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I saw the endochrinologist yesterday, and although I went in hoping to leave with answers, I walked out with more questions, more fears, and more worries about my health.

This season's most fabulous finds that won't hurt your budget

I’ll admit it: I can be a jerk. When I run into an acquaintance (sometimes even a friend) that has lost a lot of weight I often experience a pang of jealousy. Suddenly, my pants feel very tight and I’m conscious of the fact that I still haven’t lost that frosh fifteen (I graduated in 2001…)

By setting a larger goal, and then breaking that down into smaller achievements you can check off as you do them, you'll hit your fitness stride in no time.

Instructions Recipe from the book "The Nordic Diet" by Trina Hahnemann, published by Skyhorse Publishing. Serving Tip: The burgers...

Hint: Forty-nine percent of us don't have a household budget and thirty-one percent are struggling to pay bills.

The top fashion talent answers our questions, from what inspires them to the worst advice they've been given, and the most notable trends to expect this fall.

Adult choirs that you can join for your singing pleasure

I spent an hour in the pool this morning, swimming laps. Since January, I've been swimming twice a week, arriving at the pool when it opens. You might imagine the pool to be a quiet place at 5:45 in the morning, but there are a dedicated number of regulars who take pleasure in starting their day with a swim.

Newspapers and tabloids are thick with stories about rich, powerful men who cheat on their wives with almost reckless disregard. At the moment, the unbelievably nervy misdeeds of Arnold Schwarzenegger are keeping most of us spellbound.

I've spent the last year and a half traveling pretty consistently for work, and it's been thrilling. I've been to Greece, Hong Kong, Jamaica, India, Turks & Caicos, Mexico, Spain and a whole bunch of other amazing places. I have had my favourite leather boots stained by milk fresh from a goat on a mountaintop in Crete. I have received a deep tissue massage from a former Mr. Jamaica. I have written about a seemingly endless array of beauty treatments — from thalassotherapy to chocolate body wraps. And I have expanded my eating repetoire to include snake, turtle, crickets, ant eggs, gizzard and pretty much anything else that has been waved under my nose.

A recent study that appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that loss of sleep can lead to weight gain, partially due to a slowed metabolism.