I wrote this last August after a full summer of gym-skipping and weight gain. Last weekend, it was brought back into sharp relief when I arrived at BlogHer weighing nearly 10 pounds more than I did at the beginning of the summer. Who the eff gains weight to meet people they're hoping to impress? Me! The same person who should be working to increase her readership thanks to wonderful contacts made at aforementioned BlogHer and instead posts a repeat!
Thanks, PMS/peri-menopause/metabolism freak-out/stress-eating/empty alcohol caloric intake/total lack of exercise. And of course, my children. And now, we at SJAMM proudly present...
You Can't Go Om Again...
Dick Clark:
Welcome to $25,000 Pyramid! Let's play our game!
Joan Van Ark:
Babysitting
Day Camp
Family Time
Hangover
Playdates
Running of the Brides
Swimming Lessons
Vacation
Weekend Get-Away
Yoganatrix
Brett Sommers:
Reasons why Christine hasn't been to yoga in over a month?
Bell:
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Gavin McLeod:
Loss of Flexibility
Loss of Muscletone
Neck Pain
Return of Cellulite
Stressed Out
Weight Gain
Charles Nelson Reilly:
Results of Christine's absence from yoga?
Bell:
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Paul Lynde:
Glad to Be Back
Out of Shape
Stiff
Tired
Uncoordinated
Whoopie Goldberg:
How Christine felt to be back in yoga today?
Bell:
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Dick Clark:
Christine wins three months of yoga at her gym to get back to where she was in June!
Thank you all for playing our game!
Namaste.
Now this is the kind of thing that I needed to read 2 months before TypeAMomCon.
ReplyDelete*packs bag for the gym*
I've been exercising and eating right and GAINING weight.
ReplyDeleteDamn wine.
I'm liking the free yoga for playing...
ReplyDeleteDamn summer and all it's fun.
ReplyDeleteYou and I need to work together on increasing our readers. I'm as bad as you. And...I miss me my yoga, too. Oh, and the weight thing...easy. Just stop eating and drinking. You'll shed the pounds in no time. You can thank me later.
ReplyDeleteI've pretty much been on a liquid diet this summer and I can't figure out why I've gained weight... What? Wine is just empty carbs? But grapes are good for you!!
ReplyDeleteI just tried yoga. It took me two weeks to get over the pain. Clearly I was doing something wrong...
Don't be so hard on yourself, Chris! Some people would kill for your looks -- an extra 10 pound or not. I can't wait to hear about BlogHer '09, but I'm willing to bet that everyone you met was impressed, not only with your big beautiful eyes and pretty smile, but by your friendliness, wit, and joie de vivre. So there.
ReplyDeleteI remember this post.
ReplyDeleteYou looked fabulous.
Mind you, I have not exercised once since that freak Sat at Blogher. Not once. Not even a thought.
LOL! I've got 3 more weeks until both boys start some form of school - therefore, I'm "bulking up" - my effort to gain as much weight before I have to get back to the gym.
ReplyDeleteDon't ask me why I do that - last hurrah?!
I totally hear you. Every summer I struggle so much to loose weight or stay at my normal weight. I am a teacher so in the summer I am home and around food. I take aerobics two nights a week and walk at least a half hour every afternoon how I gain weight is beyond me. Well here is to a thinner fall!!!
ReplyDeleteI was doing so well until this weekend. I think I undid all my gains (or should I say losses?) this summer -- in under three days.
ReplyDeleteThat takes talent.