Excuses, weekend

Thanks to Sir Randall  for the link to this You Tube video.  It is a clip he saw mentioned in Men’s Health.  It is a four and a half minute clip of a chubby chick complaining how it is so expensive to be thin.  In it she lists the price of healthy foods as a primary reason why people (her) are so fat.  She says that the unhealthy stuff is just much cheaper.  Of course this theory is ridiculous and is just another way for this person to justify her state of being.  Vegetables are cheap, plain chicken breasts are cheap, water is CHEAP, speaking of which, the girl needs a big glass of water thrown in her face. 

People just don’t want to take a personal responsibility for their weight.  They want to eat as much as they want and exercise as little as they can and still somehow remain thin.  It isn’t reality.  Unfortunately no magic food, no magic exercise machine and no magic pill is going to make one bit of difference if the person isn’t personally motivated to set a goal and work towards it with consistency.  It’s hard work, no two ways about it.  Hard work is good for you.  The sad thing is this girl’s opinions and attitude are probably more prevalent than people with more healthy dispositions.  The world is just so f’d up on so many levels. This is the trickle down affect of corporate greed, marketing, stationary entertainment, and human gluttony/laziness facilitated by a country of convenience. 

This weekend I plan on finishing up the mulching project, adding dirt to the garden and tilling it down, taking a loppers out to the pit and chop down all the mutant tree weeds, setting up my vonage rig and performing normal weekly house duties.  I may be stopping at Sports Authority to look at a new set of roller blades.  I have hopes of getting a pair that doesn’t punish my feet like the hard plastic ones I have owned for 15 years.  The idea is if I get back on roller blades I can accompany Ali once again on her runs.  It seems without me present, her running program has shrunk down to minimal levels again.  Her interest in running is minimal nowadays and she is all about ballet.  Unfortunately ballet doesn’t provide nearly the cardio kick that a 3 or 4 mile run at a 10 minute mile pace does.

On Sunday morning we are volunteering at the Beach Bum race.  That was the race last year that was a mess, probably my least favorite run ever.  Before we ran it, we thought, “How cool, running by the water!”  The reality was it was an injury waiting to happen.  A big bunch of runners trying to share a 5 foot wide swath of compacted sand that was pitched at a twenty degree angle.   That race was the start of my knee woes last year.  This is one time I am glad to work the race instead of run it.

Today is episode 4 of the 300 workout.  Yesterday my legs felt a bit tired.  I am hoping it doesn’t carry through to today.  I am hoping to keep increasing my rep numbers, very slowly.