This month, celebrity magazines and blogs said that David Duchovny has been checked into rehab for sex addiction.

Rumors said that David was struggling with an addiction to Internet pornography and cyber sex. Cyber sex addiction can be just as devastating and hurtful as an actual affair and it is becoming a growing concern in our teen-savvy society.

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Working long hours, forgetting to eat lunch or even going to the gym several times a week may not be enough to lose weight.

The problem may be part of the person’s metabolism. Metabolism is the rate at which the body burn calories to sustain life. The body needs energy all day whether we are sleeping, sitting or exercising. By skipping meals, metabolic thermostat shuts down to conserve energy while waiting for appropriate fuel. This is why skipping meals can actually hurt your weight loss efforts rather than help.

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Using the five basic food guidelines, Lisa Young, nutritionist and faculty member of NYU, came up with a strategy for people to get and stay slim without deprivation.

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I’ve considered myself lucky when it comes to being in shape. I had the mindset that if you work out, you’ll never get fat and never have a hard time staying in shape. When I got pregnant at the age of 30, I didn’t have the glow everyone talks about my glow came from constantly sweating.

My heart was in the right place in the beginning of my pregnancy. I worked out every day and ate healthy during the first two trimesters. However, during the third trimester, when I realized my son was healthy and fully developed, I let myself enjoy every pregnant moment.

I was already a member of my local gym prior to getting pregnant, which was why I thought it would be easy to stay fit, but I took that for granted. Before I got pregnant I weighed 113 pounds; after my pregnancy I weighed 160 pounds. I was so obsessed and anxious to get back into shape and I was looking forward to hitting the gym, which I never did.

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A new study confirms that doing something as natural as rapid walking can boost up weight loss while trimming hazardous belly fat and overall body fat.

Scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle followed 102 men and 100 women for a year. At the beginning, the participants, ages 40-75, were sedentary and unfit. They were divided into two groups. One was encouraged to do 60 minutes of physical activity a day, 6 days a week; the other was given no specific exercise advice. There was no diet plan.

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