Wednesday, September 10, 2008

While I'm On A Roll...

Now that journaling your every bite has managed to suck all the enjoyment out of eating (and I didn't even get into figuring out complex meals like chicken alfredo and garlic toast, or Chinese food of any kind, or a burrito and those yummy sugar-dipped chips that you get at Taco Bell) I will continue to regale you with tales of my drab life.
Ok, while I'm on a roll, now lets talk about what to do if you go over your allotted number of calories. WORK IT OFF!!
Now that doesn't sound so bad, but you have to do like 30 minutes of cardio to burn 250 calories. WHAT?? My crappy sandwich took me like 30 seconds to consume and I have to work out for an hour and a half to burn it off? That's just wrong.
I go to the gym with my daughter (sometimes) and we try to work on our...stuff. She is in far better shape than I am and patiently tries to help me through a workout. My problem is, I hate to sweat. Sadly, when you are overweight, it takes virtually nothing to make you sweat. (Oh, I stood up. Now I'm sweaty.) Now, I am trying to find some form of exercise that is actually exercise that doesn't make you sweat. I think they call it liposuction, not exercise.
Another issue is that I am "athletically challenged." I know you don't have to be an athlete to work out, but if you are riding that stationery bike, it is really embarrassing to fall off. (Believe me, I know.) How sad is it to be riding your "bike" along a virtual path, then look up to find other virtual riders riding over your virtual body as it lays in the middle of the virtual path?
And adult beverages? They are even worse. One single shot of a kamikaze--100 calories. WHOA! To work off that kamikaze, I'm going to have to do some serious dancing. To get me on the dance floor, I'm going to have to do some serious kamikaze sucking. Life is a vicious circle.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another excellent blog. I feel for you since I too am dieting however without exercise because I don't like to sweat either. Keep them coming.

Karma said...

I once flew off the back of a treadmill at Derby Rec. (I was walking, watching TV, and chewing gum...I am all for multi-tasking but that was pushing it) The firemen that were working out found it amusing, as did Chris who has not let me forget about it!