Remember the outfits of the 40's - 50's. When a dress was made around your figure instead of made to mutate your figure? Ahh, those must have been such sweet times. Custom outfits (okay it was expensive, but it was done), what I'm getting at is that they knew that a woman's shape should be centered around the idea of the hourglass shape. The goal was that of the gorgeous hourglass, the true shape of women. Now, I know that there are other shapes out there; pear, inverted triange, etc..., but even if you don't have an hourglass shape, it is still the most attractive/sliming, and what we're striving for.  Now time for the world's biggest offender when it comes to ruining your body shape, and the best idea if you want to look just plain horrid. SKINNY JEANS.

Let me explain. Skinny jeans have one purpose: to make your legs look skinny, but by doing that they make your waist look enormous! Therefore you begin to look like a Tim Burton claymation (aka: nightmare before christmas, corpse bride), one of those characters that has itty bitty legs and feet that can't possibly hold the weight of the body.

There is another problem caused by skinny jeans. There is some actual brainwashing going on by the jeans themselves, they make all people think that once the magical jeans are put on, they are magically 4 sizes small than they really are. Thus was created the "Muffin Top". Here is it's evolution:

Some normal nasty skinny jeans (wow, she looks like she has bug legs):

Then the muffin tops came:

Then the merging. Now I've seen some bad ones in real life, but I want you to return to the blog, so I thought I'd get one that wasn't so bad.

Ahhhhh! Don't you people know what you're doing?! And by the way, no matter what kind of Gucci bag your carrying, it's not gonna make it look any better.

Solution: First you need to find your waist. It's in between the top of your pelvic bone and the bottom of your ribs. If you have to buy jeans with a longer zipper, or just go up a size, DO IT. A couple of extra perks from wearing your pants at the waist (besides looking decent), is it's so much more comfortable to wear jeans that fit you, and you're manipulating your body fat (everyone has body fat, get over it) to not stick out, but to blend into your shape. Thus looking slimmer!

Second, I know it's hard to find pants that fit you in all the right places. For some reason the guys got all the luck there. All their jeans are sized by length and width, but as for us girls we just gotta make due with 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, etc., and hope it fits length, hips, butt, etc. So, if it's just not fitting exactly right, the best thing to do is go up a size and learn to like belts. They are really not that bad. 

There's your lesson for the day. Wear clothes that fit you, and say goodbye to the criminal 'Skinny Jeans'.

So here's the plan:

1. Prepare a workout routine
2. Prepare a meal chart for every week

I'm also quitting smoking and drinking from today. After 22 years of smoking, God help me on this one.

Workout Routine

I've signed up with Goodlife Fitness this morning and I'm planning a combination of strength and cardio (6 days a week). Although I intensely dislike cardio, I reckon there's no way I'm going to lose the fat if I don't run.  So I'll be using the Couch to 5K Running Plan and also do other forms of cardio, such as cycling, elliptical, etc.

My daily routine will drastically change as well. I'll be getting up at 5:00 am and hitting the gym by 5:30 for an hour. In the evening, I'll be putting in 30-45 minutes of cardio each day 6 days a week.  Here's the workout routine:

Monday
AM: Chest and Back
PM: 5K training

Tuesday
AM: Lower body and abs
PM: Elliptical - 30 mins

Wednesday
AM: Arms and shoulders
PM: 5K training

Thursday
AM: Chest and Back
PM: Cycling - 30 mins

Friday
AM: Lower body and abs
PM: 5K training

Saturday
AM: Arms and shoulders
PM: Step machine - 30 mins

Sunday
Rest (c'mon, I deserve it)

I'll be working on the meal plan for this week and posting it later in the day. In the meantime, I've posted a picture of what I look like right now. My wife could barely stop laughing as she took my pictures this morning. "You're crazy!" she cried, between gasps... "You're gonna humiliate yourself all over the Internet".

Perhaps she's right, or perhaps she's wrong. I plan to prover her wrong :)

Wish me luck!

Ro

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I don't expect this success to be as exceptional as this week considering it's a dramatic change for my body, but in the last 7 days I lost 9 lbs!

Trust me, I deserve it!  Nothing but lean meat, veggies, protein shakes, plain almonds, 950ish calories a day and hours of exercise---40 minute minimum cardio (500 calorie burn minimum---so interval running and incline speedwalking), 25 minute minimum strength training everyday.  Regardless of how tired I was.  Regardless of my energy level.  No excuses.  I made it happen.

That, however, is just 9 of 45.  45 lbs would actually be exceeding how fit/slim I have ever been before but I want to do it.  I want sick abs.  I want stamina.  I want to slip in my size 2 jeans.

Realistically, such incredible results cannot continue unless there's more restriction and more exercise, which is practically impossible and relatively unhealthy anyway.  In fact, a perfect example is tonight;  by 6:30pm I was at 700 calories for the day and had a remaining half-hour to eat dinner.  I decided to eat a Roasted Chicken Breast Salad from Subway (with spinach not lettuce).  I only ate about 2/3 because I didn't have an appetite.  Daily calories tolled at 830ish.  I hadn't gone to the gym yet so I went at 8pm.  I did 40 minutes of high intensity cardio and about 45 minutes of strength training.  I felt fine, drank lots of water.  But when I got picked up, I was overwhelmed with nausea.  Usually I tell myself I feel fine and let it subside but it was intense.  I got back and ran to the toilet but nothing...what was there to throw up anyhow?  I forced myself to eat 3 oz of turkey.  It's still not sitting well but I am stronger and do not feel overwhelmed with nausea-I'm just tolerating mild nausea.  Does anyone out there know how to help this?  I supposed this is the true nature of a super low-calorie diet and a high activity individual.  The book DOES say you're supposed to do 90 minutes of exercise a day...anyway, I'm going to be more careful not to let this happen again.  Tomorrow sounds like a good day off from exercise!!!

The seasons are upon us, folks, and the first saturday of college pigskin is in the books.  After my better half pried me from the recliner last evening I started thinking...how can people (or computer systems for that matter) tell us who the better team is on any given Sunday?  Isn't that why we watch the games? 

I documented the first big Saturday of the year and noted the highlights from the week in college football, the underachievers, the future stars and some funny names. 

10:50am - I wake up from friday night's re-donk-u-larity and still smell like baby wipes, hops and junior mints...don't ask.

10:52am - Holy schnikes!!  LSU/App St is on early due to the potential for Hurricane Gustav to manipulate the area causing evacuation.  (on a serious note - Drafttek prayers are with you, Gulf of Mexico residents) and I am wondering if App State is going to slay another giant to lead off a season.

11:05am - bag of pretzels, the easy chair and a hair of the dog. 

11:38am - Mystery solved.

11:40am - Yard work!!

12:00pm - Virginia Tech/ECU is on!!!  "But honey, I might have to write about this tomorrow!"  Enjoy the couch tonight, dear."

I wanted to see a couple of things out of this game.  I wanted to see who ECU would replace the BLAZING fast Chris Johnson with; he who was drafted in the first round by the Tennessee Titans in April.  Looks like it's running back by committee at ECU.  Senior, Brandon Simmons and Sophomore, Jonathan Williams got it done yesterday but we'll call it a push as far as future draft prospects.  In the meantime, look out for 6 foot, 198 lb, sophomore WR, Dwayne Harris who caught 4 for 68 yards and ran the ball 3 times for 32 yards.  I also wanted to see who VT would be installing in their linebacking corp and to see if RB, Kenny Lewis was ready to take the full load.

12:25pm - A scoring update shows me footage of what appears to be a cross between a gazzelle, a tiger, a bat and a rhinocerous, ALL wrapped in Bigfoot's body, clad in red and white, sprinting into an endzone.  I'm told it's Ohio State Buckeye freshman sensation, Terrelle Pryor.   

12:26pm - Basically, there's little to report from the LB's.  Kenny Lewis looked tentative and did not show well as a receiver out of the backfield. 

The real news in Blacksburg is that Sean Glennon is NOT the answer at QB for the Hokies.  Not even close.  14/23, for 139 yards and two picks is not a line I want from a my starting QB of my number 17 ranked team in the country.  Especially against the likes of ECU.  Don't get me wrong, ECU is a better team than many give them credit and plays defense...but please.

1:30pm - I go back and watch the Thursday night, South Carolina/NC State game.  I watched the whole thing...mainly because I couldn't believe how wretched NC State looked, but partly because I dropped the remote in the floor and couldn't reach it.  HEY!  Don't judge me!  The dog was lazy too for not bringing it to me when I asked!

I initially considered that maybe this game was one of those anomaly games, like you just shouldn't factor it into anything.  One of those bizzarro, off-the-grid, games that should just be locked into the vault because neither team was worth the elastic their own jocks were made from.  But then I realized that maybe, just maybe, the Gamecocks might be dangerous this year. 

Scribble it down now, South Carolina's defense is great.  Not just good, great.  Consider this...South Carolina QB's tossed 4 picks (all by sophomore Tommy Beecher) and NOT ONE Gamecock Wide Receiver had 50 yards catching the ball, yet NC State didn't score a point.  Let me repeat...NC State got 4 turnovers and a pitiful day in the passing game from an uncharacteristic Spurrier team...and DIDN'T SCORE A POINT!  Beware SEC.  When Ryan Succop (pronounced SUCK-up...and no I'm not making that up...I couldn't make up the fact that the kid hasn't realized that you can legally change your name in this country) knocked through the last PAT, I realized that the Gamecocks are only a mediocre offense away from making serious noise in the SEC.  Look out for Succop in the next couple drafts, too.  He's 6'3, 224 and is a heck of a kicker...even if he is a...you know what?...I'm gonna take the high road.

3:30pm - UVA/USC time!  I heard an interesting bet on this game, and I heard it 3 months ago over happy hour beverages and beer nuts.  A buddy of mine, a long-time Virginia Tech Fan tells another buddy of mine, a long-time UVA fan "opening day, USC will beat you guys by 6 touchdowns."  "SIX!?" I say.  My UVA fan pal says, "are you going to give me 6 touchdowns?!?"  My clearly buzzed pal says "Hell, I'll give you 42 and a half!  What's the bet?"  UVA pal says "One dollar."

3:58pm - 42 and half might have been a sucker bet. 

4:00pm - Rey Maualuga, Mark Sanchez and Clay Matthews are going to be playing on Sundays, and soon.  Maualuga roams the field and stalks RB's, TE's, lead blockers like he's enjoying the warp-speed collisions he's inducing.  Watching him on the sideline after the game was well-in-hand, he looked like he was a little sour that he wasn't still in there cracking heads.  Can anyone say "Butkus?"  USC by 45 in a whitewash.  Enjoy that dollar! 

7:30pm - Dinner!!  Woot!  Hey!...where's my quesadilla?  "Outside with the yard work.", she says.  Even the dog looks at me while he's eating his milk bone and I can tell he's thinking..."if this fool reaches for my milk bone...I'm biting his lazy, no good, no yard-work doing arse."

7:35pm - Yeah, can I get some fire sauce with that?  "Thank you, drive through."

8:00pm - Alabama/Clemson!!  Clemson is ranked #9 and the Tide a mere #24.  What gives?  Alabama has a talented senior QB, a stout defense (even if they are young) and a good running game.  Why are they so far down the list? 

8:35pm - They don't know either...The Tide is showing Clemson the definition of underrated. 

9:05pm - It's out of hand.  John Parker-Wilson is putting on a clinic of how to manage a game without having to be the star.  I don't think he will have the physical gifts to be playing on Sunday, but he's a heck of a QB.  Stash this one away as well, Clemson's CJ Spiller is going to be wearing the NFL shield soon, also.  His 96 yard kickoff return is about as phenomenal a college play as you'll ever see.

9:30pm - Re-run of Dazed and Confused...."Alright, alright, alright!  That's why I love those high-school girls.."  Seriously, has there ever been a movie character cooler than Wooderson?  The couch is heaven. 

11:00pm - Dreams of the gazzelle-like, wildabeast falling in the draft to my favorite team.  

11:05pm - The dog...licking my face.  Apparently, I'm on his bed. 

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Acai is the name of a small, tasty, and extremely healthy berry that is now available for the first time in Denmark. It is pronounced “asa’i" with emphasis on the last syllable. This little, purple berry, which tastes like a combination of blueberries and chocolate, grows on palm trees along the basin of the Amazon river.

For decade the peoples of the rainforests have benefited from this fruit, to which they attribute healing properties. Clinical studies reveal that this fruit contains a long series of vitamins and minerals, as well as Omega 6 and Omega 9 fatty acids. Acai is traditionally eaten raw, but the berry contains so many antioxidants that it should either be eaten immediately or frozen. It can be compared to an apple, which rapidly browns if you peel the skin off it and let it sit. In today's Brazil the berries are harvested and then filtered and flash-frozen, like passion fruit. Sakes of frozen acai have exploded over the last decade in Brazil.

Acai can be enjoyed as at breakfast, as a snack, or as a dessert. In Denmark, acai is purchased frozen, and then taken out of the freezer and allowed to thaw for 10-15 minutes, or, alternatively, defrosted in a microwave. It is ready to eat at minus 7 degrees C.

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