Lady Gaga Has Us Asking: Does Your Family's Health Affect Your Own?


Updated 10/14/11 11:51 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 3 comments

Lady Gaga Covers March Vogue: I Obsess About My Father's Health

Compared to usual theatrics, Lady Gaga's look on the March cover of Vogue was almost subtle. Keeping things simple in a pink wig and white gown, the star revealed in the interview that she's "quite down-to-earth" and wildly obsessed with her father's health. Gaga's father underwent heart surgery a few years ago so it's understandable that she shows so much concern: "I obsess about his health. I'm Read more

FitSugar Gets Political: Sign the PHIT Petition


Updated 03/23/07 8:17 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 3 comments

FitSugar Gets Political: Sign the PHIT Petition

Do you wish your gym membership were a little less hard on the wallet? It could be... A new bill in Congress aims to help your family get healthier and save money while doing it. The Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act would let Americans put up to $1,000 a year in pre-tax Health Savings Accounts (HSA) to pay for exercise programs, gym memberships, fitness equipment and sports-league fees Read more

One Woman's Quest for the Best: The Fastest, Farthest Female Inline Skate


Updated 05/22/12 8:23 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Kacie Fischer Inline Skating Across U.S. in 74 Days

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Fitness Magazine here on FitSugar! Over the next few months, families will travel across the U.S. via plane, train or car during summer road trips. Kacie Fischer will be covering the same distance (nearly 4,000 miles, on her route), but on inline skates. . . and in just 74 days. If she reaches her goal, Fischer will also be breaking five Read more

Easy Ways to Get More From Your Food Budget


Updated 05/18/12 8:55 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Stop Wasting Food

Go the extra mile with your food budget with these tips from LearnVest. For years, many people — my husband, mom, sister and even my son — told me to stop wasting so much food. Throwing away half a piece of chicken here or a handful of grapes there never seemed like such a big deal to me. If I was full or no longer in the mood for that particular food, then I had no problem tossing Read more

How to Establish Financial Independence


Updated 05/14/12 12:20 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Achieve Financial Independence

Becoming completely financially independent can be scary, but it's also very liberating. Kiplinger gives advice on how to establish your financial independence. Not only is it difficult for us twentysomethings to wholeheartedly embrace adulthood, it's often also a challenge for our parents to let us go. Baby-boomer parents are generally known for mollycoddling their children, even after we move Read more

8 Things You Think Are Good for Your Money . . . That Aren't


Updated 05/11/12 7:41 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Mistakes People Make When Managing Money

You may be wasting money when you think you're saving. LearnVest shares eight of the biggest money misconceptions. Frugalista. Recessionista. In the past few years, people have coined a lot of silly words describing women and their approach to money, but the thought behind each of them is the same: You care about your hard-earned dollars and want to make them stretch. RELATED: What NOT to Keep Read more

Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo Share Details About Her Pregnancy


Updated 05/11/12 11:56 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Today's Celebrity News May 11, 2012 Late Edition

Nick shares his experience with Vanessa's pregnancy — People Get excited for the Friday Night Lights movie — Lainey Gossip Whitney Houston's family gets their own reality show — HuffPost Entertainment Pregnant Sienna Miller sips on champagne — D-Listed Rihanna shares health update after hospital scare — The Insider Usher and Justin Bieber share a hot magazine cover — Read more

12 Items You Should Not Buy in Bulk


Updated 05/03/12 1:32 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Items Not to Buy in Bulk

When grocery shopping, there are certain items you should buy in bulk to get that discounted price that will save you money. However, if you pick the wrong items, you may end up wasting cash if you don't use them up before their expiration date. Here are a couple of items you should refrain from buying in bulk: Baking powder. If you don't bake all the time, you might want to skip out on buying Read more

Healthy Dose Link Time: Happy Hour Fitness Classes


Updated 04/30/12 12:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

The Best Party Fitness Classes

7 fitness classes where you can get your party on — Shape Find out what GOOP princess Gwyneth Paltrow cooks in the kitchen — Self Follow these beauty tips to shave 10 years off of your life — Health More reasons why every runner should be doing yoga — Blisstree Why eating with your family is a ticket to the thin train — LearnVest Warm weather is calling — time to make these fish Read more

8 Signs You're Sleep Deprived


Updated 04/27/12 10:26 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

How to Get a Good Night's Sleep

Do you normally get enough sleep? Many people don't; in fact, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control, says that 30 percent of all workers in the United States are sleep deprived, meaning they get fewer than seven hours of quality sleep a night. That can put employees like drivers, warehouse workers, and health care providers at on-the-job risk, but even if you're just chained to your Read more