Gawd, today was so busy. I got up at 8, and took a quiet moment to read a bit more from that book by Gina Kolata, RETHINKING THIN. It's mildy depressing. Basically, the thesis is pretty much anyone can lose weight but keeping it off is somewhat impossible genetically if you're meant to be fat. It covers all this science which points to the idea that our body
does have a say in things. Apparently our little peptides work with our neurons fight you no matter how iron your will! The book is trying to tackle why almost everyone who loses significant weight tends to regain it either quickly or over time. If nothing else, it helps one realize that losing weight is actually (somewhat) the easy part.
Anyway, lest I depress you further I'll get on with it. I did 1:15 minutes of hot yoga today, and our instructor actually complimented my progress. He's a very fit dude (think David Carradine from Kung Fu) and as my Yogi it was nice to get some praise. Then I raced over to pick up the kid from childcare so I could drive back across town to meet another friend for a 1:30 minute walk through her neighborhood. Damn, after that yoga class it felt like it was uphill, both ways! Then I had to rush over to the bank where they always treat me like crap for some reason. I wonder what kind of koolaid bank tellers in that place drink because it makes 'em total prigs.
Bored yet? Next, I had to race home and make 40 pecan tarts for a "friends" early Thanksgiving tomorrow. Did I ever mention I grew up on a Pecan farm? Yeah, bring on the "wow you grew up on a nut farm" jokes. I've heard em all. Anyway, my challenge was to make the delicious little gobs without eating any. I had one teensy bite (just to verify they're guest-worthy) and damn it was good. But they are all packed away now and ready to go for tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning I have to get up early and go to my "Hillary Clinton Campaign Volunteer Training" over on the bad side of town. Should be an adventure. I'm bringing my Jenny Craig food with me and just praying they have coffee. I hope after a day like today I'll be down a little bit on the scale tomorrow. It was a scorcher for activity.
By the way, if you ever really want to know how fat you are, do this pose because basically you're holding all your fat in your hands. Well, everything above the hips anyway. It's brutal.
(incidentally, that's my Yogi in the pic)
Well, I'm off to bed. Here's hoping I can behave tomorrow night at the Thanksgiving Dinner thing. There will be about 50 people there and so much food it's ridiculous. But I'm not really craving Thanksgiving foods, I'm craving great Mexican food so I think I'll be okay. That is, until I arrive in Mexico next Saturday. Then it's going to be serious business. And I'm planning to eat some of it too! But we'll be walking all over so hopefully that will help.
Goodnight!
