It has been said, or at least if it hasn’t I am saying it now, that the best way to keep yourself exercising on a regular basis is to find something that you enjoy.  Even that you love. This poses a problem for me because what I love is watching Buffy and eating cheese.  If someone laid out a plate of smoked gouda at 6am and Nerf Herder started blasting, I would instantly and cheerily arise from my slumber.  No question.  But exercise?

It has also been said, actually I don’t think it has but I am saying it now, that if you can’t find an exercise you love find one that you hate.  I hate SPIN with a fiery passion.  I’m frakking glad that I never learned to ride a bike.  Go ahead comment all you want about the fun frolicking I am missing I don’t care.  Yes I realize cycling through a park, wind in your hair, giddy with speed probably in no way compares to being shoved in a brick room with a bunch of sweaty twiggy hipsters, in nifty graphic tees, while your Fat Ass goes numb from a cruel medieval torture device transformed into a stationary bike seat.  But right now I hate all things bike. 

This being said I feel like I set out a goal and because ‘I FAILED’ the upside is that I will do anything and everything to avoid going to another Spin class.  Yesterday I went to the gym and revisited the Sprint Intervals routine  I wrote about previously and highly recommend.  Today I went to the track with a friend and despite the inevitable rain (apparently it rains every time I step outside now) I stuck it out even after she left.  Tomorrow night, despite being the whitest White Girl With a Fat Ass, I am attending a special HipHop dance class being held my gym this month.  Spin has become my avoidivator.  Motivating me to try any and every exercise there is in order to avoid revisiting the fresh hell that was 1:00 until 1:27 (this is when I stoped for a water break and decided the water I had at home tasted much better and was the only thing in the world that coud keep my heart from imploding) this past Saturday. 

If you feel strongly about Spin, CLICK HERE TO DONATE to Bare Ass 2008!  And write to wgwafa@gmail.com.  $10 donation will get me to give Spin another shot and for a $100 donation I will even attempt to master what is apparently a vital developmental stage.  Riding a real live bike.  Who knows maybe this will turn my whole life around?  Or better yet, avoidinate me right into first place for Former Phat Fcuks!!! 

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I can’t ride a bike.  That is the evil truth. 

I have received a lot of flak over this the last couple of years.  And today I was presented with the awful metaphor that never mastering this developmental step has had a direct correlation to other areas of my life where I am insecure or lacking.  Do I believe this?  Maybe.

But not enough to get on a bike.  At least not right now.  Despite my utter hatred of the phrase ‘baby steps’  I think that is where I am at….  Due to my bike aversion, the one class I have always stayed away from at the gym is SPIN.  Even though it is one of the classes they have the most often- especially on the weekend.  So this weekend, I am going to take a Spin Class.  That is my goal.  And I am communicating it to you.  I have really slacked going to the gym, choosing the outdoor track by my house instead (or lets face it choosing to stare at the walls instead) and hopefully this will bring new inspiration. 

Somehow I have the feeling that this will also result in a fairly humiliating story that I can then share with all my WGWaFA fans. Or to cheer up those disappointed people who found this site while surfing for porn.  Since this post has been a little lacking in my usual wit and charm, I am also presenting you with a special offer! 

The Hunger Site is having a Summer Clearance Sale  Your shopping on the site funds food for the hungry. And until June 27th if you enter “iwillwait” in the promotion code box at final checkout you will receive $10 off an order of $50 or more.  Global Girlfriend is my fav place for fun clothes and accessories.  Check it out.

Happy first day of summer.  My 7 day detox is now complete.  After a week of eating mainly fruits (still on the fence about them) veggies, lean protein sources like egg whites and fat free Greek yogurt and forgoing all alcohol, caffeine, sugar, meat - I have to say I feel wicked awesome.

It was also really hard to get through the week without breaking so I know that living in this super strict state all the time would not work for me.  Eventually it would lead to binge eating.  But for now, my food cravings have considerably declined and I was really able to lessen my portion size.  Which is my goal for this week.  Limit portions, eating smaller healthier meals throughout the day and to step up my exercise.  Because in my Category Cloud the Workout category is still the smallest. 

In the grand tradition of comparing my new weight  to something that weighs the same.  In honor of all my new *Second Life friends, at 177lbs I now weigh the same as a Final Fantasy character. 

Name: Cecil Harvey Class: Dark Knight Age: 20 Height: 6′ Weight: 177 lbs Equipment: Dark Swords, Shields, Gauntlets, Armor, Helmets Skill(s): DarkCecil Harvey is a loyal Dark Knight, and Captain of the Red Wings of Baron. He works for the King, and idolized him as a child. However, when he looks upon the needless destruction he had to cause in Mysidia, he questions his loyalty to the King. He questions the King about his actions, and gets banished from the Red Wings. Cecil Harvey has an intricate past and is great friends withKain, his Dragoon friend who also works for the King of Baron. He is also in love with Rosa, though he does not reveal his feelings.

 Now I would usually pontificate on the reasons that I am better than my similarly massed conterpart.  But come on, Cecil is a Dark Knight.  How frakking cool is that?  Even if he appears emotionally unavailable.  Stay strong Rosa, your Dark Knight will come.  

Completing my full week detox, a friend has given me her promised $10 to donate to Bare Ass 2008!  With America’s Second Harvest receiving a matching grant that doubles your gift until June 30th, that $10 equals 320 meals for those in need.  Thank you to everyone who donated to Bare Ass 2008!  this week, all donations are anonymous (unless you send me an ecard to wgwafa@gmail.com to let me know it was you!) and go directly through Network for Good via my charity badge  to America’s Second Harvest.  

CLICK HERE  to donate to Bare Ass 2008! before June 30th and help America’s Second Harvest reach their goal of providing 7 million meals to families facing hunger. 

*if I accidentally offended Second Life folks with the reference to final fantasy please comment below.  I am still ignorant in the SL way of life.