Why Your Suffering is Real

Expectations are the enemy of progress and the creators of all sorts of crap. I mean, it makes total sense. If I expect a birthday cake and I get a birthday carrot, someone is going to pay dearly. However, if I expect nothing, and I receive an avocado? “An avocado! Thanksssss!” Aside from the connection […]

Why Side-by-Side Photos Saved My Life

Part of the problem with social media is the comparison culture. The before and afters, the #TBT (throwback Thursday) and #TT (transformation Tuesday) posts and pictures. Worse than that is the focus on looks and lighting and angles. Yep, I am a pro at this. Look at these two pictures, taken seconds apart. In one, […]

Olympic Weightlifter to Triathlete (Fast Twitch to Slow Twitch)

Someone emailed me and asked if I would write about how my former sport of Olympic weightlifting translated into me becoming an endurance athlete later in life. Simply put: No translation.  Lost in Translation.  Apples and Oranges. But that is not completely true. Many don’t know the whole story of my previous-life athletic feats (and non-feats). […]

Why We Can’t Fill Our Cracks

When I made the decision to quit  _______, I had reached the “up to here” point. I draw a long line to fill in the blank, because really, I have quit so many things at this point, you can fill in the blank. Binge Eating Legal Work Race Starts Writing a fiction book Writing another […]

Meredith: The Fat Shamer

Before I get into the visit I took into Crazy Town yesterday, I have to mention this. I don’t know if I wrote about the awesome fact that I killed  20 mile training run last week. TWENTY MILES, people.  And yes, I am TOTALLY bragging about it OPENLY because if y’all know me… this is a huge […]

The Skin I Am In

In 2002, I remember distinctly this one “date” night. I spent time carefully putting on my make-up, styling my hair in a way that was appropriate for a night out. And then I threw my arms into a thick black cardigan, black pants and a giant black purse. It was August in Georgia, and the […]

“Not Giving a Sh*t is a Way to Have a Terrible Life…”

“It does not take any courage to say, ‘Nothing is going to work.’ What you are really saying is, ‘I am afraid to try. Because what if I try and I fail.’ The hipster approach is to say, ‘I don’t give a sh*t.’ But not giving a sh*t is a way to have a terrible […]

“How to Survive Anything” – A Post about Fear

The Swim Bike Family headed to the lake yesterday for a little morning of fun, open water swimming and wetsuit testing, to be followed by lunch and a stop by Cabela’s (a/k/a where all things are Southern, fishing, hunting and camouflage).  The Expert has decided that they (and I mean they) are going camping;  so there were camping […]

The Romanticizing of a Monster

Addiction is a hideous thing. And alcohol addiction is a real pain in the ass, the wallet, the waistline and the mind. Some of us can have a lovely glass of wine with dinner. Others of us, well… nothing less than a martini and a bottle of pinot grigio. ABC News anchor Elizabeth Vargas just yesterday bravely shared […]