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Celebrity Fitness

Sara Rue's Half Marathon Hurts My Lady Parts

I tweet, I admit it, but you know what I don't tweet about? My underpants. I personally prefer to keep the public underpants updates to a minimum. You know who doesn't? Sara Rue, Jenny Craig Spokesperson du jour. Yes, I am now imagining Sara Rue's vagina, and it's not my fault, she totally brought it up.

Her new skinny self ran a half-marathon over the weekend, along with her personal trainer. After the race she tweeted about having forgotten her undies at home, and how running commando is the only way to go.

Los Angeles

Yoga Trends

Nude Yoga Hits...Salt Lake City?

Nude yoga is old news in New York. (There's still time to sign up for Hot Nude Yoga's summer retreat!) But it's brand new to the fair state of Utah (last seen hosting the squeaky cleanest pole dancing competition in the lower 48). The AP reports today that thanks to pioneering Utah yoga instructor John Cottrell, SLC yoga enthusiasts can now enjoy twice monthly nude classes (a reasonable start, though a far cry from NYC's daily offerings). While the classes are supposed to be all about fitness, the AP reporter who attended noted "an undeniable sexual charge...in the room, making the exercise at times painfully weird and embarrassing." Having never been, I can't comment. Though I can certainly think of something even more painfully weird and embarrasing: Hot Nude Yoga Private Yoga Lessons. Awk-ward! 

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Motherhood, E. coli, and Britney — Oh My!

And in today’s news...The Center for Disease Control tells us that women in America are having their babies later. Apparently, the average age of a new American mother is now 25. That still seems pretty young, but teen pregnancies must more than offset the fertility clinic effect. In any event, American moms are spring chickens compared to the Swiss and Japanese who are 29 on average when they become mothers. Meanwhile, attention you moms, The Guardian declares that a potentially dangerous strain of E coli struck two girls at a dance festival in Wales. (Reminder: Go see Food, Inc. for context on this one.) And, finally, everyone take heart: Britney mother-of-two Spears’ body is hot again. So how was your weekend?

Goal Time

D.I.Y. Feats—You Decide, We Support

Haven't settled on your D.I.Y. Feat for the New Year's Edition Challenge yet? Here's a little inspiration from a few of your fellow challengers:

• Sparklerhawk's DIY Feat is an hour of "by yourself" time three times a week before going to bed. No computer, not TV, just her.
• Joba is taking a latin dance class.
• Butwhatifido is determined to finally go to a Bikram yoga studio.
• Syrupandhoney is eating all her meals at a table. 
• Kahliah is saying no to restaurants.
• Sandyliz is zapping TV from her life.
• Hktexan is getting out of bed the first time the alarm rings, no snooze.
• CakeOrDeath is recording every penny she spends.  
• 100Pounds is doing Pilates and Bollywood Dancing.
• Lhlady517 is taking out the trash, doing the dishes, and sweeping the floor every night. 
• Marsadrian is sitting on her exercise ball at work everyday. 
• Snowpeach is taking showers of five minutes or less all challenge long. 

Put yours out there, and we'll hold you to it.

Poet Laureate

A Healthy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! It is officially that time of the year, the final stretch before winter vaults into spring, when everyone has to green it up, get sloshed on Jameson, and wear patently sexy shirts like the one I have that reads: “Kiss me I’m (1/3) Irish.” In a similar fashion to my widely revered and respected Healthy Super Bowl post, I am offering, to you, a Healthy St. Patrick’s Day menu of alternatives. BLASPHEMER, you say? I’M BLOGGING FOR A FITNESS WEBSITE YOU JACKASS, I slur, before decking your boyfriend and ripping my shirt off so you can admire my dead sexy freckles. Check out the list after the jump.