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Amazing Recipes, Hilarious Cooking Horror Stories and So Many Many Wedgies [The Best of YOU this... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise If you haven’t seen this video yet, it’s a must-watch for some amazing workout (and life) inspiration: (If you can’t see this video in your e-mail/on yo ... Read on »
Proprioceptive Exercises: It’s 10 p.m., do you know where your legs are? [My new favorite... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise This owlet has it nailed! Check out that proprioception – he can even sleep one one foot! Also: Awwwww!!!! Do this now. Yes, right now. It will just take a minute ... Read on »
Ryan Seacrest Afraid of Girlfriend Julianne Hough’s Muscles? [What is it exactly that makes... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Now THIS is what I call scary muscles. (Don’t worry, it’s only a tattoo) It was a bevy of blonds recently when dark blond Ryan Seacrest sat down with plati ... Read on »
How to Make Coconut Milk and Flour [And how NOT to make coconut flour cupcakes. A culinary... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise  [UPDATE: I got Cassie's gluten-free sugar-free chocolate cupcake recipe and I've added it at the end of this post. Just don't ask me to cook them for you! You're welco ... Read on »
Dear Athletic Clothing Companies: How to make non-ridiculous fitness clothes by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Today I came across a picture in a magazine of a model wearing these pants: All I could think was Holy Menstrual Explosion! Aren’t white pants with red spl ... Read on »
From Crack Soup to Canadian Accents: Things I Learned from YOU This Week [Plus: 8 exercise-induce... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise   This is how we spent our Friday night! Dinner and a show at IKEA. Doesn’t get better than this. (My fave part is how Son #3 looks like he’s ascending to ... Read on »
The 1 Tiny Meal Hack That Will Change the Way You Eat [More veggies! More satiety! More cow... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Confession #1: I once wrote a review about Paula Druckerman’s much-maligned parenting book  Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Paren ... Read on »
Choosing Happiness: 10 Tips for Learning Optimism (From a girl who’d knock the glass over... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise “You’re insanely cheerful for someone who has been crapped on by life way more than most people.” The other day I got this text from a friend and I have to say ... Read on »
Confession of a Failed Vegetarian [And of a failed dieter in general] by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise “No baby animals were harmed in the making of this salt.” -  Natalie De e   Slightly panicked phone calls are my favorite kind. It usually means that ... Read on »
Six Ways to Soup Up Your Soup [What's Your Cold Weather Comfort Food?] by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Moving from Seattle to Minnesota has changed me in so many ways. Some are for the good: I no longer think any stranger who says “Hi” to me on the street is a h ... Read on »
Anatomy of a Worry: 15 Things to do When You Can’t Do Anything [Rap music may be involved.... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Got some bad news tonight. Of course I can’t talk about it (I don’t tell other people’s problems on this blog unless they ask me to!). And of course it’s drivi ... Read on »
Whiny Whiny Girls, Gym Edition [When Workouts Go Meh] by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise It’s called the “bend-over pull through” but surely it deserves a better name than that! Help me out in the comments? So many questions but I’ll start here ... Read on »
Night Carbs, Night Waking, Night Fasting: New Research Covers Everything About Bedtime Except... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Hey kids! Do you like number crunching? Manipulating other people like marionettes? Watching people do intimate things when they think they’re alone and record ... Read on »
Fitness Etiquette: Is it okay to show off while working out? by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise I’m just gonna call it: This is bad showing off, on both their parts. And I do mean “parts” literally. In my new quest to become the Emily Post of Fitn ... Read on »
My PV Body Recant [Plus: The Most Inspiring Fitness People and Stories for 2013!] by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Oy. Where to start? Remember my review of the new company PV Body ? It’s a company that for a monthly subscription fee sends you name-brand fitness clothes for ... Read on »
Who Are You? The Art of Navel Gazing and the Science of People Watching [Giveaway!] by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Wait a minute – that’s not where my navel is! Better keep looking… Navel gazing is kinda my thing. Not literally – trust me, after having 5 kids, not even ... Read on »
The Great Dietary Fat Experiment Continues: How Eating Lots of Fat Made Me Lots of Healthy by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Betrayed by my body. Well it wouldn’t be the first time, I thought grimly as I sat in my flimsy paper gown listening to the doctor explain the results of my prev ... Read on »
What a Woman is Supposed to Look Like [Take notes, ladies! There will be a test... called "the... by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Hey girlfriends! Remember the good ol’ days when men were men and women were… prepubescent children? Like the time the fashion world crowned Elle Fanning the new “It ... Read on »
The Gift of Cold [Or: The Worst Marriage Proposal Ever] by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise  This is the best marriage proposal ever. The only way this could get any better is if she was puking. I love it so much. How do you think he’ll do it? Is ... Read on »
How to Teach Girls How Not to Get Raped by Charlotte H. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise   If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s pretty awesome. Eyes! EYES! Nose! NOSE! Ears! EARS!  The roar of teenage girls filled the small room at my chu ... Read on »