That "wonderful" gift.

To start with I’m going to put a little disclaimer out there for any guy who is reading this. This is a post about PMS and all the joy that goes with it and if you can’t handle hearing a girl complain about this lovely gift that we wonderful women have once a month…and I say that with sarcasm in my voice…then I would strongly suggest you leave now…and then come back in about 20 minutes with something sweet and salty, bottle of Advil and a box of tissues. Now if you’re a manly man and can take it on, then please by all means read on.  

            Ugh really once a month we go through hell, and I think we all know what I’m talking about…Not only do we have to carry on with our daily routine while our body is trying so hard to…for lack of a better word “abort” apart of our body we have to act as if nothing is wrong, keep a smile on our face and fight back the multiple impulsive urges to randomly bitch slap people who we find annoying for no other reason then they are in our personal space, and by personal space I’m talking about the 20 mile radius around us.  Ladies you know what I’m talking about.  We act as if nothing is going on, in addition to all of the pain and mood issues there is the random cramps, hot flashes, fatigue, and body aches, but it never fails there is always some jackass who makes feels the need to comment “ looks like its someone’s time of the month” and really that is about the time where if you could throw something at them you would.  Then there is the whole food issue. Yes, food that oh some amazing food, that salty, sweet delicious food. This damn cycle is a cruel joke for anyone who is dieting, losing weight, or working out you name it its just cruel.  It never fails that for about a week all you want to do is stuff your face with potato chips, French fries so really anything salty, and sometimes its so bad that there are days where the sound of a bowl of salt sounds like a good idea, wrong by true.  Worse yet are the sweets…. there is NOTHING better then chocolate…well maybe chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup.  Needless to say it’s a train wreck and the worst part is we will go out of our way to the grocery store just to pick up these wonderful foods that lets face it are not so wonderful, and by all means if you can have a salty sweet food together its like effing heaven, the most amazing thing in the world…take note guys I’m just saying this could save you in the long run.

So now we have not only stuffed our faces full of unhealthy yet salty sweet goodness there is that even bigger issue of fat pants, yes the fat pants because for some reason I feel it is a cosmic joke that for one week none of your clothes fit.  It’s the one time in your life that a moo moo should be accepted as daily wear without any one poking fun of, or making comments about it. “Yes damn it I’m in a moo moo what’s it to you?  Is that a snickers in your hand? Yes, then thank you I will take that off your hands while I slap you and go on my way”.

It’s a horrible time to start with and to be working out and dieting during this time is just plain hell.  I know there are those who say “if you work out you will feel so much better”. Well thanks…I’m sure that the person who is saying this is 1) a guy who has never had to deal with this issue, or 2) that very skinny bitch who doesn’t get cramps that feel like your insides are trying to claw their way out of your body and who doesn’t eat to begin with.   Thank you, but your opinions don’t count your abnormal to begin with… I’m just saying. Because most normal woman will tell you that the idea of working out and sweating while you already feel like you want to crawl out of your skin is not their idea of a good time or something they even want to think about.  No we want to sit in our fat pants and eat chocolate with a side of salt.

Now you might be asking why I have decide to discuss this subject since it is a natural/normal part of a woman’s life.   If you’re losing weight you not only have to deal with the affects of your normal issues you have to deal with the food issues.   Yes I have to deal with it and I’m going to be honest I tend to turn into Satan, its cool I know I do, and I have decided that’s its way better to give into those cravings, than to deny yourself the things you want during this week.  Just remember that moderation is the key!  Don’t eat the whole container of ice cream and a bag of chips in one sitting…eat them throughout the day, that way it will be considered several meals in a day not just one, see moderation. Not to mention if we are all happy during this “wonderful time of the month” then everyone around us is happy.

So ladies its ok give in to your chocolate bar with a side of salt, cry a little when you see those commercials about animals and any other non-sappy thing that becomes sappy for one week. Just as long as you make it up to your elf for the rest of the month add an extra 15 minutes on to your workout, be a little more strict on the food you eat throughout the month it will all even out and you will be ok.  I say this from experience and I figure I can’t be the only person who has this problem, since I’m sharing my struggles and triumphs during this losing weight process I figure its about time that I put something up about having to deal with this “situation”.  Just remember stay strong, have some ice cream and chips, cry a little over nothing, be comfortable in your fat pants and then get back to it double time the rest of the month.

Until next time

Emotionally crying and eating girl out.

Long time no write.

Well its been about a month since my last post sorry, went to California lost my freaking mind fell off the wagon been a crazy month, and now its time to get back on, get back to doing what I need to do to accomplish my goals.

So what have I been up to this post month that I have managed to lose my mind, well I will tell you. To kick it off I turned a year older its cool I’m rock out 29 with the best of them, spent my 29^th birthday in the happiest place on Earth that’s right the Magical Kingdome. The place where kids screams ring through out the land, where parents have a melt down just as fast as the kids do, and where “if I have to tell you one more time” should be the underlying theme of the park due to the fact it is said by every other parent though out the whole park. I’m sure that at some point in time there will be a musical made up about it, just wait it will happen. Besides the melt downs, and lines it was so much fun and amazing, not everyone gets to say they spent their birthday at Disneyland, its still cool no matter how old you are. I also spent a the rest of my birthday weekend site seeing as much of  California as I could and it was amazing, being by the ocean and cursing the cost in my convertible words cant even explain how much fun that was for me. Spent some time in Hollywood, or Hollywired what ever you want to call it, it owns up to the name. Took a stroll down Rodeo Drive and the only song running through my head was Pretty Woman and then of course you have to strut your stuff because I fit in their, jeans, tank top, and flip flops and oh yeah with my Swiss army camera bag yupp I fit in, and while doing all of this and seeing these amazing places I ate like crap but damn it tasted so good, and I didn’t work out, but I tell you what this birthday was amazing and the best one I have had in a long time. Don’t get me wrong my other birthdays have been so much fun, but this one was more then just having fun, it was…I really don’t know what the best word for it would be. It was the first trip that I have taken where I was not stressed out, I was truly happy, in other words it was an amazing trip all the way around. 

My ride in Cali 

Huntington Beach one of my favorite pics from my trip

My 29th Birthday i have to say i'm not looking to bad :) 

Sooo with all that said I kind of have fallen off the wagon after my trip like I said I have been eating fast food not so good, drink a lot more soda then normal again not so good, haven’t been working out as much as I should not good at all in other words every thing that I was doing I haven’t been doing and have fallen a little bit into my old routines total not good at all, and to top it off I can total feel a change and I DON’T LIKE IT. Which means its time to jump back up on my wagon and get my ass into gear, I have goals that I need to accomplish and I’m not about to fail and give up on them now.  So its back to the no fast food which is going to suck again because damn that food was tasting so good, oh but then again that is how I got fat in the first place, I gave in to those amazing French fries, and that new Doritos taco that shit is good, but I will have to say good bye, we can no longer be friends again. I did this once before I can total do this again, and if anything hopefully I will do a lot better at it then I did the first time around, hopefully it will be easier to get through it.

Now to add on to all of this I have decided that I am going to run the Boulder Boulder next year, which I guess we can put this under my long term goals box, but its cool either way I’m going to be running the Boulder Boulder and I’m not going to be the butt of Boulder Boulder either which is going to be the thing that is going to keep me going. I am one of those people who thinks that you really shouldn’t run unless something or some one is chasing you so in this case it will be the butt…never thought I would be say that I’m running away from a butt, but its all good, and I figure the worst thing to be in one of these runs is the butt unless you are injured and you still have that completive edge to suck up the pain and walk it in. Then it’s cool to be the butt. So yes this is going to be a goal and a goal that I will accomplish and it’s a good thing that I have a year to train for this being that I have no idea what I’m doing and well I’m so not a long distance runner but hey anything is possible, and my mom says she will have pictures of food she will hold up along the way just for that extra bit of motivation because lets face it you never get in the way of a fat kid and their food.

So that about sums up the past month, I fell off the wagon now I’m getting back on, but damn I have had a great time with everything, and really in the end that is all that maters to me having fun and living life.

So tell next time and yes I promise that you will hear from me a lot more then once a month so…maybe twice a month….anyways keep working towards your goals and if you have fallen off the wagon then lets jump back on together and lets accomplish these goals we set for our selves.

N.Mcknight out.