My Favorite Health and Fitness Magazine [My debut as a video girl]

Having long professed my love for Experience Life magazine, I was beyond thrilled when they asked me to be in a promo video they were making. A camera crew camped out with me and my rowdy band of children for three hours one afternoon as I rhapsodized about how much I adore this mag. A …

Can You Spot-Reduce Your Thighs? [Learning to love the body I’ve got thanks to dubious science and the Internet!]

Leave it to an incorporeal computer to give me a reality check about my body. Somewhere Isaac Asimov is smiling. But just as the Internet giveth, so does the Internet taketh away… and now I’m just confused. Every woman has a body part that she just doesn’t like much. (Strike that – while most women …

Your TV and Computer are Trying to Kill You [Research says you sit too much and your mama dresses you funny.]

I suppose this is one alternative. Strangely I don’t think researchers would look kindly on this method either. “Why don’t you kids go watch TV for a bit? Mommy has some work to get done.” “But we’re not allowed to watch TV in the mornings!” (It’s true but since when did they become such rule-abiding …

Frugal Fitness: Get a Great Workout for Free

3…2…1…. and NOW you get it. Something tells me this diet tip involves a lot more than a diet. Zumba! Kettlebells! TurboKick! Circus Class! Stripperobics! Krav maga! In addition to the perennial faves like yoga and boot camp, there are so many fun ways to exercise and with new programs coming out all the time …

What Intuitive Eating Looks Like in Real Life [A day of Charlotte’s food.]

www.toothpastefordinner.com Chronicling my daily eats wasn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be. I have new respect for all you food bloggers. First, while I told myself that the fact that everyone on the Internet was going to be seeing and judging me from what I put in mouth wasn’t going to …

Finding Safety in an Unsafe World [The Four Steps of Self-Defense You Need to Know.]

This picture is simply too awesome to caption. I spent my Saturday night getting my aggression on: gouging people in the eyes, yelling “I’ll rip your larynx out!” and watching my best girlfriends get cornered by a bunch of threatening men. Makes your screening of Tron, The Legacy seems pretty lame now, huh? No, we …