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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
I have a lot of anxiety about tomorrow. I have a date. No, no, not THAT kind of date. Not yet, at least. I have a date with a personal trainer. Being bit overweight and in total denial about my cardiovascular health, nothing terrifies me more than working out with a personal trainer. They might make me accountable or help me to lose weight or something. Geezzz …
First dates with personal trainers generally mean:
(a) They weigh you with their big mean industrial scale – which, for whatever reason has no personality and tells you things like you weigh 15 lbs more than your scale at home. On the contrary, your Tanita scale at home is forgiving and tells you things like, “Pssst … if you weigh yourself naked after you pee in the morning, those 2 donuts you just ate last night wont count.”
(b) They pinch you with something called a caliper. Just in case you didn’t know, a caliper is an instrument that measures your fat. Basically, they pinch your spare tire and measure how big of a gut you are lugging around. EXCEPT, they do that to your back fat, bat wings, saddle bags, etc. You find yourself feeling like a piece of meat, but no one ever gives you kudos on how nicely that fat is marbled into the flesh.
(c) Push ups & pull ups. Ugh.
(d) Running and talking. Talking and running. “Are you winded at level 3? How about 4? What about at an incline? Huh? What? How does that feel? Do you feel like crying? Well, then that’s too bad. I want you to feel like throwing up. All over the place.”
And then there’s the aftermath. Where you realize that you have muscles in places that you didn’t know existed … because they now HURT. And you are sorry, so very sorry, for spending those consecutive Saturdays curled up in bed watching bad movies on Netflix on demand.
Sigh.
I know that it will probably be fine and that I have nothing to worry about. I know that Ariel will be nice and supportive and not scream at me like Jillian from THAT SHOW or be overly cheerful and perky or my try to be my new best friend.
This is my anxiety today and I’m sticking to it.
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
It is of my current opinion that if life gives you lemons you are supposed to turn tail and run the hell away. Like right now. Immediately. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
It’s not that the “be grateful for what you have” attitude is bad. It’s not bad at all. It’s just not for me. I don’t want to have to drink lemonade because all I have is lemons. If I want a margarita, I am not going to be satisfied with lemonade. Don’t get me wrong. I may appreciate the lemonade. I may even be thankful for it. But I’m not going to be satisfied with it. It’s not in my DNA to be satisfied with things that I don’t want.
This past week and a half has been replete with setbacks. Lemons. The kind of stuff that makes you want to dig your head in the sand. I have been running late everyday because I’ve been having trouble falling asleep every night. I HATE RUNNING LATE. I HATE NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP.
The server at work went down for 3 days. That would have been fine except there were 50 people breathing down my neck because I am in charge of the server. I DON’T WANT TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE SERVER.
On Sunday I was unbearable. I got into a fight with Paige and then yelled at the neighbor for having his stereo so loud that he couldn’t hear me when I knocked on the door. I was a complete asshole. I HATE BEING AN ASSHOLE.
On Monday, my car stopped working. It just didn’t start. It gave up on me. Then I called the Volvo Roadside Assistance people who will tow your car for free … only if it’s to the local dealership. Well I don’t go to the local dealership. I go to my guy Warren, who owns Larry’s Volvo. HE’S MY GUY, not the dealership.
So after taking a few moments last night bemoaning the prior week’s misfortunes, I came to the realization that these lemons were trying to tell me something. I AM OFF COURSE.
But I knew that already. We all do in some way or another.
When you get handed a bag full of lemons when you really want a margarita, it’s the universe telling you that you need to start doing something differently. And it has been my experience that I won’t get to enjoy that margarita until I am back on course with my life’s purpose.
Sadly, sometimes getting back on course is like turning the Titanic.
But I really want that margarita.
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Shameless! Avert your eyes!
I am doing my first BlogHer review. I don’t typically do reviews on products unless (a) I think that it will somehow benefit my readership (THAT’S YOU) and/or (b) it is a product that I really do think is worthwhile.
In this case, I did a review on the new Acer Timeline Series Laptop. I really believe that computers should be made for the masses (i.e. affordable) and Acer is a company that works really hard at being accessible at a range of price points. We’ve had ours for a couple of weeks with nary a problem at all.
As part of the review, I get to give a laptop away to one lucky devil. Check out the review and contest guidelines here.
Woot!
Okay, on to the news at hand.
I wish I could say that I’ve been really diligent about going to the gym, but I haven’t been at all. It’s been so hot here that finding the motivation to get EVEN MORE sweaty seems pretty ludicrous. Instead, I’ve really been trying to watch what I eat … staying away from the things that may have gluten in them. There have been mess-ups for sure, but for the most part two or three meals of indulgence does not mean a setback. In means that I am leading a real life.
I know I said that I would post a “progress picture” last week, but I really couldn’t get a decent picture of myself because (a) I don’t know how to use the timer function on my new camera and (b) I really need to invest in a tripod. Instead, here is a picture of my latest weigh-in:
You can imagine my sigh of relief knowing that I am down 2 lbs. from last week. Nothing increases your motivation like things trending in the right direction.
This week’s goal? Getting back into the gym routine.
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