Hatchoo! The Top 5 Worst U.S. Cities for Fall Allergies

Pollen, trees, weeds and mold--they're a problem in the fall, too, and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has compiled a list of the worst, and the best, cities for fall allergies. Does yours make the list?

The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America based it's rankings on a analysis of three factors: airborne pollen counts from grass, trees, weeds, and mold spores; the number of allergy medications used per patient; and the number of allergy specialists per capita in each area, according to WebMD.

The top five worst cities for allergies in 2010:

Dayton, Ohio (eeks--poor Ohio! They were featured multiple times on the bedbug list, too!)

Halloween's Over, But the Candy's Still Around: Which Kind Tempts You Most?

I hardly ever eat candy, so I'm not someone who's hard on myself for splurging a little on Halloween. You too? But have you found that you go a little over board when it comes to a certain fave candy or chocolate bar? Oh my goodness, I think someone needs to lock up these bars--I'm powerless to resist them ...

My Halloween candy weakness? The mini Nestle Crunch Bars. Normally I'm more of a gourmet chocolate kind of gal, but the Halloween aftermath has me ga-ga for these bars (so much for that great trick we talked about). I think I need my husband to hide them from me. P.S. I also have a crush on Kit-Kats around this time of the year.

Got a Minute? 10 Healthy Things You Can Do for Yourself Right Now!

My dears, how are you doing today? Are you stuck at the office? If you have a minute (and by that I mean 60 seconds--tops!), here's a list of things you can do to improve your health this very moment ...

1. Take a vitamin D supplement. Most Americans don't get enough (including me--my levels were shockingly low!), and vitamin D has so many known, and unknown, health benefits that it's not worth being deficient.

2. Give someone a hug. It will boost their mood and increase the production of serotonin (the feel-good hormone) in your bod.

3. Stand up and stretch. Stretching is an instant energizer because it gets blood pumping throughout your bod.

Found! A New Calming, Stress-Reducing Fragrance

I like to wear perfume, but recently I've had some fragrance flops. One gave me a headache. Another, which smelled great in the store, suddenly smelled synthetic and artificial at home. I almost gave up the hope of finding a soothing, natural, healthy fragrance, until I spritzed this one on...

Are you a fan of Aveda? I am--I think their stuff smells exactly like the spa. Ahhhhhhh. I also love that it's free of artificial chemicals and additives that tend to give me a headache. I recently splurged on a new perfume from Aveda. It's called Ancient Attar, and I swear, this stuff has a detectable calming effect on me. OK, so the complimentary hand massage the Aveda sales clerk gave me before I bought it helped, too.

Fitness Poll: How Flexible Are You? Have You Ever Been Able to Do the ... Splits?

I think there's a time in every gal's life when she can do the splits--like when she's 10! I used to be uber-flexible, but now? Not so much (and the baby in my belly doesn't help much with that!). But, whether you can do the splits or not, flexibility is so key to fitness and injury-prevention. One of my goals this year is to up my flexibility. How flexible are you?

I was inspired by this photo of a FitSugar blogger in a yoga-splits pose. I wondered, will I ever be able to get down into this position again? I hope so!

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Can you do the splits? How flexible are you on a scale of 1 to 10?

Fitness: Do You Work Out Harder When You're Angry? Would A Photo of Mel Gibson Motivate You?

I'll be honest, when I'm fuming about something, I run faster and longer than I usually do. That's one good thing about anger, I guess: It can be motivating. But I had to laugh when I read that one gym is plastering shamed actor Mel Gibson's face on its workout machines, in hopes that it motivates folks. Would that work for you?

Would that face cause you to burn more calories on the Elliptical? FitSugar pointed out a funny photo of a gym advertising that they're putting photos of Mel Gibson on their machines to motivate calorie-burning. They even have a so-called "Mel Gibson membership special"--just $40 a month.

Finally, a Celeb Who's Setting Realistic Weight Loss Expectations After Having a Baby

You gals know I'm not a fan of the crazy pressure women put on themselves--especially in Hollywood--to snap back to their old bods after pregnancy and childbirth, so I want to praise one celeb and new mom who says to hell with those crazy expectations ...

Yay for Tiffani Theissen (you remember, the cutie from "Saved By the Bell," who's also starring in "White Collar"), who just had a new baby in June and is sending out the message that her body isn't back to where it was pre-baby, and that she's OK with that.

"I'd love to be my size again but my body is just not that way," Thiessen, 36, told PEOPLE. "It doesn't work that way for me and I'm okay with that."