Groupon: The Hottest New Fitness Trend? [Plus, Your Fetus on Facebook!]

by CharlotteUncategorizedPosted on 10 Comments

Half-price massages! Discounted movie tickets! Eighty-percent off sky diving! Groupon, LivingSocial and other “deal of the day” sites have taken the Internet (and our inboxes) by storm over the past year, with millions of people getting great deals on everything from services to entertainment to locally grown alpaca fur. While sky diving on the cheap …

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My First Workout Memory [Champion Giveaway!!]

by CharlottefashionPosted on 247 Comments

 I’m literally jumping for joy! Robins egg blue capris with white piping and a striped tank top that would make Rainbow Brite jealous: that was the first athletic outfit I ever purchased for myself. (As purtyinorange said to me on Twitter, “Whenever I think of you, I think ‘subtle’… lol”) It was after my 2nd …

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The Problem With Sitting [Plus: The Great Skirt Exchange!]

by Charlottefashion, researchPosted on 46 Comments

Excuse me, I’m having A Walk In The Clouds moment in the adorable skirt Katie made me. (Incidentally, that’s Gym Hubby’s favorite movie. Yes it’s a chick flick. He also loves Bed of Roses and is proud of it.) My problem with sitting is not that it will kill you. It’s not that it will make …

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Sports: Do You Play to Win or Just Have Fun?

by CharlotteUncategorizedPosted on 44 Comments

Well that’s a bummer. The leaves changing color, the nip in the air, the never ending back-to-school nights with their ten-page supply lists are all signs of the impending season change, sure, but nothing announces the advent of fall in suburbia like the pitter-patter of little soccer cleats across a field. (That would be football …

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How to Find Your Motivation [Or at least your dirty socks]

by CharlotteUncategorizedPosted on 51 Comments

image credit: Natalie Dee “How do you do it all?” is a quesetion I get asked a lot. This usually makes me fall on my (dirty) floor laughing as I blurt, “Not well!” I’ve become a master of making easy things look difficult thereby making me look cooler, more talented, and possibly possessing 7 arms. …

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Favorite New Fit Trend: Runaway Brides [Plus bloopers from beach workout photoshoot!]

by CharlotteUncategorizedPosted on 13 Comments

Some articles I research, like the one on when it’s appropriate to let kids use public restrooms alone, scar me for life. (My boys are going to have to deal with me standing with one foot in the men’s room door and hollering at them to sing the ABC song while they pee until they’re …

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Blood, Sex and a C-Section [Mixed Martial Arts Experiment Update & Videos!]

by CharlotteExperiments, sexPosted on 41 Comments

Oh well if I can have a rainbow mowhawk and a fancy nickname like Dan the Outlaw Hardy, I’m sold!   Tapout. It’s not just a clothing and equipment line for Mixed Martial Arts practitioners and their ring girls,it’s also the password into the very serious, highly entertaining and slightly strange sub-culture of MMA. What, …

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OMGsh! Jennifer Hudson is a Size… Who Cares? [Societal Body Dysmorphia]

by Charlottebody image, celebrities, rantsPosted on 41 Comments

“…for not such good results – drag behind car through puddles and blow dry on roof rack.” Now there’s a truthful clothing tag! Jennifer Hudson, singer and American Idol alumnus, made headlines all over the world this week. Not for her legendary set of pipes and not even for her tragic family history but for …

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My Before & After Pics [My fitness story]

by Charlottebody image, personal essays, weight gain/lossPosted on 27 Comments

From an upcoming Shape mag slideshow…! (And I know my form sucks – this was from the blooper reel.) Mr. Miyagi would be so proud of me. I just caught a mosquito – the Minnesota state bird, woot, woot! – mid flight with only my thumb and forefinger (fingers: like chopsticks but for monkeys). This …

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5 Ways New Yorkers Stay Healthy (My first-ever girl’s trip!)

by CharlotteUncategorizedPosted on 20 Comments

Broadway! Times Square! Greenwich Village! The World Trade Center (ish)! Best cheesecake ever! A dead rat the size of a cat!! This weekend was a whirlwind and thanks to a flight delayed by bad weather (seriously, after everything this country has been through this past year with crazy snow, wind and heat you decide to …

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