Aries:
Although few Rams need to lose weight, you often don't see the need to exercise. You may feel that walking from the front door to the car is enough exercise for you! This weakens the body. Even if you don't need to diet, exercise is vital for an Aries. Find a program you find fun and exciting - perhaps even competitive - and stick with it.
Taurus:
Taureans love good food, and while you can give it up for a while, in the end you might blow weeks of effort by returning to your old eating habits. A good low-fat cookbook can enable you to push on for considerably longer. Invest in two or three - and you'll be eating delicious food and slimming down the entire year.
Gemini:
Gemini can go for several days eating very little - and thus are among the few signs of the Zodiac that actually need to GAIN weight! As to exercise, you should concentrate on less stressful disciplines such as yoga or Tai Chi. You go like a race horse, leaving you very little energy. Slow down.
Cancer:
You tend to retain water in your tissues, and thus you may need to cut way down on sodium. If you're a salt freak, try a salt substitute. As you cut down on foods, concentrate on expunging from your diet any food high in fat and/or sodium - and then find an exercise program you love. Swimming might be just your thing.
Leo:
Unfortunately, your favorite foods are probably those you need the least: fatty foods, such as juicy meats or luscious dairy-based desserts. However, if you find some good low-fat recipes, you just might eventually find the high-fat ones too heavy for your taste. Try this kind of substitution. It just might work!
Virgo:
Do you count every calorie, read every food label scrupulously, and treat fat and sugar as if they were poison? If so, you're probably slim, trim, and fit, but your diet - and thus a large part of your life - could be exceedingly lackluster. It's OK to go for the not-so-healthy stuff once in awhile. Think of it as emotional health food.
Libra:
Your social life is very important to you, and therefore at parties you may find often yourself faced with hors d'oeuvres that contain as much fat and calories as a whole meal! So what do you do? A good compromise is to take one or two of these tasty treats and nurse them all night. Then eat a healthy meal later, at home.
Scorpio:
You're a person of extremes. When you're involved with something that's important to you, you can forget to eat - but then you make it up the next day by stuffing yourself with a near-banquet! This throws your system out of balance and keeps you from being as fit as you'd like. Keep your eating habits regular.
Sagittarius:
You're a natural athlete, who enjoys working out. But your body may remain heavier than you'd like for some reason. Try not to indulge in fantasies of becoming a supermodel or a marathon runner. If you're muscular and at least fairly solid, you're probably quite fit. Don't push to get thin.
Capricorn:
Are you a workaholic? Chances are you live on coffee, donuts, fast food or, when you go for business lunches or dinners, lots of high-calorie, high-fat foods. And exercise? What's that, you ask? You're too busy to join a gym, or even take fast walks around the block. Make the time. Clean up your diet. Ambitious people can't afford to be sick.
Aquarius:
Of all the signs, you're probably the luckiest when it comes to seeking health and fitness. You've got a naturally strong body, and enough intellectual interests so that your mind stays busy and you don't obsess about food. And before you know it, that half hour on the treadmill is over. So why wait? Start creating health now!
Pisces:
Your biggest problem is that when you're in a bad mood, you eat to comfort yourself. And like your fellow water sign Cancer, you tend to retain water in your system. However, your artistic talents can easily distract you from any desire to overeat, no matter where it comes from. For exercise, you prefer swimming, yoga, and Tai Chi. Your body is a work of art. Perfect it!
