Comfort foods reduce stress. It's official. What we emotional eaters have known for years. Now if they could tell us how to reduce stress without eating, I'd be much happier — and thinner. From TheAge newspaper in Melbourne, Australia November...

For those of us who are trying mightily to lose weight, we often dread the holidays because we know from past experience how those old familiar smells will get to us. Think about walking in to your family home and smelling the freshly baked bread and...

After my recent problems with my computer and wordpress, I often felt like Costello when talking to the computer people! Imagine how the conversation would go when Costello goes to Abbott to buy a new computer. ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store....

I was determined not to overeat on Thanksgiving. Ok, I know I'm in New Zealand but while you can take the woman out of America, you can't take the America out of the woman. So I always have Thanksgiving dinner. This year WAS different for me. I'm...

I told you that I hurt my back before we left on our trip to England. I saw a physiotherapist and a doctor and finally the day before we left home I had a massage. When I lived in Australia I had a massage guy that was fantastic but since I've lived...