Is FITSPO inflammatory?

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CLICK MY TATTOO! CLICK MY TATTOO! Are the FAT to FIT!!! photos designed to make you feel poorly about yourself? I'm at SHIFT CON. Chatting about my Thirty second FAT TO FIT transformation! & speaking about the diminishing power of FITSPO in our healthy living community. At least *I* hope it's diminishing. The rest of the panel? It remains to be seen. (cue ominous move'esq ... Continue Reading

Meet my friend Melvin.

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I smile each time I walk past this sign. The husband shared recently how much he's seen me change since we moved to Oakland. "In the 21 years Ive known you (!) the only other time Ive seen you change so noticeably is when you moved to Guatemala.  You left Texas as Carla, took on the role of new (temporarily single) mom in a country where you didn't speak the language and nothing was the same ... Continue Reading

Leslie Sansone’s tips for walking a half-marathon.

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I love me some Leslie.  Hey there fitness fans! I heard Carla was looking for some help prepping for her January half marathon so I thought I’d offer some tips. Thirteen miles is definitely a challenge so you'll want to work up to this distance at least three months in advance — making NOW the perfect time to start! Just getting the miles in can be tough for anyone with even a few things ... Continue Reading

The lies we tell ourselves: part one.

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Oakland.  I had no idea Id love ye. The below is a flashback! post. The below is not out of laziness---it's the first part in a 2 part series.  This piece was written right before our move to Oakland.   Ive thought a lot recently about the lies we tell ourselves and the various ways our fibs can work for us. Ive shared how I think fabrication in the name of COSTUMING is ... Continue Reading

Teaching GRIT.

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I've yammered endlessly about my approach to parenting. Practice what you long to preach. I've harnessed its power for fitness, mindful eating, doing unto others, the importance of friendship etc. I spare the child (most of) the lectures, choose to lead by silent example and hope it works. Which bring, again, to our friend in the wheelchair and the vast amount of grit he possessed. Each ... Continue Reading

Tricep dips in a wheelchair.

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If you're squinting at the photo above and uncertain what it's supposed to capture---then you're precisely as I was. The Child and I were walking around Oakland, enjoying one of her last days of summer, when she grabbed my hand and shouted: WOW, Mama.  Look!!! He's super strong! Here's where I share the fact, while we were enjoying the day, it had been a long one. I'd done that thing with ... Continue Reading

Tips for walking a half-marathon?

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I walked my first race in Napa! Every few years I decide I want to attempt, again, to be a runner. I'm uncertain why---I think it's because I covet the freedom of the run, as I know (in my heart and in my piriformis) I am not a runner. I get the RUNNINGurge. I commit. I bail. (except for that one time but Ive realized that was an anomaly.) Finally, thanks to a move to Oakland ... Continue Reading

Keeping up with pop-culture.

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Once upon a time there was a misfit who devoured pop-culture. She loved trashy magazines. She was a fan of PEREZ back in the *day* when he was Page Six Six Six (anyone else remember that?). She used to joked (awkwardly she can now see with that 20/20 vision of hindsight) she had a BA, an M.Ed., and a PhD in Pop Culture with a focus on In Touch Weekly. She was the one everyone came to ... Continue Reading

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