I know I’m reaching with this post, because I’m mostly writing this to gush about two of my all time Hotty men and one my humor heroes, but I’m going to tie in the Fit After Thirty theme by recognizing that all of these people are over 30 and look damn good for their age! There. Now back to gushing.

A big *f.a.t. Yeah and Congratulations to:

*One of my favorite *f.a.t.ty’s, Alec Baldwin!

*My all time favorite musician, songwriter, superb human being, hottest man for his age on earth, Bruce Springsteen! 

*My humor hero, brilliant writer and actress Tina Fey.

So this is a lesson to all of you. Follow your passion and it has an anti-aging effect! It has worked well for the three of them!

Massage for most of you is probably no more than an occasional treat you get to enjoy when someone gets you a gift certificate or when your muscles are so knotted up you just can’t take it anymore. But it is starting to be recognized as a true medicinal therapy, and because of that, I want all of my *f.a.t. (Fit After Thirty) sisters to start thinking of regular massage as a prescription for your health, rather than as a luxury. 

Regular massage is truly one of the easiest and most enjoyable ways to stay Fit After Thirty! Besides, if you incorporate it into your relationship with your partner, it can serve as great foreplay, and will go a long way toward keeping the romance alive! After all, what woman doesn’t appreciate a man who pampers her, and what man doesn’t love a happy ending? Granted, there is nothing like a professional massage therapist to really work out the kinks, but a novice with a pair of strong hands can go a long way toward helping achieve some of the following major health benefits of massage:

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New Year’s Eve is meant for smooching. In my opinion, you may as well not celebrate New Year’s if you aren’t going to kiss someone at midnight! It’s the kiss that makes the celebration, isn’t it?  

Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks this way, because a recent TouchTunes Corp survey of 84,500 people found that 34 percent of people think kissing someone at midnight is even more important than watching one’s weight. (Call me shallow, but watching your weight might be a prerequisite for getting a midnight kiss.) 

So, why is the midnight kiss so important? The theory is that it is supposed to signify whether you will have abundance of love in the coming year. If you have a significant other, the kiss will ensure that the passion is maintained in your relationship in the new year. If you are single, kissing someone (anyone) will set the love wheels in motion, bringing you romance and passion in the year ahead.

If you want to be lucky in love in 2009, you had better find a pair of lips to lock with by midnight! (Those of you who find yourself surrounded by only attached men and men you find highly un-kissable, I give you a reprieve.) But because I am an optimist, I believe every one of you, in a relationship or not, kissed at midnight or not, will be getting lots of sex, love, and romance in the new year.

To prepare, I’m giving you my list of love rules for 2009 to bring romance in and keep passion alive. Feel free to pass these on to your men!

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You only have a few more days to come up with your resolutions for 2009. We suggest staying Fit After Thirty with some of these commitments in the new year!

Fit After Thirty’s Top 10 Fitness Resolution Ideas

1. Give up looking frumpy when working out. Buy cute and comfortable workout apparel and dress for the activity. Looking good makes you feel good, which invigorates you for a great workout.

2. Make a conscious effort to incorporate stress reduction activities into your lifestyle. A yoga class twice a week, 15 minutes of meditation per day, five minutes of deep breathing morning and night, are ideas on how to start.

3. Train for a 5K or 10K – setting a goal helps motivate you to stick to a workout schedule, and keeps your heart in shape for number 4 on the list.

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Listen up singles! If you haven’t already planned a skiing or snowboarding trip for this season, then it’s time to get your warm clothes out of the closet, buy your plane ticket and get ready to meet other singles on the slopes.

Yup. That’s right. We’re giving you the best places to combine both skiing and singles life this winter. I call them “skingles” trips, and they are the best use of your free time if you want to get some great exercise while having fun and meeting the opposite sex! You may just find a skiing partner who can also keep you warm by the fire in the lodge when the day is over! So to make your planning easier, I’ve gathered some information about some of the best ski destinations for singles in 2009!  Get your plane ticket ready, it’s time for a “skingles” trip! 

1. For the fifth year, Jackson Hole Singles Ski is planning it’s Singles Ski Week, January 18-January 24th. Singles fly to Jackson Hole, Wyoming from all over the country to ski and snowboard among hundreds of other singles. This is a beautiful destination spot, where you will enjoy the outdoor scenes during the day and indoor nightlife during the evening.

2. Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort was ranked the top spot to ski and stay in North America by TransWorld SNOWboarding magazine 2009. This place has won many media awards and reader surveys through the years, and in 2004, was named the “Best Singles Adventure” place by SKI Magazine. They offer an adult ski school and an adult board school, which offers more than just a lesson environment, but an ambiance to connect with other people. They even have women’s only classes for those women who don’t feel comfortable falling on their ass and doing face plants in the snow in front of male classmates. Other things offered at the resort are ecotours, snowshoeing, dog sledding, helicopter tours, and horse drawn sleigh rides!

3.Vail Colorado has some of the best skiing in the nation. Skiing in Vail tends to attract wealthy, good looking people, so if you are looking for an elite crowd on one of the best skiing mountains around, head to Vail.

3. Mountain Creek Ski Resort in Vernon, New Jersey is just an hour and a half from New York City. It attracts a young crowd, and is known for the great nightlife, as well as good skiing.

4. Winter Park, Colorado is just an hour from Denver, making it easily accessible to all the young, athletic men and women who live in Denver and Colorado Springs. And there are a lot of them!

5. Park City Ski Resort is located in Park City, Utah and is the one place in Utah that seems to be home to a great nightlife and lively, singles crowd. Unlike other parts of Utah, alcohol flows freely here. Obviously, since this city hosted the 2002 winter Olympics, the skiing is also amazing, which is why it is a mecca for people all over the nation!

6. Killington Ski Resort, located in Vermont, just three hours from Boston, has plenty of pubs and restaurants around the mountain to keep you busy when the ski day is over. This resort is having some great New Year’s specials if you want to ring in 2009 on the slopes!

7. Heavenly Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe, California has great skiing terrain, but because of it’s proximity to casinos, it is the perfect place for partying and socializing when you’re not skiing. 

8. Breckenridge Colorado Ski Resort offers plenty to do whether you stay in town or slopeside. This town attracts a lot of great skiers, which tends to mean singles rather than families. It is also known for great snowboarding parks, which tends to be a male dominated sport. Therefore, if you’re a single woman looking to meet men, grab your board and head to Breckenridge!

9. Mont Tremblant, Quebec -The village at the base of the mountain makes it easy to mingle with other singles. This town attracts a lot of U.S. east coasters.

10. Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in California is not only beautiful, but it’s a great place for any level skier. This is also a great place for snowboarding, cross country skiing, and snowmobiling. Even though this place attracts a lot of families, there are tons of single people that inhabit the mountain and surrounding establishments.

Singles Vacation Organizations:

Planning your winter ski vacations through a service or organization can be a great way to plan a trip for the single person who doesn’t have a lot of single friends to travel with. It’s also great for a group of singles who want to be part of a larger group. The best part is, all the planning is done for you. They have pre-scheduled trips planned that anyone can take part in. You will meet tons of other singles! Here are a few to try:

NorthAmericanSnow.com

MeetMarketAdventures.com

SinglesTravelService.com

Also, every major city usually has a ski club that offers similar ski trips and social opportunities. Search the web for your specific area for more information.

If anyone still doubts me about the health benefits of sex, orgasms, and all things vagina, I give you the proof you need in the form of history. I am starting to think that the father in the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, was right - everything important was derived from the Greek language.

Let’s start with female orgasms. Okay, okay, the Greeks did not invent the female orgasm, but almost! From the Greek word paroxusmos comes the word paroxysm, which is a burst of emotion or a spasm or fit, which is from the word paroxunien which means to stimulate, provoke, or excite.

When women in the olden days were “nervous” or exhibiting “hysteria”, from the Greek word hystera, meaning uterus, it was a doctor’s job to manually stimulate her to orgasm, or “paroxysm”! Yes, you read that right - orgasm was a medicinal treatment. A therapeutic practice! What a pent up Greek girl needed, the Greek doctor delivered! 

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Every woman wants to look good in her Christmas day photos right? Well you’ve got ten days left to look your sexiest for Santa, or whichever one of his elves you’re crushing on this year. (eeewwww!) I’ve got ten suggestions to incorporate into the next ten days of your life to help become the prettiest *f.a.t. (Fit After Thirty) little angel you can be this year!

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Today’s post originated with the idea that I should write an article about pampering. Pampering ourselves and pampering our loved ones. (In this exact instant it is dawning on me that the brand of diapers Pampers, was probably chosen because of the meaning of the word pamper.)  I love it when I have those light bulb moments! Back on track. I wanted to write about pampering for a few reasons.

1. I stumbled across a thought provoking article on the subject of one way a husband can pamper his wife. (Keep reading).

2. People’s financial situations this holiday season will require many to cut back on spending, so  pampering someone can be a meaningful, inexpensive gift to give without breaking the bank.

3. Women are pulled in so many directions that the stress of everyday life is truly taking a toll on our mental and physical health, and pampering is in order!

Studies show that even when mothers match their husbands in hours worked at a job outside the home, the brunt of the child rearing workload is still handled primarily by the mother inside the home. (This is not to say all husbands are lazy. Sometimes men are willing to help, but their wives don’t let them, because of a controlling, protective nature. And sometimes the kids are just at an age where they need more of mom’s skills over dad’s.) Regardless of the reason, the end result is a bunch of stressed out, over-worked women with no down time for themselves. 

That must change! BUT, as strongly as I believe that, I wasn’t quite sure how I felt about an article I read by our friends over at Marriage-zone.com, while doing research for this topic. Here’s the background: Dude wants to show his wife how much he loves and cares about her; dude paints her toenails. (Not just once, but regularly).

Even though the guy was not saying a man should paint his wife’s toes as a means to getting sexual gratification for himself, I feel compelled to turn the idea into a porn video in my mind. I imagine the pedicure as pure foreplay by seeing myself panty-less, in a skirt, as my man looks up with my big toe in his hand, examining the nail as he asks sultrily, “is this too short, or do you want it longer?”

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In my previous post about kegel exercises, Turn Your Vagina Into A Vice Grip, I gave you an overview of kegels for fitness. I’m glad you all liked the article. But don’t wake me when I’m dreamin’, people; I was just gettin’ started!

I hate to keep beating a dead vagina, but it’s time to talk Kegels once again, because we barely touched the surface the first time. (Those muscles really are hidden and buried nowhere near the surface). This time though, I think I am going to be anointed Super Relationship Saver for today’s Kegel wisdom. In fact, I’m having my graphic designer draw up the monogram that will adorn my chest, right after I write this.

I hear a lot of men complain about their low libido-women, and how women are just not giving “it” to them enough.  I would tend to assume that this is due to the man’s emotional disengagement, and a reduction of romantic gestures they put forth when the relationship was young, if it weren’t for one thing. I hear a lot of women complaining of their own low interest in sex. Certainly men’s laziness in the relationship could account for some of the low female sex drives in the world, but not every man can be lazy and disengaged in the relationship, can he? (Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt).

Of course, there are many reasons for a woman’s lack of sex drive which I can address in another article, but the fact is, men want their women to initiate more sex and a lot of women just don’t feel like it. Well guess what? There’s a reason for this. Studies confirm that women’s sexual desire is usually more of a receptive type of desire. What this means is that it is often triggered by thoughts and emotions arising during sexual excitement, not before. I’m channeling some cranky *f.a.t. reader’s voice right now. I hear her saying, “that’s nice, bitch, but if I’m not in the mood for him to be touching me, then how would I get sexually excited enough to trigger my receptive desire?” Good question, Cranky *f.a.t. Reader.

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