After a few weeks of aimless wandering, I’m back on plan. I’ve left Austin for the summer and now I spend my days watching BBC America, cleaning my Pop’s house, exercising, and collecting dust. It’s been a week and a half up here, and I’ve been missing the boyfriend something crazy most of the time, although I wouldn’t tell him that. When we speak on the phone, I find myself mildly annoyed that he isn’t around for me to bother. I don’t usually notice how much of my day goes into hiding to scare him after work, waking him up from naps, poking him as he tries to play video games, or any of my other countless ways of annoying him (with love and care, natch). On top of that, I don’t even have my laptop or 3 o’clock cocktails to occupy my time. Oh, summer.
I’m considering shaking up my diet by following Michi’s Ladder instead of Atkins for a while. It would be interesting to have fruit and oats, but I don’t know about the low-fat emphasis. In my experience, that kind of dieting is a one way road to becoming skinny-fat. If I do it, I’ll definitely pass over the skim milk in favor of whole and find myself some natural yogurt.
I also bought the Power 90 workout DVDs, which should arrive towards the end of this week. They don’t look crazy-intense, but I hear they are a great primer for the p90x workout (which I am more interested in, but not sure if I can do yet). The Power 90 program is supposed to be better than the rest of those infomercial type plans, because it spends a good deal of time focusing on strength training instead of just cardio. You do six sessions a week, with an even split of strength/cardio. Hopefully I will see some results within 2-3 weeks, about the time I need to surprise the boyfriend with my body that will be eight times awesomer than his.
Oh, and I read about a new supplement called Coleus Forskohlii in Men’s Health. Supposedly it is all kinds of good for jacking up the metabolism and regulating the vital organs, but it is near-impossible to find in the average supplement stores. As soon as I find and try some, I’ll report back.
Ta for now.
E
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’bout time you checked in..:p
Congratulations on the weight-loss in progress. You’ve done extremely well. I myself am off plan and trying to build up the will power to get back with it. I saw some before pictures on yoru site. I’d be interested in seeing some current ones… you must be looking good.
FYI, I added your feed to my low-carb blog watch website lowcarbblogs.blogspot.com.
Quick question… Hope you don’t mind me asking… which do you think is a bigger taboo causing more descrimination, being fat or being gay?
Also wondering… What’s your home town? Where are you living during the summer?
Thanks for the add! You’ve got a pretty fine directory there, and I’m honored to be on it.
Your question is rather complex, actually. I find that it is more acceptable to be gay in urban settings, and more acceptable to be overweight in rural areas. However, I personally think that the somewhat recent trend of fat acceptance isn’t such a good thing. Obese people shouldn’t be stoned in the streets (god only knows, ‘living big’ is hard enough as it is), but they also shouldn’t be led to think that staying overweight is a reasonable long-term life choice. If people hadn’t discriminated against me, I would still be 450 pounds or maybe even dead.
On the other hand, I believe being marathoner skinny is just as much of a personal life choice. People who are five or ten pounds overweight are fine in my book, but I am very wary of leading the actually obese into complacency. It isn’t a happy or fulfilling life, and sometimes a little social pressure can make a big difference.
Oh, and I’m back in Philadelphia for the summer, or at least the month.
Thanks again!
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