Friday, August 24, 2012

Friday Confessions 8.24.12


I confess that ONE of my guilty pleasures is going to the tanning bed, occasionally. Be quiet haters, judges, whatever - I really enjoy going to the tanning bed. First I like a glow on my very white skin, and second, most important, its one of the few places I can be completely alone for 20 minutes. Well, I went this past week, after not going for some time (I'm not a regular). So she told me to do half & half. Legs first, rest after. So I situated my legs up under the bulbs, set my timer and enjoyed. Then when it came time to do the upper half things got a bit tricky. I ended up with my legs sticking out one of the ends of the bed, trying to rest on the chair. My feet fell asleep so I was trying to move about to get a little more comfortable (like being in a body-sized microwave is comfy) and my back stuck to the bed. You know what that means - huge fart-like sound coming from getting my sweaty back unstuck. Humongous,  - and good grief, it was just my back. I was the only one in the boutique, and even with my fan on full speed I know, I just KNOW that the owner heard it. Ugh!! She probably knew it was a full body fart, but still, just a bit awkward, ya know?


I confess that something happened this week that confirmed my status as a runner. I can't post the details, but trust me, if I didn't know before, I now know that I AM A RUNNER. It was one of those things that will never be forgotten, has probably happened to many people. But one day it may come in  conversation, and I will be able to say "Oh yea, that happened to me once, that's when I knew I was a runner."


I'm ordering this necklace too.


I confess that this past Wednesday, I started my 90 Day Health Challenge with my sister Mary- who is also blogging here. Ninety days of tracking my food, working out 5-6 times weekly, daily check-ins on a private facebook page. I had to take my before photos, I've since taken to calling them my porn pics. They were just awful. A very good motivator to keep me on the straight and narrow! I will do them again, along with measurements on day 30, 60 and 90. The plan is that by day 90 I will be unrecognizable. Well, probably not that drastic, but you get the idea.

I'm doing the Chalean Extreme 90 Fitness program. I've only done 2 of the workouts so far, but so far so good. I can see already that I'm going to need heavier weights. This program focuses on heavier weights with very, very slow reps. I need something heavy enough to fail at 10-12 reps. Fail is a good thing with this program. 

I confess that I would love to have these:

These are made by Bowflex, and unfortunately a bit out of my price range. I don't want to have to sell a kidney to get them. There are some others out there that are more affordable, so we'll see. Maybe I can find a great sale.

We have a birthday coming up at work next week, one of my co-workers. I volunteered to bake the cake. She likes Red Velvet and German Chocolate for sure. I've made a lovely Red Velvet - check it out here. I personally don't really like German Chocolate - so given my health challenge, that would be the best choice. B U T, my friend loves anything chocolate, and Reese cups.....and there is this cake that I have been wanting to try for years....



So, I might surprise her with this...I'll keep you posted.

What are you confessing this week?

What are YOUR guilty pleasures?


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7 comments:

  1. I have been running, I like what's it doing for me, but am still no sold on the idea of running. It oh so convenient though.
    I used to tan. I liked the 20 minute time to myself every week, but alas, money issues prevent me from going any more.

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  2. Good luck with the fitness challenge. That cake looks yummy.

    Have a fabulous weekend!

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    1. Baked the cake - will have a post on it this week. Hope all is well!

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  3. Good luck...and enjoy the baking! :)

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  4. Mmmm, that cake looks heavenly...soooo yummy!!!
    Have a great weekend!

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  5. I"m waiting for my "runner" moment to hit. I loved doing it when I was sticking with a regular routine. Then I went on vacation and then the temperatures were like 115 and I died just trying to walk so I got out of the habit of running since doing so at 3am wasn't really safe but the only time the heat wouldn't kill you.

    bottom line...I need to lace the shoes back up. My blisters have healed and the temperatures have fallen a bit. I certainly loved the way it made me feel when I got back home.

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    1. This summer just about killed me. It was so damn hot. So I feel like I've been starting over, but finally feel like I'm in a nice groove. But, like you, I l o v e the feeling when I am finished!

      Sign up for a race, that will get you going. Good luck!

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