How to Use Social Media to Motivate Your Workouts in 3 Easy Steps

Social media can be a huge time suck. It’s easy to waste an hour skimming Facebook or falling down a crafty Pinterest wormhole. But, as much as social media can be used to put off exercising, it can be even more useful to motivate a workout. The other night, I had a challenging run on [...]

Breaking FBG News: Paula Abdul Makes Contact for #PleasePaula (Seriously!)

We interrupt this regularly scheduled Question of the Week to bring you very exciting news! (And, really, we think this totally fits in with this month’s topic of fitness inspiration!) THE Paula Abdul has made contact on Twitter! After a whole year of our #PleasePaula campaign in which we begged her to come out with another workout DVD, she [...]

Meeting and Tweeting with Fitness Magazine

This post is written by our NYC contributing writer Margo Donohue, who’s a fitness professional and blogger at Brooklyn Fit Chick. Since Margo lives in the Big Apple, she’ll be helping us cover events every now and again—just like this recent Fitness magazine event! Fitness magazine hosted its inaugural “Fitness Blogger Meet & Tweet” (#FitBlogNYC) right here [...]

Mark Your Calendars: An Eating for Weight-Loss and Workouts Twitter Party!

The following is a post sponsored by Egg Beaters. For our sponsored post policy, click here. You know that to lose weight you’re supposed to eat less and move more. But what foods should you be eating? And how often? And, goodness, what’s the best thing to eat before and after a workout? Or should you eat [...]

Join Us for a Workout and Egg Beaters Protein Power Chat!

The following is a post sponsored by Egg Beaters. For our sponsored post policy, click here. We’ve shared a healthy pancake recipe and done a video that shows you how to make delicious eggs in the microwave, but now it’s time for YOU to get in the action. Join us Wednesday evening from 8 p.m. to 9 [...]

Don’t Forget to RSVP for the Vidazorbs Probiotics Twitter Party

The following is a post sponsored by Vidazorb. For our sponsored post policy, click here. Party, party, party! Don’t forget that we’re hosting our first Twitter party from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. EST on Thursday, June 23, courtesy of the awesome probiotics company Vidazorb. During the #Vidazorb party, you’ll be able to learn more about how [...]

Join Our Vidazorb Twitter Party and Learn All About Probiotics!

The following is a post sponsored by Vidazorb. For our sponsored post policy, click here. You know how we love a good par-tay! And there’s nothing better than a Twitter party where you get to swap fun tips, tricks and facts about weight-loss and health with your digital posse—and win awesome products that support your [...]

Top 5 Twitter Handles to Follow in 2011

It took me a good couple of months to “get” Twitter, but once I did, there was absolutely no going back. It can be a bit addictive, but it can also be a fantastic way to receive health information, find new fit friends and even get advice on your most basic or advanced exercise questions—whether [...]

Come Chat With Us Live Tonight!

Are you on Twitter? We have some fun stuff happening tonight! Join us for a special Twitter party hosted by the Me Movement Team, a challenge to put yourself first and stop the diet drama. From 9 to 10 p.m. Eastern, we’ll be talking about all things emotional eating and give tips for retraining your [...]

Love Is in the Air—For You!

Happy Valentine’s Day, ladies! Since we’ve already spent the entire week giving stuff away, talking about chocolate and sex, and celebrating Love Yo’Self Week, we wanted to culminate all of this into one post everyone could feel good about. We recently asked our Twitter followers to tell us what they loved best about themselves, and [...]