I visited my mom a couple weekends ago, and was appalled to discover that as her daily afternoon snack, she devours an entire Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Bar With Almonds. No, not a regular-sized 210-calorie bar. With her insane sweet tooth, she said that isn’t enough. The bar she gobbles down...

Weekend brunch is one of my favorite meals, but with all the deliciously decadent foods to choose from, like a Belgian waffle smothered in maple syrup and whipped cream, it’s easy to overindulge. To avoid having to spend the entire afternoon in a coma on the couch, here are some tips for making...

After years of being maligned, fat is making a comeback. It’s the macronutrient necessary for absorbing fat-soluble nutrients like carotenoids, the antioxidant the body converts to vitamin A. This family of antioxidants gives fruits and veggies their orange and red hues, so the produce containing...

Being in the last few weeks of my pregnancy, I have to confess that I haven’t been keeping up with my kegels . Early in my pregnancy, new moms urged me to keep my pelvic floor strong, but distracted by the impending appearance of my new little one, exercising this area has not been a top priority....

“I don’t like it when they stretch you out and make you all long and skinny. It makes you look like a Barbie. Who the hell looks like that?” - Actress Emily Blunt speaks to Elle UK on her dislike of having photos of herself altered by the media. This is not the first time the actress...

It’s not a stomach of steel you’re after. You don’t need to be able to devour a bowl of spicy chili without even a single burp. You’d be happy with a stomach that could handle a simple apple. Unfortunately every body is different, and some of us are born with sensitive stomachs,...

The final resting pose in a yoga class known as Savasana is so relaxing, but FitSugar reader bigestivediscuit shared an especially relaxing experience in the Yoga Stretch and Tell community group. Last night I had a nearly orgasmic moment on the train ride home when the breeze coming through the hot...

I found a new running buddy in my neighborhood, and let’s just say that she’s much more hard-core than I. I led her through a leisurely 35-minute run, and the next day, it was her turn to lead. She had us running up every hill in the woodsy trails near our homes. By the end, we had run for...

People ask me how to get into rock climbing, and my answer is always the same: sign up for a beginning rock climbing class , or have an experienced climber teach you . For safety reasons alone, it’s not something to start naively. Once you decide that climbing is for you and you feel comfortable...

With the highly anticipated Eat Pray Love opening just weeks away, Julia Roberts is everywhere. And this is not a bad thing, BTW. BuzzSugar was lucky enough to catch up with the actress recently, and amongst other things, Julia talked about all the pasta and pizza she had to eat during filming. She...

In love with the classic squirt top biking water bottle, my husband asked rhetorically if one could make a better water bottle? My answer was simply the Kangaroo Bottle ($13) by Contigo. While not designed to fit in a cycling water bottle cage, it has a bunch of great features. Named for the pocket...