Judy Lin
Judy Lin is a writer for UCLA Today and editor/coach to the BHIP Bloggers. A once-disciplined exerciser who prided herself on spending her lunch hours taking three-mile runs around campus, swimming at campus pools and lifting heavy weights at the John Wooden Center, a midlife crisis prompted her to sit down and rest. She has been resting long enough that she’s had to start checking the “Sedentary” box on those “How would you describe your daily activity level?” self-evaluations. Judy signed up for BHIP to recommit herself to fitness with the help of attendance-taking UCLA Recreation coaches and the camaraderie of fellow sweaty Bruins.
May 20, 2010
More than 200 staff and faculty have signed on to sweat, nurse sore muscles, get healthy and fit in the new five-days-a-week-for-three-months Bruin Health Improvement Program (BHIP). Now, a dozen of committed Be-Hipsters from all corn...
Jun 21, 2010
I’m skinny. On the underside of 120 pounds, size 4. Woo-hoo!
BIG FRIGGIN’ DEAL. Being a beanpole doesn’t make me a better person, more successful, happier or more deeply loved. Contrary to just about every women’s magazine that’s ever crossed my path, every TV show and movie populated by anorectic actresses, the millions of messages we — women mainly — get bombarded with, the truth is that weighing X pounds isn’t the answer to all our prayers. The truth is that skinny me has to deal with real life pretty much the same way everyone else does.
Read Judy's complete post here. Jul 09, 2010
I was an exerciser in my pre-BHIP life, but now I question the quality and quantity of my efforts — in other words,
how the hell did I ever call what I was doing a real workout? ... For instance, I used to do a half-hour lunchtime run around campus now and then, feel really proud of myself, stretch, shower at the Wooden Center and be done with it. I didn’t run fast. Some people walk faster than I ran. But I got sweaty and tired, so I called it a workout and patted myself on the back.
Read Judy's complete post here.
