Great Hula Hooping Experiment Results! [Pics! VIDEO!!]

YOU GUYS. HULA HOOPING IS RIDICULOUSLY FUN! See? It’s making me all scream-y and caps-y. But I cannot tell you enough how much fun we had this month. Not only that but this has got to be one of the most commented-on Experiments we’ve ever done (and we’re used to getting a lot of comments/stares/crazy …

5 Health & Fitness Books To Skip [Plus 1 you will love to read]

This is an actual children’s book that Reader MaryJean found and was thoughtful enough to snap pics of and send them to me. Trust me, you’re going to love reading this one! School’s (almost) out for the summer! Not that that means much to most of us adults. (Friend: Charlotte, what’s your summer looking like? …

Have You Ever Loved Someone So Much? [Mental Illness]

image credit Buying a pregnancy test is always a fraught experience. You’re either praying to Fisher-Price that it says yes or pleading to Durex it says no. I don’t know any woman that says, “Eh, I’m not feeling a movie tonight. Let’s go get a pregnancy test – just for funzies!” Remember that Walgreens cashiers the …

GFE Book #2 Coming At You January 2012!!! [SQUEEEE! Giveaway!!]

I may never be as awesome as Chuck Norris but that doesn’t stop me from trying to push the earth away when I push-up. I have great news! I just signed the contract for the second Great Fitness Experiment book! It’s scheduled to be released January 2012!! So more public humiliation, overshares and of course …

What Makes a Place “Healthy”? [New Survey Says Natural Disasters

“According to the 2011 American Fitness Index (AFI) data report, “Health and Community Fitness Status of the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas,” which evaluated the most populous city areas to identify the healthiest and fittest places in the United States, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington edged out previous leader Washington, D.C. for the top spot this year.” When I first …

How to Help A Child Lose Weight [Help a reader out!]

Courtesy of the State of Georgia’s new childhood obesity campaign Three hours of hysterical sobbing, a whole box of kleenex thrown and self-inflicted eye poking (yes, really) is what my third grader did when I assigned him a second sheet of math problems after he lied to me about having homework so he could go …

Gym Etiquette: The Sweaty Hug [Do you or don’t you?]

No butt-smacking with these gents – they are fully committed to the sweaty hug! As if being in a gym setting isn’t opportunity enough for physical awkwardness – I have walked into the men’s locker room by accident twice, thanks – but add in some camaraderie and post-workout endorphins and things can get downright… touchy. You’d think …

Winners of the 3 giveaways!

The winner of the $50 PlanetGear giftcard is: Nicky! The winner of the Harbinger jump rope and Fitness Anywhere cards is: Colleen! The winner of the probiotics supplements is: LG! Thanks to everyone for your wonderful comments – I LOVED reading your favorite summer stories! Winners – you have 48 hours to contact me with your information …

3 Health Trends That Need to be Simplified

[No funny picture today. I have one but WordPress isn’t letting me upload any pics for some bizarre reason. Will try updating it again later. In the meantime click through to check out this amazing vid!] There is nothing simple about these crazy talented people! You’ll want to watch this vid on full screen! (Thanks …

New Research: Late Night Eating Leads to Weight Gain [But no one knows why]

Google “funny sleeping baby” – it will make your whole day, I promise! People have been talking about it for decades but it officially became A Thing when Oprah declared (Dear Oprah, I miss you already!) on her show that for her Best Life Diet she was no longer eating after 8 p.m. I scoffed. …