For many people, keeping off the weight you’ve lost can be just as difficult as losing weight in the first place. Here are a few tips to help manage and maintain your weight. [Read more]

Whether it is the result of damage caused by sun exposure, free radicals, dry climates or harsh treatment, chances are good that your skin is probably aging faster than you want it to. For that matter, clogged arteries and weak immune systems may be aging your body quicker than you would like. While there may not be a miracle anti-aging serum to keep you looking young forever, there are some vitamins that promote youthful skin and help in your anti-aging efforts. [Read more]

As you age, your body changes. One of the side effects of those changes is that weight loss can be more difficult. [Read more]

If you are looking to tone your “posterior,” you are in good company. Buttocks make the list of things to tone for most of us as age and gravity take their toll. Luckily there are some good exercises you can do that will help accomplish this–and many of them will work other muscles at the same time. [Read more]

As you age, you may find it more difficult to maintain or lose weight. Find out what changes in your body are making weight loss more difficult and how to adjust your weight loss strategies as you age. [Read more]

OPTIFAST has announced a new weight loss contest where three big losers can enjoy big prizes, including a three-night trip for two to New York City, a spa makeover, and $500 shopping spree. [Read more]

HCG stands for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Hormone. This is a Hormone released from a woman’s ovaries during her entire 42 weeks of pregnancy. This is one of the signals used by her body to prevent her from getting pregnant again by a constant release of progesterone. [Read more]

Whether it reminds you of tapioca pudding, cottage cheese or rugged terrain, cellulite is every woman’s worst nightmare. Cellulite does not discriminate based on gender, but it seems to be a problem more women than men face. Cellulite also doesn’t discriminate based on age – attacking teenagers and the elderly without regard. Even thin people sometimes manage to have cellulite on their hips and thighs. But…what is it? [Read more]

Have you ever wondered how those home pregnancy tests are able to discern from urine that the taker is pregnant? They do so because pregnant women produce a hormone called HCG which is present in their urine soon after conception. Did you also know that some diet clinics believe that HCG can help in the battle to lose weight? [Read more]