This mantra is from earlier this year before I became a Weight Watchers drop out....I was really inspired by my friend Busola who had become all-michelle-obamalicious with her ripped arms and flat stomach. She told me that the secret was WW. So when it came about that there was one beginning at my job, I was very excited, like I am about most things, to start something new...aptly called WW@W (Weight Watchers @ Work). Catchy, I liked it...every tuesday, we will all pile into a conference room and confess our sins and or celebrate our wins...very village poeple with a touch of alcohol anonymous. In a nutshell it was fun and for about 2 months I was kicking butt and taking no prisoners...and I saw a slow and steady loss...right before my friend Bimby's wedding....That was the background history, now on to present day....
The hardest part of my existence (I say hard because I love and hate it at the same time) is my lifestyle. I am a self-proclaimed road-warrior ala...up in the air (yummy George Clooney). Between my job and my personal penchant for visiting my friends and vacationing, I am probably at home about 30% of the year. Upside: I love it, Downside: hard to have a steady habit! I never even pretend to take my work out gear with me (lol, I am tickled that I actually use the term work out gear...what I really mean to say is my hot pink matching track suit, my pink ipod and my pink Nikes and the occasional flower pinned in my hair). I finally broke down and bought real work out shoes after being dragged to the Chicago Nike Store by my friend Akilah who just LOVESSSS her some Nikes...
focus Gbems, focus...
Where was I...okay so on the road I have long days, airports, hotels and eating functions!!! Not an excuse I know...u can manage your environment, blah blah blah...I have heard it all before!!! Somehow I JUST CANT SEEM TO GET A HANDLE ON IT! So my dear readers, the reason I havent updated you in a hot minute is because I was overcome with shame from my antics last week...I mean, I was seriously on a No Carbs Left Behind mission much like my favorite girl next door Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love! Seriously...it was penang curry for lunch and pad thai for dinner - FOR 4 days....I KNOW - I await all judgements!!!
I couldnt help it...I wondered if I should confess my sins at all and realized that's the exact purpose of this blog. I HAD TO be completely honest. I entertained the idea of blaming my boss (a fellow thai food enthusiast like myself, or Shanti my Seattle hostess who never said NO to my demands for cupcakes and indian food! At the very least, I figured I could blame the crappy Seattle weather, I mean when its raining, grey and cold, what else is there to do but watch Sleepless in Seattle while snuggled on a couch chowing down on some scrumptious chicken makani and roti eh?!? quickly followed by a red velvet cupcake and some tea!
What we have here ladies and gentlemen is a complete disregard of my self imposed rules...clearly I am FAR FROM PERFECT. However, on the flip side, realizing my inadequacy and absolutely ridiculous behavior, I decided to do penance this week. So every day this week, I have taken my self to the gym so that i could have something positive to report to y'all...I even let the abs natzi M.Chow use me as her subject for torture this week. Its friday night and I can barely type this diatribe and am hiding from people who make me laugh cuz it hurts to move any part of my body BUT I can say I have made PROGRESS! I am back to where I was pre - Seattle and am back in my groove...focused on the goal!
I would personally like to say a few words of "Thanks" to Eziwanne for rolling on the floor laughing when I described my plight and then barely pulled herself together enough to offer some random words of support (just wait til I see ya - imma force feed you some lard :)
So thats it...I feel so much better now that I have shared this with you all...the guilt ate at me all week but now its Friday night and I am off to a birthday party (where I will NOT EAT CAKE) but sing karaoke and take on some Tbirds at Dance Dance Revolution on playstation...
Have a great weekend friends....much love...
Gbems....
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Awww Gbems! thanks for the confessional. We fellow on an off folks totally understand. It's a lifetime struggle. Our way of life. Me on the other hand, hot mess ( did not go to the gym once this week :( ) Back tomorrow :)
Hang in there woman you an do this, I have also lied to myself that the P90 I am doing will replace the gym - remember you are not alone, this is my 4th weight loss journey so we can do this :) - I love cake to death and cant get the white chocolate brandy cheesecake with white chocolate brandy sauce out of my darn brain and it is taking everything i have not to bake it tomorrow :( losing weight sucks especially if you can cook but we need to do this :)
<3 you mama
That's what I love about the blog as a weight-loss tool, it keeps you honest! I'm still tryna figure out how to tell my peeps that I've eaten jolloff rice every day this week (after 5) birthday cake every other day and some puff puff for good measure. We shall overcome! Keep it up, Gbems! You're gonna love the results :)
hahahha! lol @ tosin...remember when we tried to make brown rice jollof rice and only made a hot mess :) Thanks ladies...glad to see you all r hanging in there with me :)
good for you, gbemers!
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