Me in Melange

I'm working out right now...seriously, I am

It was my 2009 and 2008 resolution, probably my 2007...and actually, might as well throw 2006 in there too-- working out more of course!  So, I have officially found a way to do it, and actually do it pretty regularly.  Right now I'm walking on my treadmill...AS I TYPE!!!  How cool is that?  No, I'm not really sweating yet, I'll wait until I'm done typing and put on an episode of 30Rock to watch .   My exercise hating husband who is super busy all the time, crafted a keyboard addition to our treadmill, along with a flat screen t.v. and computer, and voila....he can walk and play a video game, and I can walk and blog.  I know what you are thinking, something along the lines of "girl, get outside and go for a run in the fresh air."  Nice in theory, but it is getting dark, and with the wind chill is probably 20 degrees.  Too cold for this lazy  girl's butt.   Besides, who wouldn't want to walk/run in the comfort of their warm home and steal an hour of frivilous no-news allowed t.v. watching?   I drive by all the brave women running outside and I think, "you are a greater woman than I."  The cushie gym we joined last summer, well, I might go if it wasn't 20 minutes away, but who can spare 40 minutes of driving AND an hour workout?  I find myself saying, "honey, I need to go workout, watch the kids"....do I want to workout?  NO.  Do I want an hour to myself with no other obligations?  YES.  Honestly, I think I might even be starting to work up a sweat now (incline baby, incline). 

As a side note, I'm wearing my Hard Tail yoga pants and sports tank...I wasn't joking when I said I wear these ALL the time.  Signed, ME {lv}

The fountain of youth and NY Times Mag article!

Did anyone else read this article?  I was flipping through the NY times Magazine that comes tucked into the Sunday edition and there was a nice long article about this book by a doctor claiming to have discovered why we age and having the searched for the ingredients to prevent it (aging inside out and out).  My first thought, "ca-ching...thank god I read the NY times....better get on Amazon and order this book super stat before the whole world reads this article and the book sells out".  Ha, ha, ha.  So I proceed to rip out the article and then proceed to read past the first paragraph.  It goes into a little depth about the theory (acid cells have to be neutralized), and the list of "stuff" you need to buy to do the regime (most of which is way too healthy for me to actually have ever heard of).....blah blah blah.  I finally get to the end of the article on the second page I've ripped out, and the conclusion by this particular author after trying it for all of 24 hours is basically "the stuff (some shake concoction) tastes like mud, the diet sucks, and I'd rather age 5 years than try to stick to it."  Bummer, looks like the foundation of youth isn't going to be so easily found.  Reminds me of the time that a customer told me about the Perricone diet and I raced out to buy the book which is guaranteeed to make you look and feel fabuluos.  Opened that puppy up and started to realize within a few pages that the primary component of the diet is FISH.  I HATE fish, would rather stab my eyes out than eat it, so the chances of me consistantly eating it for a lifetime to look good (despite whatever level of vanity I have) wasn't good.  Book in trash, back to old diet of carbs, fats and a large doses of sugar......and sure fire aging :-).  Signed, ME {lv}