Sandra Ahten

Whether the buffet is Sunday brunch at a fancy restaurant, six lines of food at a Chinese restaurant or a homemade spread at a family reunion, in this society you are not going to be able to avoid big serve-yourself food galas. Here are eight strategies to maintain some diet sanity in buffet situations.

Trying to stay on a strict diet during vacation usually results in total sabotage. Here are nine-tips to keep you eating reasonable, so that you can enjoy great vacation cuisine and yet not totally blow your diet.

Healthy dieters around the world embrace the “healthy diet manifesto”—the understanding that healthy dieting is neither good nor bad, but rather simply a part of who we are and what we do every day.

Late night eating plagues many weight watchers, particularly those who do not get enough sleep. A great way to help control extra calories, and your weight, is to get a little extra shuteye.

Cravings are one of the biggest challenges that dieters face, and usually, we crave the sweet things. But if you follow my I-Week diet, a one-week, low carb, whole grain plan, you’ll discover food’s simpler pleasures and free yourself from its sugary siren call.

The benefits of walking are many and varied, but motivation can be hard to find. To help get you off the couch and on your feet, read on to learn about the art of the personal reward.

Some women dread the bathroom scale, and others step on it obsessively, recording their weight on a weight chart as often as twice daily. But part of a healthy diet is a healthy relationship with the scale, and a long-term weight chart that will keep your perceptions on track over time.