“Just eat less and move more.” It’s the standard advice given for weight loss and one of the first “rules” of healthy living that I ran afoul of. It didn’t work that way for me. To which adherents usually explain, rather testily, that it’s math and you can’t argue with math. “It’s calories in versus …
Read more “Harvard Says Calories In/Calories Out Model Is Flawed [So what do we use instead?]”
Please, please ignore my model face. I have no idea what I’m doing. This was just the best shot of the skirt. “Get a hobby!” Every time I get caught up in my issues, like the other day when I complained about my waist getting bigger (Mary Kate astutely commented, “Why are you measuring …
Read more “2 Ways To Wear A Pillowcase [What’s Your Non-Fitness Hobby?]”
Need a break from fitness? Check out my parenting column this week from Redbook: 10 Things I Hope My Kids DON’T Learn From Harry Potter (So far the only 3 comments on there call me an idiot – had to know that was coming. You do not insult the Boy Who Lived on the eve …
Read more “Naked Pregnancy Pics (Would you?) and Shape.com Photo Shoot Bloopers!”
I’ll post the rest of our bloopers from the Shape.com photoshoot tomorrow! Let’s just say Gym Buddy Megan was in a crazy mood that day… Gyms can be scary places and not just because of the man with the tank top specifically cut to show his nipples or the lady belting show tunes along with …
Food labels are like ancient runes to me – I think that if I just study them hard enough eventually I’ll find the secret to perfect health. This is hilarious on two levels: first because labels lie in so many ways they make ex-boyfriends look lazy and second because while I’m so intent on reading …
Read more “The Sugar Substitutes Debate [How to diminish cravings for sweets]”
picture credit I can’t remember her face. It’s strange because I remember so many things from that time in sharp detail and yet the most important thing – her – eludes me. As she died so quickly, I was basically the only person on earth who really knew her. I am her mother, for pity’s …
Read more “In Being the Answer to Someone Else’s Prayer, You Often Find the Answer to Your Own”
It’s inevitable – go to any starting line, fitness class or gym and you’ll find people in various stages of stretching. Almost always, people are stretching before their exercise. It’s what we were all taught by our elementary P.E. teachers, right? You gotta warm up those muscles so you don’t pull something! While my elementary …
Read more “Everything You Know About Stretching Is Wrong [Plus my tutu is on upside down]”
Cosmo hooked me on self quizzes at a young age. (Never mind the fact I was reading Cosmo long before I even knew what an “o face” was, much less that I ought to be concerned about it.) Not only did they help me with my math skills – can I subtotal all my “c” …
Researchers have been busy little bees this week, discovering all kinds of interesting things. Did you know that raw eggs have twice the antioxidants as an apple? (When I pointed out on Twitter that I’d rather eat two apples than a raw egg, LoLovesPi replied, ” but that can be extrapolated to mean that raw cookie …
Read more “How Many Diets Have You Tried? [Research says at least 5]”
Yeah so I go on vacay and completely forget I have 2 giveaways open. I’m sorry! But the random number generator has picked the winners and…. The winner of the Athleta gift card is Kelly The winner of the Fila top is Brittany I’ve emailed both winners. If I don’t hear back from them within …
