Well, I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks my neighbors are complete d-bags. I mean seriously, who does that? But alas, I must move on…
It’s Friday so get ready for another installment of: AFTF. Look at that! I made my own little acronym. Word.
1. My July Birchbox. I know I’m a wee bit late on this but, OMG. I looooved this month’s shipment. Not only did I get a set of neon earbuds (so I can have the flashiest earbuds in all the land), but I also got another BB Cream to try and sparkly Stila lipgloss that I may have blown through in 2 weeks time.
I also got some mints (always great for a salesperson to have in her purse), a perfume sample (meh) and this blue nail polish from Color Club that I’ve gotten precisely 47 compliments from since I slathered it on a few days ago.
Ew, my hands are kind of veiny…
2. I had the bright idea to let them perform a Body Composition Test on me at my new gym, just for shits and gigs. Um… worst idea ever. Not only was I unpleasantly surprised by the numbers that printed out on that god-awful little report, but I realized that I really have been slacking since I dropped close to 30 pounds 2 years ago for my wedding. I know getting back into the swing of things has been a huge step in the right direction, and I haven’t had a sip of alcohol since last Saturday, but I’ve definitely got some work to do and it’s slightly depressing.
3. Speaking of moving in the right direction, I also took the advice of a trainer I met with and signed up for My Fitness “Pal”. I use the term “pal” loosely because this sonofabitch tells me I should only have 1200 calories a day. W.T.F.? I mean, for the love of God, I think I would faint sometime around 10:30am every single day if I stuck with that. The trainer did tell me I should really be somewhere around 1700-1800 a day, so I’m going to go ahead and follow her advice. And as much as my addictive personality tends to get a little out of control when I do things like food journal and count calories, I’m going to make sure I use it as just a tool and not so much as a live and breathe bible situation. The struggle is that when I work out consistantly, I am pretty much starving all the time. But no pain no gain, so I’m going to just do the best I can and try and just be healthy.
So that’s it friends, I hope you all have nice relaxing weekends! I’d be lying if I dind’t tell you that I am more than a little excited to reunite with my dear friend booze this evening. After the gym, of course.
PS- sorry if me talking about food or exercise is something that causes a trigger for anyone, please just disregard my stream of consciousness ramblings on these matters as I just felt the need to vent, and I like getting people’s feedback who are in similar situations. Loveyoumeanit.
July 20, 2012 at 10:50 am
Psh. We love you. Food, exercise, beauty product, SOC vents included. Like you said, just do the best you can and try to be healthy–that means different things for different people. For you–tonight–wine.
July 21, 2012 at 9:18 am
<3
July 20, 2012 at 11:40 am
One – I LOVE that nailpolish.
Two – That My Fitness pal thing is mean. I tried it for exactly one day. Before lunch I was at 900 calories. But then it subtracted for my workout later on, and I wound up being under the goal. It’s just too complicated for me.
July 21, 2012 at 9:19 am
I learned how to set the calories manually, so I changed them to what my trainer and I discussed. It’s still annoying but I’m saying I’ll give it two weeks and if I still hate it I’ll stop. In the meantime I’ll at least be a little more aware of what I’m consuming.
July 20, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Let’s “clink glasses” tonight. It’s been a long week.
Oh and I hate those stupid people at the gym. I was so mad when the dude was making me test for my BMI and tell him what I needed to work on. Blah.
July 21, 2012 at 9:20 am
I asked for it, so i can’t really complain. But I will anyways
July 20, 2012 at 12:16 pm
You got way cooler stuff than me, again! I got a liquid eyeliner instead of the lipgloss, and a luna bar instead of the nailpolish!
July 20, 2012 at 12:16 pm
That’s the BB cream I have! I loved my box this month too. I got the same ear bugs, which match my phone case EXACTLY. Kind of made my month. I also got this little sponge that at first I thought was a sex toy but is actually the best makeup applicator ever. Oh, and I want that nail polish.
July 21, 2012 at 9:20 am
I have that sponge! It’s the bomb!
July 20, 2012 at 12:58 pm
You got neon ear buds?! So jealous! I shouldn’t have cancelled my Birchbox subscription haha
I get the Garnier BB because it’s cheap
July 20, 2012 at 1:05 pm
For what it’s worth, I’ve been doing the My Fitness Pal thing and like it. It is cruel when they show you your starting calorie allotment, though. I love that nail polish color! I need to start painting my nails again, I’ve been so boring about it lately.
July 21, 2012 at 9:24 am
I go through phases. Now my nails are all yellow bc I’ve been painting them so much so I’m forced to keep doing it :/
July 20, 2012 at 6:30 pm
I don’t understand what Birchbox is now but I’m wondering – do they just ship you free shit?!?!?!?!?! I needs ta get on this.
Weight watchers weight watchers weight watcherssssssss!!! You, me and Kacy can all be in this together!!!!
July 21, 2012 at 9:24 am
haha it’s $10 a month…sooooo basically it’s free.
July 21, 2012 at 6:39 am
When I used to track my food and movement with something equivalent to My Fitness Pal? I was pretty much starving and miserable all day long. When I stopped tracking and started walking and eating without thinking about calories is when it all came together for me. I know that isn’t the case for everyone but maybe it’s worth a shot?
Have a great weekend my friend…
July 21, 2012 at 9:25 am
that’s actually what I tried doing before I realized that sadly, that doesn’t work for me and I need to belong to a gym where they yell at me and push me
July 21, 2012 at 7:12 am
Pretty nail polish. It sucks to go through those body composition things, but sometimes the reality check is what we need? I don’t know. Good luck
July 21, 2012 at 9:26 am
I agree, it actually was kind of the last push I needed to realize I can’t just eat all the food and drink all the wine and get away with it.
July 21, 2012 at 9:26 am
LOVE the nail polish!!
July 23, 2012 at 9:08 am
I loooove MFP, but you definitely need to bump up those calories. Search “1200 calories” in the forums and you’ll find a variety of posts detailing how and why to increase your calories. I started at 1200, then quickly bumped up to 1330 (my resting metabolic rate) and then to 1350 (200 calories below my total daily energy expenditure.)
October 1, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Okay. So my blogger stats showed me that 2 people found my blog today when googling “Super Veiny Hands.” So then I googled it too, thinking I’d find the photo or entry that directed them to my site. And then I saw the photo of your hand in google image and was like “I don’t remember taking that photo” because I thought your hand was my hand, and now, ultimately, this whole rant is to explain why your traffic source will show that someone got to your blog by googling “Super veiny hands.”
Yep.
October 1, 2012 at 9:00 pm
this is kind of amazing <3 And I do have pretty veiny hands.