Cynthia Dermody

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I write about parenting, home, food, clutter, thermostat wars, princesses -- so, basically, my life with a husband, 7 year old son, and 5 year old daughter. Previously I wrote about health and family at readersdigest.com, and before that, I was a newspaper reporter, and before that ... I can't remember anymore.

Sipping on:

Hot chocolate with the works (a shot of Bailey's always helps).

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Healthy Living

I Want Gisele's Workout Clothes!

Posted by Cynthia Dermody
on March 20, 2010 at 8:42 AM

gisele bundchen
Flickr Photo by gabriel_marchi
Supermodel mama Gisele Bundchen was spotted sweaty and stunning coming out of the gym in California recently wearing fitted black workout capris and a grey scoopneck tank top over a black sports bra. Take a look at Gisele in workout clothes after the gym.

I love grey and black workout clothes combos. It's understated (so as to not call attention to my butt on the treadmill) but sporty.

Next time I'm in Target or Kohl's I'm going to try to recreate that look, er, with a slightly less scooped scoopneck, in hopes of also recreating her body.

As to the later goal, I wish me lots and lots of luck.

What are your favorite workout clothes color combinations? Do you like vibrant colors or subtle ones?

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Healthy Living

Personal Training Session: Bent-Over Rows

Posted by Cynthia Dermody
on March 19, 2010 at 12:56 PM

Taylor Ryan, head trainer for The Art of Weight Lifting and the Charleston, South Carolina-based Fat Blasting Boot Camps for Moms is The Stir's personal trainer, here each week to help us get in shape.

This week she continues to work our arms and back for bikini season (which is, e-gads! just three months away) with Bent-Over Rows.

Don't forget to check out this weeks healthy eating tip below while you're wiping off the sweat ...

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Pregnancy

I Had a Miscarriage

Posted by Cynthia Dermody
on March 19, 2010 at 8:35 AM

young couple posing for camera

Photo by MarineWifeyy

We met Taryn (MarineWifeyy on CafeMom) when she was 6 weeks pregnant. She'd been planning to share her nine-month experience with us here on The Stir. But she learned she miscarried around the same time her first pregnancy calendar post, in which she talked about how happy she was about the new life inside her, appeared.

Here, she concludes the journey that ended way too soon:

 

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Pregnancy

The Most Stylish Bump on the Block -- Pregnancy Links I Love

Posted by Cynthia Dermody
on March 18, 2010 at 4:40 PM
very pregnant woman

Photo by Jeanmarie1975

Celebrity maternity clothes (by Chiarakruza) on a budget. -- Cool Mom Picks

Bethenny Frankel gets her first maternity jeans at 7 months. -- Celebrity Babies

The 6 biggest maternity clothes shopping mistakes. -- The Stir

Claudia Schiffer rocks pregnancy in Chanel (we can dream, can't we). -- Splash News

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Pregnancy

Kevin Costner Goes for Baby No. 7

Posted by Cynthia Dermody
on March 18, 2010 at 4:20 PM
Kevin Costner, Christine Baumgartner, and son

Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty

Bull Durham is just two shy of his own baseball team now! Kevin Costner and wife since 2004 Christine Baumgartner Costner are expecting a baby.

This will be the third child for the couple and the seventh child for Costner, who's starred in lots of great films but my favorite by far is still the aforementioned 1988 baseball movie opposite Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, who incidentally called it quits earlier this year.

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