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The great thing about having an ever-expanding waistline is that it makes it so much easier to navel gaze. There’s just something about pregnancy that makes me turn inward. Many of my friends have noticed it, wondering aloud if I’m okay (yep!) and when Old Charlotte is going to come back (better give me at least a year, sorry!). While disconcerting to some, I don’t think I’m alone in this pregnancy induced self-absorption (selfishness?). Not only have my sister and several friends who have recently spawned experienced similar feelings but it seems like famous women – women who have more money, resources, talent and looks than I do – are similarly affected. Poet Laureate Maya Angelou has written a poignant essay about her pregnancy with her son and his birth, noting that while she didn’t write during her pregnancy her creativity was channeled inward; fittingly, her son is now a novelist. Sylvia Plath’s creative and emotional struggles during her pregnancies are well documented. Perhaps this is one reason why Jennifer Hudson, despite being obviously pregnant, refuses to confirm it.

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Have you heard? The recession makes people eat more junk food! The recession makes people eat less meat! The recession has been a boon for the diet industry! The recession makes you snack less! The recession makes people sit through the Transformers movie and actually claim they liked it! The next thing you know, the recession will have weapons of mass destruction and it will be curtains for all of us.

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After a super soggy June here in the Northeast, we couldn’t have asked for nicer weather in July – clear blue skies, low humidity and below normal temps. It’s really spectacular and why anyone would want to spend days like this in a gym is beyond me.

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Of course I have little tricks I use to keep the weight off! And they work! Without killing you or making you sick…. VERY important, by the way! ……oh, now you’re wondering, aren’t you? Well, here is one thing that’s been keeping weight off of me without me having to even try that hard. Wanna try to guess?Okay, I’ll stop toyin’ with ya….here it is…..Eating a good amount of fruit.

I read FitPregnancy. It seems slightly silly to me, this being my fifth (I’m a breeder!) pregnancy and all and yet I’m still drawn by the lure of Build An Entire Maternity Wardrobe Out of 5 Simple Pieces (of clothing I could never afford) and essays by professional athletes who do two-hour trail runs when 9 months pregnant (despite the fact that I can barely chug out a mile these days). One thing never fails to catch my eye: research. While most of it only pertains to preggos – apparently swimming at least once a week helps you use less pain meds during delivery (okay, universe, I hear you!) – there was a piece of general interest today.

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Once upon a time in a rainy kingdom far, far away on Ye West Coast, I was a Godiva girl. No, not the riding-a-horse-naked-through-town kind (can you imagine the chafing?) but the chocolate-pimping kind. My day job was as a professor but due to my directional dyslexia I ran a stop sign and totaled my car thus necessitating a night job. I didn’t want anything that required brain power and it also needed to be temporary because I was only sticking it out until I got my car fixed.

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Here is one of the most comprehensive articles on interval training that I have come across. That should be no surprise as the article is written by The Strength Coach, Michael Boyle.

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