30+ Day Experiment

You have no idea how true this is. Your body will allow you to do crazy things without caffeine. Ignorance is bliss.

So here's the thing. I'll do my best with this page, but I'm certainly not going to be making any promises. If you have read the Women of Leisure page at all, this may be slightly redundant. I'm looking to drop a few LB'S, at the very least get a bit healthier. I need a plan. I heard once that if you want to be skinny you should watch what "skinny" people eat, watch their lifestyle and follow suit. I think this sounds like an excellent one month trial - hmmmm? Not that this comes as a news flash, but there are A LOT of skinny people here.

July 2017
Dieybet worked but not for the long term...I'm thinking of a bootcamp. hmmmm
March 2017
So here I am. Three years later. I'm back in the states- in Utah...and there are STILL A LOT of skinny people here. It's hard not to compare against the other blonde tight bodied, nipped and tucked mommas. Alas... I am back up in weight after having eaten my emotions the past year..or two. SO I thought back to a time where I was in really good shape, and I thought..self? what were you doing....And so that is how I found myself kicking it old school with Billy Blanks, counting my calories with MyfitnessPal, and engaged in DIETBET, and online challenge where you throw money in a virtual pot and hope to get it back after losing a certain percentage...we shall see!!!- Weigh in is April.
October 2014
Still doing the kettlebells!- I think I need to ramp up the workout for a longer period of time though. Still using 8kg. I think the icing I've been eating has been counteracting my progress. I'm working on that part....
Started incorporating ab exercises as well and seeking a class that will work the core muscles. I've found multiple (wait for the randomness.......) HULA studios here. Yes. You read correctly. However on the multiple occasions I have gone to check it out, they've been closed. In my extensive hula research, they actually do community dances etc. Um...NOT what I'm looking for.
I'll keep you posted.

September 2014
So I've been using the kettlebells. WOW. They hurt and will make you sweat. I've been using 8kg and only for about 10 minutes- so I guess if I'm really doing the challenge I should take measurements from when I started, then again at the end of the month. I'm not. The goal is for me to do it at least three times a week. let's do it!!!

August 2014
Guess who got kettlebells?????? Challenge starts next week baby!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 2014
Still down on the pounds, still running, doing bootcamp with hiking and biking thrown in. While still female with the usual complaints, I feel really good!!
I am currently on a half marathon training program because my hope is to run a 1/2 marathon on the Great Wall in May. Provided that my China Visa comes through without incident, i'm good to go!
The run looks INSANE. I'm pretty sure I'll die there.
http://great-wall-marathon.com/

July 31, 2013
OK, Still working out, still running.....Not specifically counting points, but I'm sure I'll be back on that wagon soon. I want to keep this weight off!!!
But weight aside? I'm pretty sure I'm going bald. Yes. Bald. My hairline is def. receeding. Will thinks I'm dying it too much. Whatever. So i'll have a head of gray receeding hair????? I think not. SO. I read this article on livestrong and I'm going to start taking a multivitamin and try to get more sleep. I can do that right???
hmmmmm. At least hair loss and soda aren't correlated.....
http://www.livestrong.com/article/265820-how-to-increase-hair-growth-thickness/
June 9, 2013
WHAT?! You haven't been able to sleep not knowing how I've done on the NO SODA challenge?
In summation:

Let me be honest. It was a fail right out of the gate. Like..that day. I'm an addict and I'm comfortable admitting that. 

SO my next challenge I think is going to be a lunge challenge. Will post when I decide. 

April 1, 2013
I am contemplating taking the NO SODA challenge for one month. I'm just curious if it will help me with my water intake, help with my skin blah blah blah........ I think I'll start it now? But wean myself off....Gotta start small.

February 4, 2013
 For the record? I did not make a new years resolution. I would however like to maintain this weight loss. I'm 30 lbs down, at times fluctuating 31-32 lbs down  which I love, but trying not to get all twisted up about if I don't stay there. It's all good. It really is. I'm staying with the weight watchers program, recording almost everything on a daily basis and running. Running my BUTT off. Still at 60 minutes, but that's fine by me.  If I eat more, or know i'm going out to dinner and I'm going to indulge? I put in an extra day of working out. I figure if I can eat it, I can take the time to work it off. I haven't felt this much self confidence in a long time. 
YEAH!!

October 13, 2012
I CANNOT believe we're in October already. Insanity. Yesterday was a big day- I completed the 10K program and can "officially" run 60  minutes. I don't count stop lights cause I'm still jogging in place like a MO-ron..or feeling like one given the weird looks I get, but I have to say, I'm super proud of myself. Weigh in was today and I'm a couple pounds up from last week, but I've been super indulgent...alas, such is life. As of today I'm 23 pounds down. My magical weight still remains 12 pounds out of reach, but I'll try not to obsess. Pshhh. Right.-We all know how this story ends.
The taste of success is pretty sweet. But I'm not gonna lie the taste of a McDonald's McFlurry right now would taste a lot sweeter.
New group on my Ipod whom I LUV?- Pentatonix- they're an Acapella group that is off the hook. Awesome.

September 20, 2012
SO the transition to 10 K has been a bit of a struggle. I have found that my pleasure with running is contingent upon the weather. duh. I know. (Sometimes I move at a slower speed than the average human....)( I was actually referring to my brain, not speed, but I guess the reference can serve double duty). Anyway -I love running outside and find it highly preferable to the dank musty gym. HOWEVER, there was one day I was running for 60 minutes broken up by sporadic walking when my body was literally screaming. It wasn't so much endurance as it was the heat. I was almost crying. I was definitely swearing, and basically having a meltdown, all while jogging. I came home told Will, who had not yet left for work and he said- why didn't you just stop? OH. I mean, yes, technically that was an option I guess, but then I'd be a quitter. When you're running "against the machine" i.e. the little man in my phone who tells me when to start and stop- I can't just stop if he doesn't say it.
Oh man. This is what it has come to. Obsessive right?
Well, this week is better and I'm running almost 45 minutes without stopping and I feel good. No crying.

September 2012
Still LOSING!!! Still on WW-Can't believe it. It's a lot of will power and hard work, but I'm pretty sure I'm officially obsessed. Not in a bad way. But it at least gets me out of bed to run. I've moved from the 5k to the 10K training program. I ran 40 minutes this week. I'm know- crazy!!!. I'm down 19lbs. My goal is between 30-35 lbs then I'm done. I think I can......

July 2012
I can hardly believe 4 months have gone by- BUTT.....I've got news. I'm losing baby. I'm down about 10 lbs and running at least 3 days a week. I'm noticing big body changes, for the better! The difference is that Will and I signed up with Weight Watchers online, and I'm actually tracking my food/exercise. I had signed up with weight watcher's years ago, but the plan now with flex points is easy, rewarding and makes me stop and make thoughtful choices. Do I sound like I'm getting paid? Yeah, well, bottom line- it's working.

March 2012
OK. SO this month my experiment is Jillian Micheal's 30 day shred. 20 minutes a day. ANYONE can do 20 minutes a day. I'm not attached to my love handles- and I'm curious, can I be shredded in 30 days? I mean really. No. Probably not if I'm eating the same as before, if not more..because I think I can 'cause I'm working out now. How does that happen anyway.
Will says he can see a difference. I think he's being nice...because he has too. I'm at the end of week 2. We shall see.

January 2012
I'm pretty much at the end of my week 2 of my South Beach diet. We leave for vacation on Saturday, so I'm going to stay on phase 1 it before scooting over to phase 2. Let me lay it out there. the first two weeks have sucked. Not that I'm starving, but my body is used to constant sugar and caffeine not veggies and water. It's not a bad thing. It's a good thing. But I am a lover of all things sweet and good. I miss all things sweet and good. *Sigh* the pay off? I lost approximately 4-5 pounds the first week- haven't weighed myself yet this week......we shall see. But in the long run, eating more veggies and drinking more water never killed anyone.  Oh, and speaking of killing anyone, if Will and Wyatt eat one more peanut butter cup in front of me, well, I can't make any promises as to what may occur.

January 2012
I'm starting this year off fresh. Fresh food- Fresh veggies, fresh fruit, fresh resolution of actually dropping the weight. It's so hard. It's no joke that it gets harder when you get older...I think not even so much that our body systems have changed, that it's hard to lose the weight, it's mentality. One gets so ingrained in their routine of poor eating habits that it feels impossible to break out of. But I have a kid to think about..Darn it!! He can't think that chips and ice cream are better than a carrot. (even if I will think that 'til the day I die). So, with this rant being written, I have started the South Beach diet once again. Enter a new 30 day experiment. I started yesterday and I'm a bit cranky and desperately wanting a latte. By tomorrow I will have surely plucked someones eyeballs out. How happy are you that you're on the other side of that screen??? But seriously. I have felt super lousy about myself. My body image has plummeted and I've completely let myself go to crap over the holidays, justifying everything I put in my mouth. I'm dragging Will along for the ride with me. Look out, maybe this will cause him to start a blog.

September 2011
I swam 2 miles on Sunday!!! I ran today. Woohoo! AAAND I'm loving Tai Chi, which I tried last week and liked very much. I never thought such slow deliberate movements could induce such a sweat- whew. The only other woman who spoke English in the class has been taking this particular Tai-Chi teacher for four years and loves her. She said that she would meet with me and teach me some of the movements if I wanted. Awesome.

STILL August 2011
This is like the month that wouldn't die. Endless spawning more and more days. Sorry, stuck in my own little pattern of thought there....so, yeah, it's still August. Wyatt now in school for 5 hours a day leaves me plenty of time to exercise. This week I'm back up to my 30 minutes of running- Woohoo!!!!! I had thought of signing up for a 5k, but was told that the 5K's here are like ALL hills. Hmmm- I didn't train for all that...do you think that there's a treadmill 5K?.......Back to finding a couch to hilly 5K app I s'pose.............

Still August 2011
So I took this picture at the gym as well, which I believe is WAY more true to life. Right? Yup.

While the caption may say, Are you ready for us, really it means...Are you ready for ME. And while this seems like a fairly rhetorical question, let me answer it and say, yes, yes I believe they are.

August 2011
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I'm back and I have completely chunked up. I was joking with a girlfriend of mine and my new word for fat is Venti. Please...those starbucks drinks aren't making us skinny. ...but I still like them...so use it. So for now, I'm Venti. I'm working to at least move to a "grande" (even though that sounds WAY worse). Wyatt finally started his first full week today, so I figured I should really start mine too. And let me clarify, his first full week is only 2 hours a day this week, so his REAL week starts next week, but despite that I have at least a good full hour to work out this week. I was nervous today, and I really didn't want to go. I did however drag my venti sized buttocks there and I feel SOOOO much better. Holy self esteem booster. Once I figure out my new schedule, I'll be on fire. I was wondering how the running was going to go since I haven't done it in like over a month. It was not nearly as bad as I thought, and I ran for about 20 minutes with some fast paced walking......then I entered the room where all the big biceped asian men stare at themselves in mirrors aka the weight room. Whatever dudes. (I use dudes, because in the context of the previous sentence, it's completely appropriate)

Experiment within the next few months? To actually lose weight.

This is actually a huge mural type picture as you walk up the steps in our gym. HMMM- inspirational or conducive to self loathing? You be the judge.

June 2011
9 weeks of Couch to 5K=complete. 30 minutes of running at one time without dying, hyperventilating vomiting or peeing myself?=complete. I can run. I CAN RUN!!!! Sweet victory indeed. Here's what I've found about running. A person needs to be motivated. I've heard many people can't run on the treadmill. Well, I refuse to run in this heat and the treadmill keeps me at a steady pace..if I slow down I fall on my face...and believe you me, THAT would leave a mark. Necessary running tool? Ipodmore than gets me through 30 minutes of running? Justin Beiber's Baby. Yeah, that's right. Did I stutter? Destiny's Child, Tracey Chapman, Salt N' Peppa, Jefferson Starship's We built this City ( is any mix complete without this one???), She's a Maniac, MJ's Billy Jean..........do I need to go on?????

June 2011
So......It's June. Yeah. June. And in the words of The Wyatt..wait for it....wait for it........I've like, STILL not lost weight people. I've been doing the Couch to 5K app- and I'm in week 8. The positive aspect? Yeah, let's go over this again. I'm running 28 minutes without stopping, without dying or collapsing. THAT is incredible. I feel stronger and my legs are maybe slightly more toned? I ask this with a question, which can't be answered by many of you, as you can't see me. Bonus. I'm at the gym 3-4 days a week... I really can't do more than that...at the gym that is. Now, curbing the appetite. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I still like to EAT!!!!!Work in progress. Positive? Well, it's summer..maybe I'll sweat it off.

May 25, 2011
My whole body is screaming- I've been doing strength exercises, ab exercises, running... Let me repeat... Running!!! I'm into week 7 of my 5k program - I feel stronger than I have in a long time. My clothes fit more comfortably, though they certainly aren't falling off and my legs get a certified approval from my husband........ So one may ask what's your problem?? And here it is. The scale. It is not budging. If it does budge it goes up. What the crap??? I've searched online, found support through people struggling with the sane thing....Oh, I know. seriously ALY? Online support????
Which brings me to the question -let it go? We get soooo stuck on numbers-I know I need to cut down on sugars, drink more water, eat more veggies-I know muscle weighs more - is that an excuse? Not sure/ but with calorie counting working out 4 days a week...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

May 14, 2011
I have been exercising like 4 days a week and I've started counting calories again. I'm not messing around..and I have to admit, I feel good, albeit VERY hungry. My will power is near non existent and I feel hungry all of the time. The fact that I despise veggies and they are like 0 calories is like the biggest bummer of all time. I'm back on the wagon with counting calories, and according to my app, to lose 2 pounds a week I am allowed to consume 1,265 a day. Since you enter in fitness and physical activity for the day with this Livestrong app, I try to burn off as much as possible so I can have my sweets. I need my ice cream.....and 35 jelly belly jellybeans. It's been great accountability...and apparently it's true....when you work off more then you eat you lose. huh. That sucks doesn't it? I really love to eat. BUT I'm about 2 lbs down this week- so 3lbs total give or take some ounces. Kind of makes it worth it- about 17lbs to go. The goal is to lose it before I head home to the states.
The running app has made me pretty proud of myself. If I don't look at the timer, it doesn't seem like I'm running forever (when it's really only been like 2 minutes) and I'm at the point...(going into week 5) that I don't QUITE feel like I'm going to pass out or keel over. I'll keep you posted though I think next week is gonna be a rough one.


Oh yeah, I've also been drinking hot green tea like it's my job.

May 4, 2011
I say this not to fish for compliments on my intelligence, but let me just say, I'm an idiot. So, nobody told me that kilograms were 2x the amount as pounds...so in actuality I'm 10, well now 9 pounds more than I had originally thought I was.WHich

Month of April
OK, so I've got a bit to catch up on. This month has been nuts. Let me try to bring you up to speed. Forget eating like a Taiwanese woman. It's not going to happen. I will however take bits and pieces and try to implement them into my lifestyle. This month, I've downloaded two apps onto my I phone. The first is Livestrong a calorie counter, which I did for approximately 2 weeks, stopped and really need to start again...but .maybe tomorrow......but it was a great accountability system.Really.
The other app is the Couch to 5K app...I'm running people!!!!! I know. I can barely believe it either. It's pretty cool though and it's a 9 week program to get you to start running....moving essentially. I'll try anything at this point. I just like to eat too much.
Oh, and, refrain from laughter. My language teacher told me that sometimes it's the internal organs that aren't working properly (not all of the Easter candy I've been consuming I'm sure....) so to massage your abdomen 2X a day for 5 minutes, because you are essentially massaging your internal organs. Right. But, you better believe I'm doing it.

March 24, 2011
The good news is... I am obviously going to the gym frequently enough to warrant getting a comment from one of the trainers. The bad news? Apparently I walk around like Quasimodo. A trainer approached me on Tuesday and kindly suggested I do some back exercises. Honestly, I have a tendency to stick with what I know when I'm at the gym. Elliptical/treadmill and rotate leg press/biceps triceps. Anyways the trainer points me to a new machine, which I was grateful for..you know, to shake up the routine a bit. She then stated that I could use it.."you hunchback, this is good for your back." Uh, thanks...I think? She then asked if I had a weak leg. I thought I was missing something in translation, so I said yes. (I ALWAYS say yes). She said oh because you always work legs.....Well honey, working out my legs is better than working out nothing.
My body is in a world of hurt right now. But that's a good thing. (I write as I sip my Starbucks frappaccino)

March 20, 2011-
Ok. this isn't going well. AT ALL. I need to as parental units would say, "Buckle Down." ARGHH I AM SO WEAK. WEAK I am. ....and hungry. VERY hungry.
I found the below two items as we were shopping this weekend. Don't worry, I didn't actually purchase them...yet.....but I'll take suggestions/thoughts : )

March 17 , 2011-

Brief albeit crappy update- I've been drinking A LOT of green the the past 2 days AND I even drank a bottle of water yesterday. I'd love to supplement the green tea for my Coke Zeroes- but let's save that for another 30 day experiment, shall we? I had a Hazelnut Latte in lieu of the gym today and my whole body aches from what would be low to moderate physical exertion from the past 2 weeks. I even did some planks yesterday. My abs are thanking me. Apparently they ARE under their somewhere.
Ideally I'll go to the gym one more day at some point this week, but we'll see. The wind is killing me during my bike rides- the resistance is crazy and I feel ridiculous- but my legs are on FIRE. Good thing? Bad thing? A bit pathetic? Who knows.
Low point of the day? Trying on exercise clothes. I find it ABSURD that exercise clothing is SKIN tight. I mean we're trying to lost the love handles, not show them off to everyone in the process of getting rid of them. Doesn't anyone make breathable, affordable, attractive exercise clothing? I mean seriously. How disheartening.

March 15 , 2011-
So, is it bad when your goal weight actually has you fitting into two pairs of exercise pants that you don't look good in? Ok, that you don't comfortably FIT INTO? Yeah. That's pretty pathetic and I just shared it with you....but I felt the need to be honest.
So I'm gonna shake it up again. Clearly my powers of observation and eating like Taiwanese women..um stink. Perhaps this will help. I was reading an article and it said that to help with losing ab fat and to help weight loss you should do some of these things: (please don't ask where I read this or what these things individually do) Drink Green Tea- (BONUS! Taiwanese women soooooo do that)
Fish oil pills- a lot of them
yogurt in the am
Water- ughh -WE know!!!!!
Cinnamon in your coffee
Do plank exercises
Ok that's what I remember...so I'm going to try some of those in addition to exercising and see what happens. I mean it certainly couldn't hurt......

March 15, 2011-
I came to the sad realization today that I will never be a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. I know right? Tragic? No. What was tragic is that passerby's in front of the World Gym had to see inept booty-shaking for approximately 10 minutes until I slowly slunk out class. (being as the class was on the second floor and my rear was facing the LARGE windows facing out towards the street).Yeah- that's how Zumba went. So here's the thing. I'm all about trying new stuff, particularly when it involves switching up the excercise routine which gets crazy boring. I went with a friend to the Zumba class, who, mind you had been there before- but within 10 minutes looked at me and mouthed...Do you want to go?? Sure. I mean, it's not like I was working up a sweat.- I felt like within minutes I would be a huge distraction as they would have probably sent in paramedics, fearing that I had begun seizing or something. Well, perhaps that's a bit over the top, but I am NOT coordinated and I'll be honest, I couldn't let myself go enough and lossen up and not be embarraseed about how ridiculous I looked. Ahhhh well. There's always other classes. I'm thinking maybe Zumba is something I can try again in the privacy of my own home......I'll keep you posted.

March 10 , 2011-
What I observed upon getting to the gym? A LOT of empty scooter spaces=less people in the gym? Why??? They're not HARD CORE. (Putting HARD CORE in caps adds a different element to it, don't you think? I hope it comes across)

March 10 , 2011-
So......two weeks later here I am, still chunkariffic. Ughh. I like to eat what can I say. But good news. I've joined a gym. I hesitated to write that because as much as I LOVE people to hold me accountable in this area, I've been down this road before..the gym road that is and failed. I'm optimistic though, as in glass- half- full about this whole gym thing. Having a glass that's half full is a big deal for me by the way. But first let's back it up.
I went to the World Gym which I think was discussed in an earlier post.- It literally is like ONE block away from Wyatt's classes- No excuses. I can technicaly work out approximately 4 days a week while he's at his activities for a good hour. So Will and I went in last Monday - "the dynamic bargaining duo" and got a great deal for both of us to join. However....prior to joining, they put you on that BMI scale-yeah, you know the one. The "special"scale that measures all of your fat, muscle, water- where you're at, where you should be...approximate date of death due to XXL abdomens. I'm just kidding about the last one, but I was keen to their sales pitch as soon as they had me stand on that scale. Being the lady I am, I let Will go first and quickly excused myself to the restroom. Hey...every little bit counts...I'm no fool. I also told them I had extra heavy clothing on. I'm not sure they understood....but obviosuly we all worked out a deal, signed up and the rest is, well its history. Being that my girlfirend was in town, I couldn't be rude! I started this week. For REAL. I've been to the gym FOUR. Count it 1-2-3-4 times. And my body hurts SOOOOO bad. Is it possible to be fatter after you start exercising then before you started? Maybe if said unspecified person goes to the bakery afterwards that may have something to do with it......Whatever.

February 17, 2011-So with hands on assistance (a friend driving) she pointed out where the World Gym was. Of ALL the roads that Wyatt and I had traveled on, it was the road not taken....why you ask, because there was a hill, like not an incline, but a HILL. I'm not proficient in the hills as of yet with the bike and walking the bike up the hill makes me feel like an out of shape loser, so I, well I just avoided that road....so that figures. But at least now I know where it is, and I can happily (and sarcastically)report that it is nano seconds away from Wyatt's classes, so in all fairness I could probably work out at least a good 40 minutes while he's in class. huh. I guess that's something to think about.

February 16, 2011- Ideally I would follow around a Taiwanese woman for the day and carefully examine each and every thing that she consumes. Clearly this is not going to happen so we have to remain reliant on my observations. Deprivation is not a way to lose weight. The women here enjoy tea time replete with scrumptious desserts, lattes and tea. The dessert forks have only two prongs, and are extraordinarily tiny ensuring that people take small bites. They take their time...enjoy their company and are not shoveling cake into their mouths in an effort to get somewhere else. Imagine that. No carb free diets here- Bread Stores are on every corner and are bustling.Moderation and satiating a craving IN Moderation appears to be key- oh look!!!! Stuff we already know. But again, with genetics coming into play and freakishly amazing metabolisms which I'm sorry to say I do not possess, I need to be careful.



February 16, 2011- In looking back at my gym post I realized I really didn't talk about it all that much, so let me flesh it out just a bit more. It was at the YMCA, so it's a bit cheaper than your average gym , yet with all of the same amenities...plus a coffee shop, like I need that...but definitely a sweet perk. It's got something like 9 floors, options to take a variety of classes, though that's not included in membership. It also has a pool, which , from what I understand of the summers here, that's a VERY good thing. I'm not sold on a membership yet, since it would be cheaper for me to probably pay as I go, since I'm not what one would call a consistent member. I've been trying each day this week to try and locate the World Gym, without any success. I called them tonight to try and find a landmark by them...but that uh, wasn't what I would call a successful phone call.

February 12, 2011-We went to the gym today!!! It was great. Will brought Wyatt to check the place out, gave him a tour and played with him in the kids area for about an hour while I sweat off some stress. It felt good. I may just try it again. huh. How 'bout that?
I wish I had gotten a picture..but I'm in the main work out room - "Lil" John the rapper? (I'm so not "hip") was blaring throughout the place and and there's an older couple, probably in their seventies sitting on these vibrating cushions watching TV and listening to this rap music. Though they probably thought I was the crazy one since I was like, laughing to myself, I couldn't help but stare...just a little- ahhh who cares. It was pretty hysterical though.

February 11, 2011-So when Will saw me getting some chocolate chips tonight out of the freezer for dessert he said, so you're not doing your 30 day experiment anymore? WHATEVER WILL. Sometimes a girl needs a little chocolate….or in my case a lot. It is true though that I don't necessarily need a Costco size bag of them at my beckon call- this has proved to be disastrous. Tomorrow we're going to the gym tomorrow to check it out. Progress indeed.

February 10, 2011-All I kept thinking about when I dropped Wyatt off today at his class was going to my little (*cringe*) bread/bakery shop to get another caramel milk. ughhhh- I hate myself. The guy who works there has gotten to know me and I think values my, um, patronage, as I'm there at least 3 days a week and is consistently giving me free little snacks. Generally he gives me an apple, but today he gave me a piece of sweet bread. What am I supposed to say, I'm on this 30 day thing, can you not tempt me with carbs? Nah I took it. Regarding excercising- I'm still walking and biking so that's something.

February 9, 2011-I have a quick question. When there's something I want to eat- is it cheating to find a Taiwanese person who is eating/drinking that particular item, then passing it off as ok? Yeah Yeah, I know.Will read the 30 day experiment section and informed me that the Chicken Parm really into milk stuff here and flavoring it. So that's ok right? I'm not sure how to say skim milk in Mandarin yet, but I think that would be helpful. For the record I have not yet tried my video yet, though I've thought about it....ALOT.

February 8, 2011- I started mid - day today, just a trial...maybe I'll start the real thing tomorrow. You see, I stopped by a bakery on the way home, (to get bread) and got sucked into buying this immense Pepperidge Farms -looking cookie that they had for sale. I didn't try very hard to stop myself. I cannot tell a lie. I broke it in half this evening, you know, to save the rest for tomorrow....then ate the whole thing. And maybe put some chocolate on it? ......In my defense, I tried a bit harder when Wyatt and I went to the park this evening. Using my powerful skills of observation, I noted that the majority of mothers did not remain idle. They were moving. CONSTANTLY. Perhaps you're familiar with those exercise machines you see in parks? The ones that have weeds growing all over them? Not so here. I saw one woman using the ab twister and followed suit. She was on that thing FOREVER. I was not. Another woman was doing tai chi and doing crazy stretches. I'm not quite that limber. YET. Others were on the elliptical. Ahh yes, the beauty of day 1....well, kind of day 1..... There's always tomorrow.






































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