Google “funny sleeping baby” – it will make your whole day, I promise! People have been talking about it for decades but it officially became A Thing when Oprah declared (Dear Oprah, I miss you already!) on her show that for her Best Life Diet she was no longer eating after 8 p.m. I scoffed. …
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Two questions: Why would anyone ever buy a flesh-colored bikini? With suits in every imaginable color and pattern, who looks at this and thinks “You know what’s hot? Beige.” Also, what on earth is that lamb thingy on the table? Loaf of lamb? Bread ferret? Lawn art?? The fat-free 90’s loved it. Atkins banned it. …
Read more “The Controversial Carbohydrate [Paralysis by Analysis]”
My frugality and fitness fanaticism are not mutually exclusive – in fact once you get past your Lululemon loving, living healthier saves you money in a lot of ways – but the one big health tip that everyone from Dr. Oz to Oprah to Jillian Michaels to PETA to Mark Sisson agree on is the …
Post Updated: Read postscript please! Thanks:) Possibly the only question more charged in fit-minded circles these days than steady state vs. interval cardio, is the classic and omnipresent Protein Question. The Protein Question, also known as the Protein Debate or the Protein Lecture depending on who is doing the speaking, is one of the most-asked, …
Read more “How Much Protein Do You Really Need? [Healthy, Healthier, Healthiest?]”
In a world where losing weight is an extreme sport and the risks of failing include being socially ostracized or dying, a diet where you give yourself daily injections of a hormone culled from the blood of pregnant women can seem pretty reasonable (ancient altar and stone knife, platinum subscription only). But only if it …
Read more “The HCG Diet: Fad or Miracle? [Plus breast milk ice cream!]”
Real recipe from foodnetwork.com. My fave comment on it: LocalBoyMakesGoo: “Tried this recipe last night. The bacon was great, but the paper towels tasted awful.” “2 cups dried, unsweetened coconut, 1/2 c almond flour, 1/4 c coconut butter, 1/4 c maple syrup, 1/8 tsp vanilla and sea salt. Mix, roll into balls, refrigerate.” It wasn’t …
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And now you’re not hungry are you? Gah. I shudder every time I look at this. Common sense vs the New York Times. This last week saw an epic showdown between conventional wisdom and the venerable Gray Lady over a topic everyone usually agrees on: breakfast. (Although now that I type that out, it’s not …
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I’ve always had a soft spot for Ginnifer Goodwin – we’re both pale with dark hair, we’re both 32, and she plays a polygamous Mormon wife on a show that purports to not be about Mormons but really is, (or at least is really about the weirdly naive-yet-oversexed stereotype of Mormons that Hollywood so loves) …
Read more “Ginnifer Goodwin’s Epic Diet [How Old Were You on Your First Diet?]”
Betrayed by my body. Well it wouldn’t be the first time, I thought grimly as I sat in my flimsy paper gown listening to the doctor explain the results of my previous testing. (Dear doctor, please at least allow me the dignity of being lectured with my clothes on next time.) Seriously rank flatulence in …
Read more “My Great Dietary Fat Experiment: How eating more fat made me healthier”
When bad cookies happen to good cartoons. (Nobody saw anything wrong with this before it went to production? Really??) Cookies happen. It’s the holidays. I know there are some of you that will completely abstain from the sugary fare – I commend you; I did the no-sugar Experiment for 90 days over Halloween, Thanksgiving and …
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