Category Archives: Misc
2011-12-29, Week 2, Weekly Progress Photos
This past week was more mental than physical, so the numbers were down just a tiny bit. There is no visible change in the photos, yet! 🙂
On a practical note, I think I’ll change hats each week, just to keep it interesting and so that the photos don’t look too much alike. Hmmm… I wonder how many hats I have? [wicked grin]. Oh my! This could be FUN!
I put a lot of mental effort into answering the questions “What is health?“ and “What does health mean to me and how does my picture of health fit in with the HAES movement?” Read the two posts for more info.
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Happy New Year!
Just a very quick post to wish everyone a wonderful, awesome, fantastic, fabulous
Happy New Year!
And, I just had to share this photo that has been zipping around Facebook. I don’t know anything about the organization who is credited in the upper left of the sign, but I love the message on the sign itself, and just had to share it. 🙂 Enjoy!
I know that this year is going to be a good one for me, one small step at a time!
See ya on the dance floor!
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Hey Jenny! I’m baaaaaaacccccccckkkkkk!
This Past Week
On the work front: I did a lot of work. It is amazing how hard you have to work before leaving for vacation. And it felt good. I got a lot accomplished.
On the personal front: I did a lot of thinking and planning:
- I’ve been struggling with how to incorporate HAES into my own journey to fitness and I had a revelation. Read all about it in these two posts: “What is Health?” and “Where is the ‘Me” in Health? — After all, it is all about ‘Moi’!“
- I have a new truck. A new truck which I love. But that thar new baby is a catterwaulin’ and demandin’ hard earned dollars on a reg-ul-LARH basis. Akshulee, my new baby has been purfect, but them thar nasty wall street banker fellas, they are down right ornery! And they want me to send them part of my check each month for the next five years. *sigh* Which means that I’m been working through next year’s budget to see how much dance I can afford. The short answer is a whole lot less than I want. *sigh* (Special note to any event directors that may be reading this — I work cheap! I’d love to be on your line dance staff! Hint, hint, hint!)
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2011-12-29, Weekly Stats — Week 2 (again)
First things first… No, you’re not hallucinating, I’m doing “week 2” twice. Yes, you heard me right. LOL
I realized that my progress photos were one week off from my weekly stats. That’s because a full week went by after I had renewed my fitness efforts before I took my first set of progress photos. So, I’m haveing two “week twos” to keep the week numbers in sync. No matter how you count it, my stats were basically flat, slow downward trend by very small decrease since I started. So enjoy my Week TWO Stats! 🙂 Confused yet?
On to the recap: I don’t know why I’m surprised, especially since I have been doing this huge “song and dance” production number about this here on my blog… BUT getting moving on the journey toward fitness takes time and effort!
The main thing that went on this week was:
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Where is the ‘Me” in Health? — After all, it is all about ‘Moi’!
Let Others Define “Health” For You?
In my last post “What is Health?” I showed you, my dear readers, all four of you who are reading this, how to search the web to find out how other people define “health.” Many of those definitions are reliable and offered by experts in their fields. You could, of course chose your definition of “health and fitness” from among them.
Or, one could, I suppose, rely upon the reactions of others around you to let you know that you’re fit and healthy. Hmmmm… I can envision it now, months from now having finished my journey and living a lifestyle of health, I strut, *ahem*, stride down the streets of Oaklawn……
[ Cue the music for the fantasy sequence … ]
Being Fit and Healthy means having pecs of death. It means having biceps and triceps of steel that send shivers of desire up the spine of every red-blooded gay man who sees me. It means having a set of abs that will stop traffic. Gay men will look at me and drool. Straight men will look at me and feel insecure. Straight women will weep because they can only look but not touch. Butch biker lesbians will nod their heads in approval. Being fit and healthy means I will have a body like the guy in the photo to the left.
When people me see me they will…
. . . kinda grunt like they’ve just been punched and softly say “Mer-say!” while fanning their face with their palm.
Folks will…
. . . turn to their friends and whisper “There ought to be laws,” accompanied by a slight shake of the head and followed by a soft sigh of longing while craning their neck for another glimpse of my perfect physique…
And, some, sadly, will be envious of my success; those poor souls who have been starving themselves silly and have been sweating their ass off in a gym for weeks will glare and mumble…
. . . “Let’s tie the bitch down and stuff Twinkies down her throat! She’s obviously had work done.”
5-6-7-8 Dancing My Way to a Healthy Me! 