Too much Reality

I'm a little sad. Being the reality TV addict that I am I obviously Love Bethany from The Real Housewives of New York. I was very excited for her book. It seemed to have the same basic ideas that I have been getting behind. Eat healthy, exercise, sometimes you're going to give into a craving. Now, it does have good reviews for the most part but there are a lot of honest people out there who are saying not to waste your time, that Bethany is basically saying don't finish your meal (order steak and take 3 bites), she gives her diet log for a week that is about 760 calories a day when no one should really live on less than 1000 and that's a very small person. This is not the healthy eating strong woman manifesto that I was hoping for. Although, I may still buy it for her cocktail recipes.
In other news I am in no way interested in the book by the snotty Countess about manners. If you were wondering.

I did buy a new workout DVD to switch things up a bit and also some hand weights.
Again with the reality TV. It's sad, I know. Bob from the biggest loser always gets me pumped to work out and I know I need to focus on cardio since what I really want to do is burn the fat. This DVD is pretty cool. It's a 6 week boot camp that gets harder every two weeks, you can customize the workouts, and you can do them all in a row if you're feeling hardcore. I don't recommend that the first one had my butt in a lot of pain the next day.


So tell me, what's new with all of you? Any progress? New stories?

I was held back a little by an Ovarian cyst, I was in a lot of pain and working out wasn't very fun. I was also very bloated. For some reason when I look fat I feel like it's ok to eat bad food and it's a very vicious circle that I am just getting out of again. Eat right, exercise, want to be healthy. Come on now. I quit smoking years ago I can do this.

Take care,

Lula Mae

Fad no more!

Hello all -

I've started my burpees - day one was 6 (3, pause for 30 seconds, 2, pause, 1) harder than it sounds. Day 2 10 (4,3,2,1) Today will be 15. I'm a monstah! I don't know if they are something that I will do every day but I like them like I like jumping jacks. They get my blood pumping and make me feel alive all over really fast. I dig that.

I would just like to say that I disagree with this news story
I don't see an issue of fighting fat with fiber, eating protein, etc, but again the news is trying to sell America on a "new way of eating" when the tried and true way to lose weight and stay healthy is what we've heard since we were kids. Exercise and a balanced diet. Why the hell do we keep falling for all of these fads? I know why, it seems like there has to be an easy way out. It's possible for people to cheat at almost everything else in life. But fad diets don't last, plastic surgery is dangerous and unnecessary in most cases, and no matter what anyone says there is no magic pill. Some make you lose water weight, some pills for other things have side effects of weight loss for a little while but to really be healthy you still need to exercise and eat right. If you don't own up to it. I had the dollar menu from Wendy's yesterday. It was a weak moment and I caved, I own it and I will continue to own my stomach.

Sorry for the rant. I just want people to stop wasting money and time on things that aren't going to last. I'm not at my ideal weight yet but I feel like I know how to get there.

Take care-

Lula Mae