3 Ways to Make Sure You're Using Your Fitness Gear


Updated 09/22/09 1:48 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 6 comments

3 Ways to Make Sure You're Using Your Fitness Gear

It's great to keep fitness equipment at home, but the hardest part is getting motivated to use it. Here are three things you can do so they help burn calories instead of collecting dust. Don't put equipment away. Many types of fitness gear can be folded up so they're out of your way, but if they're out of your sight like in your closet or under your bed, chances are you're less likely to set Read more

Do You Work Out on Your Lunch Break?


Updated 02/10/12 1:24 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Going to the Gym on a Lunch Break

The dark days of Winter have me skipping my usual afterwork gym session; emerging from a workout to pitch-black darkness and freezing temps doesn't appeal to me. To make up for it, I've been ramping up weekend workouts and fitting in gym sessions during my lunch breaks at work. It takes extra planning (and organizing) when it comes to my workday, but it's worth it to avoid the dark commute home. Read more

Miranda Kerr Puts Away Her Bikini For a Shopping Trip With Flynn


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Miranda Kerr and Flynn Bloom Shopping in Sydney Pictures

Miranda Kerr shopped in Sydney yesterday with her son Flynn Bloom. The duo stopped by a UPS store before hopping back into their car and heading home. Miranda, Flynn, and Orlando Bloom are in Miranda's native Australia visiting with friends and family. Miranda Kerr wore a bikini earlier this week for a particularly fun afternoon of drinking champagne and catching up with pals. Orlando was Read more

Mistakes That Could Ruin Your Morning Workout


Updated 02/09/12 2:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Morning Exercise Mistakes and Fixes

If you work or go to school full time, getting your sweat on in the wee hours of the morn is probably the only time you can fit it in. Kudos to you for resisting the urge to hit the snooze button and skip out. Make setting your alarm and pulling yourself out of bed worth all the effort and avoid these morning exercise mistakes. Not eating: It's super early, but you need to eat in order to fuel Read more

From the Fit Community: Leave Your Phone at Home When You Work Out


Updated 02/09/12 10:36 AM · Posted by Fit Community · 2 comments

Why You Shouldn't Use Your Cell Phone in the Gym

FitSugar reader JessicaSmithTV wants you to know: you're hurting your workout when you bring your cell phone into the equation. She shared her three reasons you should stay cell phone-free at the gym in our 10 Pounds Down! community group. 1. It’s hurting your workout (and could cause you to get hurt) If you can text or talk on the phone during any part of your workout, you aren’t working Read more

Lil Links: It Doesn't Need to Be Valentine's Day to Bring the Romance Back After the Baby


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Romance After Baby

Everyday romantic gestures to help bring sexy back into your relationship — Parenting Ten processed foods you can feed your kids guilt-free — The Stir Should you worry about your kids' imaginary friends? — HuffPost Parents Harper Beckham is mad for plaid — Celebrity Baby Scoop Robert Downey Jr. welcomes a son — Celebrity Baby Blog How to solve the racial divide in infant life Read more

11 Things You Need to Throw Away


Updated 02/12/12 2:15 AM · Posted by · 6 comments

Things to Throw Away

The first step to taking care of yourself and de-stressing is to make sure that your environment is in order. Seeing your house full of clutter can affect your mood negatively and make your personal space seem like a place you want to escape from, rather than something to look forward to coming home to. Organize a "throwing out" day every month to make sure that you don't have clutter building Read more

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Treat the Twins to a Movie


Updated 02/06/12 9:07 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt With Kids at Lady and the Tramp

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt took Vivienne and Knox to a screening of Lady and the Tramp at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre yesterday. It was the latest fun outing for Brad and Angelina after they treated Shiloh, Zahara, and Knox to Cirque du Soleil's OVO last Saturday. Brad's been fitting family time in between promotional duties for Moneyball, with his latest stop on CBS This Morning, where he Read more

Get the Look: Architectural Digest's 2012 Academy Awards Greenroom


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Waldo Fernandez Designs Greenroom For the 2012 Academy Awards

Architectural Digest chose AD100 interior designer Waldo Fernandez to create the magazine's greenroom at the 84th Annual Academy Awards. This will be the 10th consecutive year that Architectural Digest will have the honor of producing the backstage lounge for Oscar presenters and honorees. As a UCLA architecture and design student, Fernandez helped create sets for major motion pictures like Read more

Lil Links: The Case Against High Heels in Pregnancy


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High Heels and Pregnancy

Does Jessica Simpson need to ditch the heels while pregnant? — The Stir Is Maddox Jolie-Pitt taking flying lessons? — Celebrity Baby Scoop Why Elizabeth Banks chose surrogacy — Celebrity Baby Blog Surviving cancer and your first trimester — FitPregnancy Tips for handling baby's first 100 days — Parenting Fun things to do with baby indoors — The Bump Homebirth advocate dies after Read more