Well, this is the best news I’ve heard in a long time…an ingredient in red wine known as resveratrol may actually help treat and prevent obesity.

It has only been a few days after my proclamation that I will be abstaining from my favorite fast-food chain, McDonald’s, when a news story was released about Chris Colsen, who claims to have lost over 85 pounds by eating McDonald’s for every meal.

Proud Americans have lost their world setting record of the fattest country to their friends down under, the Aussies. By a slim 1% to beat out the Americans, 26% of Australians are obese, that’s more than 1 in 4 people.

The former “Fat Actress” star Kirstie Alley has plans to launch her own diet plan in 2009. Yes, Kirstie Alley is attempting to make her ballooning self the biggest cash cow in the diet world.

I almost fell off of my oversized office chair the other day when I saw the “Sardine Diet” as a new weight loss option. Well, I say new, but actually the premise behind the Sardine Diet, which is to eat large quantities of foods high in Omega-3 fatty acids, is not a new concept to those of us who have tried almost everything to lose some weight.

When I first got on a vibration plate I was a bit suprised by the tingling vibrations sent through my body. I immediately felt my core muscles (stomach and back) coming together to stabilize my body. I then went into a semi-squat position to work the quads and WOW! what a crazy burn.