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All things positive

Posted in Getting in shape, I heart Lists, life on April 14, 2008 by Danielle Self

Today when I was looking at my dashboard I saw that someone had found my site using “I love him, but he doesn’t love me back”… at that point I decided that this blog has taken a nasty turn towards Feel-Sorry-For-Myself-Ville. Ya know, right next to SelfLoathing Town?  Therefore, today’s post is going to be dedicated to all the positive things I have going on in my life.

  1. I lost another 2 lbs.  That makes 24 since J and I broke up in December. Only 16 until I’m perfectly happy with my body. I’m hoping to get 10 of those off before I go back home in a month and 4 days.
  2. My BFF called me for the first time in a month or so.  I swear we’re soul mates. She just knew.
  3. After I blogged yesterday and was still feeling sorry for myself and still crying, my beautiful puppy walked up to me laying on the couch and literally licked all my tears away. I love him. Introducing my little BoBo-
  4. Greek comes on tonight.  That always makes me smile. I swear if I have to watch MY Scott Michael Foster make out with Rebecca Logan one more time though… Ha.
  5. I have A LOT of money in my checking account… and since I am no longer taking J skydiving before I leave, I’m thinking that I should buy myself something pretty.
  6. I have a job lined up as a personal assistant when I get home.  Woot woot!
  7. LA Lawyer emailed again.  Since I’m flying home with my puppy, I am going to make a short trip out there sometime this summer when he’s available.  All expenses on him. :-)
  8. Not having to hang out with J on the weekends means that I get to go to the beach and show off my 24 pounds skinnier body and sexy swimsuits I bought a few weeks ago (that I have yet to be able to wear because he refuses to go to the beach because hes “too white and fat”).
  9. My dad’s birthday is tomorrow and since I’m not in the states I’m not obligated to go see him!
  10. I get to go flirt with the cute guys that work at the gym in about 10 mintues :-)

See… life is good. I just forget sometimes.
Oh and if you’re having issues finding a reason to smile today.  Watch this video- if you don’t laugh, you aren’t human.

Eff you, McDonald’s. Eff you.

Posted in Getting in shape on March 21, 2008 by Danielle Self

McDonald’s- you suck.

Today on my lunch break I decided that it was a good idea that I go and get my oil changed as well as get my safety check renewed. (seeing as it expired in Dec) It was taking longer than I thought and I started to get nervous that I wasn’t going to make it back to work on time. When they finally finished, I didn’t have enough time to run home or into the supermarket to get something healthy to eat. So I decided to stop by McDonald’s and get a plain grilled chicken sandwich and a side salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing. VERY healthy- we’re talking 8 grams of fat and 420 calories for fast food here people! At this point McDonalds thought it’d be cool to be a bitch. I reach in for my sandwich on my way back to work and I realize… there are fries accompanying my sandwich. Side salad too… but fries. I’m not sure if you are aware of this- but fries are a heck of a lot easier to eat while you are driving than a side salad is. I took a couple and told myself that that was it. Next thing I know my hand is diving into the bag like I haven’t ate in days… and my fries are gone.

So Thank YOU McDonald’s for making my 15 mile bike ride yesterday COMPLETELY WORTHLESS. Again, YOU SUCK.

On a lighter note though, while I was at the gym yesterday I noticed a guy came upstairs to work out in the “women’s only” area- I thought it was odd but didn’t really pay that much attention to him (i.e. he was super hott, so I was definitely checking him out the whole time) until I noticed him walking towards the women’s locker room. I thought about stopping him but I figured he’d be just as embarrassed at me screaming at him from across the room versus him finding it out himself. And well- maybe he’d get to see some naked chicks while he was at it. So… I simply watched him walk in for my sheer enjoyment. He was in there 45 seconds or so and then just walked out smiling, shaking his head with an utter look of “what the hell did I just do that for?!” written all over his face. It totally made my night.