“Honey? Have I been acting crazy?” You know it’s not a good day when this is how your wife greets you as you walk in the door, fresh off a long day at the office. (When did my life become a cliche? Don’t answer that.) Although I daresay it beats out “Both toilets are clogged …
Equinox gym is known for having provocative advertising. Remember these ads – a photo spread, really, shot 70’s porn style by noted perv Terry Richardson – that drew so much fire for using catwalk models in sexually submissive poses to sell fitness memberships? (Of course the outcry wasn’t about how the women were being dehumanized …
Brilliant! Do you think my husband will get me a wife for my birthday?? (Mormons are allowed to make polygamy jokes now, right?) A lick of sauce here. A taste of dough there. A few jelly beans popped in as a palate cleanser. Cooking dinner for me is like one long buffet of yumminess. Part …
Bare-faced to full-fledged drag queen – when it comes to makeup in the gym, I have seen it all. But even I didn’t see this one coming: courtesy of a product pitch I received a few days ago I learned that there is now a full line of cosmetics specifically for working out. Rae Cosmetics* …
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I got to see this musical!! This song blew me away! (No pun intended…) I whine a lot. (Especially this week!) But I have a ton of good things in my life. Take for instance, what I got to do for my job this week: to find the worst pictures of women “exercising” I could …
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It hurts. But one of the rules of motherhood is that you’re not supposed to let your kids know they hurt you. They can hit you, bite you, call you names and tell their entire class at sharing time that you once put them in time out for intentionally peeing on the carpet when in …
Um. Ow. Be afraid, be very afraid: There is a silent killer lurking in your gym. Oh you may think your daily sweat fests are protecting you from injury and disease but in reality those free weights are a ticking time bomb with your number on it. And not just because the last person to …
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Stretching out my middle splits can be a little, well, intimate. It’s not that I intend to flash my crotch at the gym but accidents happen – running shorts or see-through tights are repeat offenders – and so to prevent any accidental uncomfortable moments I generally face the Gym Buddies (I don’t have anything they …
I’ve felt unsettled all day about having published the post about Crystal Renn’s weight loss. I was hesitant about posting it in the first place and I think I should have listened to my gut. The problem is this: the way to get myself to stop obsessing over things like other women’s weight loss is …
Disclaimer: This post may possibly be triggering for those struggling with eating disorders. They are not discussed in any detail but you know what you need – please take gentle care of yourself. Crystal Renn in her plus-size heyday Model Crystal Renn made huge waves (no pun intended) several years ago when she went from …
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