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Yesterday I met with a personal trainer, not so much so I can get personal training (I can't possibly afford that), but so I can see how she goes about working with prospective new clients. We did a before and after mock-up on her computer. I would look pretty much identical to the way I do now in six weeks if I were to fix my diet and get more regular weight-training. I'm not even a little bit surprised about that. However, the program wasn't really written with already-fit people in mind. Had I been forty or fifty pounds overweight, inactive, and eating a lot of crap, I would expect to see significant physical changes if I were to suddenly change my lifestyle.
That being said, I certainly have room for improvement. My clean diet fell by the wayside in the past year, as did my regular weight training. When the trainer asked me when I was going to fix that, I thought a bit and said, "Tomorrow." That gave her a huge grin.
She also told me that when I get my trainer certification to look her up, because she might be able to give me a job. So I need to look into that again. Everything costs money, though. Sigh....
So here I am, eating a perfectly cromulent breakfast, and I've packed a nutritious, junk-free lunch for work so I won't be tempted by the cream cheese and smoked salmon Montreal-style bagels just down the street (they're delicious, but creamed cheese and bagels don't fit on my tried and true meal plan). I need to get some serious groceries, and get more fresh veggies to snack on instead of the microwave popcorn that's been my standby for too long.
I fully expect to still have a cheat day once a week. Pizza happens because game happens, but the rest of my week will compensate.
I'm going to see if I can get my four-pack (I never quite made a six-pack) back.
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Cool news! It looks like I'll be teaching floorwork again. We're going to give it a go at the dance studio. Of course, the average student has never even heard of floorwork, so we had to give the class a catchy name. My class will be replacing a butts and guts workout class, so I think it could appeal to the same sort of student. I decided on the name "Core on the Floor", and will have to come up with a snappy little description for it, too. The price for taking the class is dirt-cheap, too. Where else can you study floorwork for $10/hour? If all goes well, classes will start up the second week of October on Monday nights at 7.
No one showed for my belly dance class last night, so I took a pole dance class, instead. Somehow, I gave myself a wicked pole burn on my wrist, so I'm wearing a big bandage that makes me look like a suicide attempt. I'm hoping it will be sufficient protection for my advanced pole class tonight. And then, if I still have any energy left, I'm going to go for a kung fu class withlindalicious and gha5t. Maybe we'll get some Hung Gar practice in, too. I haven't done any Hung Gar in too long. And I'd especially love to do some Northern Mantis, too. Mmm...
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Ready for links? Here you go, anyway.
The World's Largest Penises: Contains no pictures of penes, but you'll have to make the judgment call over whether this is SFW or not.
Chinese woman's 'needle ordeal': "Doctors in China have discovered 26 sewing needles embedded in the body of a 31-year-old woman. They think they were inserted into Luo Cuifen's body when she was a baby by grandparents upset she was not a boy."
Curiosities: A gallery of very creative artwork.
Hidden method of reading revealed: "The mystery of how we read a sentence has been unlocked by scientists. Previously, researchers thought that, when reading, both eyes focused on the same letter of a word. But a UK team has found this is not always the case."
7 Amazing Holes: Contains no porn, just huge holes in the ground, both naturally-occurring and manufactured.
Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain: There's a gay gene and a democrat gene (thanks,gha5t)?
redlyra who got into the Mendelssohn Choir! That's pretty awesome, even if it means she'll be singing Carmina Burana instead of running around in the woods with me bopping people with foam swords while pretending she's an elf. Hee!...
Yesterday I met with a personal trainer, not so much so I can get personal training (I can't possibly afford that), but so I can see how she goes about working with prospective new clients. We did a before and after mock-up on her computer. I would look pretty much identical to the way I do now in six weeks if I were to fix my diet and get more regular weight-training. I'm not even a little bit surprised about that. However, the program wasn't really written with already-fit people in mind. Had I been forty or fifty pounds overweight, inactive, and eating a lot of crap, I would expect to see significant physical changes if I were to suddenly change my lifestyle.
That being said, I certainly have room for improvement. My clean diet fell by the wayside in the past year, as did my regular weight training. When the trainer asked me when I was going to fix that, I thought a bit and said, "Tomorrow." That gave her a huge grin.
She also told me that when I get my trainer certification to look her up, because she might be able to give me a job. So I need to look into that again. Everything costs money, though. Sigh....
So here I am, eating a perfectly cromulent breakfast, and I've packed a nutritious, junk-free lunch for work so I won't be tempted by the cream cheese and smoked salmon Montreal-style bagels just down the street (they're delicious, but creamed cheese and bagels don't fit on my tried and true meal plan). I need to get some serious groceries, and get more fresh veggies to snack on instead of the microwave popcorn that's been my standby for too long.
I fully expect to still have a cheat day once a week. Pizza happens because game happens, but the rest of my week will compensate.
I'm going to see if I can get my four-pack (I never quite made a six-pack) back.
...
Cool news! It looks like I'll be teaching floorwork again. We're going to give it a go at the dance studio. Of course, the average student has never even heard of floorwork, so we had to give the class a catchy name. My class will be replacing a butts and guts workout class, so I think it could appeal to the same sort of student. I decided on the name "Core on the Floor", and will have to come up with a snappy little description for it, too. The price for taking the class is dirt-cheap, too. Where else can you study floorwork for $10/hour? If all goes well, classes will start up the second week of October on Monday nights at 7.
No one showed for my belly dance class last night, so I took a pole dance class, instead. Somehow, I gave myself a wicked pole burn on my wrist, so I'm wearing a big bandage that makes me look like a suicide attempt. I'm hoping it will be sufficient protection for my advanced pole class tonight. And then, if I still have any energy left, I'm going to go for a kung fu class with
lindalicious and gha5t. Maybe we'll get some Hung Gar practice in, too. I haven't done any Hung Gar in too long. And I'd especially love to do some Northern Mantis, too. Mmm......
Ready for links? Here you go, anyway.
The World's Largest Penises: Contains no pictures of penes, but you'll have to make the judgment call over whether this is SFW or not.
Chinese woman's 'needle ordeal': "Doctors in China have discovered 26 sewing needles embedded in the body of a 31-year-old woman. They think they were inserted into Luo Cuifen's body when she was a baby by grandparents upset she was not a boy."
Curiosities: A gallery of very creative artwork.
Hidden method of reading revealed: "The mystery of how we read a sentence has been unlocked by scientists. Previously, researchers thought that, when reading, both eyes focused on the same letter of a word. But a UK team has found this is not always the case."
7 Amazing Holes: Contains no porn, just huge holes in the ground, both naturally-occurring and manufactured.
Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain: There's a gay gene and a democrat gene (thanks,
gha5t)?
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Date: 2007-09-11 03:11 pm (UTC)From:Care to share details? I'm so (embarrassingly) bored with my current eating plan: whole grains, vegetables, avoid sugar and processed food, blah blah. It'd be nice to have something to shake it up, even if it's the same thing in a slightly different package.
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Date: 2007-09-11 09:44 pm (UTC)From:For lunches at work, I pack a 500-ml yoghourt container with 2 hard boiled eggs, a piece of cheese, and enough raw veggies and fruit to fill the rest up. I also take a small thing of yoghourt and a little box of raisins.
After a workout, I have a protein smoothie (a scoop of protein, a dollop of unsweetened natural peanut butter, 1 cup of milk, a banana, and a couple of ice cubes) or a cored-out apple stuffed with unsweetened peanut butter.
Breakfast is varied. A couple of pieces of whole grain toast with a little bit of Omega-3 enriched margarine with a couple of steamed eggs, or a bowl of cereal (unsweetened whole grain stuff) with a sprinkle of bran, or some low-fat cottage cheese with fruit. Oh yes, and a cup of green tea. I do love me some tea....
Suppers are lean meat or fish with fresh veggies and maybe some steamed brown rice. I will go crazy with herbs, but I rarely salt anything, and I don't put margarine on the veggies.
Generally speaking, I avoid starchy foods (white rice, potatoes, etc.) and simple carbohydrates (most baked goods, candy, etc.). I also try to eat colourful meals. The more colour in my natural foods, the more vitamins, I figure. So yellow pepper, cherry tomatoes, blackberries, a steamed egg, and a piece of cheese would be a nice meal for any time of the day. Tasty and nutritious!
How's that?
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Date: 2007-09-11 09:51 pm (UTC)From:And you know, the "colorful" really triggered something for me. I'm going to work more on getting color in my diet.
I don't know why, but every once in a while, it helps me to introduce a ... a gimmick, I guess you'd call it. Keeps me interested and engaged with cooking/eating, despite the fact that the basic eating habits haven't changed.
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Date: 2007-09-11 03:27 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-09-11 09:44 pm (UTC)From:linkylove
Date: 2007-09-11 09:07 pm (UTC)From:Re: linkylove
Date: 2007-09-11 09:46 pm (UTC)From:I'm amazed at nature's resilience, too. It's hard to believe a turtle could survive to adulthood with a plastic corset.
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Date: 2007-09-11 11:37 pm (UTC)From: