The Count is On

So... Jan 2, 2007. I was 140.01 lbs with a "body fat percentage" of 38.1. Skip ahead 3 weeks and I've now lost 4 lbs and 2% body fat! Oh My God!!! This stuff really works. My body is sore, I did 5 nights in a row this week (yes, I ended the week with another round of Cardio Strip). Today I went for a walk with my friend Karen :) Beautiful day to exercise. I am really trying to keep this up... So, I'll be back at it starting tomorrow night (no rest of the chubby I suppose).

Will keep you updated!

Not a Resolution, but a Personal Choice

When I began my journey on Tuesday January 2, 2007, I weighed in at 140.1 lbs. Not great. Kinda chubby. According to the BMI (Body Mass Index) test that I took at Fitness World (my first visit) I was labelled "at risk" according to their standards. At risk for obesity. How f**king scary is that! I took them up on their free 1 week pass. Sadly, I didn't make it in as much as I wanted that first week (stupid snow), but I managed to get to Vinces' Step Class on January 3, and another step class on Jan 8 at the Kingsway location plus an extra hour devoted to Cardio Stripping (I'm dead serious on that). Now... that's more than I've done in a long time - yay me! I weighed myself on Thursday January 4. 139.8 lbs. Okay, not bad, I've lost a little bit - woohoo! Didn't make it out much the next week due to snow and "female issues" but by mid-January, I was back in the proverbial saddle! I signed up for a membership at Fitness World (all locations) on Monday January 15 then headed back to Kingsway for some more step (it's like a dance really) as well as Sveta's Cardio Strip class. Again due to snow issues, I failed to make it to Vinces' class again... But, I did make it back to Power Hour Aquafit on the 18th. And, another weigh in. 138.4 lbs. That's almost 2 pounds in as many weeks! I won't know the score until this Thursday, Jan 25, so I'll update you then. I will say though, I made it once again to Step on Monday, and I just got home from Deep Water Aerobics at Eileen Daly pool tonight :)
Wish me luck! And thank you to those that have been extremely supportive, I don't think that I could be THIS motivated without you. And I know that Sean at FW will never read this, but he's a huge motivator to me so thank you to him too. Besides, I like the shit and abuse he dishes out each week.

A Poem About Snow

It snows on the mountains

It snows on the hill

It snows on my driveway

It gives me a chill.

I used to like snow

When I was a child

Now all it does

Is drive me wild.

I can't make a snowman

I don't have the time

I have to shovel

And this makes me whine.

My car it gets stuck,

In the garage

I let out the swear words

In an extreme barrage.

Bleep Bleep Bleep Bleep

Snow fucking bleep.

Sometimes I'm afraid

To go to sleep.

When I wake up

What will I face?

Snow on the driveway

It's such a disgrace.

My tires they spin

They smoke, I don't grin

I put on my boots

And start walking... AGAIN!

I am not a Tundra Princess

Seriously people. This weather, it has to go. The sun, it can stay, but the -10 at night, and the ice and the snow... I'm sooooo done with it! This body is a temple, it belongs in Mexico, near a pool with a "tropical pick me up" in my hand and a hot cabana boy feeding me grapes and fanning me so I'm no longer so "esweaty". I was not made to live in a tundra. If I was, I would have moved to Winnipeg a LONG time ago! Who ever had the great idea to make us vancouverites see what it was like to live in the land of the torontonians.... can bite me. But not too hard, I might shatter!

The Freaks at Doulins

Peter Parker? From Barker? Or was he Parker from Petersborough? Can't remember, but he was a freak who kept licking my hair. ICK. However, I think that I look rather pretty in this photo... and what a cute shirt!
Maverick wearing my glasses. I have to admit, he wasn't as much of a freak as his friend "Goose" who was a complete Germaphobe who tried to proposition Shannen. UGH!

A night at the Met and a dance at Doulins

Shannen
me, looking demure...

Mariana doing a belly dance... the envelope please...

and our bed for the night... SAWEEET

A small treat for us... strawberries, biscotti and chocolate for dipping, and a bottle of "champers"... mmmm bubbly good

Martha's Dinner Party

Yes, that's correct. I had a dinner party for 8! Spaghetti, Salad by Mariana, bread and LOTS of wonderful red wine. Some enjoyed that a little more than others. It was a great night with friends and family.