Getting High

I really have nothing to write about. But I almost feel obligated to give you guys something. Y’all I expected yesterday to be horrible for me. And sometimes when we lower our expectations, we end up surpassing our expectations so much we have to stop for a moment and just breath. I’m still high today. My mind is going a mile a minute. So much so that on my way to work this morning, I got on the wrong freeway, going north instead of even in the direction towards the job! High indeed. Oh and sorors, you know what I’m gonna say so really I don’t have to say it. Right??

Not sure if anyone has heard of www.sparkpeople.com, but it’s freaking wonderful. It’s a health website that allows you to track everything!! And when I say everything, I do mean everything. And, unlike FoodDiary.com, SparkPeople is free!!! Y’all know I’m all about the free/low cost options. I am absolutely addicted and quietly, I have been for about two weeks now. Not only that, but tracking my weight, measurements, and even water intake has been quite the informative experience. Knowing the amount of empty calories I eat has made me change things up, a whole lot. Already, with just changing the amount I eat, I’ve started to feel different. And have lost a couple ounds. Granted, I might not attribute that totally to SparkPeople because I was stressing majorly recently, but still…

Side Note: Only twice in my life have I been so over-come by spite and venom that I was beside myself. Once when I was younger and once recently. The 22 year old Hostess, launched right into spitefull b*tch mode. Immediately, my blood was replaced with lemon juice and my mental wheels were spinning uncontrollably. But the 29 year old Hostess (Yeah, I’m gonna turn 30 again January 20th. Amazon.com Wishlist. What?) was able to take the constructive criticism, the spite, and use the combination as motivation to either start doing new things or kick the things I have been doing up a notch.

One of my biggest problems, aside from knowing what to do at the gym and lacking motivation, was not what I ate but how much of it I ate. I don’t eat too much crap. However, I eat a whole lot of whatever I eat. Because I constantly feel hungry. But I was recently dehydrated and the doctor told me I was probably eating when my body was really trying to tell me I was thirsty. Go freaking figure! Where others might have three meals and two-three snacks a day, I have three meals and my snacks are the size of meals.

Thanks to SparkPeople.com, I got some clear direction. Thanks to my posse, I’ve gotten ahold to information and signed up for a nazi-esque work-out. Which is what I need. Not only that, but I’m strong-arming and guilting my not-so-thin/tight friends to come with me!!! I’ve been back and forth with the training person so much, when I called this morning, she recognized my voice! Bwahahahaha!!! I’ve already paid my fee and start Monday!! And I’m pumped.

Also, DiscoveryHealth.com has a program where you get a free 8 week pass to Bally’s. (I refuse to sign up for a real membership because they are crazed contract hounds. And I refuse to sign up to pay monthly for three years!) I got the pass and will use it after this class is over. Then I will take one class a month. I don’t do so well with being left to my own devices in the gym. I need to actually be part of a class. Cus nothing pisses me off, and therefore motivates me, more than some 49 year old crow not breaking a sweat while I’m dripping buckets and panting like a thirsty dog as we do the same damn work-out!

People who know me in real life have attached the Nazi title to me on many issues. I get attached to an idea and I obsess about it indefinately (ex. Seinfeld, stillettos, and vodka gimletts). I suspect this will be the next one. And I’m okay with that. Therefore, I expect some of you will jump upon my boot camp (G.I.Jane! Google it!), SparkPeople.com, and DiscoveryHealth.com bandwagon like you did with the Master Cleanse. Edwige is already with me–even as she travels abroad. Who else is coming along?? And I’m not talking about just for quarter one of 2006!! I’m talking long-term. I’m talking about my boy C instituting a spring bike-riding campaign (DC/MD/VA people)!! I’m talking about cutting our chances of getting diabetes and other pesky illnesses! Again, who’s with me?