Search: weight-loss

Women's Mini Marathon 2013
Ciara Warnock • 25 february 2013
While New Year tends to encourage people to look after ourselves more, it is the spring like weather and the thought of future summer days (in swimwear) that truly encourages us to make those little changes we constantly talk about.

How to lose weight fast - The Fast Diet
Ciara Warnock • 17 february 2013
So the post-Christmas blues have started to abate but many of us are left with a few unwanted excess pounds we would love to shift. But let's be honest, there are so many diets out there that it can be stressful just deciding which one to try. The diet choices are endless, and they all have their merits - and their down sides.

Losing weight with high fibre food
Tara Flanagan • 16 january 2013
It seems to be one of the great ironies of life, that the foods we like the most are usually the worst for us. But the...

Lose weight watching scary movies
Tara Flanagan • 17 november 2012
If you are one of those people who has gone through every diet and exercise plan under the sun to no avail, then we may have the solution for you. A new study shows that...

How to reduce cholesterol?
Tara Flanagan • 26 july 2012
Margarine was long believed to be a miracle remedy for heart disease, but more and more evidence seems to be...

The benefits of the cheapest natural beauty elixir
Tara Flanagan • 19 july 2012
Here is the Yours.ie list of the motivating benefits of natures's most abundant gift.

The Dukan Diet - Weight loss for life?
Tara Flanagan • 6 july 2012
As summer approaches it is time to start looking through the pick of recent diet trends, and one of the trendiest has to be the Dukan diet. Sporting the inevitable...

Jessica Alba wins against weight-loss brand
yours.ie • 6 july 2012
Jessica Alba has been triumphant in a legal battle against a weight-loss brand.

Jessica Simpson signs 4 million dollar deal to lose weight
yours.ie • 7 june 2012
In a new Hollywood twist to the old dream of alchemy, Jessica Simpson has found a way to turn fat into money.

Janet Jackson explains latest dramatic weight-loss
yours.ie • 22 may 2012
Well, she has to, she's being paid for it. Janet Jackson's famously fluctuating BMI has long been the object of speculation, but for now she really does seem to have cracked it.

Acai berry: miraculous fat burning food?
Tara Flanagan • 17 may 2012
Ever since being presented to the world by Oprah Winfrey a few years back, the Acai berry's star has risen...

Beyoncé reveals post-childbirth weight loss secret
Tara Flanagan • 2 may 2012
And the winner of the 2012 Post-Natal Celebrity Diet Competition is... Mother Nature!

Mariah Carey takes stage in ill-advised ski pants
Tara Flanagan • 1 may 2012
Carey took to the stage in the Austrian alps this weekend in a pair of striped ski leggings that left little to the imagination.

15 snacks you can eat without gaining weight
Tara Flanagan • 30 april 2012
You have taken the big step, and decided that you want to change your lifestyle and lose weight.

Silky hair, smooth skin and weight loss: the unexpected benefits of the humble banana
Tara Flanagan • 15 april 2012
Let's be honest, the last thing most people would turn to when trying to lose weight is the good old banana...

5 exercises to lose weight and keep it off
Mary Ní Dhubhnaigh • 23 january 2012
Exercise and sports are major factors in keeping healthy. Proven benefits include greater respiratory efficiency, psychological effects and changes in body metabolism. In other words, bring on the leaner, lighter you.

The most effective detoxifying foods
Amanda J Evans • 4 january 2012
If you are looking for ways to clean out your system, it's worth getting to know these most effective detoxifying foods.

How to lose belly fat
Mary Ní Dhubhnaigh • 1 january 2012
It's the lot of the female of the species; we have a genetic tendency to store layers of fat around our waists.

Celebrity diet trends in 2011 - The stars' favourites
Mary Ní Dhubhnaigh • 20 december 2011
Want to find out how celebrities stay in such great camera-snapping shape? Read on to learn the top tips and secrets of 2011 from the skinnies of the world.