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 …
Pee. Sweat. All kinds of gaseous emissions. We’ve covered a lot of embarrassing stuff on here the past week. We giggled, we shared our worst moments and I unwittingly earned the privilege of having everyone in Turbokick ask me if I’ve had any soy that day before they’ll stand next to me – every single …
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The efficacy of personal training can be distilled down to one factor: the person in the “personal” trainer. This was the downfall of April’s Great Fitness Experiment wherein I tried out Women’s Health Magazine’s online personal trainer. The problem was that other than me, there were no actual people involved and their computer wasn’t any …
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Today being a holiday in the States, I’m off picnicking with the family (read: pulling ticks out of the wee ones and screaming at the baby to not throw himself in the lake). But seeing as a lot of gyms are closed to today or if you’re just feeling in the mood for a saucy …
“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 …
I’m 14 weeks pregnant today which means that not only am I officially second trimester now but I’m also the proud mama to a lemon. Yes, the Jelly Bean has moved up the random food scale used by Baby Center to describe the various fetus stages from junk food to something healthier although I can’t …
April’s Great Fitness Experiment was testing out the online personal training service from Women’s Health Magazine. I did it for a month. It was lame. But not so bad that it would make an interesting post. Confession time: it’s 10 o’clock at night and I’ve been dreading writing this post all day. And everyone knows …
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“Pssst!” I looked over at the woman laying next to me on the hard gym floor, both of us in a cesspool of our sweat courtesy of the bootcamp class we were doing. At first I wasn’t sure if her noise was just a loud exhale during a sit-up but then she continued. “Aren’t you …
Fish, meatballs, strong cologne, my two-year-old’s poopy diapers and even my beloved SweeTart jellybeans have all made me vomit this pregnancy. But would you like to know the number one thing guaranteed to bring on the waves of nausea? The smell of my own sweat. I know. For a girl who gets sweaty at least …
Having been a while since anything really strange has happened to me at the gym (side note: the man who used to walk the track swinging his arms wildly as if in a cloud of gnats has seemingly disappeared. But don’t worry, the girl who lines up her stuffed animals facing her yoga mat is …
