February 2010

5 Olympic Stories You Might Have Missed This Year

February 26, 2010

Fridays are normally Greatest Hits (i.e. rerun posts) here at GFE but today I wanted to do a quick Olympic news roundup today instead. Between many of you awesome readers and my trusty Google reader, I have a whole (metaphorical) pile of Olympic stories that I keep meaning to blog about and haven’t had time to get to. But the Olympics are almost over and there are so many things to talk about! So here it is, quick and dirty: Strong Triumphs Over Skinny. AGAIN. Tanith Belbin, an American Ice Dancer, has seen a major upswing in her skating career [...]

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Healthy Eating on a Budget (No Coupons Necessary!)

February 25, 2010

In college I had a coworker tell me she fed her family of 5 for less than a dollar a day. My first reaction was to be impressed because I as a single girl couldn’t feed myself for a dollar a day much less anyone else. But then I remembered that this was the same woman who believed me when I told her at the company Christmas party that I had made the sugar cookies with the Santa face in the middle by painstakingly tinting three different colors of dough, shaping Santa Claus by hand and then rolling it all [...]

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Portion Control for Control Freaks

February 24, 2010

Eating with me can be a surreal experience, for so many reasons. My friends, in a testament to their generous ability to overlook my flaws, put up with a great deal from me with nary a comment. But a few days ago I was reminded of my, er, quirks when I had a friend over for lunch. “It’s like we’re having a tea party with our dolls! Fun!” she exclaimed cheerily. “But do you think I could at least have a real spoon?” See, we were Ladies Who Lunch… on 6″ salad plates, 1/2-cup bowls and, yes, chunky neon plastic [...]

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My Life is a Cautionary Tale

February 23, 2010

Item the first: I am miserably sick. I did not one, but two workouts today. (Note: Not deathly sick. And I don’t think I’m contagious – it’s a sinus-y thing where my ears pop every time I swallow and my head spins thereby making me chronically off balance. I’m sure I was a treat to watch doing P90X yoga and Hip Hop Hustle.) Item the second: I am in this month’s Fitness Magazine in an article about how I conquered (AHEM) my exercise dependency. (Note: the article wasn’t up on their site last I checked and they forbade me from [...]

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Strangers Will Tell You You’re Fat But Your Friends Won’t

February 22, 2010

A waitress friend of mine recently snapped a pic of an overweight patron’s meal. Why? So she could text it to several of her friends. Sure her customer’s meal was appalling – One of every appetizer? Yes, please – but even more so was the realization that now, more than ever, eating is a spectator sport. People feel they not only have a right to see what other people are eating but also to pass judgment on it. I blame the media for this. Or at least for beginning the trend with shows like the Biggest Loser that have cameras [...]

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Can You Do Too Much Cardio?

February 19, 2010

Hee! They drew hair on his legs!! When Personal Trainers AttackIt was bound to happen. The gym can be like a family – both in good ways and bad – so when a personal trainer went on Attack today, I can’t say I was overly surprised. Well, that and he told me he was going to Attack Gym Buddy Allison and I. We even had the time and place set, West Side Story style. Meet me in the basketball courts. 10:30 and don’t be late! I know where you are! Personal Trainer A wanted to practice teaching Body Attack before [...]

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Are You a Food Snob?

February 18, 2010

I’ll admit it: I’m a recovering food snob. I used to think that with food you get what you pay for. I’d agonize over not being able to afford organic produce and go out of my way to a myriad of health stores to find the latest supplements. The worst part was my self-righteous attitude as I filled my basket with Trader Joe’s organic, cane-sweetened, sea salt dusted, no gmo peanut-butter filled pretzels. No offense to Trader Joe’s – which I still love and would frequent if it weren’t a 30-minute drive away (carbon footprint, people!) – but a peanut-butter [...]

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Why Nobody* Should Be Kicked Off An Airplane

February 16, 2010

photo credit By now I’m sure you have heard all about actor/director Kevin Smith AKA “Silent Bob” getting kicked off a Southwest flight for being fat. There has been some back and forth between Smith and Southwest about the actual reason he got kicked off the flight. Southwest says it was because he booked two seats on a later flight but instead chose to fly standby on an earlier flight with only one seat available. Smith says it is all about his girth, that Southwest told him he was a “safety hazard” to which he responded, “What, was I going [...]

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How To Deal With Involuntary Food Restrictions

February 15, 2010

All I want right now is a big frosty glass of creamy, ice-cold milk. And I don’t even like milk! So why the sudden cravings? No, I’m not pregnant (aiiieeee!) and no it wasn’t the siren call of Heidi Klum’s milkmaid campaign working on my addled brain. It’s deprivation, plain and simple. What’s the fastest way to get someone to eat something? Tell them they can’t have it, of course! Over the past few weeks I have discovered through much trial and error that the Jelly Bean does not do well when I eat dairy products. We tried more thorough [...]

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Gain Weight, Lose Your Date

February 15, 2010

Beautiful people have so many problems. Not only do they have to worry about getting mobbed at parties and being given more free swag than they can carry home in a taxi but now they have to worry that their friends are spying on them on the Internet. No, this is not the usual Big Brother hysteria over being outed for one’s political views, cross-dressing fetish or secret collection of Marie Osmond porcelain dolls. It turns out that if you are beautiful you have a lot more to be worried about than your drunk-face pictures going viral on Facebook. Like, [...]

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