July 2011

What Experts Say Works Versus What Dieters Say Works [Surprising Research]

July 31, 2011

Yet another expert opinion… Today as I was reading through various conflicting research studies and opinion pieces – I like to torture myself this way pretending that I’m “learning” and not just further confusing myself – I came across an interesting, if unwitting, social study playing out in real time. A few weeks ago US News & World Report came out with a ranking of the top 20 “best overall diets.” To wit, “U.S. News evaluated and ranked the 20 diets below with input from a panel of health experts. To be top-rated, a diet had to be relatively easy [...]

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Exercises That Women Do Better Than Men

July 28, 2011

Why yes, we all ARE making duck-face! It’s a sickness I tell you… Not to get all Gender Wars up in here but let’s face it ladies, when it comes to exercise the men usually win. They’re generally faster, stronger and more cut-throat. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have some tricks up our technical running tee sleeves! Thanks to our natural agility, better balance, flexibility and coordination and our willingness to play nice with the other kids, there are some exercises where Girls Rule the Workout! Check out my article on Shape.com today “19 Moves Women Do Better Than [...]

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Adventures in Healthy Cooking: Liver, Heart and Kidneys [mini-experiment!]

July 27, 2011

If the zucchini turds, nasty banana bread and other delicacies I’ve cooked haven’t yet made you glad that you’ve never come over for dinner, last night’s dinner should do the trick! (I like to discourage people from visiting – that way I can keep pretending that I can’t see the ketchup hand prints my kids left all over the wall a year ago that still make it look like Scream 4 in here.) See last night I had a very special menu lined up. The stars aligned and thanks to two fortuitous events – Farmer Bob bringing me my 1/4 [...]

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Research Says My Workout May Be To Blame For Forgetting My Son At The Gym.

July 26, 2011

See? All that exercise made her forget which way gravity works. Happens to me all the time. It turns out that Sammy Sosa and Floyd Landis may not be lying – new research says they may reallynot remember how all those drugs got in their system. Apparently all the exercise got to ‘em. For myself, not being a professional athlete, I thought my steadily declining memory was all my children’s fault. Seriously, when you have to remember the exact location of 4 sippy cups, 3 lovies, and 6 flip-flops at all times things like the periodic table and who was president [...]

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Does fitness have to be sexy? [I'm Not Bringing Sexy Back. Or Forward. Or Sideways.]

July 25, 2011

Not a temptation for me… I am not a sexy person. Please don’t argue that with me in the comments. I am outgoing, funny, cheerfully serious, pretty-when-caught-off-guard and occasionally entertaining. But sexy? Nope. Some girls ooze sex appeal even in a floor-length prairie dress but I could be wearing a gold mini, a massively padded bra and leopard platform heels (true story, Halloween dance 2000) and still manage to make it look prudish. Those of you who know me in real life can vouch for this. And nowhere is this (missing) quality more on display than when I dance. (Lie. Nowhere was [...]

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The Fit Blogger Auction For Susan is Live! (Go now!)

July 25, 2011

Remember how Janetha of Meals and Moves organized this totally amazing on-line auction of all your fave fitness/foodie stuff to benefit Susan and her fight against her cancer? Well the auction is live now! Check out all the great offerings on Janetha’s blog! There are some seriously amazing things on there like plane tickets and hotel stays and baked goods from all the best healthy food bloggers in the biz! If you want to go straight for my book, here’s the listing. Bidding starts Monday July 25 (today) at 8 a.m. Eastern. Auction closes at 11. All proceeds go to [...]

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How Do You Talk To Someone About Their Weight? (Advice, please!)

July 24, 2011

Times sure have changed, huh? Awkward: “Wow, you’ve sure lost a lot of weight!” Worse: “You’ve gained a few – you know the freshman 15 doesn’t count after college, right?!” Worse-r: “You’re too skinny, eat a sandwich!” Worst: “You used to be so pretty; aren’t you worried about your health at all?” (The last one is the worst because it can be said for everything from morbid obesity to anorexia and every weight in between. For some reason “health” is the ultimate trump card in all weight conversations.) I hate talking about weight – mine, yours, anyone’s – because I [...]

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The Rules of Buying Fitness Shoes [And all the ways I break them...]

July 21, 2011

My favorite part of this pic is Gym Buddy Megan’s daughter’s face. She looks tougher than all 3 of us weird grown-ups. Fitness has so many rules that it is practically its own religion. Don’t believe me? Try and talk a triathlete out of their long ride/run/swim on Sundays. You might as well be stealing from the offerings plate. But it’s hard not to break a rule sometimes and I’m a rebel rule breaker! (Lie. I’m a total rules follower. Always have been, always will be.) Yet some of the worst fitness offenses I commit are related to one of [...]

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Have You Ever Slapped Anybody? [Hitting Men: Art or Abuse?]

July 20, 2011

Hitting a woman is not cool and hasn’t been socially acceptable in quite a few decades (see: Chris Brown/Rihanna scandal) but ever since Scarlett slapped Rhett Butler, girls slapping men has been made out to be not only okay but even ladylike, appropriate and, yes, cool. (Okay, let’s be honest: Scarlett slapped just about everybody in that movie from Ashley to Rhett a couple of times and even poor Prissy “I don’t know nothin’ ’bout birthin’ no babies, Miss Scarlett!!!”) Why is it acceptable for a woman to hit a man when the reverse is widely considered abhorrent? The Slap as [...]

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The Ultimate DIY Garage Gym [Plus: The Hot Sweaty Mess Workout]

July 19, 2011

This tire weighs 160 pounds. And this is the “small tire”. I’m trying to smile but see all the cords in my neck popping out? Hot! No, literally. It was 113 degrees today. Not everyone loves working out in a gym like I do – there’s the expense, the noise, the hassle, the crazy people and of course the having to share of the equipment. So what’s a non-gym rat to do to get their sweat on? The Garage Gym (or home gym but that’s not alliterative and therefore not as amusing to me) is a staple of exercisers everywhere. [...]

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