Exercise Your Mind

Celebrities spend countless hours a day getting in amazing shape for a role, and it's hard not to compare your workout regimen with theirs. But is a three-hour-plus workout session any better than a killer, hour-long one? It's time to find out.

You get in five workouts each week — so does that mean you can eat whatever you want? Think long and hard on this one…

The Truth: You can easily out-eat your exercising. It’s essential to both work out and eat right for successful weight-loss and to maintain good health.

This is one of my absolute favorite pasta dishes. It's perfect when you're in a time pinch, it's completely filling and incredibly flavorful, and, best of all, it's easy on your daily calorie limit! ...read more

Pass by store-bought smoothies that are often loaded with calories — and create one yourself! This delicious, protein-packed smoothie is the perfect thing to pick you up in the morning.

Apple Berry Banana Smoothie

Looking at Hollywood's red carpet, you can tell the stars are all about developing and toning their upper arms. Even first lady Michelle Obama proudly shows her fantastic biceps regularly. Buff arms can be yours too! ...read more

Think you can't eat carbs AND lose weight? Think again. I'm breaking down this weight-loss myth once and for all!

The Truth: You CAN eat carbs — the "good" ones!

Many days, breakfast can become lost in the shuffle, somewhere in between hitting your alarm clock's snooze button for the last time and flying out the front door, car keys in hand. ...read more

Shoulder exercises are a popular part of resistance workouts. Working out while facing a mirror, many people train what they can see — the front and middle heads of the deltoid muscle. But the rear head of the deltoid needs attention, too. ...read more

All of us want to "tone" our muscles to achieve a cut, fit look. But what exactly is "toning"? ...read more

Q: I went on the Atkins diet once and lost weight fairly easily and quickly. (Later, I gained it all back.) I'm afraid that I will lose weight very slowly — or worse, gain weight! — with the amount of carbs I'm eating. Am I off base?