So, now with all this time on my hands I've been trying to get into better eating (translation: not blowing money on fast-food) and exercising (omg! what? moi? exercise!? ... i know). Anyway, I have a subscription to fitness magazine (gift from a friend) and it has helped a lot with the motivation. My first free week I started the Couch to 5K regimine and while I was exhausted afterwards (yeah... I'm REALLY out of "cardio" shape, but quite strong) I felt good for doing it. I got side tracked quickly and then semi hurt my ankle in a freak bar slip (NOT a party foul! I literally slipped in someone else's spilled drink) and since my medical coverage is ending I wanted to stay off it since it felt a little sore. Anyway, now I'm back on it and will probably do more since as I said I have a lot of time on my hands (other than packing).
... wow... can you say side tracked??
I wanted to post this so I don't forget! In Fitness magazine I read a bit about a free website which posts work-out (more specifically: running/jogging) music. They're brand new and update every 2 weeks with a new track. They give you the BPM, beats per minute, of the music and tell you if you keep pace with the music the whole way through roughly how much you will have run and approximately how many calories you would have burned (they give a guideline too, like this is for a 140 pound person or 150 pound person or whatever) and the food equivalent of that. I think it's kind've interesting. The beats are all pretty easy to listen to and run with, so I enjoy that.
http://www.motiontraxx.com/
You can subscribe to it via podcast on iTunes and save to your iPod or you can download the songs to upload to another MP3 player. And again, it's FREE. :)
I got ready to go run the other day and was listening to one of the tracks. I enjoyed it, so I opened iTunes and subscirbed, downloaded the ones they have out right now and synced it to my iPod.... then I got sidetracked and realized I have a $15 iTunes gift card, so I redeemed that and downloaded some more music and synced my iPod ... next thing I know, I'm listening to music and got side-tracked online. Blah! Like I said... the exercise for me is a work in progress.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Commercial Slogans
I would really love to write down random memories that I have. Every now and then stories from my past just pop into my head and I laugh even though no one is around. Like the following:
In the 80's there was a truck commercial (which I assume was for Toyota... you'll see why) where the "driver" would be standing outside the truck (which was usually up on a rocky mountain) and would jump in the air, kick their legs tot he side, and throw their arms up into the air. The camera would then freeze in that position, so you'd see them jumping for joy. Growing up my friend and I would run down her hallway and jump off the steps into her living room and yell "I love what you do for me, Toyota" and strike that pose mid-aid. We would do that over and over and over again and laugh hysterically. It still makes me smile and laugh when I think about it.
On a related note, when I was a kid my crib was in my sister's room. I remember standing up in my crib and reaching out my hand towards my sister in her bed. She would lean as far out of her bed as she could and would stretch out her hand and we'd say "Reach out and touch someone." Again, just like in a commercial. I think that slogan was for AT&T. It's a really great memory that my sister and I both share. :)
In the 80's there was a truck commercial (which I assume was for Toyota... you'll see why) where the "driver" would be standing outside the truck (which was usually up on a rocky mountain) and would jump in the air, kick their legs tot he side, and throw their arms up into the air. The camera would then freeze in that position, so you'd see them jumping for joy. Growing up my friend and I would run down her hallway and jump off the steps into her living room and yell "I love what you do for me, Toyota" and strike that pose mid-aid. We would do that over and over and over again and laugh hysterically. It still makes me smile and laugh when I think about it.
On a related note, when I was a kid my crib was in my sister's room. I remember standing up in my crib and reaching out my hand towards my sister in her bed. She would lean as far out of her bed as she could and would stretch out her hand and we'd say "Reach out and touch someone." Again, just like in a commercial. I think that slogan was for AT&T. It's a really great memory that my sister and I both share. :)
Religion, Lent, and Weight Loss
I don't go to church, I rarely read the bible, I pray only in dire situations, but I consider myself Catholic and I particpate in Lent. Strange, right? I have been known to have religious conversations with friends and the thought of demons and humanizing the devil freak me out. For instance, a friend of mine told me once about how he frequently has "dreams" of someone that looks just like him except with blonde hair (he as dark brown hair) staring over him menacingly and reaching out to him on occasion. He said he researched about it on the internet and supposedly it is his ... anti-angel? I don't know how to descirbe it, but it is basically the opposite of a guardian angel... instead it is something sent by Satan to tempt you. That freaked me out and for the longest time I refused to sleep over at this guy's house (he was just a friend, never anything more, completely platonic). Even typing that out names me anxious/nervous. Again... strange, right? ... I digress... the point of this post was to discuss my actions for Lent this year.
Lent 2009
I have been trying to lose weight for as long as I can remember (okay that was an exaggeration, but it has been a very long time). Some things work, some things don't. This year for lent I have decided to give up fast food burgers and fries and the all too-easy, too-good Taco Bell. It's just under a week into lent and I've been on track so-far (with the exception of forgetting that I shouldn't have red meat on fridays... oops). The only down-fall is that I feel like this isn't enough. This isn't much of a sacrifice as my resolution has loop-holes. So I was thinking of adding more to it... I think I should force myself to work-out during this time. Working out is my all-time weight-loss pitfall. I absolutely hate working out because I'm so ashamed of my body and my out-of-shapeness that it sadens me. I think back to when I was active and wouldn't get out of breath going up a flight of stairs and I go on a downward spiral thinking about how I got to this stage of my life.
I know what I need to do, but how do I get myself to do it? I hope that Lent is the answer, but I can't say for sure. I have the ideas and I know the reasons behind why I should do these things and what should motivate me to do them, but I lack something that actually makes me get up and do it... hmm..
wow, this post took a 180 degree turn, didn't it? haha It's 6am and I've been up since noon... that's my excuse. :-p
Lent 2009
I have been trying to lose weight for as long as I can remember (okay that was an exaggeration, but it has been a very long time). Some things work, some things don't. This year for lent I have decided to give up fast food burgers and fries and the all too-easy, too-good Taco Bell. It's just under a week into lent and I've been on track so-far (with the exception of forgetting that I shouldn't have red meat on fridays... oops). The only down-fall is that I feel like this isn't enough. This isn't much of a sacrifice as my resolution has loop-holes. So I was thinking of adding more to it... I think I should force myself to work-out during this time. Working out is my all-time weight-loss pitfall. I absolutely hate working out because I'm so ashamed of my body and my out-of-shapeness that it sadens me. I think back to when I was active and wouldn't get out of breath going up a flight of stairs and I go on a downward spiral thinking about how I got to this stage of my life.
I know what I need to do, but how do I get myself to do it? I hope that Lent is the answer, but I can't say for sure. I have the ideas and I know the reasons behind why I should do these things and what should motivate me to do them, but I lack something that actually makes me get up and do it... hmm..
wow, this post took a 180 degree turn, didn't it? haha It's 6am and I've been up since noon... that's my excuse. :-p
Thursday, January 8, 2009
When Pigs Fly
I'm 25 years old. You'd think I'd have figured myself out by now. I never understood how the world expects an 18 year old to know what they want to do with their life. When I was 18, I had no clue. I went to college because it seemed like the next logical step. Okay, that's not entirely true, I've always had ideas, aspirations, goals on what I wanted to do with my life, but they fluttered all around my head never quite in reach. I used to want to be in the Secret Service, a police officer, a singer, an actress, a lighting designer or theatre electrician, an IRS auditor, and even a truck driver. Yeah... I've had quite a wide range of ideas, with none of them fully realized.
I'm hoping that this blog will help me realize some of these goals and/or dreams. I know I cannot become all the above professions, but to be able to work on something that I really enjoy will be a nice change. My giant, overbearing step 1 on my list of things to get done in life is: lose weight. I am unhappy with my current weight, as I find most women are, which I think leads me to be unhappy with other aspects of my life. What I'd really like to do in life is lose weight and start working in some community theatre groups in plays - onstage or behind the scenes. I would love to get into the entertainment industry. I used to want to be an actress, I still do sometimes, but I've only taken a couple of classes and have never been in any plays. I took a practicum class in college where we focused on set lighting. I loved it. It was so much fun to figure out the light plot, hang lights, focus for designers, even set the light board for a play. I once was the light board op for a play too... it was great! I want to get back to that sort've "love what I do" mentality.
My current job falls way off the mark of such a "love what you do" mentality. In fact, I may even venture to say that I hate being at my current job. The problem isn't so much what I actually do, as that is more or less easy, it's more of the envirmonment that I work in. I can handle getting yelled at by people all day to help them save money, but I can't handle my managers not backing me up, pushing their work back on me, not communicating well, and talking about killing animals at work (yes, it is a frequent topic at work. very disturbing). I want to love what I do and it would be a plus to be paid big bucks to do it. :)
I'm hoping that this blog will help me realize some of these goals and/or dreams. I know I cannot become all the above professions, but to be able to work on something that I really enjoy will be a nice change. My giant, overbearing step 1 on my list of things to get done in life is: lose weight. I am unhappy with my current weight, as I find most women are, which I think leads me to be unhappy with other aspects of my life. What I'd really like to do in life is lose weight and start working in some community theatre groups in plays - onstage or behind the scenes. I would love to get into the entertainment industry. I used to want to be an actress, I still do sometimes, but I've only taken a couple of classes and have never been in any plays. I took a practicum class in college where we focused on set lighting. I loved it. It was so much fun to figure out the light plot, hang lights, focus for designers, even set the light board for a play. I once was the light board op for a play too... it was great! I want to get back to that sort've "love what I do" mentality.
My current job falls way off the mark of such a "love what you do" mentality. In fact, I may even venture to say that I hate being at my current job. The problem isn't so much what I actually do, as that is more or less easy, it's more of the envirmonment that I work in. I can handle getting yelled at by people all day to help them save money, but I can't handle my managers not backing me up, pushing their work back on me, not communicating well, and talking about killing animals at work (yes, it is a frequent topic at work. very disturbing). I want to love what I do and it would be a plus to be paid big bucks to do it. :)
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