Author Archives: Theodora Blanchfield

I Did it for the Endorphins

I had a really busy and stressful week last week at work.

By Friday, I was ready to crawl under my covers and hibernate.

I was chatting with my boss/favorite person and told her how excited I was to go home and get in bed.

“So, I can’t persuade you to come work out with me?”

I’d already run that morning, but it is hard for me to say no to her AND hard for me to say no to a workout.

“Peloton or OrangeTheory?” she asked. Since I’d already run and had a long run scheduled for the next day, I told her I preferred Peloton. We looked at the schedule and IT WAS BRITNEY V. CHRISTINA. DONE.

We went, and I rocked the shit out of that ride. I danced along, I lip synced, and just generally had an awesome time and left all of my stress on the bike. To the point that the instructor came up to me after class and said he noticed me rocking out. No shame in my game.

Food is the Most Abused Anxiety Drug. Exercise is the most underutilized antidepressants.

Sometimes I work out to maintain my weight/stay healthy, etc, but sometimes it’s purely to keep me sane. I wholeheartedly believe in medication/therapy when necessary for one’s mental health, but sometimes it’s as simple as a high dosage of endorphins.

Favorite endorphin rush?

My TV Debut

A few weeks ago, I was having a quiet night at home when I got an email from the StitchFix PR rep. CBS New York was doing a segment on them, and they wanted a local customer. Did I want to be on TV?

Um, YES! I did a quick pre-interview with the CBS producer on my way to Lacey’s rehearsal dinner. She asked why I did StitchFix, and I said something along the lines of “to branch out from my usual Lilly Pulitzer and J. Crew.”

I guess I passed the pre-interview, because the producer asked when she could come over to my apartment with her camera person.

And then they walked in and saw I even have a Lilly painting on my wall, because, yes, I am that girl.

Well, the segment aired last night!

I was taking a bath when Lacey called “do you want to come over and watch yourself on TV??” (I canceled my cable years ago because I was completely throwing money away because I watch so little TV.) I had been about to go to sleep, thinking I’d just catch the video clip online…but Bailey and I walked over, because I thought it’d be fun to be around friends to watch.

Watching yourself on TV is WEIRD, y’all. I watched through my hand like I was watching a horror movie. WHAT DID I SAY? WHAT WAS ABOUT TO COME OUT OF MY MOUTH? I can be entirely too self-critical, but I am happy with how the segment came out! I have graduated from drinking cocktails on air. You can trust me to talk, people.