Refreshingly (or Annoyingly) Honest Celebrity Body Confessions (Plus Alicia Silverstone like you’ve never seen her…)

See, this is a confession I can believe. Me too, buddy, me too. In the confessional age we live in, it’s not rare to hear a celeb start a sentence with “I have a confession” and then follow it with something really bland. I have a confession: I picked out all the green jelly beans …

Do You Have a Gym Phobia? [Plus: Rainbow Brite Shoes Explained]

Baffling equipment. Mean girls. Chronic cell-phone chatters. Unidentified puddles of bodily fluids. Germs. Old men on the exercise bike in nothing but tighty whities and black dress socks (true story). There are lots of reasons why people avoid the gym. Frankly, there are probably more reasons to skip the gym than to go. So when …

How Do You Help Your Child Lose Weight? One Vogue Writers Shows How Not To Do It

Dieting has become the great American pastime. Ladies Who Lunch have been replaced by Ladies Who Do Pilates. And it’s nearly impossible to run into another woman and not hear some permutation of “You look great! Have you lost weight?” So I wasn’t surprised to see Dara-Lynn Weiss’ essay in Vogue this month (text not online) …

Workout Leaving You Light-Headed? It’s perfectly normal. And you could die.

www.marriedtothesea.com Gym Buddy Allison and I share many similarities: young children, a deep love of garage sales and thrift stores, and the same dark hair/light skin that always makes people ask us if we are sisters. Or just confuse one of us for the other. (Hint: she’s the taller one with whiter teeth and shiny …

Busted: Top 3 Myths About Your Metabolism (Hint: Faster is not always better!)

Best reason ever for boosting your metabolism: To annoy your siblings! That’s how it works at my house! Reader JJ recently e-mailed me a very interesting question and one that’s huge in the fitness world right now: “I have recently decided to step away from all I know and love – – 5-6 small meals …

13 Ways to Amp Up Your Push-Ups (Plus a cameo from the Girl Scouts!)

Not pictured: Me almost beaning myself with that dumbbell while I wobbled for 20 seconds trying to get my balance.  13 Simple Ways to Amp Up Your Push-Up. If you’ve been exercising for any length of time you are probably a little sick of regular push-ups. Here are a few ways to add some flavor …