Pop Physique: Squeeze Your Cheeks and See Results

For the first time in a long time, I’m really enjoying exercise. After a long day of work, I’m finding an hour-long workout class that really challenges my muscles to do things they almost never do is helping me to sleep better and maintain my shrinkage, if you will. Recently, I wrote a post about how Chandra and I were “studio hopping” around town, using... Read More

Goal Weight Questions

How do you come up with a healthy goal weight? Last November, I picked a number that represented the weight I was about 4 or 5 years ago, when I was a vegetarian who ran several miles a week. That weight is about ten pounds less than I am now. And now, here I am, ten pounds more than this somewhat arbitrary number I picked and even though I’m still tracking pretty consistently... Read More

Camping or The Weight Watcher in the Woods

Bonus (activity) points to anyone who caught my 1980s Disney horror flick reference, BTW. All pop culture references aside, I did, in fact, go camping with my boyfriend for the first time 4th of July weekend. The time before that, we went car camping in Malibu, which wasn’t exactly Bear Grylls territory. The surrounding wildlife included a posse of drunk 20 – 40 something-year-old... Read More

Fitness à la Carte

If you’re like me, tying yourself down to a single gym seems like an undue constraint. Adding to this is the fact that I enjoy working out with a buddy almost exclusively, which would entail both of us committing to memberships at the same gym. As if I didn’t already struggle with personal motivation to go work out, these additional obstacles are just plain bad news. These... Read More

Cardio (crack) Barre

Tondue, plié, grand plié, relevé, first position, second position. Lift! Lift! Lift! Lift! And don’t forget those tiny little 1-pound baby weights. They seem harmless, right? Welcome to Cardio Barre – the latest among many LA fitness crazes. Lisa and I have been attempting to get to a class for several months now. With a light, LIGHT, running schedule in effect until training... Read More

Swimming a Marathon

Last Sunday, I participated in the L.A. Marathon for the third time. Although I had run the race twice before, due to the fact that the rain POURED down from the moment we crossed the start line until hours after we finished running, I’m now claiming to have swum the race the third time around. All joking aside, there was something different about this race for me, personally.... Read More

26.2 Miles & 26.2 Pounds

Runners are those lithe creatures who wolf down burgers, guzzle milkshakes and don’t bat an eyelash at a second helping of whatever dish is dripping in chocolate because they’re torching calories like a drunken, underage heiress burns through cash. At least, that’s what I used to think. In fact, that’s what I thought because that used to be me. For two years,... Read More