Sports Bras That Support With Style (and Without the Uniboob)

While there's nothing wrong with having a uniboob, it's always nice every once in awhile to girl it up a bit. After all, I don't know how many times I've wished I had a little more padding and a nicer-cut sports bra when I've run to the grocery store after hitting the gym and am all sweaty, and because I'm in the freezer aisle, my, ahem, ladies are "at attention." That's why we tested two bras that are both functional and fashionable...with separation of the uni-boob and some cushion to keep the unmentionables a little less noticeable.

Le Mystere 320 Energie Sport Bra

It looks and feels like a normal bra, but packs a sports-bra surprise. You wouldn't think by looking at the picture, but the inner mesh-like fabric wicks. After a two-mile run and weight training I was still good to go.

There's a rub, though. While I thought I'd love having actual curves in the gym, I felt super self-conscious. First of all, I'm not used to the girls looking like girls in the gym. Plus, I tried the white version of the bra so it felt like I was wearing a granny bra under my tank top. At $62.00 a pop, I'm glad it's a multi-purpose over-the-shoulder boulder holder. It's definitely something you could wear from work to workout, which makes the price tag a little easier to swallow. Caveat emptor! (let the buyer beware) if your boobies are the first to shrink when you start shedding the pounds, this ain't the one for you.

Nike Rebel Sports Bra 

What I like most about this Nike sports bra is the back. It's unique, gorgeous and totally supportive. Plus, it has adjustable shoulder and back straps so you can really customize the fit to you. It's made of Dri-FIT, so it wicks sweat away, but it has a light-weight jersey feel to it so it's still soft, comfortable and doesn't chafe, even when running, playing soccer or doing other strenuous activities. And with a little bit of padding in the front, you're less likely to need a jacket post-workout.  Woot!

What I liked least about the bra though was the fit in the front. The back was a perfect fit, but as a medium with a broader chest but a normal B cup-size, I felt that the front area was a tad too big, and my boobs had way too much room to move around. I really wish that Nike offered different chest and cup sizes to better accommodate this as most ladies are rarely a uniform small, medium or large up-top. However, Nike has a pretty elaborate sports bra sizing chart with options for the kind of fit you want, so just be sure to measure yourself before ordering. The Rebel is pretty pricey at $60, but it's nice enough quality that you know you'll wear it for years.

Read more: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/sports-bras-that-support-with-style-and-without-the-uniboob-2516369/







 

What Your Weight Says About Your Personality

If you’re trying to lose weight, now would be a very good time for some personality adjustments. According to a new study, those of us with impulsive traits are most likely to be overweight. In fact, people who scored the highest in hasty behaviors weighed an average of 22 pounds more than their cautious counterparts.

Researchers from the National Institute on Aging looked at data from nearly 2,000 people over the course of 50 years to determine how personality traits are associated with weight and body mass index. Their conclusions, published in theJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, found greater weight gain among impulsive people, those who enjoy taking risks and those who are cynical, competitive and aggressive.

Individuals with this constellation of traits tend to give in to temptation and lack the discipline to stay on track amid difficulties or frustration. To maintain a healthy weight, it is typically necessary to have a healthy diet and a sustained program of physical activity, both of which require commitment and restraint. Such control may be difficult for highly impulsive individuals.

A revelation that might just make sense if you’re looking at a compulsive eater, but let’s not confuse the issue. Not all impulsive, aggressive, risk-takers are destined to become overweight. I happen to know many people who I would consider impulsive–myself included–and none of us are at unhealthy weights. In fact, most of us are healthy, physically fit individuals. We just happen to channel our impulsive behaviors towards athletic endeavors, not food.

Read more: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/what-your-weight-says-about-your-personality-2515507/

Free pot in exchange for registering to vote?

A medical marijuana shop's offer of free pot in exchange for registering to vote appears to have gone up in smoke. Your Healthy Choice Clinic of Lansing, Mich., had been offering a half gram on its website ahead of a vote for city council seats and after the council approved capping the number of medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits and setting a $1,000 application fee.

Clinic owner Shekina Pena earlier said she wasn't trying to buy votes. "We really got to fight to get the voters out there because the polls are showing there's 4-5,000 people in Lansing that are patients or caregivers," she told NBC affiliate WILX TV. "So we need those 4-5,000 people to come forth to the polls and vote for whomever they feel is in support of what they want for access."

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43928025/ns/us_news-life/

Cops: Man killed girlfriend, lived with corpse

Really?

PHOENIX — An Arizona man confessed to killing his girlfriend and living with her decomposing corpse in his one-bedroom apartment for two months, police said.

Erik C. Grumpelt, 35, was arrested on Monday and charged with second-degree murder, the Mesa Police Department said in a news release.

Police said he told them he had repeatedly struck his girlfriend, Malinda Raya, 39, in the lower abdomen after she said she had cheated on him.

Officers discovered the woman's badly decomposed body on the bedroom floor of the apartment, covered in several sheets.

There were several room fresheners found in the bedroom, and powder, believed to be carpet freshener, was sprinkled on the area around where the victim lay.

Grumpelt told investigators he assaulted Raya on the morning of May 19, striking her several times in the lower abdominal area while laying on their bed, police said. He left for a short period of time and when he returned, she was unresponsive, according to investigators.

Grumpelt said he was angry because Raya had told him she had cheated on him with other men in his bed, police said.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43913674/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

To All Motorcyclists:

As a driver in a car, I always make sure to be very safe near motorcyclists.  You guys make me, and most people on the road, very nervous because you are just you on a bike and not in a rolling box like the rest of us.  But when I see you weaving between cars, one lane to another, I find myself wanting to say a prayer.  And then I have to stop and think....if you don't have enough respect for yourself, why am I the one that is worried about your life?  Be respectful of us as we do for you!!! 

To the guy on the motorcycle that was weaving in traffic this morning at 6:30am, you should have left the house earlier if you wanted to drive at top speed.  The rest of us want to enjoy our last few minutes before work with our morning coffee!

Thank you,
Aimee

How fatty foods brighten a bad mood?

A bowl of ice cream. A giant serving of mac 'n' cheese. A plate of chocolate chip cookies. We already know that fatty, comfort foods can help bust a bad mood -- but new research from Belgian researchers gives new insight into why.

Turns out, there may be more at play here than the visual, psychological effects of seeing the ice cream (or the pasta, or the cookies, or -- insert your go-to comfort food here). The study, led by Dr. Lukas Van Oudenhove of the University of Leuven and just published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, suggests that it's the fatty acid itself in those foods that works to decrease sad emotions.

Researchers recruited 12 healthy, non-obese volunteers, who were studied the morning after a 12-hour fast. Each individual underwent four 40-minute fMRI scans. Here's where it gets kind of lab-rat-like: The participants were hooked up to a gastric feeding tube that administered 250 milliliters of either fatty acid or a saline solution. But three minutes before they were given the intragastric infusion, researchers played the volunteers 11 pieces of sad classical music, of 1-minute duration each. At the same time, 10 sad faces were projected onto a screen in front of the volunteers.

Without knowing they'd just been gotten a hit of fatty acid, right to the gut, those volunteers reported feeling 50 percent less sad than the ones who got the salt solution. The researchers also found that the infusion of the fat solution to the stomach lessened the behavioral and nerve cell responses to sad emotions. As Van Oudenhove explains, the novelty of this study is that the researchers believe it was the first to determine that fatty acid itself works to brighten a bad mood -- even without the visual cues that come from seeing a cheeseburger or a cupcake.

OK, but it's still a lot more fun to indulge in your favorite foods when you're sad. What's your favorite comfort food?

Read more: http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/22/7144602-how-fatty-foods-brighten-a-bad-mood

Gold Digging 101: School Offers Course for Girls on How to Marry Rich Men

If it's just as easy to fall in love with someone rich as someone poor, then not all girls in Beijing, China, have gotten the message. Some of them are paying $3,000 for a 30-hour course at the Moral Education Center for Women that teaches “techniques to make them more attractive, from how to put on make-up in the most flattering way to how to spot a liar by looking at his facial expressions?” Girls also brush up on how to read a man’s character, hone their conversational and traditional skills, and get pointers on pouring tea.

Wealthy, eligible bachelors spend around $4,500 as an introductory fee to meet girls who complete the course. The school boasts that there have been 30 matches that resulted in marriage.

According to Reuter's,  the school’s founder, Shao Tong, said the school encourages women to become “the best they can be by giving them a goal.” China is said to have an increasingly affluent middle class.

“We are nurturing internal qualities and developing potential,” said Shao Tong. “But if I were to advertise the school saying I would like to teach you how to build a good family and to better yourself, lots of girls would rule it out because they feel that they are agreeable and qualified enough. So then I thought, why not be more straightforward by saying: do you want to marry a rich man?”

In some ways, the matchmaking part seems not so different than an offline or online dating service in which people are paired according to their shared interests (in this case their common bond would be the love of money, I suppose). And the school seems not much different than an old-fashioned finishing school, I guess.

Read more: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/gold-digging-101-school-offers-course-for-girls-on-how-to-marry-rich-men-2514419/