Strong is the Silence: The Things We Do Not Say

  Sometimes silence is definitely not the best option! It started with trying to take someone else’s words – words that had been used against me – and make them my own. Project Unbreakable* is for survivors of abuse and the premise is that you take the power, the secrecy, the lies, the fear and …

Social Jet Lag and Nighttime Fasting: Surprising Sleep Research [And awkward dancing]

  If stick figures had hair, this would so be me. And yes, there is video of my awkward dancing but thankfully it has not seen the light of Facebook. Yet.  My neck hurts so bad I can’t even touch my chin to my chest. No I don’t have meningitis. I have something worse, something …

Head Butts and Yoga Butts: What works in the gym, doesn’t always work out of the gym

This, my friends, is the Rear Naked Choke in action. (I think, feel free to correct me if it isn’t.) Clearly Golem in front is not amused but the guy in back is totally laughing. See? Funny. The Rear Naked Choke Hold came back to haunt me tonight. There I was, sitting in on a …

From Sneaky Sugar Cravings to Speedy Sprinting – How Caffeine Affects Performance, Weight Loss and Mood

Photo Credit: Fail Blog You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that diet pills don’t work. If they did, we’d all look like Carmen Electra and spend our nights partying away with the Zantrex dancers. (Not to be confused with the Valtrex dancers – that kind of party is a straight shot to …

TV Shows About Sports: The Good, The Bad, The Nonsensical! [Why I’m not really blogging tonight]

Praise the heavens! You can’t tell but Megan’s really upset I couldn’t find our matching leotards. The Super Bowl, the World Series, the Olympics: When most people talk about watching sports on TV they mean they’re “catching the game.” But I am not most people (in this case I am both dumber and more juvenile …

You Know You’re a Fitness Nerd If… [My top 20 list!]

…if “dressing up” means wearing your silver Nikes. Anyone who’s ever done weighted hip thrusts while having a serious conversation or watched two guys arm wrestle over the last jar of Pure Protein knows: Fitness is funny. The things we say, the things we do, and heaven help us, the things we WEAR. Every once in …

Courtney Love, Food Journals and My “Efficient” Metabolism [Watching other people eat]

I… have no caption for this picture. Courtney Love defies description. “Hershey leaves me my usual tray of foods.” An entire story in one sentence, written by Ms. Courtney Love as her ode (or eulogy, I’m still not sure) to food when the Grubstreet page of New York magazine asked her what she normally ate. They …