Fit Pregnancy: Exercise in the First Trimester (Also Known as the Puke-n-Play Workout)

by Charlottebodily functions, gym adventures, Gym Buddies, pregnancyPosted on 34 Comments

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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Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines Revised

by Charlotteeating disorders, pregnancy, pregorexia, research, weight gain/lossPosted on 40 Comments

Nothing says fun like taking your 5-year-old in for his kindergarten checkup, i.e. The Checkup That Requires Shots. (Bonus points for bringing along a tantruming 2-year-old who is missing his nap!) So it was in this frame of mind that I was looking for a little diversion, magazine style. My choices were the regional magazine, …

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A Weight Workout To Make a Grown Man Cry. Or Give Birth.

by Charlottecrossfit, gym adventures, Gym Buddies, humor, Mini-Experiments, pregnancy, weight liftingPosted on 29 Comments

Some days are easy workout days. Which is fine. I have learned – many times over as I am a remarkably slow learner – that you don’t have to hammer yourself on every workout. Last week was one of those weeks where I had blood-sweat-and-tears workouts on six out of six days. (More on that …

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Stretch Marks: Fashion Accesory or Faux Pax?

by Charlottebodily functions, body image, celebrities, fashion, hollywood, pregnancyPosted on 37 Comments

Here’s something you don’t see very often in our Photoshopped, airburshed and Dermablended world: stretch marks. And not just a couple discreetly tucked away on a hip or breast. Oh no, these are full-on I’ve birthed a baby and no amount of Mederma will ever fix them stretch marks. A woman named Deelishis from, unsurprisingly, …

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Pregorexia: New Eating Disorder or Overblown Media Hype?

by Charlottecelebrities, eating disorders, hollywood, pregnancy, pregorexiaPosted on 22 Comments

Nicole Kidman. Halle Berry. Nicole Richie. Angelina Jolie. I can’t remember the last time any of these women were in the news for a movie they made but all have recently graced many magazine covers. For what? For being able to walk out of the maternity ward in their pre-pregnancy jeans which, natch, were tiny …

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