Forget the Muffin Top: How to Ditch Your Pooch


Updated 06/05/11 2:34 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

How to Get a Flat Belly and Say Bye-Bye to the Pooch

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Self here on FitSugar! As of this past weekend, Spring is finally, officially here — along with panic about the upcoming bikini season. When it comes to shaping up your abs, you want to combine a healthy, diet with high-intensity cardio and moves that target your deep abdominal muscles — aka the transverse abdominus. When strong, these Read more

Much Ado About NKOTB, Rihanna, and Music Video Awards


Updated 06/17/08 12:41 AM · Posted by · 30 comments

Photos of Chace Crawford, Rihanna, Kristin Cavallari, New Kids on the Block at the Much Music Awards

The weather was rainy in Toronto last night, but that didn't stop the stars from shining at the MuchMusic Video Awards — check out the winners here. Whitney Port, Brody Jenner, and Kristin Cavallari all left their home in The Hills long enough to check out the show and pose with Chace Crawford and The Spice Girls' Mel C. Rihanna performed in another of her crazy black costumes and she had two Read more

Six-Pack Surgery?


Updated 11/13/07 3:28 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 41 comments

Six-Pack Surgery?

With the invention and creativity of cosmetic surgery, if there's something about your body that you don't like, and if you have the money and the guts to go under the knife, you can get almost anything done. Body modification isn't just about breast implants and nose jobs anymore. You can get calf implants, butt implants, and guys are even getting pectoral implants. I guess I didn't realize that Read more

Yoga Video: Vinyasa to Cobra


Updated 09/19/07 7:45 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 0 comments

When it comes to yoga, I'm a huge fan of the kinds that use vinyasas, like Ashtanga and Jivamukti, since the vinyasa keeps you moving. Vinyasas are movement transitions that link poses together making your practice like a continuous fluid dance. I've already shown you how to do a vinyasa between seated postures. Now here's a video to show you how to do a vinyasa to get from a standing pose Read more

What Position Do You Sleep In?


Updated 04/12/07 7:03 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 34 comments

What Position Do You Sleep In?

What Position Do You Sleep In? On my belly On my belly with one knee up On my back On my side with my body straight On my side with both knees bent (you gotta love fetal position) I'm all over the place Something else - Tell me below... Read more

Sleep Position Gives Personality Insight?


Updated 03/03/11 4:40 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 24 comments

Sleep Position Gives Personality Insight?

Everyone has a preference about the position they sleep in. Personally, I could never fall asleep on my back. I just found out that the way you sleep may give insight into your personality (or someone else's if you sneak a peek at them snoozing). Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the UK Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service analyzed 6 common sleeping positions among 1,000 people, and Read more

"Infectobesity"- Sounds Odd Doesn't it?


Updated 01/05/07 10:28 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 3 comments

"Infectobesity"- Sounds Odd Doesn't it?

A CNN.com reported a recent study by the University of Washington's Center for Genome Sciences has found that "microbial component" appears to contribute to obesity. Basically researchers found that obese humans had a lower percentage of a family of bacteria called Bacteroidetes and more of a type of bacteria called Firmicutes in the gut. What is still unclear is if the Firmicutes grow as a Read more

Where's the Muscle?


Updated 12/18/06 3:30 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 3 comments

Where's the Muscle?

So you've been doing tons of crunches to get rid of your gut, and you feel the difference. But you've got to press through a layer of flab to feel it. What gives? Even if you do your ab work out every day, you're strengthening your belly, but not doing anything about the layer of fat above your washboard stomach. The answer? To lose the fat you have to combine all those abdominal crunches with Read more

I Don't Think You're Ready for This Jelly


Updated 12/17/06 4:52 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

I Don't Think You're Ready for This Jelly

And it shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly... It used to be that this saying was endearing and brought forth warm and fuzzy memories of Old Saint Nick. The times, they are a-changing so now that belly full of jelly means that Santa's got a bit of an obesity problem on his hands and that is no laughing matter. A survey of mall Santas in Scotland, found that the average waist size was Read more