My Weight

Today I weigh 110 pounds.

Random thoughts from people 25-35 years old..

-I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

-Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

-I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?

-Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

-That's enough, Nickelback.

-I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.



-Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know" feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?

-Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

-There is a great need for sarcasm font.

-Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first saw it.

-I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.



-How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

-I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

-The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

- A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.



- LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

- I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

-What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

-Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.



- I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu' to be used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with an overweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night."

-I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

- Bad decisions make good stories

-Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

-If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

-Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

-You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

-Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

-There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

-I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

- "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

-I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

-I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dammit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?



- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

-When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

-I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

-Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

-Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

-It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.



-I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

-Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

-Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

-I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

-I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

-I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

-The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.

Too 'In it' to win it??

So, I did the P90X thing for almost a week and then life got in the way and I fell off track and stopped. Which is really sucky because I did realize something about the whole dieting and working out thing. :(

I was definitely seeing a change in my body during the p90X week but during that time I felt like I didn't have very much energy and that it was difficult to keep up the diet because I couldn't manage to wake up early enough to make the 6 egg whites plus the rest of breakfast - let alone get any dishes done with all the cooking I was doing and it just felt like more of a pain in the ass than anything.

And I imagined how nice it would be to have a slice of pizza and just relax - I am constantly wondering why I cant be a 'normal person' that eats whatever they want and doesn't flip out over every pound. Why does my life have to revolve around dieting and working out and being skinny?

The thing is - the second I stopped doing the P90X diet and workout - I instantly felt awful. And not the guilty awful - the "Wow, my body was really happy and healthy and now I just dumped a bunch of crap into it". All of a sudden I could feel the damage that the bad food was doing to my body. While I was doing it - I couldn't see how much of a change was happening - I couldn't see how good it was for me - it just seemed like a huge pain in the ass to keep up.

I'm not gonna lie - those workout videos are amazing! I was having flashbacks of when I used to train with a trainer and was drenched in sweat and couldn't wait to stop (but looked fabulous after wards).

The thing is - I look at dieting and working out as being inconvenient, and something that is less important than just about everything else. Like, if the apartment is a mess than I don't want to skip out and go to the gym - I would rather clean up. Or especially when it comes to my guy - I would much rather spend a few hours with him than leave and workout.

But the thing is - those people who always work out and always eat right and in moderation - they make it a part of their life, just like all those other tiny little chores we accept on a daily basis without complaining.

If you think sticking to a diet is hard or making time for working out is hard - think about the fact that tons of girls wont even step outside their front door without putting make-up on. You wouldn't dare leave the house without brushing your teeth - even if it made you late for work. Every time I put on my sneakers I have to tie my shoes - that gets annoying - but I do it.

I used to have this teacher in high school that used to say "You don't have to do anything - the only thing you have to do is die". It used to drive me and all the other students crazy because we felt like we 'had' to go to school and 'had' to do our homework and a bunch of other stuff we didn't feel like doing. But he was right - we could have not done those things and we had that choice - but then we would have to deal with the consequences. We could look at dieting the same way.

We don't have to diet or workout - EVER. We could go the rest of our lives eating whatever we want whenever we want and never running or doing push-ups or anything else. We could stop wearing make-up and not have to go and buy it or put it on every morning. We could stop washing our clothes and just wear our favorite outfit every day. Those all have consequences but at least its our choice.

The thing is - I DO want to workout and I do want to eat healthy and I do want to wear makeup and look pretty and have clean clothes on - I only take responsibility for my actions when it comes to some things.

When I don't stay on my diet - its not because I didn't have time in the morning or because my friends came over for dinner or because I deserved it because I was on vacation or any other excuse I tell myself.....its because I didn't want to. And its one of those consequences that we are willing to live with because we are not letting anyone else down except for ourselves - and we are okay with that on some level. If we made staying on a diet as important and natural as going to work or doing laundry or brushing our teeth everyday then it might be easier. Its one of those necessary things we must do - and must make time for.

The moral of the story is - Ive never stuck to a diet or workout plan for a whole month straight. Whenever I am 'in it' it feels like a burden and its so easy just to stop. But what I am not acknowledging is that my body is changing during that time and that I am happy and if I just force myself to stick to it then I will get all the rewards.

I was reading this diet book once and it said that whenever you are fighting a craving that you should pull out a note card with all the reasons you want to lose weight, like "I want to fit into those jeans" or "I want to look good naked". I think that if I did those note cards I would write "Whenever you give in to a craving you feel extremely disappointed in yourself and you know in your heart that giving in wasn't worth it".

P90X Lean

Alright, so my lemonade diet was unsuccessful - and its been forever since I posted - but recently I bought this P90X program after my friend would not stop talking about it. Its a 90 day program that you buy and it comes with a nutritional plan, workout videos and documentation to help you along the way. If you go on YouTube there are tons of transformational videos, unfortunately most of them are men and I am most interested to see how well it works for women.

I started today and I am doing the "Lean" program. I got my diet plan all set up this weekend and made sure I followed the portion and allowed foods according to my nutrition level. Just had breakfast and I am actually really full, so this may be the diet for me...haha. Here is what I will eat today:

Breakfast: 6 Egg whites, 2 tbsp tabasco, 1 cup cottage cheese, 2 slices of whole wheat bread
Workout: Core Synergistics
Snack: 3 oz. chicken, 1 cup grapes
Lunch: 3 oz chicken, 1 cup broccoli, 1 tbsp olive oil
Snack: 3 oz chicken, 1 cup cottage cheese
Dinner: 3 oz chicken, 1 cup carrots, 8 oz. nonfat plain yogurt

This is the "Fat Shredder" phase of the program, there are three phases total and then you have the option of starting the 90 days over with a more intense version of the program. Alot of people say the workouts kick your ass and that they dont make it too far - but that people who are in average shape when they start and go through the entire 3 phases end up with PERFECT bodies.

So, we will see. I think the hardest part will be sticking to it - staying on diet and doing all the exercises correctly and daily :) I will see how it goes....

Lemonade Diet Day 2

So its the morning of my second day and I did pretty well yesterday. I didn't feel hungry for the most part and I didn't cheat at all - although I still had the natural urge to grab a cracker and almost throw it in my mouth out of habit but then I stopped myself.

Last night was the hardest part I would say. My mouth would water any time food came on the tv and my boyfriend's food smelled extra amazing - BUT I'm doing this for a reason and I wont be food deprived forever and so I stuck it out and now I feel great.


I am not going to be doing the salt water flush - only because my boyfriend forbid it. He said that people die from drinking salt water and that he thought that was a terrible idea. (He found out about my diet yesterday). He supports my plan because he knows I want to have a fresh start and be healthy and reap the health benefits, but of course he doesn't want me to get sick or put myself in danger.

I wasn't able to drink the entire 10 cups of lemonade mix - I think its because I got started later in the day and it is ALOT of liquid. I read that it is ok if you drink 6 - 10 cups a day, so that is good. I will drink the rest today and then make more.

The herbal tea was definitly a nice way to end the day. It tasted really sweet in comparison to the lemonade so it felt like a desert and the fact that it was so warm eliminated any hunger and helped me sleep really well. Infact, I slept reeeeally well last night and feel great this morning.


Haven't weighed myself yet but I feel 10 pounds lighter already. I also noticed that I do feel a heightened sense of smell - at least when it comes to food. haha.

I think today will be good, I would even like to do some light exercising. :) Tomorrow I hear is the absolute worst because that is when your body really flips the switch and goes into ketosis. This is where your body starts burning stored fat for energy and essentially goes into starvation mode. Doesnt sound very good at all, but this is where you start expelling tons of toxins.


Will update again tomorrow with my progress...... :)

Lemonade Diet Day 1

Okay, so I didnt start out with the salt flush this morning because I didnt have the right salt, but I did take a long walk downtown today to pick up some ingredients and was able to find the right tea and salt.

When it came time to mix the ingredients together today I decided to just do the whole days worth so that I could get it over with. The downside of that is that there is a ton of liquid and I actually had to stir it in a cooking pot and then use 2 carafes to store the drink in the fridge.

Once it was prepared I was a little scared. The color = disgusting. The smell = disgusting. Not the most appealing thing Ive ever seen or smelled. It looks like piss so I know that if I take this to work with me that its going to have to be in a colored bottle. haha.

I stored it in the fridge until it was cold and just drank a fair amount. I dont feel hungry at all, infact I feel pretty satisfied. The taste is not soo bad - I think the spicyness of the cayanne pepper makes it funny, but its totally bearable. Right after I mixed it up I didnt think I would be about to go through with it - but after drinking some I actually feel pretty confident that it wont be so bad.

Will drink as much as I can today and then have the tea tonight. Tomorrow I will post about how my night went and what I am feeling like. So far I feel great. I didnt ease into this as recommended so I hope that the next few days arent too jarring.

Wish me luck!!

Lemonade Diet

So, I have read alot about it and have decided to try the Lemonade diet - also known as the Master Cleanse diet. I think it will help me drop a few pounds - but more importantly I hear that its fasting technique rids the body of toxins that are induced by bad diet, lack of exercise and "negative mental attitudes."I would like to see if after doing this I feel lighter, more clear headed and happy.

I'm am not generally an unhealthy person but I would like to try it anyhow to see if I can reap the benefits. Right now I am 110 pounds and 27 years old so I will track how I feel each day and my weight.

Here is the recipe:

Lemonade Diet Recipe

For at least 10 days, drink around 10 servings/day of the following:

• 2 Tablespoons (1 fluid ounce) fresh-squeezed lemon juice (approx. 1/2 lemon)
• 2 Tablespoons (1 fluid ounce) organic Grade B maple syrup
• 1/10 Teaspoon or more cayenne pepper
  
• 1 Cup (8 fluid ounces) purified or spring water, not fluoridated water.

Salt-Water Flush Recipe

Upon rising drink a mixture of:

• 2 level teaspoons of uniodized sea salt to a quart of lukewarm water

Then each night you are supposed to drink an herbal laxative tea, but I went to the grocery store yesterday and could not find one so I don't know if I will be able to do that part. Maybe I will try another store today....

This ten day regime is supposed to be a complete intestinal cleanse. I am interested to see the results. I will see how I feel on the tenth day - and if I am doing well I will go for 14 days.