I should have gone with rock, paper, scissors. People challenge me to do stupid things and I do them. This was more a problem in my youth than now although The Primal Blueprint Challenge is evidence that I’m still swayed by peer pressure. (Disclaimer: I’m only saying the PB was stupid for me. I know …
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I read FitPregnancy. It seems slightly silly to me, this being my fifth (I’m a breeder!) pregnancy and all and yet I’m still drawn by the lure of Build An Entire Maternity Wardrobe Out of 5 Simple Pieces (of clothing I could never afford) and essays by professional athletes who do two-hour trail runs when …
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A lot of research and discussion has been devoted to how people eat in groups. We already know that people eat about 30% more when dining with friends and that teen girls have a reduced incidence of eating disorders when they participate in family dinners and that we eat more in “healthy” restaurants, among other …
You’ve seen the workout program ads: in between shots of glistening, contracting abdominals and hyper smiling people who only sweat in socially acceptable places – your amped up cleavage if you are a woman, your shaved pecs if you are a man – comes the promise. What, you ask, can a DVD workout/exercise book/smiling B-list …
Do you like scary movies? Chalk it up to a bad experience with The Changeling (not the Angelina Jolie version but the really old 80’s one) or just an overactive imagination but I normally stay as far away from the scary stuff as possible. The other night however, I found myself parked in front of …
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I got an interesting e-mail about a week ago from “Tammy”. She started off good, telling me how funny I am and how much she loves my blog (flattery will get you everywhere with me) but then took a sharp turn off into Marketing LaLa land. You might recognize this place – land of fabled …
I’m kinda thinking he likes it… I’m going to be straight with you: I’ve been grading SAT essays until midnight every night for the past week. Spending that much time with the profundities of high schoolers has made me crabby and bitter. I’m thisclose to grabbing the next teenager I see and screaming, “SURELY YOU …
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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 …
Normally I don’t advocate supplement use, especially not all the crap marketed to fitness buffs. In addition to a dizzying array of protein powders (soy! whey! pea! rice! hemp! vegan! insane!), you’ve got pre-workout beverages, post-workout beverages, beans, gels, gus, and a bar for every occasion including – and I kid you not – menstruation. …
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There are some conversations that at the beginning sound like a good idea but the more you get into it, the more you realize that you’re going places you never intended. Take, for instance, explaining the rules of Clue to a five year old. “Mommy, why is there a crooked stick in here?” “It’s a …
