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Drum roll please. This is about to get good.

 

Just kidding, there really isn’t anything life altering in this blog…is there ever? Ha. Like I’ve said since day 1. If you’re here for the endless amount of factual, research driven information that I’m spewing out on the weekly, clearly you’ve took a hit of meth before you typed in that URL or clicked that link I’m incessantly posting on Facebook and the Instagram.

 

In 4 weeks of weight watchers (with I would say 75% adherence) I’ve lost 8.3 pounds. I wish that decimal wasn’t there. ha, no, that’s actually really good for me and roughly 2 pounds a week which is normal/healthy weight loss. And this month has flown by. I got a little lazy the past week or so, I haven't tracked and tried to keep a mental tab in my head which, math is for sure my worst subject so I don't know why I even tried that. But I'm only up .4 so I don't really care. My pants still fit, a little better than 2 months ago actually, so I'm cool with that.

  

I went to Crossfit ladies night with Tamera and Maggie, and I don't really know that I have a lot of words for it. Crossfits have a smell to them and if you've ever been in one, you know what I'm saying. It's a very distinct smell, I think a lot like the smell of bad decisions. I jest, I mean you all know how I am about doing whatever you want. I think you should do what makes you happy but I'm beginning to be a hater, as far as crossfit goes. I think there has to be a certain limit like you physically can not do something and you shouldn't do multiple reps of complex movements like snatches. That is legit hard work, you need to have control of this barbell kind of stuff, not like bicep curls where if you fuck up you can drop the weight whenever you feel like it. I get the idea behind it (I think) but I also know from first hand experience that bad coaching can get you an injury real quick and it's hard for me to say no to a pushy coach, or I feel like I have to do something because everyone else is. I kind of felt weird at this crossfit, like there's a culture about it that can either be inviting or intimidating and I was 50/50 on the whole situation. I also went and watched my first ever Olympic lifting meet. It was unsanctioned at Asheville Strength and it was pretty damn cool, if I do say so myself. I'm super bad at math, like SUPER bad so the whole "kilos" thing makes me want to die. But nonetheless it was really fun to watch and hopefully one day I'll get to that point.

I'm also going to address this,

 

I had typed up the biggest rant in the world about this picture and the responses to this I've seen all over Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. I talked about discrimination and people being bitches, basically. This is what I will say. I think it's incredibly asinine for people to say that her education is somehow less valid because she is overweight. Her weight doesn't have a damn thing to do with her credentials or how well she does her job. I also highly doubt that this woman took that picture herself, made that little sign and stuck them up all across grocery stores in America. I think she was probably asked a leading question like "if you had to choose something to help a craving for sweets, what would you pick" and she said, WAIT FOR IT, dark chocolate *cue the end of the world.* ....... oh...we're still here? GREAT. That means an overweight dietitian suggesting people eat dark chocolate isn't the end of the fucking world as we know it. If you don't like it, don't eat it. End of story. I hate dark chocolate, it's the equivalent of a vegetable for me. I will never understand why this woman is being crucified on social media for essentially being like 68% of the American population, overweight or obese. I will never understand why anyone thinks they have the right to judge her because she's an overweight dietitian. There are plenty of overweight doctors, nurses, lawyers, insurance salespeople, dog groomers, mailmen, EMTs, Wal-Mart greeters and the like. No one is questioning them about how they do their job or making ugly memes about them, hating someone because they're fat doesn't make you any more valuable to the human race. In fact in my humble opinion it makes you a discriminatory asshat. Her intelligence is not and should not be tied in to a number on the scale. Pants sizes and IQs are not inversely proportionate to one another, if you didn't know. What if she started losing weight and then decided she wanted to become an RD to help other people struggling with the same issue and hasn't completely met her goal yet? she shouldn't be allowed to use the combination of formal education and her own personal experience until she's at an arbitrary number on the scale that is a)different for everyone and b)also has to do with your goals? OR is it okay for people to judge her because her because they think it "comes with the territory" because she's working in the health field and is overweight? It's never okay to judge someone based on their looks, period. End of discussion. But what if that lady in the picture has an eating disorder? thyroid problems? what if she had an organ transplant and the medicine she takes makes her gain weight? what if she works with people with renal disease or another medical problem that requires a special diet? RD's don't ONLY work with weight loss clients. I don't think there would be nearly as much uproar if she wasn't smaller and I find that unacceptable. I'm going to stop myself there. /end rant.

Do yall remember that dude on that ABC show "world news tonight"? I think his name was like Peter Jennings, and he always said something to the effect of "that's it for world news tonight, I'm Peter Jennings. Have a great evening" or something. Maybe I'll start a current events section on this blog but it would mostly be more like current events in the world/social media that are pissing me off and then have a cute little ending like that. potato/tomato. But that's it for this week. I'm off to drink a protein shake and eat some eggos because #chemicals. Then, go ahead and put your shocked faces on, remember how I constantly and consistently bitched about squats on the daily? well, I'm going to a squat seminar today at noon! voluntarily. with some excitement. Though I am almost 98% sure I will never go to a push-up seminar. I also doubt there is a need for one of those, but again, I digress. The point is, I'm off to get some nomz in my belly.