en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/821191 Comments by Katie http://www.love-life-project.com/2011/06/mastering-art-and-science-of-texting.html#IDComment162775378 I'd say that I am crying right along with you for missing the NKOTB concert. And I would send it in complete sentences with proper punctuation and everything. If I ever use an LOL or WTF, please shoot me. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:57:58 +0000 http://www.love-life-project.com/2011/06/mastering-art-and-science-of-texting.html#IDComment162775378 http://www.saywhatyouneedtosayblog.com/2011/04/designated-drinker.html#IDComment147083671 Best thing I did was FINALLY make my own all purpose cleaner. I am ashamed I didn't do it sooner. I also haven't bought plastic bottled drinks in over two months. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:59:44 +0000 http://www.saywhatyouneedtosayblog.com/2011/04/designated-drinker.html#IDComment147083671 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-had-bad-day-problem-with-confessional.html#IDComment141020863 The confessionals are a fine line for sure. I usually try to keep things light on my blog, but there are and have been lots of times that I've written something and then not published it. I can self-censor, it seems. I think the line is crossed when a blogger writes for a reason other than just to get it out. I never ever think that you are writing for anything other than your own reasons, and to help your readers. Crazy aside, Charlotte, you have helped me immensely. I don't have eating issues, but I was an over-exerciser and I am taking today off in your honor! Thanks for being you. Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:19:34 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-had-bad-day-problem-with-confessional.html#IDComment141020863 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-gets-you-out-of-bed-in-morning.html#IDComment140757045 I use an alarm, but it is set to NPR, so I get to slowly wake up to the cooing voice of Steve Inskeep and Renee Montaine. I am usually up when it goes off, but when I do have to get up early, my alarm is also on the far side of the room. In college, I had to set 3 alarms to get up. I feel terrible for all my roommates. Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:36:57 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-gets-you-out-of-bed-in-morning.html#IDComment140757045 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/04/aprils-great-dance-experiment-ballet_03.html#IDComment139805452 You have the best pictures, but this one of the baby and the boom box? Best picture EVER. I'm tired too. I need a break. But I have zero coordination. I fear death by dancing. Mon, 4 Apr 2011 05:30:49 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/04/aprils-great-dance-experiment-ballet_03.html#IDComment139805452 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/04/im-so-excited.html#IDComment139507238 That was a great article in the Star Tribune! And seriously? You work out only an hour a day!?!? I remember when I started reading your blog years ago you were doing something insane like 15 hours a week! GREAT JOB!!! You are my hero. But I think I've told you that once or twice. Sun, 3 Apr 2011 04:22:15 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/04/im-so-excited.html#IDComment139507238 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/is-womans-body-always-open-for-comment.html#IDComment138866578 I read that Sartoialist post, after seeing it linked from Jezebel (LOVE), and the thing that got me upset was that not only did her refer to her as "sturdy" (Sorry Dragonmamma,but that is derogotory, and NO ONE better be calling me that) but that is one of the rare posts where he included a "normal" looking woman, and in none of the other posts did he ever comment on their bodies; he stuck to the fashion. That is how it should be on a fashion blog. I read some fashion-y blogs, but mostly because I am SO very not fashionable, but I like to look. Its like an art museum to me. I see the shots and appreciate the pretty, but that will never be me. (Expect for that cardigan. I want it.) Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:25:23 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/is-womans-body-always-open-for-comment.html#IDComment138866578 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/bringing-gymnastics-back-to-gym.html#IDComment138629842 My older sister was a nearly elite gymnast and I wanted like everything else to do it because my big sister did. I tried. I failed. Big time. But, I can still do the cool easy things like round-offs that make for good party tricks. Anything more than that, and I'm too sissy. Those videos....wow. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:36:22 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/bringing-gymnastics-back-to-gym.html#IDComment138629842 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/7-reasons-why-yoga-is-perfect-at-home.html#IDComment138282966 I want your dress!! I went to my first bikram class in long pants and a t-shirt. I didn't know bikram was hot yoga. Have you gone to Core Fusion? I know there are a ton in the Twin Cities, and they give you a week pass for free! They are all in heated rooms, but not the boring 26 pose series, that gets old FAST. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:19:30 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/7-reasons-why-yoga-is-perfect-at-home.html#IDComment138282966 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/b-vitamins-for-better-health-or-more.html#IDComment138236196 Hmmm....I burned popcorn yesterday and my house has smelled like that all day. I'm a scientist. Perhaps the lingering smell is actually my dissertation? You don't eat the free samples?!? But, but but...they are free!! for the taking and of calories. You must not have known that. Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:40:39 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/b-vitamins-for-better-health-or-more.html#IDComment138236196 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/mini-experiment-supergirl-challenge.html#IDComment137504702 Where did you get that skirt?!? I must have it. And how can you look any cuter? I want to do the challenge!! Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:19:19 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/mini-experiment-supergirl-challenge.html#IDComment137504702 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-do-you-wash-your-gym-clothes.html#IDComment137178195 I am tempted to post this as anonymous, because it is really embarrassing. I have been known to wear the same shorts for a week. That's 6 full days of working out. I mean, I wear undies, so that's soaking up most of the sweat, no? The shirts? I most definitely wear them twice. And I have a system - I wear a t-shirt to bed for two nights, then it becomes my gym t-shirt for 2 days while I where a new shirt to bed...etc, etc. Now that its written I realize how OCD it sounds. I swear, its only to save money and time on laundry. When I become a big kid and get a house with my own washer and dryer then I'll wear new clothes every hour! Oh, and I never separate anything. I wash it all together in cold water. Never had any colors bleed either! Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:00:51 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-do-you-wash-your-gym-clothes.html#IDComment137178195 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/organics-do-you-get-what-you-pay-for.html#IDComment137018207 I could go on and on about this, but I'll just ay a couple things. First, organic isn't always better for the environment. It doesn't leach chemicals, no, but huge monocultures are huge monocultures. If you are buying from a large-scale organic farm, that's what you are buying from. Second, I have yet to go to a farmers market that is less expensive than the store, organic or not. I even posted about that last summer. I want to know where these mythical "cheaper" farmers markets are. Third, the cancer argument? Spot on! Fourth, I buy organic meat, coffee, and eggs. If I had kids I'd always buy organic dairy. There are a TON of studies that show that antibiotics in these products do have measureable consequences on health and can cause young girls to menstruate earlier. Last, I think the empahasis on organic actually causes people to eat fewer fresh produce. If you have only $20 to spend, and you buy all produce, guess where your money goes further? Okay, I guess that wasn't very short. :D Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:18:51 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/organics-do-you-get-what-you-pay-for.html#IDComment137018207 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/do-men-and-women-really-exercise.html#IDComment136365491 I fit with #1, but that is it. In fact, I push it too hard, as my meathead brother points out to me at every opportunity he gets. Love the race photos! You girls are crazy. I would have seen the temperature and chickened out. Is being a sissy one of the claims made in that article? Because that's me for sure. Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:38:45 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/do-men-and-women-really-exercise.html#IDComment136365491 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-research-afterburn-effect-is-real.html#IDComment135756652 The more I workout the more I eat. I noticed that during P90X even more than when I started really lifting heavy weights. I craved sugar sugar sugar doing P90X, and sure I didn't gain weight, because I was burning a ton of calories. But it was silly, because I was working out to eat crap that I didn't really want to eat. I stopped that, and now I crave protein. And I eat a lot less sugar. And crave it a lot less. But I like that. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:15:59 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-research-afterburn-effect-is-real.html#IDComment135756652 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-much-protein-do-you-really-need.html#IDComment135494277 eggs. hard boiled, scrambled, poached, with the white, without, in salad form (hold the mayo, because EEEEWWWW!), Love em. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 05:27:38 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-much-protein-do-you-really-need.html#IDComment135494277 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/worst-exercise-move-ever-male-edition.html#IDComment135246255 I saw that move in a magazine a couple days ago and nearly died laughing. I think it should be called yanking the chain. I SO want to come and do this army test with you guys!!! This is one of those things you need gym buddies for. I think I'd look like a freak if I did this alone. But like less of a freak than if I did the yanking the chain move. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:50:43 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/worst-exercise-move-ever-male-edition.html#IDComment135246255 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/price-of-cake-has-gone-up-this-year.html#IDComment134997465 Umm...can I be on team cookie? I mean I'll eat cake if its there and I never want pie, but cookies? Brownies? I used to get cookie cakes or ice cream cakes for my birthday. :) I'm off to read your guest post! Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:27:58 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/price-of-cake-has-gone-up-this-year.html#IDComment134997465 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/gwen-stefani-blames-pregnancy-weight.html#IDComment134860991 Look at her arms in that photo! Are you kidding me? That's fat and gross?!?! Yes, sign me up right after you! And seriously, what is jello popcorn? Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:29:12 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/gwen-stefani-blames-pregnancy-weight.html#IDComment134860991 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/where-to-find-exercise-addict-and-how.html#IDComment134361949 I need to rest tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder. :) Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:39:44 +0000 http://thegreatfitnessexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/03/where-to-find-exercise-addict-and-how.html#IDComment134361949