Charlotte Hilton Andersen – The Great Fitness Experiment – While you’re reading those glossy fitness magazines and wondering if those techniques actually work for anyone, Charlotte is already hitting the gym, getting sweaty to test them out and make sure they do. She blogs honestly about the best and the worst in fitness, and she isn’t one to mince words. Her honesty is what is so appealing, outlining the truth in a path to better total fitness. Gail, Carol, & Laura – Shrinking Sisters – These women aren’t actual sisters, but they are good friends and moms who openly share their fitness stories on the Shrinking Sisters blog. The best part about this blog, aside from the great typography and fun Wordless Wednesday photos, is their honesty. They tell it like it is, making theirs an infinitely relatable blog. Fitarella – Fitarella – She has a pretty inspiring story – from eating disorder sufferer to advocate for a fit, healthy lifestyle, she’s turned her whole life into a blog about what it means to be the total health package. She recently submitted a video for the OWN network’s Search for the Next TV Star which garnered over 9.4 million votes. Now that is fierce. Lisa Creech Bledsoe – The Glowing Edge – I’m putting Lisa’s blog under Fitness, although it really should stand in its own category of Ass Kicking. She’s a boxer, a digital nerd, and a mom, all of which she writes about in her blog, but it’s her inspired pow-pow boxing posts that keep me coming back for more. If you didn’t realize that a woman boxing makes a rad analogy for life, then stop missing out. Kate – Eat the Damn Cake – Kate is brave. She takes on topics about body image and dieting openly and completely honestly. She faces some of the most difficult questions and conversations and manages to write with unwavering grace. Even when tackling difficult truths, she does it without either crumpling into self-pity or jagging her edges with defensiveness. She’s a better woman than I, and I love to read her blogs.