How many times have you said, "This time, this diet will work!" If you are like me then you know weight loss comes from a good diet and exercise, but for some reason you can't seem to put the two together. Either I exercise and ear horribly or I eat sensibly and don't move. This time I think I have found the answer, BALANCE. I switch to mostly unprocessed foods and organic fruits and vegetables, but I will enjoy a good burger every now and then, (more now than then). For exercise I have committed to doing something I have always wanted to do, RUNNING.
Now just note that my exercise routine consists of two things right now, looking for the remote and taking the stairs at work when the elevator is slow. BUTTTTTTT, I have committed to running a marathon 5 months from now. Okay it is a half marathon but that is still 13.1 miles. I am so excited. I think I can do this. And to make sure that I don't quit as I am prone to doing, I have enlisted half of my department to run with me. So of them were going to run the marathon anyway but now I am on the hook. I know that I am starting off in the beginning.
I have split my training into 2 parts: Training for a 5K and then training for the half marathon. The first part is just to get my body ready and use to running. So I signed up for the Race for the Cure in the summer (a 5k) to make sure that I am committed to this marathon and running. Secondly, I will beginning to increase my running mileage until that day in September comes and I will run my first marathon (excuse me half marathon). I can't wait to cross the finish line. I think I have licked the diet and exercise crisis. This goal for me is not about exercise (that is just a happy side effect). It is about achieving a dream and accomplishment. Now I can trick myself into eating healthy at the same time.
Today's Bring It Back...
Achieving a goal.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Roller Skating
If you have been following the new show "America Best Dance Crew" then you can't help but be taken by Break Skate, the roller skating dance team. If you were like me and grew up in the 80s you have probably been exposed to roller skating in your life time.
My family members are avid roller skaters. In fact, all the adults go roller skating every Sunday night religiously. I go with my friends, with our leather skates with the wheels matching the shoe strings and the little puff ball on the front... don't hate.
Anyway, then back to how much fun it was to roller skate. Certain things to you remember, but nothing can compare to the feeling of rolling around a corner so fast that you feel like you are flying or racing after your friends after they almost made you fall... on purpose.
We don't do that anymore. Thanks Break Skate for single handedly bring back the roller skating (not blading) and saving all the roller skating rinks from the brink of bankruptcy. Seriously, the old skool crew would never let roller skating die. I was at the roller skating rink two weeks ago and the was an 65 year old couple skating together, a 46 year old retired figure skater in a blue wind breaker (yes she brought it back) and 78 (not kidding) gentleman with one roller blade and one roller skate on (yes he is still that skilled). Meanwhile, the rink was filled with every body from 18 year olds to 45 year olds and everything in between. We have fun.
Today's Bring It Back
Roller Skating
My family members are avid roller skaters. In fact, all the adults go roller skating every Sunday night religiously. I go with my friends, with our leather skates with the wheels matching the shoe strings and the little puff ball on the front... don't hate.
Anyway, then back to how much fun it was to roller skate. Certain things to you remember, but nothing can compare to the feeling of rolling around a corner so fast that you feel like you are flying or racing after your friends after they almost made you fall... on purpose.
We don't do that anymore. Thanks Break Skate for single handedly bring back the roller skating (not blading) and saving all the roller skating rinks from the brink of bankruptcy. Seriously, the old skool crew would never let roller skating die. I was at the roller skating rink two weeks ago and the was an 65 year old couple skating together, a 46 year old retired figure skater in a blue wind breaker (yes she brought it back) and 78 (not kidding) gentleman with one roller blade and one roller skate on (yes he is still that skilled). Meanwhile, the rink was filled with every body from 18 year olds to 45 year olds and everything in between. We have fun.
Today's Bring It Back
Roller Skating
The Waistline
Okay... talk about longtime no see. When is the last time America (in general) saw their waistline. I (in great company I might add), like millions of Americans have fallen victim to a horrible disease. No not obesity. Nope not diabetes. Laziness. I could sit here and give you every excuse (oops, I mean reason) as to why I am fat but the bottom line is that all those reasons probably stem from well, being overweight.
In mind and spirit, I am not lazy. I am well educated and well travelled. Yet, I have a serious problem getting out of the bed when Top Chef is on. Why is it that I can sit and watch Celebrity Fit Club Bootcamp but can't seem to crack open those new Billy Blanks Taebo Bootcamp DVDs I just bought. Each time the show comes on I commit to doing at least sit ups during each commercial break. Then one by one the commercial come on and go off and each time I bargain with myself about committing to the next break. Then the breaks during the next show and so on. I work 10 to 15 hour day during busy season and yet in still I can find the time commit to these exercises yet no time to do them.
I admit when I had a trainner, I was more committed to working out. Spending money will do that to you.
Well America- I like thousands of others have decided to do a juice fast to jump start my weight loss. After doing some serious research I believe it is a healthy way to (1) rid my body of toxins (2) restart my metabolism and (3) lose fat. I am optimistic but I know it is not going to be easy. I have already built in a cheat system. If the fast becomes to unbearable, I am allowed to have an all natural juice bar or a piece of fruit if I commit chewing the fruit very finely. The whole idea here is give you organs and digestive tract a break so that they can focus on detoxing after all.
Don't know how long I can keep up the fast but I am going to try for one day, then one week, then 2 weeks and then 30 days. Realistically, I have committed to 2 weeks. We shall see who that goes. To ensure that I won't cheat, I have enlisted the help of a friend and of course I have all of you to be accountable to, since I had the bright idea to announce it.
I can't tell you how much I weight because that is just embarrassing. Don't get me wrong, I look good, as most 80s babies do, but I can stand to lose about 40 pounds.
Hey if JT can bring Sexy Back, I can definitely bring back the waistline.
Today's Bring It Back
The waistline
In mind and spirit, I am not lazy. I am well educated and well travelled. Yet, I have a serious problem getting out of the bed when Top Chef is on. Why is it that I can sit and watch Celebrity Fit Club Bootcamp but can't seem to crack open those new Billy Blanks Taebo Bootcamp DVDs I just bought. Each time the show comes on I commit to doing at least sit ups during each commercial break. Then one by one the commercial come on and go off and each time I bargain with myself about committing to the next break. Then the breaks during the next show and so on. I work 10 to 15 hour day during busy season and yet in still I can find the time commit to these exercises yet no time to do them.
I admit when I had a trainner, I was more committed to working out. Spending money will do that to you.
Well America- I like thousands of others have decided to do a juice fast to jump start my weight loss. After doing some serious research I believe it is a healthy way to (1) rid my body of toxins (2) restart my metabolism and (3) lose fat. I am optimistic but I know it is not going to be easy. I have already built in a cheat system. If the fast becomes to unbearable, I am allowed to have an all natural juice bar or a piece of fruit if I commit chewing the fruit very finely. The whole idea here is give you organs and digestive tract a break so that they can focus on detoxing after all.
Don't know how long I can keep up the fast but I am going to try for one day, then one week, then 2 weeks and then 30 days. Realistically, I have committed to 2 weeks. We shall see who that goes. To ensure that I won't cheat, I have enlisted the help of a friend and of course I have all of you to be accountable to, since I had the bright idea to announce it.
I can't tell you how much I weight because that is just embarrassing. Don't get me wrong, I look good, as most 80s babies do, but I can stand to lose about 40 pounds.
Hey if JT can bring Sexy Back, I can definitely bring back the waistline.
Today's Bring It Back
The waistline
Friday, January 25, 2008
Good Televsion
I admit it. I do subscribe to a couple of reality TV shows (or should I say competitions - shot out to Top Chef and Project Runway), but come on what we have going on with television today is ridiculous. How many times have you seen different versions of the same show ( Flava of Love- I Love New York, Americas Next Top Model - Make Me a Supermodel and a whole host of dance shows). I know in the wake of the writers' strike we are limited in the selection of premium quality television. Still we all felt the decline in quality programing long before the strike. Even in the middle of the strike, viewers were heartbroken when their favorite shows were taken off the air. Robbed of the opportunity to enjoy a full season. Does the name 'Heroes' come to mind for anyone?
Some networks were even so far as to cancel, promising and upcoming shows. Why oh why did Journeyman get cancelled? True maybe the rating were a little low, but let's step back and consider what was going on in the industry shall we. This show consisted of a great and suspenseful plotline, great new characters and was a great follow up to Heroes. It kind of reminds you a Friends to Scrubs type relationship. Good television should not be a casuality in this writers' war.
Today's Bring It Back
Journeyman and Heroes
Some networks were even so far as to cancel, promising and upcoming shows. Why oh why did Journeyman get cancelled? True maybe the rating were a little low, but let's step back and consider what was going on in the industry shall we. This show consisted of a great and suspenseful plotline, great new characters and was a great follow up to Heroes. It kind of reminds you a Friends to Scrubs type relationship. Good television should not be a casuality in this writers' war.
Today's Bring It Back
Journeyman and Heroes
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Rainbow and Thriller Flavored Now and Laters
The saying, "Out with the old and in with the new," is highly overated. I mean, just because it is old doesn't exclude it from being good. If the saying went out with the good and in with the new, no one would take to it. Take for instance, Rainbow and Thriller flavored Now N' Laters. If you have ever had them, you know what I mean. O MY GOODNESS. Why oh why did you have to leave? If ever there was a cause (and there are plenty) worth petitioning for that is one. How many times have you went to the store only to find your favorite product is no longer there? Are they not listening to us? We are the consumers after all.
These corporation spent millions of dollars on campaigns for what? To advertise products that we are naturally bombarded with already in the stores. Why not spend some of that cash on focus groups and test the market. Find out what we really want. Think of how much money you would save. Don't tell us what we need, listen to want we want.
Today's Bring It Back: Thriller and Rainbow Now N' Laters (with an ode to Mystery Mix). This goes out to you Farley's & Sathers
These corporation spent millions of dollars on campaigns for what? To advertise products that we are naturally bombarded with already in the stores. Why not spend some of that cash on focus groups and test the market. Find out what we really want. Think of how much money you would save. Don't tell us what we need, listen to want we want.
Today's Bring It Back: Thriller and Rainbow Now N' Laters (with an ode to Mystery Mix). This goes out to you Farley's & Sathers
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