These have not been the easiest weeks in the journey of my warrior like family to svelte bikini ready bods. Why you might ask? Well, Snowflakes and Vaginas of course.
Week 6: Snowflakes and Cupcakes. We had a snow storm that buried us under more than 32 inches of snow. Yep, you read that right - more then three feet. No one wants to eat carrot sticks and hummus when you are waist deep in a frozen white (hell) wonderland. You want hot coco, beef stew and anything else that will stick to your ribs and help create a layer of blubber to act as insulation when you get buried alive in an avalanche of the roof of your house. You need all the blubber that you can get so that have any hope of survival when you are finally unearthed come Spring. You need those fat stores damnit!
We attempted to have a family dinner weigh in on Sunday, but most of the participants were busy trying to dig themselves and their homes out from under mounds and mounds of snow.
Dave cooked dinner for those of us that could walk or wade over to Erinn and Cady's. He made mashed cauliflower and turkey meatloaf. It was delicious and warm and a great way to spend an evening after spending two day, 8-10 hours a day, shoveling our driveway, porch, cars, roof and yard.
In addition to conditions being ripe for eating anything that looks like it will paste itself directly to my butt - The YMCA has been closed for three and a half days. No gym. No running. No gym dancing.
Our schools were closed for the entire week post storm. That's another thing that makes it difficult to keep with the routine. Who wants to wade out into waist deep snow to go to the gym when there is an adorable small person who wants to cuddle on the couch and watch movies whilst sharing a bag of chips.
Week six was not my finest week in my get healthy journey. Week seven wasn't shaping up to be any better.
Week 7: Vagina, Vagina, Vagina: This year as part of the V Day campaign I organized and directed a benefit production of Eve Ensler's Vagina monologues. I believe in the V day project. It is good for my soul. It is not good for my diet. This week was tech week for the show. For those of you who aren't familiar with a tech week or "hell week" it is a week chock full of rehearsals, running around and solving problems. Rarely does the problem "did I eat today?" rise to the top of the pile. In order to survive you shove whatever you can find down your throat and keep on trucking. One night I had pizza for dinner, one night I had a muffin. I broke all my rules and even had a diet soda. It was bedlam I tell you!
After all the hard work comes the celebration! In my neck of the woods we celebrate with food and libations. The grown folks kind. On Thursday night I celebrated with margaritas. On Friday with Lavender martinis (classy right). After I was done celebrating a successful show I celebrated my family with dinner at Dave and Busters complete with Angry Orchard Hard Cider. You might think I was done celebrating - but I was not. I celebrated on! On Sunday I celebrated with some good friends. We celebrated Tate and Missy having a baby. Tate and I celebrated with bourbon and lemonade. I am all celebrated out.
I also gained back two of the twelve pounds that I have lost. You know what. It was worth every damn ounce. My mom asked me during our weigh in "Did you have two pounds of fun?" I sure did.
So each week can't be two pounds of fun. I also know that I can have fun sans alcohol and fatty foods. This week it didn't happen. Next week is going to be better.
Here's to jumping back on the healthy lifestyle bandwagon.
For information on the V day campaign you can visit www.vday.org
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