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  • Day 2 of Summer, and Still Hating It

    It is too hot to move. I’m supposed to go to the gym or doing some form of exercise daily, but today, I am the very definition of sluggish. It’s not that I hurt all over from yesterday (I do). It’s not that I’m lazy. It’s the heat, which according to the temperature thingie in…

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  • Of Summer, Athletic Injuries and Payback

    It’s the first day of summer, the longest day of the year, which means more time for me to experience all the aches from this morning’s training session with Moraitis. (Yes, of course I know it has to do with daylight, not hours, but I’m trying to wax poetic here.) Here in Raleigh, the temps…

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  • Stop Taking Vitamins? That’s Hard to Swallow

    Just when you thought it was safe to swallow that multivitamin, the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee (DGAC) pretty much trashes that idea. The guidelines are updated every five years, and this week the latest findings were released. Very little changed from 2005. Some news outlets say the report signals a move to a…

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  • Eating Disorder Websites are Deadly … and Plentiful

    Thanks to Twitter and blogs, how-to methods for eating disorders are reaching kids and adults with frightening speed, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Public Health (APHA). The term “pro-ana” refers to pro-anorexia sites, “pro-mia” to pro-bulimia sites. The APHA study checked out nearly 200 active pro-ana and pro-mia sites.…

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  • Why Aren’t More People Dropping Dead at the Gym?

    Heart attack. Stroke. Congestive heart failure. There are several different reasons why these problems have been front-of-mind lately, most recently this morning when, after a session with Leslie Moraitis left me sweating and breathing hard, I wondered why I wasn’t clutching my chest and falling to the floor. Am I the only one who’s ever…

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  • Pain is my New Normal

    To make up for May’s slack, I’ve been going to the gym far more often. I’m actually trying to go at least five days a week, but missed today because of a small crisis that need immediate attention. My new routine includes twice-weekly personal training sessions at the gym, and so far, it’s been pretty …

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  • I Raced for the Cure…and Lived to Tell About It

    It was only a 5K. Just 3.1 miles. Anyone who can’t walk 3.1 miles is a wimp, I told myself, but the first kernel of doubt planted itself soon after my husband dropped off my daughter and me at Meredith College. We had to go up a grassy hill to get to the area where…

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  • For Some Reason, I’m Doing the 5K ‘Race for the Cure’ Tomorrow

    Racing? No. Walking? Yes. More than 25,000 people are expected to participate in the Komen NC Triangle Race for the Cure© tomorrow, which begins and ends on the campus of Meredith College near downtown Raleigh. I just made the decision to participate an hour ago, and that baffles even me. I mean, this event has…

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  • The Dangers of Letting Too Much Time Pass Between Meals

    So there I was in the middle of Big Lots, fully five hours since I’d had a banana, surrounded by aisles of snacks and candy. I’d just dropped off Sky at her coaching job, and needed to get some tape, lightbulbs and a colander. I did end up buying some almonds, but was too thirsty…

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  • A Lot of Heavy Breathing Going On in the Locker Room

    This morning, I walked very slowly to the locker room because I simply could not move any faster. Every part of me ached a bit, but not as much as my legs, which threatened to give out with every step. I was breathing pretty hard because I had worn myself out in the past hour…

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