Weight Loss

"Full-Figured"? "Heavy-Set"? "Big-Boned"?

Google Gets New "No Shit, Sherlock" Function

Latest Weight-Loss Craze: The Coyote Diet

Better to Be Fat and Fit? Thanks, Doc!

Gym Dandy

Let's get physical...for free

Hot Dish

Let's get physical...for free

The Master Cleanser: Day 1

Status: Green Weight: 171.1 Mood: Optimistic Committed Apprehensive So, this is it? 2009 rings in and we're left to deal with no Cowboys, medicore Mavericks and a hockey team void of Brenden Morrow, Sean Avery and post-season potential? Bor-ring. I know, let's spice things up a bit. With ... More >>

Neander-Guy

Ray Audette hunts with a hawk and eats like a caveman. He says his meaty diet stopped his hair from falling out, cured his diabetes--and will make you healthy too

Where's The Beef?

How does this fat tub of lard get off the ground? Only the Texas Health Institute knows for sure.Yet another "warning" was issued last week about obesity in America, this time zeroing in on Texan waistlines in a report authored by a demographer named Karl Eschbach, sponsored by the Texas Heal ... More >>

Chewing the Fat: Or Not Chewing The Fat--Same Thing Either Way

Books about dieting and weight loss. Geez, the shelves are packed full of some expert's latest "scientific" finding, or maybe a "re-discovery" of what humans are supposed to eat in the wild (nuts, berries and kuchikami at parties). The one thing all the books share in common is a claim to being the ... More >>

Best Sporting Goods Store

Academy Sports and Outdoors

Best Flour Tortillas

Mia's Tex-Mex Restaurant

Best Fried Chicken

Bubba's Cooks Country

Stay Hungry, Live Longer: the Science Behind the Calorie Restriction Diet

An SMU biologist thinks the secret to the fountain of youth may be found by putting fruit flies on a diet.

It's That Easy

Bag up the fat, people

Which Wich CEO Says He's Conflicted Over Push to Super-Size His Sandwiches

Late yesterday I came across this story in which Which Wich CEO Jeff Sinelli expressed a certain angst over his Dallas-based sandwich chain's decision to offer the so-called Which Wich Super, a 15-inch, low-priced variation on the standard 8-inch offering. Sinelli was speaking on Sunday in Chicago a ... More >>

Eat This, Jared

Late yesterday I came across this story in which Which Wich CEO Jeff Sinelli expressed a certain angst over his Dallas-based sandwich chain's decision to offer the so-called Which Wich Super, a 15-inch, low-priced variation on the standard 8-inch offering. Sinelli was speaking on Sunday in Chicago a ... More >>

Read Fresh

Jared, the Subway Guy, visits Barnes & Noble

Fatty Claus

Jared, the Subway Guy, visits Barnes & Noble

Love That Chicken

Jared, the Subway Guy, visits Barnes & Noble

A Strongman Scorned

A local bodybuilder sues Pat Robertson over a weight-loss shake

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

A local bodybuilder sues Pat Robertson over a weight-loss shake

B-Ball Wizards

They have smiles and skills

Best Buffet

Fadi's Mediterranean Grill

Best Way to Laugh Your Ass Off--For Real

Personal Renaissance Hypnosis Studio

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Personal Renaissance Hypnosis Studio

Best French Fries

Burger House

Fat Like Me

Nothing our rotund reporter tried could help him lose weight. Finally, he attacked his belly through his melon. That's right. He's been hypnotized.

Not-so-Funny Lady

I'm The One That I Want may work for Margaret Cho fans, but it won't win her converts

Food For Thought 4.8.09

"Coke's messages were totally unacceptable, creating an impression which is likely to mislead that Coca-Cola cannot contribute to weight gain, obesity and tooth decay." (From a statement released by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission regarding an advertising campaign run by the Atl ... More >>

Eat What They Want You To Eat

The old progressives made us dump liquor. The new ones want us to heed their diet demands.​Now, you all know I'm the kindhearted, gentle sort, right? That I would never write anything harsh about mindless poseurs ordering dirty martinis or suggest a certain rank dish should be dumped over the offe ... More >>

Pho From Home: Dishes To Fit Your Resolutions

Mi Hoanh Thanh (wonton noodle soup).​City of Ate reader, Margie, comments, "Oh, and I'd like to add that this rash of dieting talk all over the web and TV is making me sick. My resolution is to eat more and drink more and have more fun doing it. Saying 'hell' more than 'damn' is another one I thi ... More >>

Top 10 Most Annoying Diet Fads

In a rare unguarded moment, Jared Fogle appears without a pair of pants in his hand.​Grapefruit can change your life. Cabbage soup, too. Balancing the right carbs with the right fats extends one's youth. Smoking shaves off the pounds. Eating only vegetables is ethically right...While Americans did ... More >>

MTV Issues Cattle Call for Fat Local Teens

Students have long worried about the pounds they'll put on during their freshman year of college, but an increasing number of graduating high school seniors are trying to lose significant amounts of weight before they arrive on campus. ​Those dieting teens are the focus of I Used to Be Fat, a ... More >>

Dear Food Diary: I Hate You

Maybe they should include simple check boxes for Slim Jims and Doritos.​It's hard to find people who agree with me here, but food diaries are worthless. A food diary is a log of everything you ate, where and who you ate it with and what you were feeling as you ate it, (Everyone who jots down ... More >>

Will You Bet On 21?

Maybe they should include simple check boxes for Slim Jims and Doritos.​It's hard to find people who agree with me here, but food diaries are worthless. A food diary is a log of everything you ate, where and who you ate it with and what you were feeling as you ate it, (Everyone who jots down ... More >>

And Now for Some Depressing Thoughts on Losing Weight in the New Year

​I once knew this really fit, good-looking lady that had an 11-month diet plan that worked pretty well for her. She'd faithfully eat healthy and workout all year until Thanksgiving. Then, from Turkey Day to Christmas she pretty much did what she wanted. But by New Years Day, she was back at it ... More >>