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Britches Getting Tighter, Not Looser
Monday, December 14th, 2009
A couple of days ago (after I posted a coconut cream pie recipe) a fellow blogger named Tony commented on my post saying something along the lines of, “Hey! Hey you! Remember your New Year’s resolution to lose weight? Remember you were on CNN? How you used to wax poetic about how this was your year to follow your dream? What happened to THAT GIRL? FRAUD! FRAUD!”
Okay, maybe he didn’t say that EXACTLY, but the net affect was the same. It jolted me into WTF mode. Like WTF am I doing? Or WhereTF do I want to go? And good Lord, my britches are tight again and that I haven’t weighed myself nor gone to the gym in AGES. At this juncture, I know that this is a problem of the soul, but it’s showing up on my ass.
Looking back over this past year, I realize that I can make every excuse in the book – my aunt & uncle died, my house went to shit, I got depressed, I moved, got a job, etc. etc. etc. But the truth of the matter is that I did it again – I put myself last on the list. All the promises of earlier in the year kind of went sideways. I didn’t keep the momentum going. I lost 20 pounds and I gained 10 back. In fact, I gained 10 lbs back in the last 2 months. I weighed myself this morning and the scale said something like one-hundred and eighmm-harrumph-haraumph. Okay – 184. But in my defense, I was holding a coconut cream pie while on the scale. Seriously, I think that muffin top is really made out of coconut cream pie.
So, ummm, yeah. What now?
Well, the old Giyen might have said something like, “Oh God. Well, lets take the pressure off and wait till New Year’s to start dieting again. It’s 2 weeks from now and visions of sugar plums are within my grasp, goddammit. Let the holiday feasting begin!”
But that old Giyen is dead. I am really, really tired of being overweight and tired of this conversation. I am going to start up again today. No time like the present to commit to making a change for the better. If I slip up, then so be it. I know that there will be the Tony’s of the world to give me a gentle nudging to get me back on track.
Thanks, man.
PS. If you want to be inspired, check out Tony’s weight loss story here.
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When Life Gives You Lemons
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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Weight Loss Update & Giveaway
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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