Fittingly Mad: The Myth of Work/Life Balance


Updated 10/27/07 6:14 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 22 comments

Fittingly Mad: The Myth of Work/Life Balance

I have a full time job. I have two young daughters. I have a husband who I actually enjoy hanging out with, not that I see him much one-on-one. I have hobbies — well, "hobbies" might be a slight exaggeration. There are many activities I enjoy: running, pushing my girls on the swing at the park, baking cakes and pies, studying Spanish, learning how to dance salsa, learning how to sew...but I am Read more

Healthy Dose Link Time: Dance Yourself Fit With Cheryl Burke


Updated 03/26/12 12:45 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Cheryl Burke Leg Toning Dance Moves

DWTS's Cheryl Burke shares her leg toning dance moves — Self Get your yoga on and conquer any arm balance pose — Yoga Journal All-natural ways to beat your Spring cold — Prevention Spring into the season with healthy pastas loaded with veggies — Blisstree The best cardio machines you've never seen — Shape Load your maki with garden fresh veggies and roll it up — Vegetarian Read more

Your Most Popular Exercise Myths Debunked


Updated 05/18/11 9:45 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Popular Exercise Myths and Why They Aren't True

Earlier this week we asked you which exercise myth had you convinced for way too long, and you weren't too shy to let us know! We already debunked the myth that muscle turns into fat, but here are the most popular myths that you believed and why they are so completely untrue! Myth: Strength training makes you bulk up. You said: "[I believed] that strength training would make you bulk up — Read more

Nutrition Myths That Can Cause Weight Gain


Updated 12/08/11 12:27 PM · Posted by · 8 comments

Reasons People Gain Weight

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. Myth: Going Vegan Will Make You Lose Weight "While various research shows that vegetarians and vegans, on average, consume fewer calories and less fat than omnivores (a 2009 Oxford study found that vegetarians weigh 3 to 20 percent less than their meat-eating counterparts, and a National Cancer Institute study found Read more

Healthy Dose Link Time: A Lighter Cupcake


Updated 05/12/11 10:53 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

Healthy Cupcake Recipes

Cupcakes that won't break the calorie bank — Health Balance bracelets — worth the hype? — Self Say good morning with these seven healthy pancake recipes — Daily Spark Biggest Loser recap: down to the final four — Fit Bottomed Girls Diet myths that just won't die — Diet-Blog 10 tips for hitting the farmers market — PB Fingers Learn how to decipher your sunscreen label Read more

With Teen Obesity, Inactivity Is Only Part of the Problem


Updated 10/14/11 11:49 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 28 comments

With Teen Obesity, Inactivity Is Only Part of the Problem

I panic every time I see another "exercise doesn't work!" story — until I read between the lines and learn once again that exercise is a good thing. On the heels of its conversation-starting cover story on the exercise "myth," Time is tackling a new study of teen obesity that claims inactivity is only partly to blame for heavier kids. Obesity rates in teenagers have triple between 1976 and Read more

Happy Hour: Warre's Otima Port 10


Updated 08/15/11 12:28 PM · Posted by partysugar · 5 comments

Happy Hour: Warre's Otima Port 10

With it's warming qualities and syrup-like texture, Port is a great wintertime wine. Warre's Otima 10 Year Tawny Port ($19.99) is my new favorite. It's delightful slightly chilled after dinner. I paired it with dark chocolate, but in the future want to try it with cheese. Otima's goal is to eliminate the usual myth of port being a drink only sipped by dusty old grandmothers. The light wine has a Read more