The annual County Health Rankings have been released. How healthy is your county? A great interactive chart.

Every year we watch the Oscars to get an idea of what’s in fashion. We admire the dresses … sometimes we trash them … and then we go back to our humdrum wardrobes. It might actually be easier and definitely cheaper to get an Oscar worthy body than it is to get an Oscar worth frock.

I feel bad for Jennifer Love Hewitt. She has unwittingly and unfairly become the poster child for body image in Hollywood.

I’d like to let you all in on a little secret. The fitness industry is about 95% marketing! It’s some guys in suits sitting around figuring out how they can tap into this billion dollar industry

1. Approach the sports bra with confidence, secure in the belief that you will wear it.

What I’d like to share is some quick guidelines of how you can choose a little more wisely, if you choose to eat meat, poultry and seafood.

You go the gym, a lot. You look good, you feel good, your friends ask you for fitness advice. You think to yourself, “This would be my dream job, helping people look fabulous and hanging out in a gym all day. Where do I sign up?”

I was asked on Twitter today about how a guy could ask a girl out at a health club without looking like a “perv.” I laughed, I work in a gym, I’ve been in the fitness industry for 14 years, I’ve seen many attempts, most of them failing badly. So I thought I’d offer some guidelines.

when the Olympics come around, I just sit on my couch in awe at what those bodies … all of those bodies can do

Eat at a table. Our “rush, rush society” has led us to shove food down our throats as an afterthought to our schedules. Eating at a table allows your brain some real down-time and usually results in fewer calories consumed. And, no you can’t bring reading material or check your email!