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Prevention Editor-in-Chief Liz Vaccariello (remember the Flat Belly Diet?) is back with the 400 Calorie Fix.

If you read Prevention you are probably aware of the 400 Calorie column - which focuses on menus and meals that total up to 400 Calories.

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Looking for a new diet? Diet season is almost upon us, and as silly as it seems, January is the month where people go and buy diet books. Publishers know this and hold back releases until January.

The 5 Factor World Diet is on its way. It follows on from 5 Factor Fitness and the 5 Factor Diet (I guess it follows that you keep writing sequels every few years to hit all the repeat dieters).

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Powerhouse Performance Coaching have offered a free game (worth $19.99).

Hit the Deck is a simple game that uses a timer and cards: "Set the timer, draw your first card, and do as many repetitions as you can. When the timer beeps, draw your next card."

The length of your workout will be determined by how many cards you perform and the duration you set on the programmable interval timer. If you are short on time, keep it quick and only choose a few cards. If you've got more time, select more cards and even repeat the cycle over as many times as you can take it!

Simple, but actually looks quite fun.

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The makers Cocoa Bio claim the consumer will "immediately feel a sensation of pleasure and will detect that we have eaten an appetite satisfying food thus reducing the feeling of hunger and making us feel better" (note this is an English translation).

Personally I think it's the slime green color. One look at what you're eating and you're sure to put the chocolate box down.

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Although I don't agree with the sentiment behind this advertisement from the International Vegetarian Union (click for a larger image) -- that vegetables are all your body needs -- I still think it's a kick-ass, creative picture.

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Selling cheeseburgers for $1 sounds like a good idea, especially for the consumer! After all, maintaining giant thunder-thighs isn't cheap.

So no doubt, in the eyes of the customer, cheaper is better. But Burger King's $1 double cheeseburger is no good for Burger King franchises.

That's why the franchises are now suing their corporate overlord, claiming the $1 special is forcing them to sell cheeseburgers at a loss.

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And the bad news..?

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Vicki Larrieux, a 22-year-old student, claims she is unable to keep to a healthy diet because she is frightened of vegetables. Now I know what you're thinking "Isn't that most of the Western world?" Incredibly enough, Larrieux suffers from a "legitimate" condition called lachanophobia - a fear of vegetables.

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I have been off the shot for 8 months, and since then have been using Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo. I have tried quite a few times to lose the weight, but unsuccessfully. I wasn't trying my hardest, and now I want that to change. This time I am going to try my hardest to lose this weight by my 19th birthday February 5th 2010. I have a gym membership, but the problem is my food choices.

I am going to college right now, and am required to buy a meal plan. Which means I have to eat the food supplied for me at the school cafeteria. My healthy choices of food are very limited, and I need advice on what is okay for me to eat. I don't want to cut out meat from my diet, because I lose my energy that way. Should I avoid hamburger meat? Should I avoid bread, and carbs? Please help!

• Height: 5"4'
• Start weight: 152 lbs
• Current weight: 152 lbs
• Goal weight: 125 lbs
• Other goals: Fit into all of my pants, no bulging stomach, no bulging love handles, and have semi-visible abs.

About 4 weeks ago, I started working out everyday and eating 1000 calories. My exercise routine consists of 30 min. of running or elliptical use, free weight arm exercises and pilates moves (I'm in the gym about two hours total). I go to the gym about 5 days a week and the other two days, I go mountain biking for 2 hours. I also play tennis and take pilates class once a week.

Every day, I keep a food diary of each morsel I consume. I measure servings and add up all the calories. I eat A LOT of fruit, salads and no bread (only pitas). I don't drink soda and try to avoid processed, refined foods. I EAT NO MORE THAN 1000 CALORIES per day.

I will also add that I am 25 years old, and prior to starting this exercise routine, I didn't exercise and ate very poorly. I ate fast food, candy, and a lot of breads and sugar. I am 5'7 and weight 140 lbs. (I would like to be 135 and lose some inches of fat.)

Unfortunately, I didn't measure or weigh myself at the very beginning. I started measuring myself 2 weeks ago (this would be 2 weeks after beginning my diet and exercise) and since then have not lost any weight or inches. I can't figure out why I am not successful. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've literally been "busting my a**."

What am I doing wrong?

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Here I am, a 24 year old girl who hasn't accomplish anything in my life. No degree, no job, no confidence and no friends. Actually all of this would have never become a problem until my father suddenly collapsed on the floor with his hand held tight to his chest last month.

He's doing better now, thank god, but his collapse made me realized one thing. If my father's gone, my family would have no one to rely on. No one would take care of them and watch over for them. It is time for me to grow up and be responsible for my life because if I can take care of myself then I can take care of my family.

This project is one of the first steps that I'm gonna take to improve myself and to build up my confidence. Hopefully this is one step closer to breaking out of that social bubble.

Body make over project

• Length: 16 weeks or 112 days


• Start date: 11/13/2009


• Goal: 110 lbs


• Average weight lost a week: 3 lbs


• Starting weight: 156.5 lbs

Any encouragement or tips would be appreciated.

"Five...five dollar foot longs." You've probably had Subway's catchy little ditty stuck in your head--ALL DAY--at least once by now.

Granted, it's not as nagging as Chili's "I want my baby back, baby back, back," but its pretty hard to shake, which might be a good thing.

Turns out, $5 is the latest win-win in fast food gimmicks. Subway raked in $3.8 billion with it, and now other restaurants are giving it a try too.

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