The Most Effective Exercises

The Most Effective Exercises

Diet & Fitness / Fitness

If you’re like most people, you’ve been doing the usual set of workouts and exercises to get into shape. Push-ups, sit ups, crunches and lunges are great exercises when you’re first starting out, but your body will adapt to the routine fairly quickly. The result? Fewer calories burned and little…

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Healthy Kids Snacks That Aren’t

Healthy Kids Snacks That Aren’t

Moms / Nutrition

Most kids snack between 1 and 3 times daily. These mini-mealtimes can either be an opportunity to increase your child’s intake of fruits and veggies or they could be an unfortunate foray into the world of high fat and sugar. Arming yourself with information on serving sizes, calories, fat, and…

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The Facts About Cardio Machines

The Facts About Cardio Machines

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

There’s nothing like that sense of accomplishment when you look down after sweating it out on your cardio machine of choice – whether it’s a treadmill, elliptical or bike – and seeing a big number in the calories burned column. But don’t be fooled. When you put in all that…

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Check, Please — Restaurant Survival

Check, Please — Restaurant Survival

Moms / Mom Tips

Dining out with a little one can be a disaster – and usually is, for some parents. But it doesn’t have to be an awful experience when you take your child out to eat. You can foster that same adventurous spirit that you might have for culinary experiences in your…

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Pantry Raid!

Pantry Raid!

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Beginning the year with a clean, organized and well-stocked pantry will go a long way in helping you meet your diet goals. Start by tossing anything that’s past its expiration date. If there’s unopened, nonperishable food that you know no one in your household will eat, then donate it to…

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More Men Want Kids Than Women

More Men Want Kids Than Women

Love / Love Tips

It sounds like a contradiction, with many women of a certain age stereotypically complaining about their biological clocks, but a recent survey done by the Associated Press found that more men want kids than women. Of those who already had kids, eight out of 10 fathers said they’d always wanted…

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Common Baby Conditions

Common Baby Conditions

Moms / Mom Tips

Kids come out of the womb with some strange-looking markings sometimes. The good news is that there’s usually nothing wrong with a newborn that has a strange-looking skin condition. Here are a few marks and characteristics you might see in a new baby. Mongolian spots — flat, grayish round marks…

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What Kind of Role Model Are You?

What Kind of Role Model Are You?

Moms / Parenting

Are you being the person you want your children to be? Many parents today really try to be better parents than their parents were. They attempt to be there for their children – to listen to them, support them, spend time with them, as well as hold and nurture them….

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How to Buy Vintage Fashions

How to Buy Vintage Fashions

Style & Beauty / Beauty tips

They’re all the rage, whether it’s on the red carpet or a fun party look. Michelle Obama sported the first vintage dress worn by a First Lady during 2010 holiday festivities. Vintage fashions are defined as new or secondhand garments that were made in a previous era, typically the 1920s-1980s….

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