October 2010

What Running (And Failing At) A Race Taught Me

October 31, 2010

Pre-race, post-potty – the high point of my day. The End: Shaking, incoherent, sobbing, vomiting and laying under all my blankets still in my sweat-soaked racing clothes: This was how my kids found mommy yesterday. The Beginning: “Sure, give me some of your pills!” Famous. Last. Words. That pretty much sums it up. But if you want all the gory details of my Worst Race Ever (swiftly followed by Very Important Life Lesson), read on: The day dawned bright and beautiful and cold. Gym Buddies Allison, Megan and I met up all kitted out in our glittery skirts and painted [...]

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A Special Thank You to YOU.

October 31, 2010

THIS is how awesome you guys are. I just wanted to write a special thank you for all of you who took the time to comment on my “Being Good Enough: How to Separate Who You Are From What You Do” post. I’ve read through all your responses probably 10 times this weekend and you have no idea how much it helped me! Especially as the race itself was such a disaster. Your responses were deeply moving and thought provoking. Each one of you is such a blessing in my life and I feel immensely privileged that you take the [...]

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Being Good Enough: How to Separate Who You Are From What You Do

October 29, 2010

The caption says “Not good enough for Beijing.” Well there go my dreams of ever being a champion head lifter. I’m nervous. Not nervous in a betrayed-by-my-bowels kind of way. Yet. (Which speaking of being betrayed by one’s nethers, ESPN had the most fascinating article on explosive pooping while racing. Seriously, you must read it. It was in their Body Issue which I want to hate because it feels like using naked chicks to sell more copies a la the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is so tired and yet I love it. Think less bikinis on the beach and more [...]

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Touching in the Gym: People Skills 101

October 28, 2010

I wonder what the Yoga Guru would have said about this kind of yogic touching. My friends paid a boy to kiss me. I was sweet sixteen and never been kissed – a fact that I remain unapologetic about to this day – but my friends decided that the best birthday present they could give me would be a soft-lipped hottie to revoke my VL membership. It didn’t quite turn out the way they had planned. First of all, the only person they could come up with was a random frat boy from the local university. I don’t think any [...]

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Marie Claire Says TV Show about "Fatties" is Socially Irresponsible

October 27, 2010

This Dr. Phil poster may be a joke but many people are serious about their cruel comments. Marie Claire has done it again! After the article that rocked the food-blogging world (which was nasty, sneaky and unfair… and also made some very valid points that I am still thinking about) last month, the lady mag is back in fine foot-in-mouth form with a new article titled “Should Fatties Get a Room (Even on TV)?” that claims to explore whether programming starring happy fat people is “disturbing” and “implicitly promoting obesity.” Their unsurprising fashion-mag answer: yes and yes. (Which I find [...]

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The First Review of My Book! Squeee!

October 27, 2010

Tracey over at I’m Not Superhuman posted her excellent review of my book. To which I responded by stalking all her commenters and thanking them for even considering reading my book. ‘Cause that’s not at all weird. Nope. So if you need more reasons to buy my book – and read some excerpts! – go read her review! Also, while you’re roving the Internet, if you pre-order my book now it’s only $10. After the release it will go up to the full price of $14.95! It’s the perfect New Year’s Gift (which is not exactly a gift-giving occasion but [...]

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The Best Indicator of Your Overall Health [Hint: It's not what you think]

October 26, 2010

It’s not your BMI. It’s not your cholesterol. It’s also not your resting heart rate, your back squat max, your weight, your body fat percentage, your BMR, your RMR, your AT or even your SDTG. (Okay, I made that last one up; some of the alphabet was feeling left out.) It’s definitely not your shoe size (although that is important to know). So what is the number that researchers have found that is the single best indicator of your overall health? Your VO2 max. Which is how I found myself awake in a puddle of cold sweat at three a.m. [...]

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Workout Leaving You Lightheaded? [The side effect of exercise no one talks about]

October 25, 2010

www.marriedtothesea.com Gym Buddy Allison and I share many similarities: young children, a deep love of garage sales and thrift stores, and the same dark hair/light skin that always makes people ask us if we are sisters. Or just confuse one of us for the other. (Hint: she’s the taller one with whiter teeth and shiny hair – basically what would happen if the Old Spice Guy knocked up the Pantene lady.) Recently we discovered we also share something else, albeit a mite more disconcerting than our preoccupation with our body fat percentage: We faint. That’s right, a condition normally associated [...]

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The Must-Do Stretch For All Computer Users [Try it now!]

October 22, 2010

Downward Facing Dog – with the advanced tongue option. Sit at a computer long enough (and you know you do), eventually your shoulders start to tighten up to your ears, your spine rounds out as you slump, your quads and hamstrings tighten up from being in the sitting position so long and – worst of all for me – you get that weird pinchy sensation between your shoulder blades. It probably doesn’t help that I sit on a 20$ desk “chair” from IKEA. So every half hour or so, lest I permanently become hunchbacked, I do my favorite stretch: Down [...]

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Working in an Office or Working at Home: Which is Better For Your Waistline?

October 21, 2010

Has there ever been a better-named snack than this one? Why do we not have these in the US?? I need some crunky nudity! “What smells like… salsa?” My coworker at the computer lab (told you I was a born nerd!) looked around until his eyes settled on me, eating lunch tucked into my cubicle. “What is that thing?” he screeched as if he’d caught me gorging on rat innards. This of course caused all my coworkers to come popping out of their cubes like a life-size game of whack-a-mole. “It’s a red pepper,” I replied simply. Due to time [...]

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