As Seen on TV: How Well Do You Know Gimmicky Fitness Equipment?


Updated 08/10/11 7:07 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Pictures of Fitness Gear as Seen on TV

If you stay up late, there's no doubt you've seen your fair share of infomercials advertising the latest and greatest fitness gear. You're told that these exercise machines are "guaranteed" to give you the rock-hard, chiseled, and lean body you've always craved, all within minutes a day, of course. Whether or not they deliver the results they claim, take this fun little quiz to see what you know Read more

Guess the Fad Exercise Equipment!


Updated 04/05/11 9:16 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 6 comments

Guess the Fad Exercise Equipment!

If you thought our Guess the Fad Diet quiz was fun, wait until you take this one! These "As Seen on TV" gizmos will have you hooting and hollering — it's amazing what people will try to help them shed the pounds. Good luck and have fun taking a trip down memory lane. Question 1 of 7What is this? The Ab Rocker The Ab Circle The Ab Bender The Ab Disc Read more

Jennifer Love Hewitt Loses Weight Via an Infomercial


Updated 10/14/11 11:50 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

Jennifer Love Hewitt Works Out With the Ab Circle Pro

Every now and then I get sucked into infomercials that advertise wacky products like the Snuggie, Ab Rocket, or Shake Weights. And though I've never ordered anything (yet!), I've often wondered if this stuff really works. Actress Jenifer Love Hewitt thinks so. Sounding a bit like an infomercial herself, the star told Us Magazine that she's been getting results from a $200 fitness machine she Read more

Seeking Sparkles? Try Bling String


Updated 08/13/09 11:03 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 21 comments

Bling String

The Bumpit may be passe these days, but there's a new TV hair sensation just screaming for attention. It's Bling String, little spools of metallic thread in Lady Gaga-worthy shades of lilac and Kermit green. One of my Sugar friends just said it looks like tinsel to her, and I'm inclined to agree. But then again, I do want hair that *pings* whenever I move, and who can say no to blingin' in the Read more

See Britney Spears as an X Factor Judge


Updated 05/25/12 2:40 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Britney Spears on The X Factor Picture

Get the inside scoop on what Britney Spears is like as an X Factor judge — HuffPost TV What to watch over the Memorial Day weekend — Zap2it See the X-Men reimagined as Disney characters — BuzzFeed Watch a clip from Brad Pitt's new movie — ET Online The best movies about grief you probably haven't seen — /Film Jon Favreau will star in Iron Man 3 — The Hollywood Reporter See what Read more

Nighttime Fasting: A New Way to Lose Weight?


Updated 05/24/12 8:44 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Is It Better to Not Eat at Night?

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. This week Shape turns to Cynthia Sass, a registered dietitian with master's degrees in both nutrition science and public health. If you couldn’t let anything cross your lips from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., but you were allowed to eat anything you wanted for eight hours a day and still lose weight, would you try it? Read more

Shaquille O'Neal's Mom Opens Up About Education, Sports, and Keeping Kids Motivated


Updated 05/14/12 10:05 AM · Posted by Yahoo Shine · 0 comments

Shaquille O'Neal's Mom Shares Parenting Advice

We're happy to present this article from one of our favorite sites, Yahoo! Shine: When basketball star Shaquille O'Neal was still a kid, he knew that he had to get good grades before he could to play sports. "In our home we had a rule: No pass, no play," his mother, Lucille O'Neal, told Yahoo! Shine in an interview. "If you didn't pass the grade, then you weren't allowed to play the Read more

Benedict Cumberbatch Calls Sherlock a Great Dane & More Revelations


Updated 05/14/12 9:26 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Sherlock Benedict Cumberbatch Interview

Sherlock's season two US premiere last week brought in a staggering 3.2 million viewers on PBS stations around the country, double that of member stations' average primetime broadcast, confirming that the clever British interpretation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic sleuth story may be the best yet. During a fan preview of the season, we sat down with creator Steven Moffat, producer Sue Read more

Happy Hour: Thoroughbred


Updated 05/04/12 11:25 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Kentucky Derby Cocktail Recipe

Does anything scream warm weather more than a day at the racetracks? Even though I've never had the privilege of attending the Kentucky Derby, I look forward to the horse race, as I've always seen it as something of a Southern rite of Spring. The sun's out in full force, the air smells like horses and hay, and there's the buzzing energy of chatter throughout the stands. I love visualizing my Read more