Admit it: You sneak a peek at the latest rags in the checkout lane. * That's OK. There's little else to do, unless you want to memorize the ingredients of Orbit gum. * Although the flashy tabs often dispense frustratingly inaccurate information -- how many times have they pegged Jennifer Aniston as pregnant? -- they're sometimes dead-on correct. * Hello? They all knew that Madge and Guy Ritchie ...

Since I began writing this column, I've shared my manifold struggles with weight and fitness. It's been a constant fight for me since the baby was born -- seven years ago.

In the 1940s, Stanley Burroughs, a keen vegetarian (and committed nudist), came up with the Master Cleanse. It's a simple plan: You spend weeks consuming nothing but a cocktail of water, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper, plus an optional daily cup of laxative tea and a glass of salt water. In recent years, it became a celebrity phenomenon. Beyoncé reportedly lost 20 pounds in 10 ...