There are dozens of fad diets promising quick and easy weight loss, but the truth is there’s no magic formula, powder or pill to melt away weight. The trick is really no trick at all: A reduced-calorie diet coupled with exercise. You don’t have to deprive yourself of your favorite foods or sweat for hours to see results, either. In fact, experts often advise that you shouldn’t make changes you can’t sustain over the long term. If you get frustrated, you’re more likely to give up.

If you’re looking for an awards show that transcends the bland and boring, the 2012 "MTV Movie Awards" promises some wackiness and fun as well as large doses of unpredictability. Airing live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., on June 3 at 9 p.m., the show is a telecast featuring MTV viewers’ favorite stars, films and music.

In California’s Wine Country, you’ll find some of the finest wines born in mountainside vineyards. But California isn’t the only state that knows great wine. If you’re a wine lover in Iowa, you can find a fun activity right in your own backyard.

Vegetable gardens can provide healthy food at its freshest. Though you just can’t throw some seeds in the ground and expect that weeks later you'll have fresh vegetables, planting and maintaining a vegetable garden is not difficult. It does, however, take some work.