Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines Revised

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, …

The Diet Wars: Learning to Listen

You can thank Reader Forest for this little gem. Hope you weren’t eating! Welcome to Dueling Diets! I’m your host, Crazy Charlotte. Today I’ll be pitting the Primal Blueprint a la Mark Sisson against the Engine 2 Diet a la Rip Esselstyn, all as part of my “Striving for Perfection” Experiment this month. I’m going …

Does it Matter What Your Personal Trainer Looks Like?

There are many good reasons to hire a personal trainer but are their looks one of them? Paul “PJ” James, a personal trainer in Australia, wants to find out by going from “hunk to chunk” and back again in an effort to empathize with his clients and answer this question for fitness professionals everywhere. The …

Biggest Loser Trainers Reinforce Gender Stereotypes – Antidepressant Sales Skyrocket

Click image to enlarge What’s wrong with this picture? The obvious answer, thanks to my Perez-style arrows (which is why you will never have to worry about me photoshopping anything on this site), is that this “health” segment on Oprah’s website is sponsored by Hersheys. Not that there is anything wrong with a little chocolate …

February’s Great Fitness Experiment: Everybody Say Ohm!

At tonight’s Super Bowl party, rather than watch the game – why would I want to do that? – I instead got to talk to a bunch of people I’ve never met before. This is one of my favorite pastimes as it gives me the opportunity to ask overly personal questions of complete strangers. I …

Experiment Results Shocker: I Did Not Lose 10 Pounds In One Month

Although this elephant probably just lost 10 pounds in 10 seconds. There’s just something about doing handstand push-ups on the weight floor that brings it out in people. Brings what out, you ask? Eye rolls, high fives, stares, giggles… wedgies – trust me, we got it all today! But before we get to our crazy …

Does Your Birth Control Make You Gain Weight?

Does birth control make you gain weight? The research says no. And that, my friends, is the sound of a million women screaming and throwing things at their monitors. Occasionally I read a piece of research that makes me wonder if the researcher has ever met an actual live human specimen and this is one …