June 24, 2019 at 01:57PM by CWC So many questions arise in the aftermath of sexual assault. Some are immediate (“Why did this happen?”), others come shortly after the fact (“Should I report it?”), and one in particular that comes much later on: “How do I tell my new partner about what I’ve been through?” Sunday’s episode of Big Little Lies narrows the focus on Jane (Shailene Woodley), who has been grappling with the trauma of her own sexual assualt. Eight years after a rape that led to pregnancy, she finds herself in a relationship and unsure how to navigate the situation. When her love interest tries to kiss her for the first time, she pulls away. Later, in conversation with Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz), she reveals that her body just “shut down” in that moment. Bonnie encourages her to talk to her partner about what she’s been through. “In any real relationship that you’re going to have,” she says, “he’s gotta know who you are, right?” As any survivor of assault knows, that is much easier said than done. But is Bonnie correct? Is it always necessary to reveal a past sexual trauma to a new partner in order for a relationship to move forward? And if you do choose to share your history, how the hell are you supposed to do it? ad_intervals[‘403271_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403271_div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7435403-3’);}); } }, 100); First, it’s important to understand how a previous assault might rear its head into a
Day: June 24, 2019
Learn the ‘Rule of 5’ for motivation that will last you a lifetime’s worth of workouts
June 24, 2019 at 01:51PM by CWC Last Saturday, I had a stars-are-aligned kind of sweat session. My four-mile run felt like a walk the park, I swung the gym’s kettlebells around with ease, and I even opted for a bonus round (handstand play!) when the other items on my training plan had been checked off. It was glorious. But the very next day when I tried to replicate my euphoria, I found that I’d totally lost my mojo! It got me thinking: Why does exercising make you feel like Superwoman sometimes, and like a bag of lead at others? The workout “Rule of 5” explains the phenomena pretty darn well. According to coach Dan John, a lifter and thrower who once competed at the Olympic level, your workouts can be broken down as follows: “In a group of five workouts, I tend to have one great workout: the kind of workout that makes me think that in just a few weeks I could be an Olympic champion and Mr. Olympia. Then, I have one workout that’s so awful that the mere fact I continue to exist as a somewhat higher form of life is a miracle. Then, the other three workouts are the ‘punch the clock’ workouts: I go in, work out, and walk out. Most people experience this,” he writes in a post for T Nation. ad_intervals[‘403322_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403322_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); “Now, in 100 workouts, I’ll have twenty great workouts.
The fastest way to change up your entire look? Switch your hair part
June 24, 2019 at 01:00PM by CWC I know this sounds dramatic, but changing the way you part your hair can change your entire life. Hear me out: growing up, my mom was my hairstylist—and so everyday I was rocking that signature middle part. But then, upon entering adulthood, I took control of things and rebelled by changing my hair and transitioning to a rather deep side part. You don’t realize this until you do it, but your hair part literally provides structure for your entire face. And you can change it whenever you want. “Changing your hair part allows for a brand new look without a cut or color commitment,” says celebrity hairstylist Linet K. “Parts to me should be fluid, always adjustable and not seen as a real pattern on your scalp,” adds celebrity hairstylist Paul Labrecque with Paul Labrecque Salon. So it’s good to switch things up. Depending on where you choose to place your hair in relation to your part, you can totally change up your look. “It can add volume to the opposite side of your part to give you a more dramatic look,” says K. “Deep parts are great for vampy or classic evening look.” ad_intervals[‘398018_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘398018_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); Then there’s the classic middle part, which has made a resurgence on the runways. “Middle parts are great for more casual or bohemian looks,” she says. If you’re looking to switch depending on your face shape, she recommends sticking
Never overspend at the supermarket again with 5 priceless budgeting tips from dietitians
June 24, 2019 at 12:44PM by CWC Post-grocery shopping regret is a feeling I know well. More often than not, the sliding doors open, I cross the threshold into Trader Joe’s, immediately black out, and—before I know it—I’m through checkout having spent $80 on a food budget of $50 per week. What candy stores are to kids is what grocery stores become for adults, and—oh boy—does my bank account know it. But no longer! After an intervention by two dietitians, I now know that eating healthy on a budget possible. (It’s more than practicing self-control in the frozen food aisle.) If you’re a living, shopping human being, you’ve probably already heard the sage advice that you should never shop when you’re hungry. Indeed, studies have confirmed that trips to the supermarket with an appetite only result in an empty wallet. Apart from making sure a list—not your tastebuds—guide you through the aisles, Rebekah Blakey, RD, and Brittany Michels, RD, registered dietitians with The Vitamin Shoppe, share their top tips for staying on budget despite the siren song of Amy’s Pizza. ad_intervals[‘403164_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403164_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); Eating healthy on a budget is a snap thanks to 5 genius tips from dietitians 1. Pay with cash—not credit “Many of us have gotten into the habit of swiping a card,” says Michels. So, “Imagine not being able to spend more than you have.” If your budget is $60, take three crisp Andrew Jackson’s out of
A Cup Of Coffee May Be The Secret To Burning Fat, New Study Finds
June 24, 2019 at 10:38AM Here’s what you need to know about the connection between coffee and fat. Continue Reading… Author Caroline Muggia | Life by Daily Burn Selected by CWC
8 low-sugar fruits that won’t leave you with a sugar high
June 24, 2019 at 09:15AM by CWC Every season, Mother Nature hooks us up with a new assortment of fresh fruits to add to our grocery carts and Amazon Fresh orders. Fruit, of course, is a healthy snack—and the US Department of Agriculture recommends eating between one to two cups per day, depending on your age. Yet some of the most popular fruits—like bananas (about 18 grams of sugar per cup) and grapes (20 grams per serving)—pack a lot of sugar. Ditto tropics-born favorites like mango (23 grams per cup) and pineapple (16 grams per cup). Which can be an issue if you’re on the keto diet or are otherwise looking to watch your blood sugar levels. Before you freak out about the sugar in fruit, Katrin Lee, MS, RD, founder of Simply Nutrition NYC, recommends looking at the rest of the nutrition facts to get a better idea of how your body will respond. “Any fruits that have other major nutrients, like protein, fiber, or good fats will cause your blood sugar to spike slower because you’re also working to digest the other nutrients,” Lee explains. While your body reacts to sugar the same, whether it comes from a packet or a pineapple, eating the nutrient-dense food is always the better option. ad_intervals[‘19823_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘19823_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); Plus, “most fruit is actually considered low on the glycemic index, meaning it doesn’t raise your blood sugar as much as other carbohydrates,” adds
Skip the viral ‘hacks’ with this top-rated $7 garlic peeler that actually works
June 24, 2019 at 08:36AM by CWC Anyone who uses garlic on the regular is well aware of the struggle that is peeling it. To reap the many benefits of the superfood, you first have to get rid of the skin on those cloves, and there’s a long list of ways to do so. And most methods are pretty time-consuming. That’s why when a Twitter user posted a video that showed you could do it in seconds all by stabbing the clove with a knife and pulling it out of the skin, the world was mesmerized. The video quickly went viral, but after 150,000 retweets and 500,000 likes, most people discovered the sad truth. Despite the technique promise, it doesn’t work—and it even sent people to the emergency room in need of stitches, including The New Yorker‘s Helen Rosner. While this particular hack wasn’t a win, there’s a $7 garlic peeler on Amazon that has a proven track record of getting the job done in an instant. “OK, this is DEFINITELY not a gimmick,” reads a top review. “If you use garlic regularly, this is a quite affordable luxury,” raves another. ad_intervals[‘403212_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403212_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); When looking for a solution that won’t take off a finger, I quickly discovered the real key to peeling garlic quickly is using a silicone sleeve. Not a sharp knife. All you need to do to use it is place your garlic cloves inside the peeler
Gynecologists finally answer the age old question: Do you have to wear underwear with leggings?
June 24, 2019 at 08:00AM by CWC I used to be firmly on team wear underwear with leggings. But slowly I began to transition into wearing leggings sans undergarments, not because of I noticed anything wrong, but because I got really tired of running out of underwear quickly. Like one pair of underwear to wear to the gym, and then having to wear a regular pair of underwear? All on the same day? I’m not great at math, but I can say with confidence that that practice made me go through my underwear twice as fast. The dilemma of whether or not to wear underwear with leggings is an age-old one. A dilemma probably on par with that philosophical one involving whether or not to kill five people or one person on the train tracks (IDK guys, I studied English), or whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza. “Wearing underwear with your active sportswear or clothes to work out in can be a confusing topic,” says Sheryl A. Ross, M.D., and OB/GYN in Santa Monica. “The days of baggy cotton sweats have been replaced with high tech swag to help your skin breath, absorb moisture, and prevent you from getting soaked in sweat.” So with all these advancements in workout gear, is it really necessary to wear underwear with your workout leggings? ad_intervals[‘402968_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘402968_div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-7520022-3’);}); } }, 100); “This is a controversial topic indeed, and women are super passionate towards whichever camp they
This 6-minute upper body workout uses dumbbells in ways you’d never expect
June 24, 2019 at 07:40AM by CWC [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXBh8TgwefQ] Welcome to Trainer of the Month Club, our brand-new fitness series, where we tap the coolest most in-the-know fitness leaders to create a month-long fitness challenge. On Mondays, we have our “sweat drops” where you’ll get access to the week’s workout that you can follow along at home. In June, Meg Takacs is bringing your her strength-building series. Grab a set of dumbbells. I have had a set of five pound weights sitting under my bed for the last eight months, and have used them approximately once (…the day after Harley Pasternak convinced me to buy them). I love a good at-home bodyweight workout, but have frankly never found one that makes adding dumbbells feel at all exciting… they all just seem to involve a whole lot of bicep curls and plank-to-rows, which, snooze. ad_intervals[‘403158_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘403158_div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-9261280-3’);}); } }, 100); But this week’s Trainer of the Month Club workout, care of trainer Meg Takacs, uses dumbbells in ways that are anything but boring. And while the moves certainly work to strengthen your arms and shoulders, the way you’d probably expect dumbbells to, they also light up pretty much every other muscle in your body too. Grab a set of 5 to 15 pound dumbbells (though you can do the moves without ’em, too) and peep Takac’s full workout below. And be sure to check back next week for the debut of our July Trainer of the
TV dinners have finally gotten the healthy upgrade they deserve
June 24, 2019 at 06:49AM by CWC Let’s face it: TV dinners don’t exactly conjure up the image of a healthy meal. For decades, the sectionalized paper trays of processed meat, frozen veggies (both likely covered in a thick, mystery sauce) and, if you’re lucky, a bite-sized brownie went largely unchanged. Ones that were considered “healthy” typically were so low in calories that you’d be hungry again soon after eating them. While the rest of the frozen food section got a healthy makeover in recent years—cauliflower pizza! broccoli rice!—the microwaveable dinner category went largely unchanged. The stigma, it seemed, was too great for healthy-minded eaters to overcome. That is, until a new graduating class of heat-and-eat entrees made their way onto the market and into consumer’s fridges and freezers. But why renovate the heat-and-eat dinner category in the first place? Mike Wystrach, the CEO of Freshly, a healthy frozen meal delivery service, says that people need quick, healthy options now more than ever. He says Freshly was founded to solve a problem he himself was having: “I wanted to eat better, knew how to do it, but didn’t have the time or desire to cook,” Wystrach explains. TV dinners were a natural solution—but required a big health overhaul. ad_intervals[‘402537_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’] = setInterval(function () { if (ads_ready) { clearTimeout(ad_intervals[‘402537_div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’]); googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8891272-3’);}); } }, 100); Same technology, better food The 2.0 TV dinners look more like something you’d get from a trendy fast casual restaurant than something you’d find in a freezer case, yet