The "You’d Be So Pretty If…" Contest Winner
Is Shellie! You know the drill, girl!
Putting The Art in Body Art
Cute, right? The owner thought it meant “courage.” Apparently it literally says “big mistake.” Somebody’s got a sense of humor! My first boyfriend had a pet name for me: Sweet Pea. As in the baby from the Popeye cartoons. Yeah, it’s a little weird to nickname your girlfriend after an infant with no legs but …
Things That Make Me Go Barf
Fish, meatballs, strong cologne, my two-year-old’s poopy diapers and even my beloved SweeTart jellybeans have all made me vomit this pregnancy. But would you like to know the number one thing guaranteed to bring on the waves of nausea? The smell of my own sweat. I know. For a girl who gets sweaty at least …
Birth Control Makes You Weak, Running Makes You Wrinkly
From the same people who decided to kill off Bert on Sesame Street, comes our depressing research news for the day. Birth Control Pills Make You WeakEvery girl now knows that strength training is integral to good health. It shores up our bones, helps us live longer, and – of course – helps us look …
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Do You Have "A Spot"?
Having been a while since anything really strange has happened to me at the gym (side note: the man who used to walk the track swinging his arms wildly as if in a cloud of gnats has seemingly disappeared. But don’t worry, the girl who lines up her stuffed animals facing her yoga mat is …
You’d Be So Pretty If… (Giveaway!)
One of my favorite memories growing up is of our monthly household-wide Period Party. That’s right, a party devoted to the menstrual happenings of all the women in the house. My mother was a community health nurse who took care of the pregnant teens at whatever school it was to which they sent the girls …
Shape Magazine Lies – Cover Model Points Out Photoshopping
Oh do you remember when Shape magazine claimed none of their cover models are airbrushed? Editor-in-chief Valerie Latona responded to accusations of photo fakery in her monthly letter from the editor in the March edition saying she “emphatically and truthfully” promises that “we do not alter stars’ bodies.” Latona says her magazine “features ladies who …
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Trust Issues: When Your Body is Not Your Own
My friend E is a medical miracle. Several weeks ago she was struck down by a bacteria that on Friday made her feel flu-ish and by Monday had her in a coma that the doctors said she would not come out of. Emergency surgery that required a team of 12 doctors, several near misses in …
Fit Pregnancy: Exercise in the First Trimester (Also Known as the Puke-n-Play Workout)
Public vomiting. Excessive drool. Sore boobs. Itchy nipples. Racehorse urinating. Muscle soreness. Bloating. Fatigue so incapacitating you fall asleep sitting up. Nausea. Weight gain. Cramps. Weight loss. And, naturally, mood swings. Don’t worry, you’re not going through heroin withdrawal, you’re just in the first trimester of pregnancy. Fun! I do not enjoy being pregnant. I’m …
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The Organic Quandry: Do You Get What You Pay For?
One of the main principles – the main principle, it could be argued – of Jillian Michael’s book Master Your Metabolism that has so engrossed me as of late revolves around the admonition to go organic. She advises you upon pain of a permanently screwed metabolism to not only eat organic foods but to drink …
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