Celebrity weight loss may be good for them, but it's usually terrible for us. The moment we aspire to look like a skinny Hollywood celebrity, we have set ourselves up for failure. That's because the quickest way to diet failure is to have unrealistic expectations. And the surest way to avoid unrealistic ... Read More

Positive thinking is an oxymoron in that the people who need it the most uses it the least. Such is the plight of overweight and obese people. An amazing thing about the human mind is that it translates itself to a physical equivalent, meaning that our physicality mirrors what our mind is thinking, just ... Read More

Mind over matter isn't about being able to bend a fork by merely thinking about it. It's about what we can achieve when we put our mind to it. Many of us are visual creatures by nature. We understand what we can see, even in our mind’s eye. Some of the greatest athletes ... Read More

Fat celebrities need to care about their health as much as we tend to care about their health. I'm not African American. I'm not a female. I'm not a great actor. I'm not morbidly obese. Other than that, I'm exactly like Oscar nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe. Like the talented 29-year-old Hollywood starlet, I ... Read More

Gabourey Sidibe has established herself as a mega Hollywood star – in more ways than one. Her remarkable portrayal of a teen mother of two kids, both the product of rape by her sexually deviant father, along with her gut-wrenching efforts to escape the abusive and oppressive life at the hand ... Read More