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Dec. 20th, 2005 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicI just had a fantastic workout. Man. I did 30 minutes of high intensity cardio on the elliptical machine - supposedly 3.5 miles' worth, according to the machine, but again, I'm not so sure about the math. (short time lapse) Okay, I just checked the math, and the machine is wrong. The machine said I averaged 8.1mph, but it also said I only went 3.5 miles in 30 minutes. If I were really going 8.1mph, I would've gone over 4 miles. Stupid machine. Anyway, I'm pleased with my output. From the elliptical, I got on the treadmill to walk. I read in one of my new fitness magazines (I subscribed through a fundraiser at Tammi's daughter's school) that walking on an incline is the best way to tone your tush, so I did that for about 10 minutes, but I didn't want to overdo it with my yoga class tomorrow and all. After all, my arms are still recovering from the water park, so I really don't want to be sore all over. From there I did some leg weight machines, and I was in the middle of my spine stretches when Jer showed up to pick me up. Of course I'd driven myself, but I'd parked on the other side of the building and they had the path through the building closed for movie night. So he came and got me so I wouldn't have to walk around in the cold. It's a really big building, we weren't just wasting gas. In all, I was at the gym for well over an hour, which is much more time than I usually spend. But I feel great. :)
I also finished my book tonight. It was called Smart vs. Pretty and I don't remember the author - some thirty-something chick from Brooklyn. I didn't really get into the book until the very last bit of it, but the last sixty pages were positively gripping. I was reading this afternoon while doing laundry, and I couldn't put it down. It did take a long time for me to get into it, but as a reviewer, I need to put it in perspective. I am still in the throes of my great book depression from having finished Pride and Prejudice, and since I honestly believe in my heart I will never love a book more than that one, it was a terribly difficult act to follow. I think I will go ahead with another Jane Austen book next. I bought Sense and Sensibility and Emma after finishing P&P. It seems, though, that every Jane Austen fan's favorite book is Pride and Prejudice, so I'm not expecting these others to top it. Actually, maybe I'll read Shopgirl next, so I can see the movie before it leaves the theaters. Or has it already left the theaters? Maybe I can catch it in the dollar theater (now $4) in Charlottesville.
The other night at the grocery store, I was on such a roll for shopping that I hadn't stopped for dinner. It was 8pm, I was hungry, and I was grocery shopping. Among my impulse buys that evening was a tub of vanilla-covered pretzels. I'm a sucker for those things anyway, and they were on sale AND I was starving. I was doomed. So I bought them. And they're quite tasty, and I'm pacing myself decently. I'm amused, though, at their marketing strategy. The brand name is "Good Sense." That might lead one to believe that these are a health food product, like Snackwells or some shit. I know better, and I fully admit that I bought them because I was in a weakened state, which is also why I eat them. I read the nutrition facts. They're not low fat, low sugar, low carb or low anything that's bad for you (and commonly found in food). The good sense was in naming them that so a bunch of desperately dieting women would buy them. It makes me want to start a company that sells only terribly addicting junk food and call it "Healthy Stuff" and put a big fat disclaimer on the package that says "EAT SOME FUCKING CARROTS, FATTY!" Because it would get the right point across, I think, and people would still buy it because no way is someone who's craving chocolate going to settle for vegetables. I guess I'm feeling a little evil this evening. ;)
I guess I'll go start a book now:)
Peace.
I also finished my book tonight. It was called Smart vs. Pretty and I don't remember the author - some thirty-something chick from Brooklyn. I didn't really get into the book until the very last bit of it, but the last sixty pages were positively gripping. I was reading this afternoon while doing laundry, and I couldn't put it down. It did take a long time for me to get into it, but as a reviewer, I need to put it in perspective. I am still in the throes of my great book depression from having finished Pride and Prejudice, and since I honestly believe in my heart I will never love a book more than that one, it was a terribly difficult act to follow. I think I will go ahead with another Jane Austen book next. I bought Sense and Sensibility and Emma after finishing P&P. It seems, though, that every Jane Austen fan's favorite book is Pride and Prejudice, so I'm not expecting these others to top it. Actually, maybe I'll read Shopgirl next, so I can see the movie before it leaves the theaters. Or has it already left the theaters? Maybe I can catch it in the dollar theater (now $4) in Charlottesville.
The other night at the grocery store, I was on such a roll for shopping that I hadn't stopped for dinner. It was 8pm, I was hungry, and I was grocery shopping. Among my impulse buys that evening was a tub of vanilla-covered pretzels. I'm a sucker for those things anyway, and they were on sale AND I was starving. I was doomed. So I bought them. And they're quite tasty, and I'm pacing myself decently. I'm amused, though, at their marketing strategy. The brand name is "Good Sense." That might lead one to believe that these are a health food product, like Snackwells or some shit. I know better, and I fully admit that I bought them because I was in a weakened state, which is also why I eat them. I read the nutrition facts. They're not low fat, low sugar, low carb or low anything that's bad for you (and commonly found in food). The good sense was in naming them that so a bunch of desperately dieting women would buy them. It makes me want to start a company that sells only terribly addicting junk food and call it "Healthy Stuff" and put a big fat disclaimer on the package that says "EAT SOME FUCKING CARROTS, FATTY!" Because it would get the right point across, I think, and people would still buy it because no way is someone who's craving chocolate going to settle for vegetables. I guess I'm feeling a little evil this evening. ;)
I guess I'll go start a book now:)
Peace.
