Need inspiration to be in shape?
Opening scene in Blue Crush - Kate Bosworth working it out on the beach in the wee hours of the morning (pre anorexia... prime uber fit/hotness). RIDICULOUS. She makes me want to get up at a stupid hour (stupider than opening shift for Starbucks) and run on the beach and do chin-ups on the trees and ALMOST jump in Lake Ontario and do laps and paddle outs on my non-existant surfboard.
That's pretty big inspiration. Yeesh.
Anyway. I went to Mexico.
Did I surf? No - so my Blue Crush fantasies stick with the movie and on Kate Bosworth rocking her itty beeny surfing bod bikini.
Trip was great though! Relaxing, suntastic. Burnt my body, soothed it by drinking copious amounts of wine and lived to tell the tale. All in all a good trip.
Did I run?
Why yes! Yes I did, and let me tell you - running in Mexico, even in an 'air conditioned' gym is TOUGH. I could only go 45 minutes, and even that was pushing it. I sweated like a construction worker and wanted to die doing it, but as usual the payoff was feeling pretty fantastic. Another minor self victory was running on the ghetto treadmill in booty shorts. Yes. I jiggled like Beyonce and Shakira's love child - but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do. I hit the gym twice and CN and I took on a rather epic walk to another resort (i know he doesn't consider this exercise.. but anything that wasn't lounging on the beach in my mind counted). Since being home I have hit the treadmill twice (an hour each time) AND taken on the great outdoors for a 'real' run. Today - I even helped a friend out who wanted gym advice... our workout today clocked in at the two hour mark. Therefore... I feel good.
Yes. I want more results. Who doesn't? As I said the Beyonce/Shakira love child jiggle does bother me a little bit. My legs are getting leaner - but I want to work on them more. As well as my arms. Since you don't really give your arms a killer workout running (unless you do the Pheobe run...) I want to lift more weights and add some more strength training into the picture.
My new goals to achieve these jiggle woes:
-Throw in an extra run OR cardio session (alo spinning class let's reacquaint ourselves shall we?)
-Stay after running at the gym and work with the machines rather than hitting the stretch area and doing just abs and light resistance training. Key moves = lunges and squats baby with some tricep dips on the side
-Hit up a class to partner with the pilates once a week. Bootcamp? Gym Stick? Body Sculpt? Thumbs UP.
Small, doable changes. Add this to a healthy diet and I will not just be the love child of my RnB ladies - but their hot (younger) ... (white)... sister!
Hellllooooooooo beach runs here I come.
Ahem... well.. maybe in the summer :)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Get Happy.
Sometimes instead of getting 'skinny' I wonder if I need to really REALLY dig down deep and.. well.. Get Happy.
What makes me happy? Let's make a list, because lists are delightful.
- tap dance sequences (watching them and when I have to - doing them well AND right)
- the smell of rain
- walking down the boardwalk on the beach
- being alone
- baths that have no timeframe
- meeting new people
- Gene Kelly .. Judy Garland.. Fred.. Ginger.. Frank.. the whole blast from the past gang that makes theatre so sooo beautiful and inspiring to me
- singing
- girl nights
- date nights
- conversations that are more than just fake bantering
- problem solving
- seeing big fluffy snowflakes at nighttime when they get illuminated by streetlights.. it's romantic in a weird way
- puppies. (come on... what's more innocent and delightful than a puppy?)
The list could go on. I think the point is... I'm not entirely sure how happy I am in regards to how happy the average person should be. We all have issues. We all have drama. We all have highs and lows. Sometimes I wonder if I just take things too personally and forget to really let go to those little things and move onto the bigger picture of life. This is probably a really good thing should I ever actually land a theatre gig - the life experience is adding up and making me feel more full of emotion than I ever was in theatre school. Even on a happy scale. I've been really really happy sometimes and really really sad. Confusion. I'm probably just completely normal. Regardless - being an 'actor' kind of tunes me in a little too much to my emotions, and for once in my life... I feel that I understand what truly 'tapping in' to those emotions feel like. If I had to cry on stage right now... I feel like I could.
... I don't know if that's a good thing. I generally like to have a wee bit of a wall up. It adds mystery you know?
Anyway. Being a girl who is pretty scatterbrained... I'm always looking to try new things. The hot yoga studio by my place has a special on and upon returning from Mexico I want to set up a new challenge for myself. Life is about challenge.. and I like beating my own expectations. SO the deal is... the hot yoga studio has unlimited yoga - 30 days.. 30 dollars (that's awesome)... soooo if I join for 30 days, looking at the schedule - I can make a lot of classes that will fit quite nicely around my work schedule. I should probably be able to go around 20 of those 30 days. Yoga is supposed to really connect you to the mind, body, and soul. Since I am kind of out of whack I figure this might be some quality .. roasty.. soul searching opportunity.
And well - it won't hurt the mission for eternal hotness either! baha ha ha.
Anyway. I chose to put a link up to Judy Garland singing Get Happy. Her theme song... she had soooooo many issues and was able to get on stage and be absolutely incomparable. She sings Get Happy when she herself is in a nasty spiral of drugs.. eating disorders.. and self abuse. She was a hell of a woman. And she inspires me. SO THERE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U-rBZREQMw
What makes me happy? Let's make a list, because lists are delightful.
- tap dance sequences (watching them and when I have to - doing them well AND right)
- the smell of rain
- walking down the boardwalk on the beach
- being alone
- baths that have no timeframe
- meeting new people
- Gene Kelly .. Judy Garland.. Fred.. Ginger.. Frank.. the whole blast from the past gang that makes theatre so sooo beautiful and inspiring to me
- singing
- girl nights
- date nights
- conversations that are more than just fake bantering
- problem solving
- seeing big fluffy snowflakes at nighttime when they get illuminated by streetlights.. it's romantic in a weird way
- puppies. (come on... what's more innocent and delightful than a puppy?)
The list could go on. I think the point is... I'm not entirely sure how happy I am in regards to how happy the average person should be. We all have issues. We all have drama. We all have highs and lows. Sometimes I wonder if I just take things too personally and forget to really let go to those little things and move onto the bigger picture of life. This is probably a really good thing should I ever actually land a theatre gig - the life experience is adding up and making me feel more full of emotion than I ever was in theatre school. Even on a happy scale. I've been really really happy sometimes and really really sad. Confusion. I'm probably just completely normal. Regardless - being an 'actor' kind of tunes me in a little too much to my emotions, and for once in my life... I feel that I understand what truly 'tapping in' to those emotions feel like. If I had to cry on stage right now... I feel like I could.
... I don't know if that's a good thing. I generally like to have a wee bit of a wall up. It adds mystery you know?
Anyway. Being a girl who is pretty scatterbrained... I'm always looking to try new things. The hot yoga studio by my place has a special on and upon returning from Mexico I want to set up a new challenge for myself. Life is about challenge.. and I like beating my own expectations. SO the deal is... the hot yoga studio has unlimited yoga - 30 days.. 30 dollars (that's awesome)... soooo if I join for 30 days, looking at the schedule - I can make a lot of classes that will fit quite nicely around my work schedule. I should probably be able to go around 20 of those 30 days. Yoga is supposed to really connect you to the mind, body, and soul. Since I am kind of out of whack I figure this might be some quality .. roasty.. soul searching opportunity.
And well - it won't hurt the mission for eternal hotness either! baha ha ha.
Anyway. I chose to put a link up to Judy Garland singing Get Happy. Her theme song... she had soooooo many issues and was able to get on stage and be absolutely incomparable. She sings Get Happy when she herself is in a nasty spiral of drugs.. eating disorders.. and self abuse. She was a hell of a woman. And she inspires me. SO THERE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U-rBZREQMw
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Beach Dreams and a Snobby Tummy
In one week at this time I will likely be packing. Panicking and packing. I like to leave things until last minute or else I get overexcited... sooo if I pack NOW for Mexico then I will just have a lot of waiting to do rather than productive time spent packing on the day of leaving.
... yes... Excellent plan.
Luckily I will be working everyday until I get my butt on that plane so there won't be any days spent wasted. I like to be a busy girl.
Tonight however... i would love to be at my beloved bootcamp class. BUT I will be closing Starbucks. Don't get me wrong - I do love my job.. I just find days that I close are the hardest. I end up wasting the morning and then being a little slow once I get to work... and since the customer load isn't very large at night - it can get a little boring!
Opening are the days I love. Yes, I know, being up early sounds kind of lame - but it's being done early that is beautiful. I love knowing I have been productive! I love getting up and going and working then being done at 2.. and going to the gym.. then reading.. then going out with a friend orrrr working on a monologue or ANYTHING. I feel that since I started off the day working that I can kind of spend the rest of the day on me and however I feel I want to spend it. Yesterday was a good day. I opened. Then ran (might I mention yesterday was a 'snowstorm'). Then came home... read my book.. and then went out with Breanna. We went to "No Strings Attached". Albeit a pretty typical rom com.... it made me laugh! It tugged at my tuggable heartstrings and didn't make me sign at it's lameness. It was cute, witty and a good girls night movie. The only thing that was sour was the POPCORN. I ate some... and my tummy was one grumpy tummy!!!! I've been gradually trying to change my eating habits and movie theatre popcorn isn't something I eat very often (if at all) and yesterday it was quite clear that it just isn't worth it. My body hated it... and therefore I really need to get on the train of thought of putting good things into me to make me feel good. To make me feel energized and happy! I felt shitty... but kind of stoked at the same time because I think my tummy is becoming a snob.
Right?
I mean... if you feed yourself good things... you feel good! And I have been feeling great lately! So way to go team tummy for reminding me of the really not so hotness that is possible when you eat before you think.
I will forever treat my tummy like the snob that it is.
Lesson learned.
Fave quote from movie last night? "It's like a crime scene in my pants".
Go. Laugh... and don't think too much.
... yes... Excellent plan.
Luckily I will be working everyday until I get my butt on that plane so there won't be any days spent wasted. I like to be a busy girl.
Tonight however... i would love to be at my beloved bootcamp class. BUT I will be closing Starbucks. Don't get me wrong - I do love my job.. I just find days that I close are the hardest. I end up wasting the morning and then being a little slow once I get to work... and since the customer load isn't very large at night - it can get a little boring!
Opening are the days I love. Yes, I know, being up early sounds kind of lame - but it's being done early that is beautiful. I love knowing I have been productive! I love getting up and going and working then being done at 2.. and going to the gym.. then reading.. then going out with a friend orrrr working on a monologue or ANYTHING. I feel that since I started off the day working that I can kind of spend the rest of the day on me and however I feel I want to spend it. Yesterday was a good day. I opened. Then ran (might I mention yesterday was a 'snowstorm'). Then came home... read my book.. and then went out with Breanna. We went to "No Strings Attached". Albeit a pretty typical rom com.... it made me laugh! It tugged at my tuggable heartstrings and didn't make me sign at it's lameness. It was cute, witty and a good girls night movie. The only thing that was sour was the POPCORN. I ate some... and my tummy was one grumpy tummy!!!! I've been gradually trying to change my eating habits and movie theatre popcorn isn't something I eat very often (if at all) and yesterday it was quite clear that it just isn't worth it. My body hated it... and therefore I really need to get on the train of thought of putting good things into me to make me feel good. To make me feel energized and happy! I felt shitty... but kind of stoked at the same time because I think my tummy is becoming a snob.
Right?
I mean... if you feed yourself good things... you feel good! And I have been feeling great lately! So way to go team tummy for reminding me of the really not so hotness that is possible when you eat before you think.
I will forever treat my tummy like the snob that it is.
Lesson learned.
Fave quote from movie last night? "It's like a crime scene in my pants".
Go. Laugh... and don't think too much.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Just a pic. Nothing more.
Working hard. Hitting a little bit of a plateau with running. I'm getting bored of the treadmill and look forward to the sun coming out and making the running outside a realistic treat!!!!!
A
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