Welcome to the first installment of HelloBeautiful’s new series “Diaries of a Skinny Fat Girl.” Each week HelloBeautiful will go underneath the skinny jeans and loose fitting shirts of our readers to uncover their battles of the bulge. This week we met The Media Maven who will fad diet to lose five pounds. Weekly Goals: […]

I was watching the local news Sunday morning in Atlanta and I came across a story which I found frustrating and inspirational. The story dealt with children turning to weight loss surgery to lose excessive amounts of weight.  The story mentioned that Georgia is ranked second in the country to Mississippi for child obesity.

For 10 weeks, Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, ate a Twinkie, donut or nutty bar every three hours, instead of meals. His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most — not the nutritional value of the food. The premise held up: On his “convenience […]

Hello Elev8, I put together another circuit program. This program is a total body circuit with an emphasis on the butt, abs and hamstrings. Butt and abs seem to be the most popular body parts people want to work on. I also notice readers want something short and to the point.This circuit last about 5 […]

Years after I had given birth to my fourth child, people would say to me, “You look good for having had four children.” They would mean it as a compliment. But to my hears it always stung just a little. It was as though they were saying you are overweight and flabby, but that’s to […]

Folks, the holiday season is approaching fast and furiously upon us.  The days are dwindling down till Thanksgiving? Are you ready for all of the food that will be presented on your table?

Hello everyone, my 24 Day Fitness Challenge ended last Friday and the results are in. I have my new body weight and body composition numbers. I will reveal those numbers later. I first want to thank everyone that made this fitness challenge possible. Special thanks to Natalie Sanchez and Dr. Christopher Westland, most likely I […]

It doesn’t matter what ever trick, plan or set up you have that helps you lose weight, just share the secret.  Year after year weight loss companies have come up with some mastermind campaigns to attract the weight-challenged individual to try their product.