Slimdude

Well, BSers, here I am at 11:30pm at night. And I’m just sitting here watching SNL and reading Blogs. I knew I was going to end up waking up so before I went to bed I made a plan in my head that if I got up I would only eat “good” things if I wanted to nosh, and walk on my Gazelle.

And I did that. I had two stalks of celery with salsa and then a sugar free Creamsicle and then I just didn’t feel hungry at all. I did one mile on the Gazelle before I decided I just feel too tired to continue. I’ll do some more in the morning. I think SNL is a re-run and really I should just get to bed.

Today went well. I did The Biggest Loser DVD… the resistance parts with weights and I can only do about 10 pounds in each hand and I went for about 30 minutes before I was just too uncomfortable to continue. I looked on Amazon.Com for some Pilates DVDs. I am familiar with the concepts of Pilates but I have never done a Pilates DVD before. I wonder if it would give me good training without the pain of straight-up weight training? They have two DVDs marketed especially for men that I am considering. I think that something that combines the Core Type training and flexibility and all of Pilates might be really good for me at this point in my life.

After the Boy woke up, we had a snack of celery and salsa ( i know it sounds weird, but I love to dip fresh veggies like celery, cucumber, broccoli, and cauliflower in salsa) and some microwave popcorn… you know, the 100-cal packs… oh and he had some yogurt but he started rubbing it in his hair which he has never done before. It was funny but messy.

Then we danced to videos on YouTube. His favorite artist is Gwen Stefani by far. He loves the song she does with Akon, “The Sweet Escape”. Also we heard the new Britney Spears song, “Gimme More”… and it is pretty good.

Hey ya’ll remember that Kimkins Diet plan thing that was so popular in low-carb arenas? Well she’s all up in controversy now because they say her pictures are not really her, and she was giving bad diet advice, like eat only 900 calories a day, and crazy stuff like that.

Well I had some Rum and Crystal Lite lemonade today. It’s my own version of a margarita. If you have never even thought of it but you like to have a drink or two in moderation like I do, try using clear rum like Bacardi and measure out 1 oz and mix it with a pack of Crystal Lite-to-Go lemonade (or really any flavor you want) and enough water and ice and you will feel like you are on a cruise! Rum is very low in calories but high in alcohol content so each drink is only about 70 calories and you get buzzed easily. I had two drinks but even with that I think my calories are about 1600 today.

I do not believe in depriving myself, I just find creative ways to get to indulge in things I enjoy, like an occasional drink. I won’t go out and have a 500 calorie margarita, I’ll have 2 fake ones instead for about 140 calories. It’s about making lifestyle changes, my friends.

Oh and The Wife is so excited. She has decided she wants to become a Dental Hygienist. I think that is how you spell it. She wants to go back to school full time in  2008. My wife has sort of floated from one thing to another ever since she left The Navy in 2005. She currently bakes but I guess now she wants to Clean Teeth.

Whatever she does, I support her. I wish she’d consider being a nurse. Nurses are hot. But they don’t wear that cool white thing with the white hat any more. They just wear green scrubs.

oh well.

—Matt