’s carelessness can come at a price for you. No matter how angry you get it’s not going to bring the lost item back from whatever abyss it was lost in….
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Love / Love Tips
A woman proposing to her man isn’t just a phenomenon we see on shows like Friends and Sex and the City anymore. Close to 10 percent of proposals are from women to men, and most guys are receptive to a woman’s proposal, according to iVillage. So should you propose to…
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Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
In our struggling economy, with rising food prices, making healthy choices at the grocery store is a challenging, but attainable goal. Even on a tight budget you can stock your cupboards and refrigerator with fresh, nutrient-dense foods. There are a few simple tricks that will help you make nutritional, affordable…
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