April 2008

Oh The Pain!

April 30, 2008

I’m sitting here with a bag of frozen lima beans on my leg. Not because I can’t bear to be parted from my beloved legumes for even a second (although my love does run deep, dear little green nuggets of goodness) – but because I have terrible shin splints. Well, only on my right shin. But it really huuuurrrrts! Last fall I got a small stress fracture in said shin while training for a marathon; a product of upping my mileage too quickly and having a general misguided sense of invincibility. (I almost wrote sense of “invisibility” – how cool [...]

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You Versus Special K

April 29, 2008

Many things in life make no sense. Cereal should not be one of them. When I was in New York, I saw a very large billboard that took up (and I kid you not) the entire side of a building. A huge building. And what did it feature? Darfur? The 2008 presidential election? An expensive car, even? It was breakfast cereal. Specifically the breakfast cereal that (coincidentally?) shares its name with a date-rape drug. Yay Special K!The copy read “Swimsuit Season starts May 21st!” with a picture of a woman squaring off with a red bikini. In between the gladiator [...]

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You Know You’re A Geek If…

April 28, 2008

If you don’t get this, face it – you’re not a geek. I have a confession to make: I once punched myself in the face during kick boxing. Because I was trying to read my heart rate monitor. Okay, true confession: I’ve done that more than once. It’s embarrassing. The Geek SquadWhen the Gym Buddies and I hit the gym floor, it’s like watching the starting line of the Academic Olympiad. (And to those of you who actually competed in the Academic Olympiad and are saying “Wait, there’s no starting line! “Olympiad” is metaphorical! Not to mention grammatically incorrect!” I [...]

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It’s Not About the Food!!

April 26, 2008

In an effort to keep up my All Eating Disorders, All the Time round-the-clock coverage for you (kidding – I swear this is the last post on this for a while), I bring you Charlotte’s List of Why People Have Eating Disorders. When I tell people about my eating-disordered past, and even more so since the 20/20 & FOX interviews, someone inevitably says, “Oh, I could never have an eating disorder! I just love food too much!” If I had a nickel for every time I have heard this then believe me, I would not be grading SAT essays for [...]

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5 Things I’ve Learned About Television

April 25, 2008

The eating disorder girls! Me, Laura, & Elizabeth And no I don’t know what I’m doing in this picture – probably the pee pee dance. Seeing as I started with a base knowledge of, oh, zero when it comes to all things TV related, it’s probably not any surprise to you that I learned a lot from the 20/20 and FOX shows. The former was taped (and will air sometime in May and no I don’t know exactly when yet but hey it’s kind of nice having the notoriety without having you all see just how crazy I really am) [...]

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Anyone Watch Fox News?

April 23, 2008

‘Cause I’m off to do an interview for their morning show. It airs on fox 8 am EST (9 am central). Leaving to catch my plane now to NYC! Wish me luck:)CPS> Talking about eating disorders, yep yep.

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How To Birth LeBron James

April 22, 2008

Funny thing about being pregnant (which I’m totally not – Hi Honey!), everyone has advice for you. And I mean everyone. Even your 65-year-old never-been-married nor-had-a-kid-who-looks-suspiciously-like-him postman. There was the good (“Wipe him down with a scented baby wipe just before people come to visit – that way they’ll think he just had a bath. You look like a great mom AND hygienic.”), the bad (“Feed your baby peanut butter right from the beginning. That way he’ll get used to it and never have peanut allergies.”), and the just plain whaaaa…? (“Don’t raise your arms above your head or your [...]

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I’m A Hypocrite

April 21, 2008

If I’m being totally honest, I can probably think of many ways that I am hypocritical (for example, I simultaneously hate global warming and love air conditioning) but the one that is niggling most at my conscience is music. I know, I know, in a world where children are dying in sweat shops & I still buy sandals at Wal-Mart, I choose music to get really worked up about. But here’s my problem – I love music. All kinds of music (my two favorite genres are Punk/Emo, like AFI or My Chemical Romance, and anti-folk like Joshua Radin and Regina [...]

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The Story of a Push Up

April 21, 2008

If you think this is going to be about a bra, you’re going to be minorly dissappointed. Although hang tight until the end – I won’t let you down like that two-dollar clearance bra you bought because it had cute polka dots and was, you know, two dollars. First Things FirstReader Rachel sent me a question about push ups. Not the bra variety but the actual up & down on your hands kind. She writes: This has been bothering me TO NO END. I complain about it all the time, and that would be: my sorry lack of push-up ability. [...]

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Three Stooges Day at the Gym

April 17, 2008

It all started with Kjirsten’s “zoomers.” In case you missed her comment/suggestion on I Love Pain (which apparently she does too), let me summarize for you: Zoomers by Kjirsten1. While straddling the treadmill, set it to level 10 (6 min. miles).2. Jump on and run like mad for 10 seconds.3. Increase the incline to 3. Run for 10 seconds.4. Increase incline again to 7. Run for 10 seconds.5. Drop down to O incline and level 6 (10 min. miles). Run for 10 seconds.6. That’s one zoomer. If you feel so inclined, repeat. Which is how Gym Buddy Allison and I [...]

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