“It’s Okay If…”: When it comes to your health sometimes it’s good to be bad

You show ’em, birdie!! Being the law-abiding, Type A, total rule follower that I am, I’m rarely a bad girl. But sometimes even I need to rebel. Case in point: today I sent my kids with dirty socks to tie-dye for day camp because I couldn’t be bothered to go to the store. (Plus: what …

The Link Between Mood Disorders and Diet [Is going gluten-free the key to curing my anxiety?]

I think it’s safe to say this little guy is having a very strong reaction to…bark. At the time it was the worst thing that had ever happened to me. I don’t talk about it much these days since so many worse things happened in the interim (ah, life). But back in 2000 – 2001, …

Me Vs. The Pool: The Horror and Glory of a Swimming Workout [I still hate swimming]

See, some people love swimming so much they can have someone’s foot in their nethers and still feel like performing The Flower Drum Song/Waterworld mashup. Either you’re a swimmer or you’re not. False dichotomy though it may be, there is an easy test to see which camp you fall in. When someone tells you, “Let’s …

A Different Kind of Food Journal [Overcoming Emotional Eating]

Love Forever, BELLA. Check out the rest of this blog post for more funny food journals! I’ve always been a journal keeper. My very first journal was a plain blue number that I illustrated myself by drawing… a gigantic toilet bowl on the cover with the words MY LIFE swirling metaphorically down the hole. I was …

Top Ten Fitness Things It’s Okay If You NEVER Do [My fitness anti-bucket list]

Drinking your own urine: One more thing to strike off your healthy bucket list! Bucket lists are as popular these days as prison tattoos and while I love the idea of having goals and dreaming big, just because something is on The List doesn’t mean it’s a Good Idea. So here are 10 things that …

Do We Really Want Un-Photoshopped Pictures?

14-year-old Julia Bluhm made national news when she showed up at Seventeen magazine with over 25,000 signatures on her petition asking for the mag to stop digitally altering their pictures. Teens Emma Stydahar and Carina Cruz followed suit with their Spark Movement aimed at getting Teen Vogue to lay off the Photoshop as well. While their efforts were somewhat …

Demonbells, Girly Muscle-Ups, Legless Rope Climbs and Spastic Me: 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games Mini Recap

Covering the 2012 Reebok Crossfit Games for Shape mag was insanely fun! But because a few little somebodies really missed me, here’s a mini-recap until I can give you my full crazy weekend report! Priorities: This is what I am doing today. Lots and lots and lots of snuggles! The energy was crazy at the …