You Day 50

Hello all, I've fallen way behind on my entries but it's been a crazy week.

Unhappy Birthday
It was the bf and the boss's birthdays this week. I did o.k. for the week (even with all the cupcakes) but the bf, not so much. I committed the cardinal sin. I had a bowl of cereal (166 calories) and then started drinking when we got the bowling alley. Pitchers of beer keep magically appearing. I did manage to eat and apparently bowling burns 450 calories in 90 minutes which isn't too bad. But oy vey. There's an Oscar Party next weekend. I'm going to try not to overindulge with that.

Resolution Solution

So I took the 5 day challenge from the on demand exercise TV. It did seem to really work and it was challenging. Saturday was an entire hour of cardio. I thought I was going to pass out. I really like the Kimberly Spreen and Violet Zaki workouts. Both these ladies have DVD workouts. I like Spreen's interval training. No bloody V steps. I don't understand why all these workout videos use almost the exact same footwork - mambo, v and L step. They are boring.

Spreen does some interesting things with weights that frankly I've never seen before. So that was kind of cool. The dudes on there were a little annoying particularly Rob Glick. Oy, he needs to just shut up and stop talking about our freakin' "Cardio Party." I, thank god, do not have to do the L step when I dance at parties. Overall, the fact that trainers sweat like pigs is a little disturbing. Lunges are evil but they work. I hate that.

The Secret

So Oprah helped launched "The Secret" last week. It's like a collaboration of those hokey self help guys (like the Chicken Soup for the Soul dude.) It's like too come to Jesus for me to follow. But they talked a lot about self-fulfilling prophesy which is actually something I learned in Communications classes in college. So basically, if you say you're going to fail to yourself all the time, then you're going to fail. It's as simple as that.

The other thing is the kind of energy you project. If you come off mean and hostile, you going to attract mean and hostile so it kind of make sense. So I've decided to try and keep a positive outlook and know that even though my diet went way off the rails this weekend, not to beat myself up and fall back into old patterns.

Favor

Now here's something that you all can for me. Go get a physical and get your cholesterol checked. Also, if you know anyone who is under 25, they are eligible for the HPV vaccine, encourage them to get it:) I'm assuming men can get this too but I've only seen it marketed towards women.