Tomorrow Is National Run at Work Day!


Updated 09/18/09 7:02 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 6 comments

Tomorrow Is National Run at Work Day!

If you don't keep a pair of sneakers at work, bring them tomorrow because Friday, September 18th is the fourth annual National Run at Work Day. Grab a coworker or a whole bunch, slip on your sports bras and go for a run on your lunch break. It'll not only give you a mental break from work and get you out of the office, but if you make a habit out of it, you'll always know you've incorporated Read more

National Run @ Work Day is Tomorrow Sept. 21st


Updated 09/21/07 10:42 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 3 comments

National Run @ Work Day is Tomorrow Sept. 21st

Tomorrow September 21, 2007, the Road Runners Club of America will promote the 2nd Annual National Run @ Work Day. The goal of National Run @ Work Day is to encourage people to incorporate at least thirty-five minutes of exercise into their daily lives. This goal can be achieved by running for at least thirty-five minutes before work, during lunch, or immediately after work. The group used to Read more

Nighttime Fasting: A New Way to Lose Weight?


Updated 05/24/12 8:44 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Is It Better to Not Eat at Night?

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. This week Shape turns to Cynthia Sass, a registered dietitian with master's degrees in both nutrition science and public health. If you couldn’t let anything cross your lips from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., but you were allowed to eat anything you wanted for eight hours a day and still lose weight, would you try it? Read more

Julie Andrews on the Importance of Princess Culture, Princess Kate, and Her Favorite Roles


Updated 04/19/12 1:59 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Julie Andrews Interview About Princesses

It's hard not to become giddy when talking about Julie Andrews. The legendary actress's career spans more than 50 years, with multiple generations of families still enjoying her library of work together — from Mary Poppins to The Princess Diaries. What many people don't know is that the 76-year-old Academy Award winner is also the coauthor — with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton — of more Read more

Shawn Johnson Takes Us Inside Training Camp


Updated 04/16/12 9:30 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Shawn Johnson Trains at Camp For the 2012 Olympics

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from espnW here on FitSugar! By Shawn Johnson Shawn Johnson is blogging for espnW throughout her training for the Olympics in London this summer. Follow her journey and other Olympic hopefuls on espnW.com. Say "camp" to an ordinary kid and she'll probably tell you about bonfires and sing-alongs and arts and crafts. Say it to an elite gymnast, and Read more

21 Disposable Products You Can Reuse


Updated 03/30/12 1:45 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Can I Reuse Disposable Things?

Even when the product is supposedly "disposable," you can always reuse it. Wise Bread shares awesome ways to reuse these 21 disposable products. It’s said that we live in a disposable society. But the word "disposable" is a misnomer. Disposable is considered throwaway, something you use once and dump, regardless of the life that may be left in it. As a frugal shopper with a concern for the Read more

Mural Meals: Turn Pancakes Into Edible Works of Art


Updated 05/01/12 1:25 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Creative Pancake Ideas For Kids

Feel free to play with your food! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but active tots aren't always willing to spend time eating it. Before lobbing another round pancake on their plate, take a look at these flapjacks created by a dad of two over at Jim's Pancakes. Using a pancake recipe, food coloring, and a squeeze bottle, he's managed to turn the traditional breakfast favorite into Read more

Uh Oh! Watch Out For These 12 IRS Audit Red Flags


Updated 01/30/12 3:41 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Most Common IRS Audits

We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy! The IRS audits only slightly more than 1% of all individual tax returns annually. The agency doesn't have enough personnel and resources to examine each and every tax return filed during a year. So the odds are pretty low that your return will be picked for review. And, of course, the only reason filers should worry about an Read more

Geoffrey Zakarian on Winning The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs


Updated 12/20/11 7:27 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Interview With Next Iron Chef's Geoffrey Zakarian

Those of you who've tuned into the Food Network at all in recent days might have heard that the last season of The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs has just wrapped, and a new champion has emerged victorious out of the star-studded (and highly competitive) lineup. That would be Geoffrey Zakarian, guest judge of Food Network's Chopped and chef and owner of The National and The Lambs Club in New York 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