TV appearances

Today Show, Here I Come! (Actually they’re coming to me!)

February 29, 2012

Should I wear my new spring dress that I mostly made myself? (I reworked a huge muumuu I found at a thrift store). Probably too fancy. Especially now that we have a foot of snow. Back to the closet… So I just found out – as in today – that I will be on The Today show! Next Week! But they’re sending a film crew to my house TOMORROW to tape the segment! (The day that starts in 30 minutes because I stayed up too late again!) Other than abusing exclamation points I am running around like a crazy person [...]

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The 3 Things I Wanted To Change About Myself As a Child [Fun & Fit radio interview]

November 17, 2011

  As a child there were 3 things I desperately wanted to change about myself, Anne Shirley-style: I wanted red hair – something I did eventually achieve thanks to every shade of red hair dye in existence until I realized halfway through college that I look really bad as a redhead. My skin has pink undertones and when I have red hair I just look like a hot mess. I wanted to be skinnier – sad but true fact: In my diary written by my 8-year-old self was a list of “Everything I Must Do Before Bed !!!!!” and it [...]

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The “Impossible Push-Up” – A Personal Challenge From Tony Horton [Plus: Lots & lots of gym shenanigans!]

October 10, 2011

As you may recall, I got to interview Tony Horton, founder of P90X and P90X 2 (due out in December). (How many times can I name-drop this before it just starts looking pathetic? I don’t care. I talked to Tony! And he said I could call him “Tony”! Or “Friend”! Whatever that means! Squeee!) Near the end of our interview he said, “Well you sound like you’re pretty strong.” Even though I’m well aware of the limitations of the telephone, I still gushed, “Thank yooouuuu!” To which he replied, “Do you want a real challenge?” He said the magic word! He [...]

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"People Don’t Like It When You Puke In the Pool" and other Charlotte-isms [I'm on TV!]

March 1, 2011

Gym Buddy Megan and I having way too much fun this morning doing our pike push-ups (also known as the stick-your-butt-in-the-air-and-wave-it-like-you-just-don’t-care push-ups). Also, my face? This is what happens when Gym Buddy Krista tells me I can’t stick out my tongue in a pic. Great news! I made the evening news on my local NBC affiliate and I wasn’t even in handcuffs or talking about how the tornado hit my chicken coop! AND I didn’t even glue my eyes shut with my eyelash glue. Win! Check out my interview about my book here (Click through to see video): http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=910800 And [...]

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Watch Me Be Sweaty and Gross on Fitarella.TV!

December 14, 2010

Well, at least I didn’t say this. You’d think after my previous experiences with being the Freak Show of the Day on various TV shows that I’d have sworn off doing anything live ever again. I am so awkward, people. And BLURTY. Bad combination. (Gym Buddy Allison likes to explain me thusly: “She’s very book smart but not so much with the common sense.” Truth.) Fitarella – Jacqueline Carly – quickly discovered this when she kindly invited me to be on her show on The Pulse. She opened by saying “Hi” to me. I opened by telling her that she’s [...]

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How Thin is Too Thin?

June 18, 2010

Photo Credit Our society is warped. Twisted. A veritable fun-house of fat and thin mirrors when it comes to body image. One on hand we have Kim Kardashian, queen of curves, compelled to exclaim in an interview, “I look a lot bigger on TV. When I meet people, the first thing they say is, ‘Wow, you’re so much smaller than I thought’. I look about 15 lbs heavier. I’m only 115 lbs, and everyone thinks I’m like 130 or 140. It’s bizarre. I’m a US size 2!” On the other hand we have Kai Hibbard, a finalist on Season 3 [...]

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Confessions of a Cardioholic [My Life as a Cautionary Tale, Part 625]

April 5, 2010

This image was titled “What Not to do in an Earthquake.” Good advice. What do I live for if not to be the poster girl for What Not To Do? In March, I was Fitness Magazine’s freakshow of the month in an article by Jessica Girdwain titled “Confessions of a Cardioholic.” You’d think after being on ABC’s 20/20, Fox’s Morning Show with Mike & Juliette and in publications to numerous to count talking about my various permutations of eating disorders that I’d be used to the public scrutiny. I’m not. (Tangent: A friend new to the area told my husband [...]

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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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How Skinny Is Too Skinny?

October 2, 2008

Photo Credit Our society is warped. Twisted. A veritable fun-house of fat and thin mirrors when it comes to body image. We’re all well aware how the media accustoms us to starlets sylphlike on screen and sacks of bones in real life. Because the camera adds 15 pounds these days, you see. Even Kim Kardashian, queen of curves, felt compelled to exclaim in a recent interview, “I look a lot bigger on TV. When I meet people, the first thing they say is, ‘Wow, you’re so much smaller than I thought’. I look about 15 lbs heavier. I’m only 115 [...]

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Orthorexia: Behind the Scenes on 20/20

September 8, 2008

“Sancho!” I yelled, smiling so tightly that my cheeks hurt as I threw open my front door. “Charlotte! You’re even more beautiful in person!” He didn’t miss a beat, despite the fact that I’d just called him by his last name as if we were old college buddies. His name is actually Miguel Sancho, producer for ABC’s entertainews’ show 20/20, and he had been sitting outside my house for the past 20 minutes in a little red sports car the like of which my suburban Minnesotan neighborhood never sees. It was as awkward of an introduction as they come. Rather [...]

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