Love Forever, BELLA. Check out the rest of this blog post for more funny food journals! I’ve always been a journal keeper. My very first journal was a plain blue number that I illustrated myself by drawing… a gigantic toilet bowl on the cover with the words MY LIFE swirling metaphorically down the hole. I was …
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Right now I am drinking an unholy concoction of Yogi immune support/liver detox herbal tea, orange Airborne, local buckwheat honey, virgin coconut oil and 2 packets of True Lemon grapefruit crystals sprinkled with cinnamon and curry powder and all emulsified in the chunky backwash of a grabby toddler*. Why? Because short of drinking the blood of …
Drinking your own urine: One more thing to strike off your healthy bucket list! Bucket lists are as popular these days as prison tattoos and while I love the idea of having goals and dreaming big, just because something is on The List doesn’t mean it’s a Good Idea. So here are 10 things that …
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14-year-old Julia Bluhm made national news when she showed up at Seventeen magazine with over 25,000 signatures on her petition asking for the mag to stop digitally altering their pictures. Teens Emma Stydahar and Carina Cruz followed suit with their Spark Movement aimed at getting Teen Vogue to lay off the Photoshop as well. While their efforts were somewhat …
Covering the 2012 Reebok Crossfit Games for Shape mag was insanely fun! But because a few little somebodies really missed me, here’s a mini-recap until I can give you my full crazy weekend report! Priorities: This is what I am doing today. Lots and lots and lots of snuggles! The energy was crazy at the …
Flying out tonight to cover the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games! So excited! If I’m slowing getting back to e-mails/comments then that will be nothing new, er, I mean, it’s because I’m too busy watching incredibly buff women throw some very large weights! Squeee!
They forgot one: AND not ever possess anything pink. Unless it’s wrapped in bacon. The other day I headed into the local sporting goods store to buy some boxing gloves (it’s about time – I’ve been using the public ones at the gym and those smell so badly that I have to put latex gloves …
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The MMA Video Shoot: Kicking Butt. Taking Names. Laughing Until I Pee. Just a Little. (HUGE thanks to Darren Batchelor and Kendra Ruff for sharing their expertise with us!) Tonight found me with the inimitable Jen Sinkler – fitness editor of Experience Life mag, former national team rugby player and all-around hottie – filming a video about …
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Any girl who has ever walked down the street and had to listen to jerks catcalling, joking or otherwise harassing a woman will well relate to Kelsey, a 20-year-old Minnesotan, who took matters into her own hands while walking home last weekend. Like any good netizen, she shared the whole story on her blog, along with the …
I can be nose to tail with someone in Down Dog. I can have someone’s bunion-ed foot right in my face during Warrior III. I can do Bird of Paradise and “shine” my crotch at all the crotches “shining” back at me. I can even handle it when someone else drips sweat on my mat …
