People of Wal-Mart Free-for-All
21 Apr 2010 2 Comments
in GRAVITY Experiment Tags: butt, CDC, Daisy Dukes, epidemic, obese, Urkle, Wal-Mart, www.peopleofwalmart.com
GRAVITY Experiment Day #10
Today’s weight: 148.0 (woohoo - crystal ball says I will be up 1/2 a pound tomorrow;-)
Pounds lost / pounds to go: 2.5 / 12.5
Exercise: 30 minutes of cardio – interval training on treadmill as per previous days with 10 minutes of reverse crunches, heels to the heavens, bicycles, and planking tacked on the end just for kicks
My Facebook status yesterday was that it was a free-for-all at Wal-Mart yesterday to get pictures for www.peopleofwalmart.com. For those of you who have never accessed that website, be prepared to laugh and cry all at the same time. Sometimes you have to just look away from the computer screen – very scary. I’m just waiting for the picture of someone taking a picture of someone else - now that will be funny!
Yesterday though was nuts – I could have snapped a picture of any of the people entering when I drove by the entrance. When did it become an okay thing for a clinically obese woman in her sixties to wear hot pink Daisy Dukes??? I did not know they even made shorts that short! What’s worse, she had them pulled up and cinched like Urkle. Yikes – I almost physically covered my children’s eyes but opted to say, “Look away kids – look away!”
It’s a sad commentary on our society though. Not so much the fashion choices but the level of out-of-shapedness (my own word). I keep hearing statistics about how overweight America is and the CDC reports that 67% of non-institutionalized adults age 20 years and older are overweight or obese (based off of 2005-2006 data). Walking through Wally World, I would hazard to say that it is higher;-( These are the same adults raising the next generation…we truly are in the midst of an epidemic.
The cool thing – we ultimately have a choice of what we put in our mouth and how much we move. But (and it’s a big butt) - how do we get Daisy to realize there is a problem?
Linoleum With a Side of Fries
14 Apr 2010 Leave a Comment
in GRAVITY Experiment Tags: fries, interval training, linoleum, puppy, Ruger, treadmill, Wal-Mart
GRAVITY Experiment Day #3
Today’s weight: 150.5 (woohoo – back where I started)
Pounds to go: 15
Exercise: 30 minutes of interval training on the treadmill over lunch – 4.2 mph alternating between 0% grade and 10% grade every 2 minutes
I got home just after midnight last night from my late Wal-Mart run to find that our puppy Ruger had chewed a huge hole in our kitchen linoleum. I was mostly excited because that sealed the deal on me finally getting the tile I’ve been wanting for the past few years but it got me thinking – why linoleum?
We named this dog after my handgun but there isn’t an ounce of him that is aggressive or malicious. He had access to some low-fat rubber toys. He could have played with his sister, watched TV, run around the house or even marked everything (which is what he usually does).
But not last night. Last night Ruger acted more human than canine. After a long day, he chose to chew on whatever was handy regardless of its nutritional value. He was simply satisfying a need with whatever he could grab regardless of how it affected his health.
Made this late-night snacker pause.
Women are Complicated
13 Apr 2010 4 Comments
in GRAVITY Experiment Tags: Billy Blanks, complicated, Country Crock, dogs, kids, Tae Bo, The Amazing Race, Wal-Mart, women
GRAVITY Experiment Day #2
Today’s weight: 151.5 (this is the point where I usually would have quit)
Pounds to go: 16
Exercise: 5 minute warm-up on arm/leg bike; 30 minutes GRAVITY training; 10 minute stroll to and from the bus stop with the crazy dogs (and kids)
Alright, so here I am super-motivated and had one of the best “first days” I’ve ever had. Yes, I got in the final 10 minutes of cardio I said I would. After 4 minutes of going up and down the stairs last night at 10:41 p.m. and nearly dying, I opted to do Tae Bo-esque moves in the middle of the living room while trying to watch Sunday night’s episode of The Amazing Race. I would have made Billy Blanks proud (or sad, either one).
On the food front, one of our patients brought in 3 gourmet pizzas yesterday for the staff for lunch – I vaguely remember learning something in elementary school that a large portion of our taste comes from our smell. Even though I tried sitting towards the door of my office to get a whiff, the insane smell of those pizzas didn’t make my turkey sandwich and apple taste one bit better.
I even avoided an open container of M&M’s all day yesterday – that takes some willpower! And what do I have to show for it – a 1-pound weight gain. If I weren’t blogging I would have quit this morning – that is what I have done for the past 15 years at least.
But here’s the deal – women’s bodies are complicated. I should know – I’ve had one for 33 years. Guys, this may come as a surprise to you but sometimes women can’t even figure themselves out. I do know that when I start working out, I gain weight. It’s been a phenomenal motivator over the years (insert sarcastic tone here). But if you look at it like, “Wow – can’t wait to see what my body is going to do tomorrow?!” it makes it a little better. Okay, not really.
The good thing though is that I made time for activity today – it wasn’t easy and I still have to go to Wal-Mart tonight (literally the only things in my fridge are eggs, milk, old oranges, single-serve applesauce, and a tub of Country Crock). BUT – I feel like I have accomplished something today 
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