“Is it too Late to get in Shape?” plus [ Feb 2009 Food Diary + Workout Schedule]

Help I am 45 and I really want to workout and get in great shape.

Is it too late?
Join me on my quest for health and fitness.
I went to the  “The Yorkville Club” on Jan 27th for a fitness assessment.  I just posted the results here as embarrassing as that is.  I hope to show a [...]

Self-Respect

Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (11 November [O.S. 30 October] 1821 – 9 February [O.S. 29 January] 1881) was a Russian writer and essayist, known for his novels Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.Dostoyevsky’s literary output explores human psychology in the troubled political, social and spiritual context of 19th-century Russian society.

Get Fit For 2010: Winners’ Circle

We have a three-month-long Get Fit For 2010 contest going on here at FitSugar. And you know what a contest means? Winners! I am thrilled to announce our first two winners of the Get Fit community challenge and contest. Please help me congratulate the following Sugar users: Week one winner is NoahsMommy23 . She wrote that her health goal for the year was to lose the weight she gained when pregnant by upping her weekly visits to the gym

Denny’s Will Give Out Free Grand Slams Tomorrow

Now that Jamba Juice’s $1 oatmeal deal has ended, hungry diners will need to look elsewhere for breakfast on a budget. Thankfully, Denny’s has stepped in with a promotion that’s too good to pass up. Tomorrow, the casual dining chain will offer its Original Grand Slam for free from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m

Sad Findings: Companion Love Isn’t the Key to Marriage

We’ve always been told if we could turn romantic love into companion love, then marriage might just be happily ever after. But now more and more scientists agree that companion love is not the answer to a happy marriage ; staying madly in love is! A UC Santa Barbara study looked at brain scans of couples who claimed to be madly in love after 20 years of marriage and compared them to couples newly in love. Couples married for 20 years showed the same amount of neural activity minus the anxiety and obsession of new love. And early surveys show this love appears to be present in about 30 percent of married couples in the US. While it’s great news for the lucky few, what does it mean for the other 70 percent? Researchers say not to throw in the towel, but their advice makes me want to. “Go see a play,” “take a class together,” and “sex is always good” don’t sound like the keys to everlasting love

Say What? Shortage of College Men Sets Women Back 50 Years

“Thanks to simple laws of supply and demand, it is often the women who must assert themselves romantically or be left alone on Valentine’s Day, staring down a George Clooney movie over a half-empty pizza box.” - Reporter Alex Williams discusses the shortage of men on college campuses and the dire consequences facing female coeds.

Happy Hour: X-Rated Sangria

I’ll be up front and say that Valentine’s Day is not my favorite holiday. I’m an idealist who believes that every day should be full of love and affection. But I do appreciate that it’s the perfect excuse to eat a surplus of chocolate, and better yet, just about the only occasion when it’s acceptable to drink ridiculously girly cocktails. This week, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to create a blushing sangria. It gets its signature color from X-Rated , a vodka, mango, and passionfruit based liqueur, and tastes like a trip to the tropics. For a festive cocktail that’ll kick-start any Valentine’s Day-themed girls’ night out , read more.

Skiing Essentials For Your Head and Toes

‘Tis the season to hit the slopes.

The Stupidity of the Jersey Shore Cast - Real or Fake?

Snooki, Pauly D, and The Situation took the Jersey Shore name to a whole new low on Ellen today. She quizzed them about New Jersey (Where is Newark Airport?) and other things a fifth grader would know (Was New Jersey on the North or South side of the Civil War?). And yet they struggled . I just don’t buy anyone educated in the US can’t tell the North from the South. Watch it, and decide if you think it’s real or they’re playing it up. The Stupidity of the Jersey Shore Cast - Real or Fake? Real Fake