Possibly my favorite Former Fattie ever (sorry Katy)

I've been watching a lot of P90X before/after YouTube videos lately. They are so inspirational! They are probably what made me buy P90X in the first place. I am going to eat right all week and try to do as many pullups as I can, whenever possible. And then Sunday...it begins. (Makes X symbol with arms along with one bad-ass face.)

Below please find by far my favorite of all of these videos. What I love is that he had to come up with this idea and film the beginning while he was still a fattie.

December 12th. Do you know how hot we're going to be?

So hot.

FF09 pt 2 - all systems go.

Bobby - congratulations! I am so proud of you and that is so amazing. That's pretty much the motivation that I need to get back on track. And by "back on track," I mean no more pad thai for lunch and supreme nachos with extra meat for dinner.

Ready to be freaked out like I just was? On December 31st, 2007 I weighed in at 168 lbs. That's 5 pounds more than Bobby - a man, who is at least 6" taller than me - weighs now. OUTRAGEOUS!!! I mean, yeah, I was fat. Since I've struggled with my weight my whole life, I've always been really self conscious about being the biggest one in the class or bigger than the boys. It's a pretty recognized fact that I don't date small guys. It's probably mostly a psychological thing having to do with my need/desire to feel small, feminine and protected. I think now is the first time in the past 5 years that I weigh less than my brothers, which to me is an accomplishment (since they are really fit guys with muscles like crazy). I remember being pretty little and my dad weighing himself (my dad's not a tall guy), and the scale read 155 and he was really bummed about it, and said he'd never want to be more than that (I disagree). For some reason, that stuck with me and I felt like if daddy should never be over 155, I should be WAY below that. Of course, that didn't happen until about 6 months ago for the first time in like, at least 7, 8, 9 years.

But now that it has, I'm determined to keep it off and keep getting healthier. Bobby, I love the idea of turning our Double-F's (Former Fatties) into a new Fall Fitness regime. I weighed in yesterday back in the 135 range (!!) and my goal is to reach 130 by my 25th birthday (December 19th). I also need to shift my focus on FITNESS since I hate working out. At least I love food (duh) so figuring out how to eat healthy was kind of a fun game. I have 0 fun working out, but I guess I need to change that mentality and just learn to enjoy it.

[ psychoanalysis complete ]

All I Want For Christmas is A Fucking Six Pack Already.

I'll make this brief cause I need to get my dream on.

I am so back. Like...SO back. I have been eating great, exercising periodically. Next week should be difficult because I am working every day and then going to school every night. So food could easily become an afterthought without the right preparation. So...I'll try to do that.

Sometimes I guess it really does take shaking things up to get going again. I think the summer ending (and taking its month long queue of drinking parties with it), along with me starting work have just put me in a fresh mindset that has really been working for me.

So this has all culminated in me weiging in this morning at...163.8!

I'm pretty sure I weighed more than that at birth. There really is nothing like positive re-enforcement. and let me tell you, after seeing that number on the scale this morning, I never want to see something higher than that again. And that is mere weeks away from the 150's!

I made my entire calendar to do all 90 days of P90X starting a week from Sunday. At this point, there are so many YouTube videos of people who started the program fatter than me and finished it with sixpacks. I will be done the second week of December. And then I am throwing a shirtless Christmas party!

So...I extend the invitation to everyone out there. Channel your end-of-summer blues into something more productive. Katy and I proved you can make a huge difference in your life in just about the amount of time we have from now till the end of the year. FALL FITNESS '09. WHO'S WITH ME?

Totally Relevant

Secrets of the Stars...

Those prone to judgement should probably go watch some sort of Real Housewives. Everyone else can stay and read this post. I'll wait while you decide.

Ok. So now that its just us accepting people here, I feel comfortable telling you that I think Ashton Kutcher is totally hot. You probably agree but I won't make you admit that. He's handsome, and, most relevantly, strikes a nice balance between thin and muscley. How does he pull that of? Lets ask his wife:

P90X! So I guess what you're telling me is I could have the body I want if I were to actually do my work out. The consolation I have is that I always complete my P90X workouts, but every time I have tried the 90 minute yoga DVD, I have never made it more than 25 minutes. I'm glad Demi Moore struggles with it too, as she is generally accepted as the fittest person in the world.

Katy's bucket list of consumption

In lieu of blogging everything I ate and analyzing every last point out of every last bite, right now I feel like doing one of my favorite things... making a list!

There are so many great restaurants, bars and food shops in my area of Brooklyn, that I often become so overwhelmed that I can't even remember the places I want to try. So here, I will list them.

(Warning: almost none of these choices are diet-friendly, and I'm okay with that.)

• Have a picnic in the park with food from BKLYN Larder, since I had their BLT a few weeks ago and I'm not exaggerating when I say it is one of the greatest things I have ever tasted.
• Enjoy a big, delicious ice cream cone from Blue Marble on Atlantic (and not feel bad about it).
• Go to Toby's down in South Slope, right by Alex, for some seemingly delicious brick oven pizza and a beer.
• Try Beer Table, even though I'm not sure what it is exactly, because Liz recommended it and Alex said it looked cool.
• Get to Red Mango and try their yogurt, since I have a feeling it'll be something I love ,and it's guilt-free. Also conveniently located right around the corner from the gym (if I ever decide to go again).
• Flashback to 2006, my glory days that were spent in Sydney, and visit Sheep Station, an Australian Pub.
• Satisfy my unexplained urge that I've had for a while to try Ethiopian food, and finally go to Ghenet, appropriately labeled "where angels eat."
• In the city, Momofuku has something called a milk bar, which I think might include ice cream, and they have a flavor called "cereal milk." Since I love my cereal milk at breakfast time, I want to try this. I also like this place because it sounds like Mama Fuoco.
• Speaking of bars, gotta get to WingBar for some finger-lickin' good times. I saw it written up in TONY, and then DZ had good things to say. And blue cheese + hot sauce = heaven.
• And, what I think will definitely be happening sooner rather than later: Bark Hot Dogs, which just opened on my street and has been calling out to me since before they even opened.
  

That's all I can think of right now, but I will be sure to add to this list from time to time. Anybody have any suggestions?

Katy's menu - 8/18/09

Easing back into things I guess.

Total: 26/20

B: 5
Egg whites (2- in case they were cooked in butter/oil), on whole wheat toast (2), tomato (0), hot sauce/ketchup (0)
Iced coffee with 1/2 cup skim (1)

L- Blockheads: 9
Whole wheat wrap (3), black beans (2), veggies (1- maybe a bit of oil), salsa (0)
House salad with dressing (2)
2 Hershey Kisses (1)

Pre-date-night-snack (so I didn't get fatty popcorn at the movies): 3
Nectarine (1), banana (2)

Late, post-movie dinner: 9
Steamed veggie dumplings (3)
2 avocado rolls (6)

I feel like the points here are high- for example, I doubt there was a full 1/2c of milk in my coffee, and my egg whites truly weren't greasy. I also have no idea how to count the dumplings or avocado rolls, but according to sushifaq.com an avocado roll is 2.5 points (which I have a hard time believing, so I bulked it up a bit). I did, however, have 2 pretzel bites from Alex at the movies, and a fried chicken wonton at dinner. So let's call it a wash.