One day I’m gonna tell my kids the story about how I ran two marathons in two different countries in one week, and (hopefully) they’ll think I’m a badass. In life, we go through a lot of major milestones worth celebrating. For me, graduating college was pretty epic. So was landing my first NY big-girl…
I have some tough love for you today. It’s about your workouts. You go to the gym several times a week, sometimes twice in one day, and yet you aren’t as fit as you should be. As a certified group exercise trainer and indoor cycling instructor, I’ve taught hundreds of classes. Based on what I…
What if I told you that you could lose weight by eating bread and cheese? It happened to me. And I’ve never felt better in my life. To make a long story short: I was feeling sluggish and bloated, and while I was constantly eating “healthy” (no gluten or dairy for weeks!), the scale didn’t…
My period was always the worst. I would spend entire weekends lying in bed, high on painkillers with a hot-water bottle pressed tightly to my abdomen. Sometimes I had to leave school because the pain was so bad; sometimes I nearly fainted. Imagine my relief when my mom took me to a gynecologist to see…
Almost two weeks ago, a friend and I started a “barre buddy challenge” at The Bar Method. The studio invited us to complete 15 classes together within a month’s time; I was excited and ready to try a more unfamiliar type of training and get outside my comfort zone. The women at the studio always…
Dear Kale, There are a few things we need to discuss about our relationship. While I would like to say it’s more about me than you, I do believe your fame as the “it” superfood of the moment (or the year, or the decade) might just have something with the rift in our relationship. You…
My sister, Holly (left), and I (right) as kids, at the beach with our mom in 1997 It was hard to believe that, at just 25 years old, I needed to see a breast-cancer specialist. As I waited on the exam table, all I could think about was my mom’s battle with breast cancer and…
Image Source: Jenny Moloney I am a 25-year-old female living in Boston. I’m 5’8″ and 132 lbs. I have dark brown medium-long hair and green-hazel eyes. I’m flat-chested and the curves I have are built by the hours, months, and years I spent working in the gym. I am a size small in my Nike…
Heights have always been a problem for me. To put it lightly, they shake me to my core. For that reason, I try to stay as close to the ground as physically possible, whether it be living on the relatively low fifth floor of an apartment building in New York City or choosing to drive…
In 2007, I reached my 70-pound weight-loss goal and I have managed to keep the majority of it off ever since. Yay for me, right? Before . . . Not so fast. Losing that amount of weight has certainly been wonderful on many levels. I no longer have to worry about potentially developing obesity-related health…
