As my life continues to change, mature, and progress this winter… my body has progressed into something I no longer enjoy and don’t have much time to maintain. The cold always makes it hard to do this and I’m definitely beginning to, let’s just say, enjoy when the lights are off. I feel more like a teddybear than a kitten lately.
A couple months ago, a new and interesting workout system came to my attention and became 1/3 of my Valentine’s Day gift. (2/3 were tickets to Brian Regan, 3/3 was a beautiful Omega watch…) We had the greatest V-day ever, by the way.
I started the Nutrient Boost week yesterday. It took a lot of time to cook the food— there were a lot of fresh organic ingredients:
Beets, Celery, Apples, Carrots, Parsnips, Parsley, Cucumbers, Blueberries… Chicken, spices.
I made a lot of purées with my new food processor. Blueberry applesauce, chicken soup, gazpacho, and chocolate chestnut coconut pudding are also on her fun little menu. What a change from the pizza logs, calzones, and other restaurant food I’ve been enjoying for all these months. Mmm. I had my last barbecue chicken finger dinner (for a while) the other night and boy did I enjoy it.
And Day 2 is now over. I feel great. I’m all business, damnit. Not eating much is giving me a lot of time to get things done too, including Phase I of the Shiatsu massage packets I’m working on with Tom at NYIM.
Tracy Anderson is a babe and my goal is to look half as good as she does by the end of 90 days, which will around Erin’s birthday in May. As long as I’m in a better spot when spring springs, I’ll be able to shed the pounds biking to work as I did in Summer 2011. (I’ve managed to stay in relatively good shape up until a couple weeks ago and still, I’m under 150… so it’s not as bad as my hypercritical eyes see, surely. There’s just too much fat and not enough muscle.)
I just want to catch it before it gets really bad. It did last year when I was in a much worse place. I was 164 pounds before I did something about it. Never again.
Basically, the “comfortable” shape is super uncomfortable for me, so I’m doing something about it and am psyched!
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On Thursday, my boss offered me a raise and extra days at work. I accepted both. Now I’ll finally be making enough money to support myself without having to dip into my savings every few months, and may finally get a better hold on what happens at the salon since I’ll be there for 5 of the 6 days they’re open. I’ll be responsible for more as well. Hopefully that will include payroll, purchasing, IT, advertising, and making sure the important bills are paid.
Last week, on the 15th, I went to Rochester to get my teeth cleaned and also got a tooth destined for failure drilled and filled by the very classy Dr. Rosen. Then Mom and I headed to One Hip Chic for some new frames for my new prescription. As I’m deciding on my new look, I realized how completely uncomfortable I was making this very important decision without my man next to me. I missed him then, and decided I would try my best not to make another without him at my side.
Tamra (the hip chic) has these amazing books on her table… one is a birthday book which gives you a description of yourself based on the day. The other is a book of relationships based on birthdays. After choosing what I thought were best and most flattering frames
I photographed a few pages. I got mine, his, and then the combination of the two from the second book on my S95. I’ll will be sending all three to him in a minute…
But this is my favorite part:
“Even if these two meet when either or both of them is involved with another steady partner or spouse, the seductive pull of a love affair between them will usually be so great that neither can resist. The results might be tragic, particularly for the third parties, but the maturity and control of which the Aries-Taurus-Scorpio-Sagittarius relationship is capable will have a strong tempering effect. So unshakeable is the relationship’s faith in itself, in fact, that it can show consideration for the feelings of others to a most unusual degree.”
The “Advice” section is also quite nice (and let’s take it):
“Have fun but stay respectful of others. Control selfish desires. Beware of elitist attitudes. Push yourself a bit more to scale the heights.”
I think this means less bowling and more wall-climbing! 
