We love Kefir’s on-the-go snack: ProBugs Organic Whole Milk.

Kefir is a fermented milk which contains a unique mixture of several live microorganisms. Lifeway Kefir is highly digestible and due to its acidity and enzymes, it stimulates digestion of other foods and contains a huge quantity of lactic bacteria, which inhibit putrefactive and pathogenic microbes. It tastes similar to th

ose yogurt smoothie drinks, but until recently you could only buy it in large bottles.

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We love  its easy-to-grip shape and patented no-spill spout.

ProBugs is available at grocery stores nationwide, including Whole Foods and Target.

Linley Hall in Victoria was transformed overnight into “Stella’s Gym,” complete with Olympic athletes including Allyson Felix and Victoria Pendleton—at the launch of Stella McCartney’s Spring 2009 Adidas collection. I love the hem and high waist of the  muted pink tennis outfit above.  Stylish, flirty, yet still functional.

The collection spans running, gym, yoga, dance, tennis, golf, swimwear, and accessories, all characterized by a sharp eye for fashion detail and, this season, popping with neon pinks, grass green, yellow, and periwinkle blue. In one corner were gymnasts performing on the balance beam in leotards and yoga sweats; in another, the tennis team knocked balls about in scalloped-edge dresses over orange shorts. Elsewhere, runners warmed up on treadmills wearing high-tech spray-painted leggings. McCartney’s  personal trainer, Tracy Anderson (the woman behind Madonna’s and Gwenyth Paltrow’s killer bodies) has consulted on the development of McCartney’s gym line.

Source: Style

While some athletes (think Michael Phelps) may fuel their body with 12,000 calories a day not all Olympians get to indulge their cravings.

Olympic Gold Medalist, Nastia Liukin shares that gymnasts eat totally different. At Badgley Mischka’s Spring 2009 fashion show on Sept. 12 in New York City, Liukin shares with People Magazine, that   her daily intake may be closer to 1,200 calories.

A typical breakfast is “eggs or yogurt or oatmeal,” said Liukin, 18, who took the gold for the individual all-around in Beijing. “Then for lunch I’ll have a salad with chicken or fish or some sort of protein and then for dinner I keep it really light with probably just a piece of fish and vegetables.”

That lean combo is just enough “to keep me energized,” she said, “but I do have a few power bars before my practices.”

So how has life changed since Beijing? Getting photographed all the time, “is really different,” said Liukin, who hit three shows during New York’s fashion week, possibly gathering inspiration for the line of gymnastics leotards she is designing.

“When I’m performing and I get photographed I don’t see anything because I’m so focused on what I’m doing. Now, it’s crazy being here, but it’s been a lot of fun and I’m definitely enjoying this experience.”

No wonder the Olympic darling is so thin!

More photos of Nastia at NBC here.

Source: People

41-year-old four time Olympian Dara Torres walked in the show holding daughter Tessa Grace (2).  Dara is six feet tall.  All I can say is “wow!” Look at those arms and legs…

Dara won three silver medals in Beijing.  She was also the first female athlete to appear in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 1994.

That is one fit Mamma! Great article on Dara at Women’s Heath.

Charles Nolan’s Spring 2009 is a bit boring, but still very wearable for day-to-day Moms.

Photos: Style

18-year-old American Nastia Liukin (above center) won the All-Around Women’s Gymnastic Gold medal in Beijing last week. Fellow teammate Shawn Johnson  won the Silver All-Around.

Standing just 5′2″ and 99 lbs Nastia proved to be a dynamo in Beijing as she brought home FIVE Olympic medals (one gold, three silver and one bronze). Liukin tied Shannon Miller’s 1992 record medal haul (Miller won 2 silver and 3 bronze medals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics).  Nastia has one more Olympic medal than her father Valeri.

Anastasia “Nastia” Liukin was born to Anna and Valeri Liukin on October 30, 1989 in Moscow, Russia. When she was two and a half years old, her parents decided to move from Russia to the USA where they reside today. As the daughter of two gymnasts who each earned the title of World and/or Olympic Champion in their careers and who became gymnastics coaches themselves it was only natural that Nastia found herself in the gym from a very young age. Her parents, all too aware of just how tough the sport can be, never intended for Nastia to become a gymnast - certainly not at the elite level. However it was difficult to ignore her talent and her desire to be involved in gymnastics. Nastia began competing earlier than most at the age of six.

By the time she was 12 years old, Nastia was an Elite gymnast.

A great video of the Beijing Olympics 2008 All-Around Battle here.  And another of Liukin’s beam routine at the Gymnastics Gala here.

Enjoy the video montage of Liukin below.

Here’s a video of Nastia from 2001 when she was just 11 years-old!