Continued from Holiday Weight Loss.

Make exercise a part of your holiday ritual. There are more ways to connect with friends and family than at the table or in front of the TV. Start a tradition of touch football or ultimate Frisbee, or at least a walk, before or after the big meal.

Serve a soup course. Few dishes calm a raging appetite – and welcome diners to the table – like a bowl of soup. Afterward, people are relaxed and ready to move casually on to the next part of the feast. (more…)

Sarah Michelle Gellar used to be known for her butt-kicking body on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But now some people are asking is Sarah Michelle Gellar skinny or anorexic?

Onlookers were surprised when the 5-foot-3 Gellar appeared about 10 pounds lighter at the Nov. 2 premiere of her new movie, Southland Tales. She is a bit on a short side, so those pounds make a difference in the way her body looks. (more…)

Mario Lopez shirtless, now that is what I call a sculpted body. He is genetically gifted, clearly, but it does take a considerable effort to maintain a set of six-pack abs like that. (more…)

Hugh Jackman shirtless, what can be better than that? Look at his six-pack abs, the arms, Jackman’s body rocks. (more…)

When Iron Chef Cat Cora was growing up in a Greek family in Jackson, Miss., Thanksgiving meant “corn pudding, okra, turkey, kalamata olives and spanakopita [spinach pie] on the table,” says Cora, 40.

Now the Food Network’s lone female Iron Chef, Cat Cora is creating new traditions with her partner, Jennifer, 36, who helps run Cora’s business, and their sons Zoran, 4, and Caje, 6 months.

But some things, like Grandma’s mustard, remain on their table, and Cora’s Santa Barbara kitchen is filled with family during the holidays. “I do have some territorial tendencies,” she admits. (more…)

Is Jessica Seinfeld in hot water? Jessica Seinfeld’s new cookbook, Deceptively Delicious, bears similarities to one that came out in April, which was rejected by Seinfeld’s publisher.

Both books tell moms to add veggie purees to kid-friendly food to up nutrition, but the inclusion of some of the same odd suggestions – like adding spinach to brownies – is raising eyebrows.

“I guess a coincidence is possible, but it does seem strikingly similar to mine,” says The Sneaky Chef author Missy Chase Lapine, noting that she hasn’t heard from Seinfeld (who denies plagiarism allegations), “and I don’t think I will.” (more…)

Do you need some workout motivation? Okay, let me ask you this. What is keeping you from going to the gym, and from the body you want?

Is it doubt, fear, or negativity? Do you hear voices in your head that say something like, “It is too hard; I’m too fat; I am too lazy; I’m too skinny?”

If that is the case, you need to realize that there is no way you are going to do another push-up when you have all this drama in your head about why you cannot do something. (more…)

Take a look at the picture of Jessica Simpson. Does she look good? I think she does. Does it look as if Jessica has gained some weight? No, it does not, I do not see it, but according to Life & Style, Simpson has gained some weight.

They report that when Jessica Simpson is in love, it shows. And the same holds true when Simpson is in a romance rut.

On the red carpet at the ACE Awards in NYC, Jessica looked roughly 10 pounds heavier – a friend says Simpson has gained weight since the spring, when her love life took a disappointing turn.

All the heartbreak has triggered Jessica’s cravings for comfort food. “She usually gives in to them at bedtime,” says the friend. “When she’s at a hotel, she’ll often order a plate of french fries as a late-night snack.” The friend adds, “She knows it’s not healthy, but she just doesn’t have a lot of willpower right now.” (more…)