There's only one way to lose fat from your back and lower neck area -- burn more calories than you take in from your diet each day.

Weight loss requires increasing physical activity and reducing calorie intake. Water aerobics is an effective, low-impact activity for calorie-burning.

As women age, we're faced with serious challenges to our health, fitness and quality of life. Like it or not, when you pass 40, brand new health and fitness hurdles pop up.

Zumba is a high-energy dance workout that burns an average of 9.5 calories per minute. Combined with a healthy diet it can help you lose several pounds in one month.

Jumping rope is a good aerobic exercise that can really get your heart pumping, and it can also help you burn calories and lose some of those unwanted pounds. However, while exercise is an important part of any weight-loss program, you can't out-exercise a bad diet.

Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? Right around the end of the year (or the beginning of a new year), people create their lists of vows to stop bad habits and start positive ones.

The start of a new year brings with it a chance to set goals for the 365 days ahead and improve on attempts from previous years. For example, how many times did you punch the snooze button when you had planned on waking up early to work out?

The seat of our body’s weight-loss function isn’t in the thighs or the fat cells, it’s in the brain. It's causing people trying to lose weight to fail.

Exercises that burn fat and build lean muscle will lead to slim, toned legs that look great in shorts and skinny jeans.

What's your measurement of success on your fitness journey? Is it the number on the scale? How much weight you can lift? The way your clothes fit?

Genetics, aging or hormones are just some of the factors that can trigger fat to accumulate at the sides of a woman's waistline.

In addition to wreaking havoc on your appearance, excess fat around your midsection increases your risk of obesity-related medical conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke. Solely slimming down your midsection isn't possible; you can't pick and choose the areas where you lose fat.