{"id":3195,"date":"2009-01-02T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/02\/happy-2009"},"modified":"2009-01-02T20:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T20:05:00","slug":"happy-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2009\/01\/02\/happy-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben’s birthday is 1\/1, easy for me to remember. We had a lovely brunch with his parents and saw Benjamin Button (loved it). We finished the evening with pizza and ice cream cake. Pretty low key but nice. I got him a cool camera strap<\/a> and a book on bizarre WWII inventions, since he’s kind of a WWII nut.<\/p>\n

Resolutions are everywhere and I feel I should declare mine publicly so I stick to them. I only have one real resolution and it’s been the same for several years = lose weight and get back in shape. Seriously y’all, I appreciate your comments that I don’t look fat and I don’t need to lose weight, but you don’t know that I just have good genes to carry weight well. Sitting in lectures for hours every day gave me a comfortable, squishy butt. I weighed in this morning at my highest ever. To put it in perspective:<\/p>\n

Last year this time weight (minus) pre-marriage college weight = 10 pound gain over 7 years
Current weight (minus) last year this time weight = 15 pound gain over 1 year<\/p>\n

I know I won’t be able to get down to my ideal 125 pound high school wt, but to be back in that early marriage era range is realistic and healthy. How will I do this? I looked at dance classes and can only afford one a week, and they’re all in the evening. No good. I looked at gyms after talking to Kristin (who is gorgeous and svelte lately). The gyms here would be fairly expensive: 200+ initiation fees plus $30 a month. Plus they seem kind of icky with their sales pitches and guilt trips. Miranda (also doing resolutions<\/a>) reminded me that the Wheat Ridge rec center is just up the street and offers all the same amenities. For 82.50 I get a 20-visit punch card: less than $5 per visit! <\/p>\n

We quickly hatched a plan to get our butts there two times a week, even when I have classes. We went for the first time this morning and I feel GREAT! I was so much more comfortable working out with a buddy. Also half the people at the gym were oldsters instead of the tiny 19 year olds at Regis’s gym, where I was constantly intimidated during the workout. These flabby people are totally non-threatening. Well, except for the grizzly geriatric who did sit-ups in front of us while reclining UPSIDE DOWN and with a GIANT WEIGHT on his chest. Yikes. He could totally kill me if he wanted to. <\/p>\n

So! The only diet change I plan to do is to go back to more vegetarian meals, less dairy, less white carbs, etc. Oh, and cut down portion sizes. All the regular stuff. <\/p>\n

Other goals I’ve made that aren’t really resolutions but you could call them that:<\/p>\n