Don’t rely on willpower to lose weight: these 2 things will make it easy and sustainable, according to a personal trainer who wrote a book on fat loss
Willpower isn’t enough to motivate most of us to lose weight. Instead, set goals you can stick with long-term and work with, not against, what you enjoy, Ben Carpenter said.
3 people who lost up to 100 pounds while still enjoying their favorite foods share 5 weight loss lessons
They learned that losing weight sustainably means ditching tough, restrictive diets and grueling workouts that you hate.
Celebrity personal trainers share the 3 biggest mistakes people make when trying to get fit and lose fat — and what to do instead
Eating too little to lose weight fast and starting an intense gym routine isn’t healthy or sustainable. Simple changes can lead to long-term success.
A woman who lost 22 pounds and has kept it off for 3 years shared her biggest lessons about fat loss
Hanna Kim lost 22 pounds in a year when she started to see weight loss as something that was good for her and could be enjoyable.
I recently lost over 70 pounds. Here are my 7 favorite things to make in an air fryer.
These air-fryer recipes for dishes like pizza, banana chips, and chicken tenders have helped me as I lost 70 pounds and work to keep that weight off.
11 simple and practical fat-loss tips from people who lost weight and kept it off
Small changes like walking for 10 minutes or adding in one nutritious food per day can add up.
5 people who lost over 50 pounds share their diets before and after
Cutting down on fast food and reducing portion sizes can go a long way when losing weight.
A woman who lost 100 pounds on semaglutide shared 3 ways the holiday season has changed — including not feeling the need to diet in the new year
At her Thanksgiving table in 2024, half of Ashley Dunham’s guests were on a GLP-1 weight loss drug. She made green beans for six, not 10, to reduce food waste.
The shortage of popular weight loss drug tirzepatide is over, FDA says. Patients could see higher costs as a result.
The weight loss medication tirzepatide (Mounjaro and Zepbound) is no longer in shortage, according to the FDA. Access to cheaper versions could end.
I want to lose fat and gain muscle. A nutritionist said to eat more, especially carbs.
Eating too little and overexercising may seem like a shortcut to weight loss, but it can have negative consequences.
Weight-loss miracle drugs have led to a flood of fake miracles
Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic seem like a miracle. But they’ve also created a gold rush for online scammers and hucksters.
At my heaviest, I weighed 360 pounds, which got in the way of my job as a firefighter. I lost weight by paying attention to what I ate.
A 38-year-old man turned to WeightWatchers to lose weight. He has become a healthier, more effective volunteer firefighter.
Thanksgiving on Ozempic: 5 rules for eating and dosing during the holidays
Dr. Caroline Apovian says you can still enjoy the holidays and festive meals while you’re taking GLP-1 medications if you follow some simple rules.
I want to lose weight and gain muscle. A dietitian said to eat bigger meals.
By eating more substantial, nutritionally balanced meals, you’ll be less likely to overeat calorie-dense processed snacks, Alix Turoff said.
Jim Gaffigan lost 50 pounds and says gardening helps him eat healthier
“The whole concept of eating healthy and living healthy is very foreign to me. It took a while for me to kind of climb on board that,” Jim Gaffigan said.
5 new weight-loss drugs to watch in the fight for the next Ozempic
Biotech companies are racing to find Ozempic 2.0, hoping for a slice of a multi-billion-dollar industry. A few stand-out drugs are emerging.
I got sober thanks to a monthly shot of a drug that helps stop my craving for alcohol. I lost 70 pounds in the process.
Jeff Horton was not a present dad due to his drinking. In 2021 he decided to change that and went into rehab. He is now a hands-on grandfather.
Paul Mescal gained 22 pounds for ‘Gladiator II,’ then had to lose 26 in 2 months. He said it was ‘misery.’
Mescal said he had to lose weight to film another movie, “The History of Sound,” after “Gladiator 2.”
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Online misinformation about Ozempic runs rampant — here’s what the science says
Online conversations about Ozempic and similar medications are full of misinformation — and echo decades of flawed teachings on weight management.
‘Today’ host Al Roker says he doesn’t judge anyone who uses Ozempic to lose weight
The “Today” host underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2002 to help him lose weight.