The Modern Gal is back! Back from vacation and sorta back from her computerless void and ready to start blogging again. Of course, as is always the case when one…
Face off, 2008
Ok, it’s New Year’s resolutions time, and The Modern Gal is making a weird one this year. Oh, I’ll definitely be pledging the annual “lose weight, get healthy” resolution, but…
Resolve to be healthy
Now is the time to be deciding on your New Year’s resolutions, and since most people resolve in some way to either lose weight or get healthier, I thought I’d…
Get to work, sleepy head
If you’re like The Modern Gal, trying to balance work with all the demands of the holiday season, you probably feel a bit like this in the morning: I’m already…
Self-esteem for the body
The ladies at Seventeen magazine have started a Body Peace Treaty to encourage teens to maintain a healthy attitude about their body. Seventeen may sound a bit juvenile to we…
Poms away!
The Modern Gal has for months been reading about how pomegranates are the miracle fruit with health benefits galore. And after long delay, I had my first pom tea for…
Eat some garlic and call me in the morning
I’m a bit sniffily can barely taste the Thanksgiving leftovers I’m eating right now, which is especially unfortunate. I’m planning to wash down that greenbean casserole with a swig of…
Calorie countdown
In the Modern Gal’s continuing series on how to battle the Thanksgiving pounds, I bring you two websites where you can calculate the approximate calories you’re imbibing, which will in…
The eight commandments of Thanksgiving dinner
We’re rapidly approaching the Modern Gal’s favorite holiday. I mean who can beat a celebration of food, football and consumer gluttony? But, I suppose it would be responsible to preach…
I just went for the … errr … garden salad
The Modern Gal, always searching for tools to help her lead a healthy lifestyle, is a little bit on the fence post about this website. It is a fantastic idea…