"I've been sticking to the diet perfectly for weeks, but I'm STILL not seeing any progress. What's wrong with me?" Sound familiar? It certainly does to me, ranking high in my top ten questions I'm asked on a daily basis. Nine times out of ten, this is down to one significant issue with said 'perfect' diet: you are eating more than you think you are.

When I told friends I was going to try spinning for the first time a worried look crossed their face as they wished me "good luck". I'd heard abou...

If you have opened this article hoping for a miracle one-step solution to long term weight loss which involves eating no carbs after 6pm, fasting twice a week or drinking a particular brand of shake, then I am afraid you will be very disappointed.

What should you do when you're trying to lose weight, and you feel hungry? This is a common situation that many people come across. And working out a good response to hunger is crucial to successful weight loss.

There is little more soul destroying than putting your all into something and seeing no progress. I receive emails and messages daily from frustrated dieters who, despite sticking to their plan 'perfectly', are not seeing any results and are one more disappointing weigh-in away from giving up entirely.

Losing inches by having a light pointed at your 'problem fat' might sounds fantastical, but this is what I am promised when I attend London Bridge Pla...

Now don't get me wrong, in terms of weight management having the right energy balance is important, you can have too much energy or too little energy from food. Calories can give you sort of a ball park figure, but for measuring energy in food, especially for weight loss, they aren't particularly accurate or even scientific.

Forget willpower, freezing ice baths or the 5:2 diet, the key to weight-loss could be cold, hard cash. According to a recent American study, finan...

Does the thought of trying to lose weight make you feel stressed? You're not alone. And in my experience, getting stressed about your weight loss is one of the biggest obstacles to success. People who get stressed about their weight loss are much more likely to give up.

Motivation is tricky to address, as it really is a case of different strokes for different folks. Case in point: the dreaded scales. An undesired number could fuel you to train and diet your socks off for the next month, or it could knock you flying off the wagon into a 'why do I bother' downward spiral.

The new BMI guidelines have caused some commotion as to whether these changes have been made were entirely necessary, but in truth BMI has long been a controversial method of measuring weight and obesity as the results can be extremely misleading.

While counting your calories will help regulate your weight, researchers suggest there could be more to your diet than 'what' you eat. A new study...

Last year, low-temperature weight loss came into vogue, when personal trainer Venice A Fulton published his controversial Six Weeks To OMG diet. No...

What comes to mind when you decide you need to lose weight? Pain? Terror? Suffering? The 'diet mentality' emphasises the "no pain- no gain" approach to weight loss, which makes weight loss seem painful and intimidates many people. This stops them taking action.

Whether losing weight or spending more time volunteering, it's a great time to set targets for the year ahead - the only problem is sticking to them. To help out, I've compiled a list of my top five tips to help in achieving your goals and making sure they don't fizzle out by spring.

Taking the stairs one at a time burns more calories than leaping up multiple steps, researchers have said. Although more energy is initially expend...

Yes, bulging waistlines are likely to be the fashion trend for many this season as 'diet hibernation' takes hold of the nation. As the nights draw in we start eating more comfort food, exercising less and covering up from the cold so it's no surprise that the pounds will start to pile on.

Woody Allen famously said that "80% of success is showing up". And when it comes to losing weight, it's essential for success.

We know celebrities shape our attitudes towards body image but they also affect the way we think about losing weight. And not in a good way.

Even the most determined, motivated woman, who is able to solve almost any problem in their work or family life, cannot seem to work out what to do when it comes to their weight.

Earlier this year, a study suggested that losing weight becomes substantially more difficult for women post-menopause. Natural declines in energy e...

Forget faddy diets – the secret to weight-loss could be a simple spritz away, as a French perfumer claims it has created the world’s first slimmin...

If your ‘diet starts on Monday’ mantra has failed you on many occasions and those good intentions of detoxing go down the toilet when your mid-aft...

While the cold April rain might have you thinking otherwise, Summer is just around the corner - and Brits planning to get their bodies in swimsuit sha...

I think Nigella deserves credit for her attitude to weight and weight loss. She has resolutely resisted the urge to get caught up in unnatural or drastic weight loss attempts. And through a rather unusual set of circumstances she has demonstrated how one can lose weight without resorting to fad diets.