The Olympics: Celebration of Body Diversity or Bastion of Body Snark?

by Charlotteathletes, body image, rantsPosted on 32 Comments

From the oddly choreographed Dawn of the Industrial Age dance number (as interpreted by mimes) to the Spice Girls reunion, complete with Posh robot (why on earth is she still singing? Stick with designing absolutely adorable dresses!) and all the leaps, be-grilled Lochtes, butt smacks, Gold-Medal Gabbys, Usain Bolt hilarity and scandals in between (you …

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My Top 10 Most Embarrassing Fitness Moments & Pics! [Plus: An opportunity for you to be on Shape.com!]

by CharlottehumorPosted on 41 Comments

If there was an award for most embarrassing workout that would definitely go to MMA! Nothing like getting your head clamped in someone else’s sweaty crotch. At least it was Allison’s! Setting aside the time I peed my pants running the mile in high school, the time I almost lost my virginity in a tragic …

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Peeing, Flashing and Prairie Dogs: 8 Awesome Things I Learned From My First Mud Run [Camp Titan Race Report!]

by Charlottehumor, runningPosted on 38 Comments

I got to do this one with my husband! Nothing says “fun date night” like “pool of urine”! You guys! I have BIG NEWS! I finally did it! I got to live out my lifelong dream and pee in a lake! (Okay, more like a pond.) And I didn’t even have to do a triathlon …

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Exercise Induced Asthma: 700 Olympic Athletes Have It – Do You?

by Charlottebodily functionsPosted on 38 Comments

Problem: inhalers aren’t cool. Solution: Suck drugs from Justin Beiber’s torso! Personally I’m going for the My Little Pony option. “I don’t mean to be rude but I couldn’t help but notice…” Having just finished my Tabata sprints, I could barely hear the woman over the sound of my own wind-sucking. I wasn’t even sure …

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Olympic Gymnastics + Dress Shopping + Michael Phelps = Best Night Ever

by CharlotteUncategorizedPosted on 16 Comments

Just… wow. Best night ever: Watching all the aMAYzing female gymnasts doing their Olympic acrobatics and randomly perusing the dress sale on ModCloth during commercials. Sorry, can’t form enough coherent thoughts beyond WOW! to write a decent blog post. Plus I just needed a night to unwind, look at pretty things I can’t afford and not have …

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“It’s Okay If…”: When it comes to your health sometimes it’s good to be bad

by CharlotteUncategorizedPosted on 16 Comments

You show ’em, birdie!! Being the law-abiding, Type A, total rule follower that I am, I’m rarely a bad girl. But sometimes even I need to rebel. Case in point: today I sent my kids with dirty socks to tie-dye for day camp because I couldn’t be bothered to go to the store. (Plus: what …

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The Link Between Mood Disorders and Diet [Is going gluten-free the key to curing my anxiety?]

by Charlottediets, mental health, Primal BlueprintPosted on 104 Comments

I think it’s safe to say this little guy is having a very strong reaction to…bark. At the time it was the worst thing that had ever happened to me. I don’t talk about it much these days since so many worse things happened in the interim (ah, life). But back in 2000 – 2001, …

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Me Vs. The Pool: The Horror and Glory of a Swimming Workout [I still hate swimming]

by CharlotteUncategorizedPosted on 65 Comments

See, some people love swimming so much they can have someone’s foot in their nethers and still feel like performing The Flower Drum Song/Waterworld mashup. Either you’re a swimmer or you’re not. False dichotomy though it may be, there is an easy test to see which camp you fall in. When someone tells you, “Let’s …

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