Turbo FI-YA!!!

Yeah, this post may be slightly premature but we will consider this a preview post for now. K?

As ya'll are aware, I love me some Turbo Jam (video) and Turbo Kick (24Hr branded class). Well, after finally realizing that I just haven't clicked with the instructors here in Sacramento, I bit the bullet, pulled out my credit card and hit "BUY NOW".

5 days later it was sitting in the office waiting for me :).  Turbo Fire is on FIYA!!!!

Saturday, I attempted Week 1 Day 1. Dudettes!!! This had me pumped. I love the way the video is shot from the perspective of being in a row in class vs watching the class head on. Chalene is her usual, peppy, over the top excited self and her cues are easy to follow

Sunday, DOMS stopped by and said Hi!

Today, DOMS is still hanging around but I plan to repeat Week 1 Day 1 and take plenty of Advil and stick to the provided workout schedule to stay on track for the next 12 weeks.

To add to this, I get to eat some crow (hopefully a good source of protein). To those, especially Kim, who have suggested to me to sign-up for a race...I have committed to one. The Women's Festival benefiting a local woman's shelter. It's a 5K in June. I may try to run it (I can do 3 miles on the treadmill), but realistically, I will walk it.

This 5K came about because I met a new friend.

Last week, I took the plunge and put an ad on CL seeking a friend. Just someone to hang with. She responded and we made an immediate bond. The one thing I have to avoid is letting old habits infiltrate this relationship (the Let's go for lunch, coffee and dessert habit).

So at this point, the workout regime has some promise.  And since I am no longer obsessing over the food diary, my diet still has its ups and downs, but I am more mindful of what goes in my body. I have to say that the french toast was sooo yummy yesterday.

Dontcha just love brunch?

Losing it...

for me and me alone.

There was a question posed somewhere in the nether regions of the Internet (where I'm not really sure any longer cuz I'm old and my memory is really foggy) if you would put in your 2-cents with co-worker about their attempts to lose weight. Uh...Yes! Since I have major opinions that I will gladly share with anyone, of course I chimed in that I would.

So it comes to no surprise when I put in my 34-cents yesterday about weight loss.  First off, I'm no expert. If I was, I would be making a bazillion dollars, have my own super sexy gym in NYC, writing self-help books, and training movie stars.  Hmmm - now there's a life. Anyhoo - I'm not. I'm just a girl who shed a few lbs and still trying to shed some more and I read waaaay too much.

Now back to yesterday. 

A buddy of mine went through some turmoil over the weekend.  Some dude she was seeing said the unthinkable...."we're physically incompatible".  WTH????  Yeah, yeah everyone is entitled to their own attractions, desires, etc. But I immediately go into defense mode. My reaction to this is: Man, F* him! Oh Wendy Brandes' swear rings would have been apropos for this occasion.

OK, so my skin is a hell of a lot thicker than most women, I know (did I mention I'm old, cantankerous, and generally just don't care?).

But what set me off more than that is her reaction - to make an appointment to discuss lap band. Really?  WTH???? Over what some dude said? Really?  Yes, I'm still shocked. I had to call my mom and vent. *Note: My mom has had lap band so I needed an ally or at least someone else who's had to deal with weight issues and losing it for their own sake not someone else's.  

My major gripe with this reaction is that she is taking the lazy way out and doing it to please some dude.  Really?!?!?!  My friend's words exactly "I'm tired of putting in the effort and not seeing the results" (OK, maybe not an exact quote - but that's the gist). So why the hell do you shell out $20+ every month for a gym membership, ask me to workout with you (and rarely show-up), and ask my advice on what to eat/when to eat, what calories to count, etc?

Yeah - I put in my 34-cents, you can best believe.  In her case, surgery is the lazy way to approach weight loss.  IMHO, lap band or gastric is for folks who can hardly move, who are in the seriously obese regions and if they don't do something drastic ASAP they will cease to breathe.  This is not her case. And added to that weight loss is something you do for YOU.  Not to please some dude or fit someone's ideal of beauty. Unless it's your thought/goal/game plan, you can tell whomever to jump off a short bridge if they're beefing about your weight (been there, done that).

So I gave her my Eat-Clean book and suggested she give it, along with working out 5 days a week, a good 6-week effort.  Make the appointment and stick with it - no excuses (she's really good with excuses).  If she didn't see any changes after 6 weeks then consider speaking with her MD.  In a nutshell, I said in my best faux-Jillian voice - buck up, put up or shut up (at least that's the convo in my head).

Those of us working to shed it know it didn't come on overnight (well maybe Taco Bell does glue fat to my ass in my sleep) and it sure as heck ain't coming off overnight (especially since I'm too poor to pay for the quickie solution).

Would you give your 2-cents?

Delimmas in Cyberspace

Dilemmas....well, one of sorts. I am not one to have many girlfriends and at the moment, I am probably cultivating, at the most, 3 real female friendships. So, I've been watching the ghetto hot mess that is Real Housewives of ATL. One of the ladies (I use that term loosely), Nene, is attempting to reconnect with her ex-BFF, Kim. Though her attempts aren't what I would consider, the best approach, her attempts to reconnect nonetheless did start my mental wheels turning.

Should I, shouldn't I...why don't I speak to this person any longer...do I really miss this person in my life, etc.

Then, I logged into Myspace. Since I can't access this time suck at work, I rarely check this website. For some reason, I did only to find a friend request from an ex-BFF from childhood. I have yet to click ACCEPT or DECLINE.

Will she have let the past stay in the past? Have I left the past back there as well? Have we matured enough to be online friends? Will we ever reconnect to be real-life friends again? Do I even want to?

To make matters worse, I check facebook like a crackhead getting a perpetual fix (since I can access that site via work). I have a friend request from an ex-a guy I dated briefly. I've had a few of these types of requests and 1 have accepted while the other I ignored for various reasons. So now I am faced with do I accept this friend request? Do I really care what he thinks? I have no desire to date him and deep down I want to accept his request so he can see all the great photos of me and The Fella as a way to teach him how to respect women and actually have a real relationship (as if I'm the relationship expert - ha!). But the other part of me has no desire to even see his face on my friend list, let alone on my friend request list.

Why, as adults, do we have the same issues we had in elementary through high school? Why can't we learn to be friends and keep friends? I understand we outgrow so of our childhood chums, but why is there such a dilemma of who to accept into your myspace/facebook/twitter lands? Why do we have such a hard time letting people know our true feelings?

Oh well. For now, I will just leave those requests lingering in cyberspace.