March 2010

New Scary Research: Stress Eating Can Lead to Food Addiction?

March 31, 2010

Right now my baby is crying it out*. I’ve been trying for 45 minutes (the length of time she’s been crying) to think of some way to make this funny but the truth is I just want to crawl out of my skin and shove nails in my ears. But since I am unable to shed my skin snake-like – although that would make my post workout showers quicker! – and I will likely need my ear drums to be intact for future activities like listening to my son recount the entire plot of Lego Star Wars while my eyeballs [...]

27 comments Read More →

Fitness Advice: Do you Walk Your Own Talk? (Giveaway Post!!!)

March 29, 2010

Today Charlotte’s roulette of unfortunate personal experiences is brought to you by the number one most feared word of fit folk everywhere. Nope, it’s not “thong”. Nor is it “Richard Simmons”. (Because that’s two words and, also, I happen to love him and his dance-tight clad legs.) It’s also not “Whirlpool closed for cleaning” although that really does strike terror into my heart because you know it’s not just routine maintenance that would shut down a jacuzzi in the middle of a busy gym day; you can bet your sparkly Richard Simmons branded thong (with attached tights) that bodily fluids [...]

13 comments Read More →

Contest Winners!

March 29, 2010

What isn’t funny about Prince, really? The winner of the $200 Visa gift card courtesy of Arm & Hammer is… KUrunner who wrote:Only one laundry woo? Gosh, I don’t even know where to begin. Let’s see. I’m a long distance runner living in South Carolina where even running before the sun comes up entails running in at least 70 degree weather. All of my clothes have runners stank! Add to that the fact that my husband, in his sleep deprived state, tried to wash our cloth diapers, not realizing that they get washed separately. Now, every step I take smells [...]

4 comments Read More →

New Research: Jelly Beans Will Kill You (Giveaway!!)

March 26, 2010

I don’t want to start your day off on a bad note but the health and fitness research this week has been, well, a downer. Item the first: Turns out your gut instinct was right – scientists (at Princeton, no less!) have discovered via our favorite furry rodent test subjects that high fructose corn syrup actually does make you gain more weight than the same caloric amount of table sugar. Not only that, but HFCS causes scarring on your liver, childhood obesity and early death. But don’t worry, you still have to show ID to buy a single box of [...]

52 comments Read More →

Blast Your Booty: 5 Moves to a Bodacious Backside

March 24, 2010

Gym Buddy Krista’s face says it all, I think. There was pain (like two nails driven into my butt cheeks, not to mention serious ham and quad soreness) but there was also much laughter. After FitJerk shredded our abs, you’d think I’d be leery of handing our delicate lady behinds over to him but you know me and a good challenge. Besides, this is our “rest week” on P90X and we needed a little variety to spice up our Core Synergistics (the least restful workout ever, Tony Horton!!) and Yoga (of which the Gym Buddies are boycotting). So Monday found [...]

26 comments Read More →

I Live a Dirty Life ($200 Giveaway!!!)

March 23, 2010

“Mom, why can’t we have a dog?” My son begged. I gave my standard answer. “Because between you, your two brothers and sister, I already have enough butts to clean up after.” “But mom,” he beamed as if he’d solved cold fusion, “dogs totally lick their own butts!” It will speak to his faultless reasoning skills, or my exhaustion, that I actually considered it for a moment before remembering this is the same child who suggested I buy a box of cereal because “it only has 6 pounds of sugar in it.” Butt wiping aside, the mess promulgated by 4 [...]

104 comments Read More →

I Dream of Flying

March 22, 2010

Gym Buddy Allison took this pic – in addition to being She-Ra in the gym, she’s also a phenomenal photog. He was just a small boy on a swing. A boy like any other boy on a swing like any other swing on a day like any other day. Nothing remarkable. Nothing special. Just a boy. One very small boy. So why was I crying? It started with his feet. You see, his legs were too short to touch the ground which left his Spiderman-clad feet swinging ineffectively in the air. The swing would not obey his impotent commands and [...]

55 comments Read More →

Recruiting All Weekend Workout-ers! Blast Your Booty! Plus Get a Great Deal on a Heart Rate Monitor!

March 20, 2010

This particular butt exercise is not recommended by me. FitJerk, maybe. The incomparable FitJerk (of ab burnout fame) has designed a butt-blasting workout just for GFE readers! The Gym Buddies and I will be doing it in the gym on Monday – for any of you local folk who want to join us – and we’ll be taking pictures, laughing and undoubtedly making a host of inappropriate puns (how could we not?) I’ll be posting the detailed workout and blogging our tighter butts on Tuesday and would love to have you guys try it too! Send me pics, send me [...]

6 comments Read More →

Ab Crunches: Fitness Staple or Overblown Hype?

March 19, 2010

You could always go the Mariah Carey route (hint: it involves an airbrush, several colors of spray tan, and a drastic underestimation of the observational abilities of the general public.) Sit-ups: they’re the one exercise everyone has tried. Mostly because you can’t help it. Even as a baby it was one of the first things you learned – right after how to spit-up. You want to get out of bed in the morning? You sit up. But these days sit-ups have gone from blase to being a raging topic of debate in the fitness world. They’re either the yellow brick [...]

27 comments Read More →

5 Things to Consider Before Going Vegetarian

March 18, 2010

Thanks to high-profile celebs like Alicia Silverstone (vegan), Posh Victoria Spice Beckham etc. etc. etc. (vegetarian), and Amanda Seyfried (raw foodist but hates it since she’s only doing it to stay Hollywood skinny), going vegetarian or vegan is all the rage these days. Despite my general skepticism of anything touted by a celebrity, since I happen to be a vegetarian-by-choice-vegan-by-force-and-yes-I-still-eat-fish-atarian (For those of you keeping track, with the center free square I totally have a bingo! It spells C-R-A-Z-Y.) this is one trend I can get behind. So you’d think I’d be one of those exhibitionists standing in Times Square [...]

29 comments Read More →

← Previous Entries