Posts Tagged ‘weight loss’

Weight-loss stories are a Spry staple, but we work really hard to strike a balance between giving people what they want (quick tips) and providing solid expert advice—which often is not what we want to hear (slow and steady wins the race). I hope you can see that approach in this crop of weight-loss stories […]


Someday you won’t be able to find me in my cubicle—I’ll be buried under stacks of diet books. It’s all for you, my dear readers. Here are the best tips from the latest crop.


Can you be a foodie and stay fit? That’s one of the questions I posed to Brett Hoebel, a trainer who has helped contestants on The Biggest Loser and the Food Network’s Fat Chef. (Spoiler: Yes, you can!)


I enjoy periodically reviewing the latest diet books for Spry, not least because I get to show off my mad speed-reading skills. I also like to ferret out the nuggets of good — and especially crazy — advice within. But I almost feel like this story needs a disclaimer: I’m a longtime Weight Watchers devotee, […]


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20Jun11

  Since I’m trying to lose weight myself, I love talking to readers who have been there and done it. Dana Binkley (at center) lost more than 40 pounds — inspired by watching The Biggest Loser.


It was an honor to help choose — and then write about — the Grand Prize winner of Spry’s Dream It Do It contest, Danita Blowers. She is an inspiration!