The Diet Wars: Girl-On-Girl Sabotage

More comic genius from N8! In one of the funniest stories to come out of Hollywood recently, Heidi Klum reportedly sent Victoria “Skeleton” Beckham a dozen of the decadent Sprinkles cupcakes for her birthday. It gets better: The attached note added that a dozen would be coming every Friday for the rest of the year. …

The Problem With Fitness Hair (Giveaway!!)

Well, this might do the trick. But then I might have more problems than I started out with… (photo credit) Turbo Jennie calls it her splash zone. Not because she has any resemblance to Shamu – quite the opposite – but because anyone within a certain radius of her gets sprinkled with her sweat as …

The Art of the Awkward Hug: Tips and Tricks For Hugging People in The Gym

As if being in a gym setting isn’t opportunity enough for physical awkwardness – I have, actually, walked into the men’s locker room by accident twice – but add being pregnant on top of everything and it can make life very… touchy. Fortunately I’m not overly sensitive to touch. You’d think with my history of …

Who is Your Workout Buddy? (Giveaway!)

Faster than a competitive treadmill runner, bolder than a know-it-all personal trainer, kinder than a back-stabbing Mean Girl: Who are these people who are so wonderful that they sweat rainbow Gatorade and spit sunshine loogies? Why, it’s the Gym Buddies! For those of you reading this via e-mail or a reader, click through to see …

Bodily Functions & Fitness 101: Gaseous Emissions

I did yoga this morning. Per usual, it was a sweaty-yet-relaxing good time and I enjoyed myself immensely (fave part: the stares when I did my headstand inversion, pregnant belly and all). But there was one part at the end that got a little awkward. It’s called Happy Baby Pose:It ought to be called Embarrassing …

Bodily Functions & Fitness 101: Pee

“Just saw the CrossFit WOD (workout of the day). I’m not even at the gym yet and I already have the nervous pee.” When I read this Facebook status update from Reader Amber, I laughed so hard I had to, well, you know. So class, for part two of my Bodily Functions & Fitness series …

Is Your Gastric Bypass Surgery Any of My Business?

Yes, this “weight loss tool” really exists. Heaven help us. Lest you missed the past 10 years, we now officially live in a culture of oversharing. Celebs talk about their rehab stints and fertility treatments in between questions from “serious” reporters about when they lost their virginity. And it isn’t just the rich and famous …