...And this is not a cliche anymore... Wolfing junk food like burgers, pizzas, pastas, fried chicken, and washing it down with can-loads of ...
12:16 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist Katulu Ravi Kumar and N Soniya Chanu were Thursday selected to represent India in the weightlifting competition in the London Olympics. Indian weightlifters had earned two quota places for the London Olympics - one each in men's and women's sections - in the April 22-30 Senior Asian Championships at Pyeongtaek, South Korea. The Indian Weightlifting Federation announced that Ravi Kumar (men's 69kg) and Soniya...
09:20 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Celebrities are always under scanner for their behaviour in public. There are celebrities who are better known for their public conducts than their actual businesses. The situation becomes complex when the common mass starts to make ideals out of the celebrities. Everything from their dressing sense to their weight needs to be prim and proper. The emergence of new media has given the people a space to express...
11:38 AM, May 03, 2012
Arjun Kapoor used to weigh some 170 kilos before Salman Khan motivated him to sweat it out. ...
06:17 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Indian weightlifters earned two quota places for the London Olympics - one each in the men's and women's sections - in the Senior Asian Championships that concluded at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Monday. Indian women lifters collected 93 points and stood fourth in the Championships by virtue of which the country earned a berth for the London Olympics. N Soniya Chanu was the best performer among the seven...
03:18 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: 2010 Commonwealth Games broze medalist Monika Devi was the best-placed Indian so far at the ongoing Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships with a sixth-placed finish, but an Olympic quota remains elusive for the country. A 15-member Indian team, including seven women, are competing in the Championships in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Competing in the women's 69kg category, Monika lifted 98kg in Snatch and 117kg in Clean and Jerk for a...
12:22 AM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: N Soniya Chanu bagged a bronze in women's 48 kg category to open India's medal account on the opening day of the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Tuesday. Soniya, who won a silver in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, finished third in snatch with an effort of 75 kg in the first competition of the championship, which is a London Olympic Qualification event. She was...
07:58 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Yoga expert Shalini Vadehra brings to you some asanas for weight loss, ...
10:30 AM, Apr 04, 2012
People who ate chocolate a few times a week or more weighed less than those who rarely indulged, according to a US study involving a thousand people. Researchers said the findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, don't prove that adding a candy bar to your daily diet will help you shed pounds. Nor did the total amount of chocolate consumed have an impact. But the researchers, led by...
10:46 AM, Mar 27, 2012
How thin is too thin? That's what Israel lawmakers have called into question with new legislation that bans underweight models from the catwalk. Legislator Rachel Adato is helping set the precedent in the hope that it will save lives. Rachel Adato, Israeli lawmaker and bill sponsor, saying: "We believe that by this bill, there will be a new way to protect the kids and a new way to look what...
01:05 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Sao Paulo: Corinthians are keeping former Brazil star Adriano at the team's hotel and are ordering him to go on a strict diet to try to get the striker back in shape. The team said on Wednesday that Adriano will have to stay inside the hotel at the team's headquarters at least through the weekend, eating only what doctors give him and practicing three times a day. Corinthians physical trainer...
02:16 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: In an age where people tend to be judged for their looks and weight as well, how hard is it to be fat in India? How hard is to come back from what media professional Kalli Purie calls the dark zone? At the first glance, it's hard to register that Kalli Purie, a mother of two, really has to worry about her weight. She says she has written...
10:01 AM, Jan 09, 2012
HYDERABAD: A software engineer ended his life reportedly depressed over failure to reduce his weight even after medical treatment at Miyapur. The depression resulted in the engineer suffering from severe headache since the past few days, police said. The software engineer immolated himself while his wife had gone to her parent's house for delivery of their first child. The deceased, K Chandrasekhar (35) was working as a software engineer in...
09:14 AM, Jan 05, 2012
For once, doping did not take centre-stage in Indian weightlifting, but the country failed to impress at the world stage in 2011, with London Olympics qualification still uncertain, even though there was unprecedented success to savour in the Commonwealth Championships. None of the lifters tested positive for banned drugs in international competitions and that gave the Indian Weightlifting Federation considerable relief considering it had to pay a hefty fine to...
04:24 PM, Dec 29, 2011
New Delhi: Indian lifters signed off their campaign in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships on a high note by adding as many as nine more gold medals on the fifth and final day of the event in Cape Town. Apart from nine gold, India also bagged six silver medals on Friday, to return home with a whopping 110 medals, including 53 gold metals, from the Championships. Chandrakant Mali won three gold...
08:37 PM, Oct 15, 2011
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