Comic by the fabulous Natalie Dee It’s the weekend! Everyone who’s planning on ending up in a restaurant (minus the tray and apron), raise your hands. To everyone else: what kind of American are you? The economy is failing and only your reckless spending habits can save it! Move, people!! I am a Mystery Shopper …
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See – this is the proper way to get your protein. What I’m about to tell you may make me the most reviled person in the fit-o-spere: I don’t love smoothies*. Or protein shakes. Or recovery drinks. Or even drinkable yogurt. The only exception to this rule are milkshakes but even then I only like …
“50 Ways To Burn More Calories” is the biggest, boldest headline on this month’s Allure magazine (the one with a spacey Megan Fox on the cover where she says that she can’t stand looking at herself and the thing she loves most is to be alone so she often spaces out to block out crowds …
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If you are a woman, you must watch this video. I dare you not to laugh inappropriately loud. Benjamin Franklin forgot something when he said “nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” He forgot menstrual cycles. Being that he’s a man, I suppose I’ll have to forgive him for not knowing …
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Be afraid, be very afraid: There is a silent killer lurking in your gym. Oh you may think your daily sweat fests are protecting you from injury and disease but in reality those free weights are a ticking time bomb with your number on it. And not just because the last person to use them …
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Beauty is pain. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something. I realize that die-hard Princess Bride fans are firing up their e-mails at this very second to correct my misquote but I still think it applies here. Beauty is a highly prized commodity in our society and therefore we will go to great lengths …
Nothing says health food like meat in a can. But look – it even has one of those little key thingies to help you open it!! The Internet teaches many strange lessons. For instance, courtesy of Facebook I now know more of my girl friends’ maiden names than I did when we were in high …
Here’s one mild example. I was too horrified to post the worst offenders. Feel free to click through and check out others if you are so inclined. Be ready to wish for your retinas to detach. One model in a ball gown stabbing another through the neck. A gang bang of a man perpetrated by …
image credit No matter where you fall on the spectrum of personal responsibility versus our obesogenic environment as the primary factor in the obesity crisis, there is one thing we all seem to agree on: Fast food is awful. Whether you think it’s your fault for choosing to eat it or the companies’ faults for …
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File this under It’s Not Fair (or, Another Reason It’s OK to Steal His Comfy T-Shirts): Men can eat simple carbs like white bread, pasta and rice galore and it doesn’t up their heart disease risk. Women, on the other hand, just smell the stuff and their ticker goes off like a firecracker. To pour …
Read more “New Research: Men Can Eat Carbs and Don’t Fear Getting Fat. (Women, not so much.)”
