The Dessert Dilemma: Everyday Indulgence or Sometimes Splurge? [Plus: Simple, healthy fruit desserts]

  Love Natalie Dee! The mouse-over text says “I’m just a pig” People are of two minds when it comes to dessert. The first group eats it and loves it. The second group eats it, feels guilty about it and punishes themselves for it. There is a third group, who I’m told exists, that doesn’t eat …

Do You Speak Diet? How Did “Eating Healthy” Become How Women Bond? [The first reader e-mail I couldn’t answer.]

E-mail is one of the central fixtures of my day. This is partly because I’m a child of the 90’s and I still can’t get over how freaking amazing this whole Internet thing is. (For those of you who’ve never known a world without it you can’t imagine how bleak things were – I actually …

Amazing Recipes, Hilarious Cooking Horror Stories and So Many Many Wedgies [The Best of YOU this week]

If you haven’t seen this video yet, it’s a must-watch for some amazing workout (and life) inspiration: (If you can’t see this video in your e-mail/on your phone, please click through to my site.) This week I had so much fun going through all your comments and hearing your best (worst) cooking disasters, recipes, workout …

Proprioceptive Exercises: It’s 10 p.m., do you know where your legs are? [My new favorite workout!]

This owlet has it nailed! Check out that proprioception – he can even sleep one one foot! Also: Awwwww!!!! Do this now. Yes, right now. It will just take a minute. Probably less. Whatever you are doing, drop it (okay not literally, especially if you’re doing dishes – but then how would you be reading …

Ryan Seacrest Afraid of Girlfriend Julianne Hough’s Muscles? [What is it exactly that makes strong women scary?]

Now THIS is what I call scary muscles. (Don’t worry, it’s only a tattoo) It was a bevy of blonds recently when dark blond Ryan Seacrest sat down with platinum blond Ellen Degeneres (married to honey blond Portia di Rossi) to talk about… something… and the conversation turned to his golden blond girlfriend, Julianne Hough. …

How to Make Coconut Milk and Flour [And how NOT to make coconut flour cupcakes. A culinary disaster, in pictures]

 [UPDATE: I got Cassie’s gluten-free sugar-free chocolate cupcake recipe and I’ve added it at the end of this post. Just don’t ask me to cook them for you! You’re welcome!] There was a big shindig Sunday night. The Superbowl? You might have heard of it. Don’t ask me who was playing because I still can’t …

Dear Athletic Clothing Companies: How to make non-ridiculous fitness clothes

Today I came across a picture in a magazine of a model wearing these pants: All I could think was Holy Menstrual Explosion! Aren’t white pants with red splotches all over the crotch a woman’s worst nightmare? The funny part is that they were designed by fellow possessor-of-lady-bits Stella McCartney so we can’t chalk it …

From Crack Soup to Canadian Accents: Things I Learned from YOU This Week [Plus: 8 exercise-induce skin afflictions. I’m sorry]

  This is how we spent our Friday night! Dinner and a show at IKEA. Doesn’t get better than this. (My fave part is how Son #3 looks like he’s ascending to heaven rightthisverymoment.)  I’ve long maintained that the best part about this blog is you guys – readers, blog friends, internet confidantes. And it …