05.14.08
New Episode of Work Out 5.13.08
I am absolutely obsessed with Work Out. While my favorite part is watching the trainers do what they do best, train, I find myself sucked into all the drama – lesbian action, the Brian/Jackie feud, etc.
Tonight’s episode focused on the Sky Lab clients and a weekend retreat in Northern California, where the Sky Labbers were pushed to their limits, both emotionally and physically. First, they worked out three times that day. An intense, 5 a.m. beach bootcamp with Jackie, where Deenie (I’ll get to her later), completely wimped out and caused all sorts of problems. Water aerobics with Greg (yea, he’s hot and has an amazing body, but it’s all too much for me), and a combination boxing and yoga class with Agostina (she is an AMAZING trainer and now I really want to pick up boxing).
And just in case the Sky Lab clients weren’t completely exhausted, they had an emotionally draining group therapy session, where tons of tears were shed and Deenie walked out.
What to do about Deenie ? Despite the fact that they are drastically changing their fitness and eating habits, all of the Sky Labbers seems to have a great attitude and be going at this full force. But Deenie, she’s a different story.
Brief disclaimer. As with all reality TV, I’m not there, experiencing everything firsthand. All I have to base my opinions on are the brief clips shown by Bravo.
Anyway, Deenie’s having a really hard time with all this Sky Lab stuff. She’s a smoker, drinker and food addict. As the heaviest, yet youngest, in the group, she’s really struggling with what I believe to be a lot of emotional pain, and the addictions that mask it. In this new episode, a lot of people attacked her because they thought she wasn’t trying hard enough, whereas all the other clients were doing everything Jackie and the trainers say.
I agree with them. Deenie isn’t giving it 110%, and that might be discouraging or upsetting to the other clients. But I can tell that Deenie is giving it everything she can right now, the 90-95% she stated on the episode. And for a 250+ pound person, 90-95% is pretty damn good.
Deenie has a long way to go, but I’m excited to watch her journey. She needs to be handled differently than they other clients, but with time I think she’ll come around and I think she’ll really improve her health.
Has anyone tried Jackie’s new workout DVD yet? I can’t wait to get my hands on it!
05.11.08
Whole Foods Love
I don’t venture to Whole Foods that often – if I shopped there every week I’d most definitely be broke. But I needed seitan to make “fried chicken,” a yummy-looking recipe from Skinny Bitch in the Kitch (if you haven’t checked out this cookbook yet, you’ll absolutely salivate over the vegan friendly chicken salad and crab cakes).
So I stopped at Whole Foods and was amazed at how many vegetarian products are on the market today. Chicken tenders, chicken skewers, salmon, shrimp, beef skewers, ground turkey. ALL vegetarian. There was even some kind of chicken cordon.
I remember toward the beginning of my vegetarianism, there were veggie burgers and chik patties. Maybe chik nuggets. I seriously remember when buffalo wings came out and that was a big deal. Never in my wildest dreams did I fathom veggie salmon and chicken skewers.
Anyway, I picked up two packs of seitan, two packs of deli meat (smoked turkey and philly style beef), a chicken breast and two chedder/ham wraps that you heat in the microwave (made by cederlane and they are to die for). I also got some lip gloss and risotto – $28, not bad.
I think I’m going to check out Whole Foods more often. I deserve to indulge in yummy veg food like philly style beef and a salmon filet. And I heard they have delish egg salad there, too.
Other recommendations?
05.10.08
It’s Good to Be Back
I haven’t had a whole lot of exercise this past week, meaning I haven’t once laced up my running shoes or played around with weights at the gym. I’m on a new medicine that has left me feeling dead tired, groggy and dizzy, leaving any type of work out completely out of the question. I figured I’d take the time off and start fresh on Saturday, hoping that my body would be used to the meds and I’d be back to my usual, workout-crazed self. But Saturday rolled around, and despite staying in the night before, I still felt exhausted, needing to nap after just thinking about anything streneous.
After several Lifetime movies and a big bowl of cheerios and soy milk, I finally laced up my running shoes, pumped up my iPod and set out for a run. And let me tell you. It felt good to be back.
The run wasn’t perfect. But 45 minutes later I had at least four solid miles logged and felt energized enough to go out to dinner with a friend and then hit a party I was planning to skip.
Today is weight training. But seeing as it’s almost 5:00 and I have no desire to head out to the gym, there’s a very good possibility of today joining the ranks of last week. But you know what? I think my roommate has some resistance bands I can borrow, and in just 20 minutes I can work a few muscle groups to exhaustion. Who knows, maybe I’ll feel up to 45 minutes of upper body and can throw in some ab work, too.
Fitness isn’t about being perfect. It’s not about how long you can run or how well you stick to your training schedule. Sure, it’d be nice to be incredibly disciplined. But what fun is that?
