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The Biggest Loser host AJ Rochester understands how the show’s contestants feel. Formerly 109kg, AJ lost a whopping 50kg by changing her lifestyle and attitude to food. She then wrote two books about it — The Lazy Girl’s Guide To Losing Weight and Getting Fit. Here she shares some of her rules for healthy, permanent […]

I met John and everything was perfect. He was handsome, kind, loving, giving — the list just went on. That was until I met his mother, Marion. Oh, she was just lovely to me in front of John but behind his back it was another story. She constantly told me I wasn’t good enough for […]

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The Without A Trace star’s trainer shares the secrets behind Poppy’s super-fit figure. When it comes to working out, Australian actress Poppy Montgomery, star of TV show Without A Trace, takes fitness very seriously. Playing FBI agent Samantha Spade means she not only has to look good and be physically fit for the role, but […]

My best friend Sara and I had been friends for years. We went to high school and university together and shared all our secrets with each other. My friend was always falling in and out of love with guys. So I thought nothing of it when she met Ed and said that she had fallen […]

Ever since menopause I just keep gaining weight, even though I eat far less than I used to. It’s so depressing; none of my clothes fit me any more. During menopause, levels of the naturally occurring hormone oestrogen drop, slowing down the metabolism. And it’s the metabolism that determines the rate at which we burn […]

One day, shortly after I had ended my seven-year marriage, my best friend sent a group e-mail and I noticed that her brother’s e-mail address was on there. Her brother and I had been attracted to each other since the age of 15 and flirted outrageously whenever we saw each other. I decided to send […]

America’s richest woman can’t stop giving away her fortune. We look at the demons driving TV queen Oprah Winfrey. On Boxing Day, 2005, Oprah and her longtime boyfriend, Stedman Graham, had just taken off in her private Gulfstream jet from the airport in Santa Barbara, California, near her 17-hectare estate in Montecito, when something went […]

Exclusive extract from Left Bank by Kate Muir. Olivier was in Barthélémy’s cheese shop on the Rue de Grenelle, his nostrils flaring on delight at the loamy, buttery smell. You could leave the cooking up to the maid, but not the selection of cheeses for a dinner party. Was it not Olivier’s favourite foodie, Anthelme […]

Now that it’s back to school and the end of summer holidays, it’s a good time to look at your New Year’s resolutions for the year ahead. If like millions of people worldwide one of your resolves is to get into shape, you might be tempted by the quick fix promises of some of the […]