Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Diet and Exercise

yeah, I know they're practically swear words (to me at least), but my alumnae e-zine put out this article today, and I found myself nodding along with huge sections of it...and then found myself saying "aw CRAP, that's me!"

This was particularly striking:
On cravings
There are two versions of women—the well-rested version and the not-well-rested version. When you’re not rested is when you make your worst food choices. Making sure you have protein and fat, and not just sweets and carbs, will ensure that you won’t crave more sweets and carbs

Balls. I'm not rested. And I totally make bad food choices. I know I need protein and "good" fat. Instead, I boil like, half a pound of spaghetti. Why? Cause it's fast, easy, and it tastes delicious. I'm back to drinking a lot of soda, cause the bubbles feel so good ("it feels so good when it hits your lips" lol). I'm sluggish. I'm getting out of shape. Even worse, I'm LAZY as sh*t. I kid you not. I come home and do an occasional free weight routine or some Jillian Michaels, but now that it's dark, I'm happy to throw on my PJ's and knit in front of my Netflix Instant Watch Queue. Terrible. 

While I do like a lot of what the article says, I'm not about to go crazy vegan or anything. I might take a look at some of the steps Dr. Laura recommends, like mixing whole wheat and white flour when cooking (though not in the Thanksgiving pies!) and trying to find healthier snacks and appetizing lunch options (today's lunch: spaghetti, because I didn't make my usual turkey BLT. Dang carbs). 

Jam and I also invested in a folding exercise bike. We both agree that the likelihood of us exercising outside now that I get home after dark is rather limited (this is the part where I'd argue a dog would come in handy, I'd have to go out to walk him/her...but our lease prohibits four legged friends at this point. boo). I'm determined to be a little slimmer by 2011 and above all, I'd really like to feel a bit more energized. 

I know for me, it's not just diet. Like today - I slept in on purpose because I'm too lazy to get up at 6:20. I slept until 6:45, which means I have about 25 minutes to get ready and leave the house. I did shower (woohoo) but I did not: iron my clothes, style my hair, or put on makeup, except for spf 50 moisturizer. Do my coworkers care about this? Definitely, definitely NOT. Do I care? Mmmnnn not really...until I use the ladies room and see my reflection and I look like a mess! WTF did I leave the house looking so busted? I ironed everything yesterday and did my hair and felt good....today I feel gross. Trust me, I don't have self-esteem issues, I have presentation issues. Why don't I put the effort in? It's the whole vicious "I'm tired, I eat crap, I don't exercise cycle" rearing its ugly head. Definitely time for a little change. Time to bust out the clarisonic and blast my skin, iron my clothes with a real iron, and leave the house with a little spring in my step. I could definitely use it.

Do you ever feel like you need to push the "life" reset button and change things up??

5 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Yes. Very much so. I am madly eating bad food to fill the emotional/boredom/anxiety/vicious cycle void. Take right now. I'm sitting in JP Licks avoiding the PILE of shit I have to do....and thinking of having ice cream for dinner.

Sigh....

I need moral support, friend! And I need to see you ASAP!!

Love,
Me

Anonymous said...

Men and women weightlifters are really hunting for the perfect community to learn more. Many have never believed being online with others who know abundant knowledge about which drugs and supplements to buy in order to grow with results. This is because weightlifting is a sport, and with any sport you go where the fanatics are to discover about it! To hear more about Female Weight Training

To push the point even more, you may be able to go on and take advice from a actual trainer about correct techniques but their background will be only be so vast and comprehensive. In order to discover you must go where other like you learn in a group to learn about one thing. Because a lone bad lift or shake can wipeout everything you have worked so hard for already. Even more so, there are very few trainers
and places you can go in order to address about steroids and other drugs used in lifting.

But still if working out and gaining muscle is not what you are digging for, many Weight Loss Programs are around solely for people to learn how to get rid of those extra five pounds, and with the culture of today it seems everyone is getting larger and fatter. So no concern who you are in the end, obliging to a intelligent diet and the right exercises can attain all the difference!

Al said...

I think we need to join a women's weightlifting group, EE. CLEARLY!

Elizabeth said...

INDEED! I like how this spam is clearly trying really hard to be relevant and, therefore, not very spam-like. And yet it fails! Oh computer algorithms...when will you learn logical syntax?!

Anonymous said...

facebook marketing