Category Archives: Health

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Size! 3! Pants!

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How you KNOW your workouts are paying off, of course, is going down sizes in clothes. As of yesterday, I am the very very very very proud owner, of, you guessed it, SIZE 3 PANTS!!!

And not even from a fat people’s clothing store – everyone’s an extra small at Old Navy – or anything like that. These are bona fide skinny people pants.

I’m ecstatic. Next ten times you see me, don’t be surprised if I’m in the same pants. I mean, I could go buy more and more of them, but that’d just be bragging. 😉 Just to be sure, for those doubters out there, I tried on many pairs of size three pants, to assure everyone that it was no fluke. I just bought the cutest pair. I may save all my money, and only buy size three pants for ever and ever. Hmmm. It’s going to be tough staying away from the beer during March Madness (see previous post) but nothing motivates me like skinny pants!!!!

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February Tally

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No longer appropriately titled the “Calendar of Depression”, I’ve made it to the gym a dozen times this month, we’ll say half and half, and very little drinking, so:
Final count on the Calendar of (Insert Positive Word Here) :

  1. The letter W (for weights) appeared a total of 5 times.
  2. The letter C (for cardio) appeared a total of 7 times.
  3. The letter D (for drinking) appeared a total of 2 times.

Like I said, that doesn’t seem like a lot, but whatever I’m doing is working, maybe the last few months of pushing it is starting to show? I expect things to just keep getting better!

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Oops I Did It Again

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No, this isn’t about Britney…rather, the little bout of gym at the crack of dawn going on.

CRACK is the right expression here…I’m a little ADDICTED to this whole getting up early. I went to bed early and woke up on time and even hummed a little while I got ready. What is up with that??? I am awake. The past four days, I have accomplished more than since I quit my job. Running errands, WORKING on my book…

Today was Body Pump, and man am I sore. This workout kicks my butt. Each muscle group associates with a song, and you go for the length of the song. It’s a innovative way to lift weight, no matter how used to free weights I get Body Pump always throws me a little.

pump So, my everything is pretty sore…we’ll see if I keep up the good work. I haven’t done the Calendar update since November (slacker!), but I’ll have one tomorrow for February. The funny thing is it’s not all that full, but sure enough, together with the UBER healthy eating, I’ve seen the most dramatic results yet. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep it up…

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My Apologies

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There have been reports of a variety of illnesses. Sore throats, temperatures, road rage, insomnia, blacking out, binge drinking, ingrown toenails, and other issues arising out of otherwise normally healthy friends.

I hate to admit this, but the Earth apparently has titled off it’s axis slightly, in a direct answer to the dilemma it was trying to resolve, The “SGS getting up early (while it’s still dark out) to work out plague”. As a result, many have been stricken with a wide variety of issues. I completely understand what a silly idea that was. My sincerest apologies, I had no idea that getting up at 4:30 would ruin so many lives. In order to stop the insanity, I will be returning to my normal schedule tomorrow, of staying up late and sleeping until my husband calls me lazy and asks for lunch.

Everything should return to normal. Until then, keep your masks on.

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Body Combat, Phase Two

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Listen, folks, Body Combat is the most popular search on the site for, well, eternity, and I feel I owe you a little more.

Not only for that reason, but most likely because I have demonic, crazy friends, I went to Body Combat. This morning.

At 5:30.

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That requires getting up at 4:30 and getting dressed and putting in the pigtails and eating and getting water and getting in the car and driving and it’s still dark out.

I’m pretty sure Body Combat is that much more intense, there is a direct correlation between the workout and how ridiculously early you get sucked into doing it. It was a great class because, well, for obvious reasons (it’s still dark out) it’s pretty empty, which really helps, as opposed to the after 5pm class where you’re trying not to roundhouse any lady in front of you. The only little problem that I encountered was that where I’d had the tooth pulled is still a little achy, exacerbated by the jumping. So I had to tone it down a little. But, I think I still get extra points for the early workout.

My treat was some tea at Starbucks, the only thing that wouldn’t negate the workout (no calories…) but it was funny that my friend knew everyone in a tri-county area so we had to be all cheery and awake when I just wanted to whine about her waking me up so early. Therefore, it appears that since I handled the morning so well, I’ll be at Body Pump tomorrow, at 5:45.

Dare me to survive the day without a nap???

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Wii-Tarded

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Spend a weekend around the Jokey-Mc-Jokertons, and you’ll be spending time creating words with Wii at the beginning, because you’ve played a good portion of your wii-kend.

Wii managed to make it out for one of the most wii-tarded dinners ever at Chuy’s where there was the worst service of all time (most waiters are happy it’s busy because they make money, those guys would rather DIE than work…) and all of us now have stickers on the ceiling that wii will commemorate with never wii-turning there again, but BIL really wanted to eat there. I was not too impressed with the food, give me Maudie’s any day over that place. Oh well.

Wii had a pretty good laugh at someone who’s identity will be protected for sake of you seeing and laughing at this person, who managed to hit themselves in the face getting a little too into the Wii Sports boxing. That was filed under ‘wii-diculous’.


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Wii also got to see Saw, but only I and III because apparently II was not good, so not good in fact wii were forcibly kept from renting that one. Huh. I thought they were okay, but I honestly was expecting more gore.

Wii also did some Frisbee golfing, some coffee drinking, some painting, some El Arroyo eating, even some Fwii-birds – okay, that one’s a stretch – and I made over 5 trips to the gym in the last 4 days (twice at 8am – wow), I’m getting into this big time. Wii did a one-two combo of Body Pump and Combat and I am pretty sure that when I can feel my legs and arms again they will be much more muscular.

It is wii-tastic to spend the wii-kend with family, friends, and a little chill time around the game that kept us active and cracking up non stop. Wii couldn’t believe how long the wii-kend is when you don’t go out past bedtime and you get going at the gym early. It was certainly wii-tastic and wii-markable.

HOW could I almost forget to mention that I met someone who did an episode of Room Raiders (not wii-markable) that met JOHNNY ROTTEN and tell you that word on the street is he’s doing a wii-ality show called Rotten on the Road!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!? He was (this is third hand information) at the Driskill Friday filming. I missed it. 😦

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Body Combat

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Admittedly, the work out stories that I’ve mentioned pertain mainly to the classes I’ve attended at the evil Gold’s Globo Gym. That’s what I do. Hilariously, they only just now (today) noticed that my membership – which was supposed to be set up on a month to month payment – had not been paid since October. Huh.

They let me in anyway after I explained it was a little bit of their fault, and then a Mr. Manager explained to me just how many people he sees sneaking in to the place all the time. Then told me I was one of them. Grr.

Anyway…KD, D, and I decided to check out this Body Combat class. I have found most other classes pretty manageable. This one kicked my booty. I am toast. It was an entire hour of non stop activity was more intense IMHO than any jogging or whatever. I am looking forward to the Mon-Wed-Sat plan of continuing to attend this class, and fully expecting to be maybe 98 lbs. next month. Holy cow.

The drill sergeant trainer was hardcore, jump kick training, you ain’t got nothin’ on me guy who has DVDs on infomercials kind of trainer. Awesome.

*yeah, this guy*


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Only bad things were the gym and class being packed and running into people we didn’t want to see on account of that. But hey, can’t win ’em all!

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Body Flow

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Two things that I never would have done, in two days.

After that whole banjo band experience, I was ready to try more new things. This morning I went to some sort of yoga/pilates/stretchy workout thing called Body Flow. I wasn’t sure what to think at all, but judging by how sore I am now, I think that counts as a real workout, and that’s definitely something that I could do every day.

It’s strange to be running and working out and pushing it as hard as I am and to see how I need to do some stretching and breathing for a good balance. I thought that it might be a joke, but I really felt great all day after taking that time to just be and check up on my body.

Highly recommended. However, if you’re balance impaired, as I am, be ready to stumble, you will.

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November Tally

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No one’s even mentioned the careful aversion of that fact that due to typing all the time, I’m forever late with this one:

Final count on the Calendar of Depression:

  1. The letter W appeared a total of 4 times.
  2. The letter C appeared a total of 5 times.
  3. The letter D appeared a total of 9 times.

If you don’t know what the letters stand for by now, that’s not my problem. We’re talking serious downfall. But what can you expect? It was hard work writing. And that excuse is was the best reason to not work out. Fortunately, I still fit in my pants, so as far as I’m concerned I’m even.