To this day I haven't figured out what some of the anagrams in my friends' e-mails mean. (You don't even want to know how long it took me to ... Read More

The whirlwind of back-to-school preparation is right around the corner. If you find it hard to stick to a diet this time of year, why not put to use ... Read More

Pesky pretzel-pining aside, things are going swimmingly with your Guide's trial of the South Beach Diet! Find out more in this week's installment of the South Beach Diary.

Between out-of-control portion sizes and mouth-watering television ads, it often seems that corporate America hopes to conspire against our weight loss efforts. But one company, Kraft Foods, Inc., wants ... Read More

The title may sound like a juicy romance novel, but instead of steamy love scenes, we have vegetable steaming scenes. Maybe my diary won't heat up your summer, but ... Read More

I've always been jealous of my male friends' apparent freedom from chocoholism. Take my pal Jess -- his idea of giving into a craving is downing a dollop of ... Read More

Ah, it sounds like a vacation, doesn't it? Well, in a sense, it will be... a vacation from bread ... potatoes ... sugar ... and all those other "bad" ... Read More