October 2008

How To Enjoy Your Workout in Three Easy Steps

October 31, 2008

Gym Buddies Andrea (who will never ever get hit by a car while running at night), Sarah, Allison, Sunshine, Me, and Serena People sometimes ask me, “How on earth do you find motivation to workout every day? Don’t you get bored?” The next time someone says this to me I’m going to whip these pics out of my wallet and answer, “How often do you get to wear a gold lame (accent on the e, thankyouverymuch) leotard, pink chuck T’s and rat your hair Whitesnake style all while getting the workout of your life?” True, not every night is ’80s [...]

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Managing Male Expectations: Me Jane, You Jerk

October 30, 2008

A friend called me today with an interesting conundrum. Simply put, despite her best efforts, she gets hit on at the gym all the time. Now, before you go off rolling your eyes and muttering about how pretty people need real problems, she brings up an interesting point. As women, we have to walk a fine line: if we are too cold we’re a bitch (pardon my French), if we are too friendly then we’re a cock tease (again, with the French). And that middle ground – friendly, accommodating but definitely not interested in getting our cardio in the broom [...]

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Stop the Stomach Wars: Making Peace With Your Tummy

October 28, 2008

My friend L and I have been best friends since elementary school. We thought we were two halves of the same person and campaigned relentlessly to our parents to never, ever separate us. After all, a multitude of friendship bracelets, twin My Child dolls, and even an actual padlock hooking us together couldn’t be wrong! As we grew up though, life and husbands took us to opposite ends of the country and we became Christmas card and the occasional e-mail buddies. Recently we have rebonded: over – get this – skin. See, in addition to sharing a love of running [...]

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Control Freak

October 28, 2008

Be water. This was the advice given me by a good friend, if by good friend you understand that while we share a half dozen Linked In connections and comment on each others kids’ pictures on Facebook, we haven’t actually spoken in five years. He is a second-degree black belt in Aikido. “Be water” was his Sensei’s motto. My friend had it tattooed down the back of his neck. Back when we shared a workout plan (but different visions), every time I would struggle in the gym, get frustrated, lose my temper, and even cry ocassionally, he would point to [...]

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Athletic Models Should Look Athletic – Plus Giveaway!!! (And no, it’s not a model smart alecks.)

October 27, 2008

Girl 1: Ugh, do these stripes make my thighs look big? Quick, do the 3/4 Paris Hilton pose! Girl 2: Whatevs, you can totally see my ribs. That’s why I get to wear this teeeeeeny little bra. I just hope my girls don’t get showy.Girl 1: What I love is how it says “sportswear” and “workout” in really big letters despite the fact that we are doing nothing sporty nor working out.Girl 2: Wait – this isn’t a casting call for The Real World: Sweaty Gym?Girl 1: Just be glad we’re not working for Equinox. Now those girls have it [...]

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Seasonal Affective Disorder: Is Vitamin D the Cure?

October 24, 2008

Life is full of difficult choices. Take tonight for instance. The cold weather necessitated me pulling out all the workout pants I’d packed away in the spring that, courtesy of my I’m-totally-trying-not-to-obsess-about weight gain, don’t fit like they used to. But I figured anything made out of 7% spandex can accommodate a few more curves so I threw them on (without looking in the mirror) and left for Turbokick. A few minutes of good hard kicks to imaginary heads suddenly had them riding up into places where 7% spandex does not belong. So I pulled them down – just a [...]

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The Fastest Runner Doesn’t Win First Place in Nike Marathon

October 23, 2008

Um, oops. Some things should be self-evident. Like the fact that I run with an entourage consisting of very short people with runny noses and a propensity for whining should indicate that I am well versed in how babies are made. (Stranger at Trader Joe’s, sneering, “Don’t you know how those are made yet? Me: Why, don’t you? Are you looking for tips?) Something else that you would think would be self evident: the first person over the finish line (barring cheating) at a race is the winner. Not so, says the Nike Women’s Marathon. The largest women’s marathon in [...]

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I Think I May Have To Stop Reading Blogs Like This

October 22, 2008

It has been popular of late to talk about the ill-effects from being a blogger who writes about weight/diet issues. However, I have been wondering about the opposite effect. That is, what reading all this does to you. And to me. Reader Judy (whose hair I always admire in her profile picture) brought up this point in her characteristically diplomatic way in a comment she made in regards to my “Wanted: Only Uber Thin Women With Ginormous Breasts” post. (Note to self: enough with the Cosmo-esque adjectives already! That might possibly be the dumbest title I’ve ever written. Sigh.) Judy [...]

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Teaching Teenage Girls to Kick Butt

October 21, 2008

Hee. You can see up my nose. One of the most rewarding things I do with my time when I’m not tethered to my computer is volunteering through my church as a leader for a group of girls. There are about 30 girls ranging from age 12-18 and we meet Wednesday nights. Generally the girls are in charge of deciding what they want to do and carrying it out although the leaders are there for a reason (No, I don’t think we can earn enough money from a car wash to finance a trip to Disney World). And last night [...]

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Classic Eating Disorder "Tips" Make a Comeback – Via The Biggest Loser

October 20, 2008

Here’s a diet tip for you: Eat with a bear. I bet you eat less. Just try it and see. “She is a great example of fulfilling your destiny. She’ll order dessert and take one bite and then pour the salt shaker over it. She’s about living consciously.” ~ Ali Vincent, first female winner of The Biggest Loser, had this to say about working with trainer Jillian Michaels*. Setting aside for the moment my ambivalent feelings about Ms. Michaels – I’ve swung all the way from hater to budding girl crush on the love spectrum – I take issue with [...]

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