November 2007

My Weight Circuit Routine

November 30, 2007

My darling, smart, gorgeous workout buddy-moved-somewhere-over-the-rainbow friend Becky asked for a more detailed overview of my weight circuit program. (At least I think this is what she was asking for – if not, all aboard the boredom train!) Circuit TrainingCircuit training first came about in the swingin’ 50′s so you know it’s got to be good. Picture an art-deco spaceship model sailing across a faux “star-studded” backdrop. Spock might be involved even (yes, I know he’s from the 60′s but it’s all before my time and I can’t control your imagination anyhow). So yeah, it’s that good:) Basically, it incorporates [...]

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Rich = Thin

November 29, 2007

Think you’re thin because you work out hard and eat (mostly) right? Or maybe you think you just have good genes? Maybe it’s because you’re rich. A study in Seattle showed that 22% of people making less that $15,000 a year are obese (defined as having a BMI over 29) compared with just 15% of those making $50,000 or more a year. If you crack six digits your chance of being obese drops to under 10%. The Seattle study showed that income is the single strongest predictor of body weight. That’s right – how much money you make has more [...]

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Which Cheeks Would You Choose?

November 28, 2007

There’s a famous quote (often attributed to Catherine Deneuve) saying that as women age, we all face a choice: our butt or our face. Basically, if you thin down enough to have the “figure” then your face looks gaunt therefore making you look older. If you choose to keep enough body fat to retain your face’s more youthful roundness then, well, that roundess spreads to other areas. This is an interesting question for me because for a long time I’ve had a very set image in my mind of what my ideal body would look like. Thin, lots of muscle [...]

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$1,660/Pound

November 27, 2007

Would you pay $1,660 to lose one pound of weight? The witty and profane gals over at Elastic Waist are reporting that that is the average amount American women spend per pound lost. That’s factoring in gyms, surgery, weight-loss pills, personal trainers – the whole shebang. The most interesting part for me is the comments section. They asked their readers to post what diets they’ve tried, how much money they’ve spent and what the results were. I’m not looking to lose weight and this is not a weight-loss blog but that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in reading about what [...]

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The Great White Satan

November 27, 2007

Not Eminem, sillies. Sugar. (But now I bet you’ve got “you’ve only got one chance, do not miss your chance to blow/ this opportunity comes once in a lifetime” running through your head. If not, you do now!). As you all know, I’m currently taking sugar back out of my diet to see if it helps with my skin that has suddenly decided it wants to party like it’s 1999. I’m about two weeks into said monthly experiment and so far my skin actually is clearing up. Sigh. But it could also be due to hormonal fluctuations, so we’ll see. [...]

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I’ve Been Challenged!

November 26, 2007

By my awesome friend and workout buddy Allison, who is home today recuperating from strep throat (it’s going around here – you might want to sanitize your hands after reading this) and therefore had to miss our Monday morning workout causing me to experience extreme treadmill boredom and instead spend 30 minutes falling on my face from 10 different angles whilst attempting obscure and painful yoga inversions. That might be the longest sentence I’ve ever written! And I still haven’t told you what the challenge was! But first, look Ma, no hands!!I successfully did bound headstand A, bound headstand B, [...]

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Would You Like a Coke? How About 24?

November 26, 2007

Ever wonder how the starlets get so thin? Well, surgery, duh, but even then they have to keep their scalpel-honed figure. A good friend of mine who lives in the LA area told me that the joke there is the “3 C’s” or cocaine, cigarettes and caffeine. Sure they work out like fiends, she said, but they also get a little extra help. I’m not usually one for heresy (I likes me my research!) but I don’t think this is much of a secret. Kate Moss snorts coke. Nicole Kidman smokes. And I think it is more common than not [...]

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New Research: Boys Ask "Do I look fat in these pants?"

November 21, 2007

“Um, hey, can I ask you guys a question?” My lifting partners and I turned to face the questioner. It was a man, middle aged, wearing bike shorts and a sweatshirt. “Sure,” I chirped, figuring he was going to ask me to spot him on the bench press ’cause, you know, I’m just what you want standing between you and total annhilation by a 400-lb barbell. “Um…” he squirmed. And not just squirmed in an I’m-wearing-really-tight-shorts-in-front-of-three-young-attractive (well, I think so!) – girls. He squirmed as if he were embarrassed. The three of us waited. I smiled and then quickly stopped [...]

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4500 Calories and 229 Grams of Fat

November 20, 2007

That’s not Godzilla’s breakfast, that’s what the average american will eat on Thanksgiving. Seeing as the average woman needs 1800-2200 calories a day and 20-50 grams of fat, this should do you for, oh, the rest of the year. Heck, you could support a small African country with that kind of wattage. Eating a huge amount of fat and calories at one time can bring on a slew of health problems: a seven-fold increase in heart attack risk, increases in gall stones, and more clotting problems along with conventional issues like gas, indigestion, heartburn, and the ever-popular “food coma.” So, [...]

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Speedy Weight Lifting & Icky Old Men

November 20, 2007

No the former is not a way to get away from the latter. Although I’m not judging you – do whatever you gotta do;) One of my workout buddies at the gym is being stalked by an older gentleman (ahem) who seems obsessed by how fast she lifts her weights. Despite the fact that she has a bodyfat percentage of 12.5 (!!!), he has decided that she is in need of his tutelage. He waits until she’s all alone and then crankily tells her how she’s working out all wrong. For some reason, it’s her speediness that most bothers him. [...]

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