"christine_miller said...
I have to say that I felt really bad for your experience but my husband and I were reading it and laughing hysterically..of course it didn't help that I was already hysterical from watching the "sneezing panda" video on youtube. I hope your back is better. I will say that I saw a chiropractor for a while after my car accident and he was legit and did a good job. So there are some good chiropractors...just not at the clinic you went to. :)"
Seems to be the consensus! People generally laugh at the situation and it was VERY comical in many ways ... post-experience though, might I add! For those who DON'T know what everyone's laughing about, it's about my post properly named"Holiday Pain". It was a terrifying and altogether hilarious experience that I, personally, DO NOT care to experience again (funny as it is to laugh at now). *^_^* What I want to really know though is ... what is this Sneezing Panda video on YouTube? YouTube has become SUCH a phenomenon! It's unreal!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The End?
Yo! So I finally replied to my "past haunt". First, I want to thank all of my closest friends and confidantes; Shaunte, Jamie & Kieran for all of your love, support, and advice through this tragic adversity. It took a lot of time for me to come up with what I really wanted to say and to make that verbalized. I apologize for all of you who had to sit through my psychobabble as I tried to make sense of my thoughts and put them in order. You guys are the BEST!!!! That's what I love you guys! But alas ... here's what the final production read;
"Hi, how are you doing? I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you but I had some thinking of my own to do. First off, let me say that I really do appreciate your writing to me. It means a lot to me that you came back and apologized so many years after the fact. Additionally, I want you to know that I have definitely forgiven you and that I don't hold/harbor anything against you. I ended our friendship because I felt like you didn't respect me and that hurt me deeply. I felt I couldn't continue to engage in an emotionally abusive friendship any longer.
I'm glad that you decided to open up and let me know how you feel. Thanks! Out of curiosity, what prompted you to write the letter? Hope you're doing well."
I know it started off well put together and then towards the middle and the end ... I feel, personally, that it started to get choppy. Hahaha LOL. Ahhhhhh .... wonder why it was so difficult for me to really write that short email. It's a strange feeling especially for someone like me, who's soooo overly prolific with words! I was actually told by a friend of mine (Yeah! I'm talking about you Hamilton! I'ma call you out on this! BTW, he has an awesome blog too! Check it out! http://www.zerogstudios.com/blog) that I have A LOT of anger! LOL ... shocking ... but perhaps he's reading something I'm not? LOL, well other than finding out what Brian's* response is to this email ... I can say this chapter of my life is pretty much closed. The End. Or is it?
"Hi, how are you doing? I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you but I had some thinking of my own to do. First off, let me say that I really do appreciate your writing to me. It means a lot to me that you came back and apologized so many years after the fact. Additionally, I want you to know that I have definitely forgiven you and that I don't hold/harbor anything against you. I ended our friendship because I felt like you didn't respect me and that hurt me deeply. I felt I couldn't continue to engage in an emotionally abusive friendship any longer.
I'm glad that you decided to open up and let me know how you feel. Thanks! Out of curiosity, what prompted you to write the letter? Hope you're doing well."
I know it started off well put together and then towards the middle and the end ... I feel, personally, that it started to get choppy. Hahaha LOL. Ahhhhhh .... wonder why it was so difficult for me to really write that short email. It's a strange feeling especially for someone like me, who's soooo overly prolific with words! I was actually told by a friend of mine (Yeah! I'm talking about you Hamilton! I'ma call you out on this! BTW, he has an awesome blog too! Check it out! http://www.zerogstudios.com/blog) that I have A LOT of anger! LOL ... shocking ... but perhaps he's reading something I'm not? LOL, well other than finding out what Brian's* response is to this email ... I can say this chapter of my life is pretty much closed. The End. Or is it?
Friday, February 22, 2008
"-isms"
Time for another Sherry-ism ... I didn't even realize it was an "ism" until Robert was laughing and bringing up the fact that I had said ... let me preface by saying that we were studying and trying to complete a quantitative practice question for the GMAT and we had no clue how to do it ... and when I finished reading the question aloud ... I was more vexed than ever, to which I promptly answered ...
"Well, F@#$* you ... I don't know!" (This is me speaking to the GMAT study guide)
Ahhhh ... yet another.
"Well, F@#$* you ... I don't know!" (This is me speaking to the GMAT study guide)
Ahhhh ... yet another.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Past Haunts
Ok, so I thought that I could just keep it to myself but alas no ... it was not to be. I'm going to give a pretext/backgrounder before I launch into my tirade and hopefully it won't be too boring. My very first boyfriend, Brian* (*name has been changed to protect privacy), in college and I dated for a grand total of 4 months. 4 months? You ask. Yes, 4 months. At the start of the 4th month, I went home for Christmas break for 3 weeks and he took it upon himself to cheat on me with another girl attending our University. When I came back from break I promptly noticed the difference in him and he even had the audacity to bring the "other" girl over to meet me at his apartment. I can't believe he was surprised when we started talking and found out that we were both dating the SAME guy. Isn't the first cardinal rule of cheating that you should NOT bring the 2 girls around eachother?! Maybe he was banking on "hiding in plain sight". Clearly, it didn't work. Anyways, I broke up with him and he continued to date the "other" girl who shall be remembered as "bowling pin". If you hadn't noticed, I have the tendency to nickname people I don't like with characters or inanimate objects that they tend to resemble in my opinion. So post-breakup I didn't speak to him for roughly 6 months. But he was my bestfriend's roommate so eventually at some point we started talking again. I was OK with being friends with him so long as he didn't bring "bowling pin" around me. It was a few years later and he came over to hang out at my place in Westminster and he had broken up with "bowling pin" at this point and he wanted to play with my violin. Well, if you know me, you know that I treasure my violin greatly! It's my heart and soul, because I love music, I love to sing, play instruments, dance, etc. I love things that are musically artistic. Well, he was playing with the violin and in short, ended up dropping my violin despite my desperate warnings to "please be careful!" with the violin. Now, of course when the violin hit the floor, it felt like someone had knocked the breath out of me. I was, naturally, quite angry with him and ended up raising my voice at him. But because I raised my voice at him he had the audacity to be upset with ME even though he dropped MY violin! So then we didn't speak again for a weeks while I stewed, this is strike 2, by the way, for him.
The 3rd strike against him was when I went out to visit him in Palm Springs, CA. I drove several hours to hang out with him and when I got there HE decided that HE should drive MY car that just made the trek out to his place. Not only did he drive my car around, he used MY car with me in it, to run errands for HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND!!!! Then when he was getting in the car he slammed the door. I was highly affronted at this point and could no longer hold my tongue and lashed out in protest! I asked him to not slam my car door to which he replied that he had not done so. But it's MY car and I felt that he had slammed my door so what he should have done was explain that he felt he hadn't slammed my car door but that he recognized that I had felt he had so he was sorry for that and all would have solved. But no, he was determined that he had not slammed my car door and that he was not sorry for it, as a matter of fact he proceeded to slam my door again as he was getting out of the car. I promptly, at that point, made up my mind that he clearly did not respect ME as he did not respect my things as an extension of me.
1. He CHEATED on me!
2. He DROPPED my violin!
3. He SLAMMED my car door and wouldn't respect my wishes!
YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRR OOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUTTTT!!!!!!!!!!! I decided that I couldn't be friends with someone who absolutely had no regard for my feelings. He had wronged me too often, too many times. I feel like I'm a very forgiving person, but I also felt that I was not about to sit around and take this sort of abuse from a so-called "friend". I drove away from Palm Springs that day angrily and set in my mind, that I would never speak to him again. I even deleted his number from my phone, as I sped home. I never looked back. This was March 2006.
~FAST FORWARD 2 YEARS LATER, NOW LIVING IN NYC~
On February 8th, 2008 I receive a letter from Brian*, it reads:
"Hello… you know, I’ve been wanting to write you this e-mail since the beginning of the year and sometimes because I get too busy and some others because I just can’t find the right words to tell you this… I just haven’t gotten myself to write this. Well finally here I am. I honestly don’t know how to begin… we haven’t talked in such a long time … that it feels weird writing you a message. You know I have never been too big on words specially when it come to apologizing but here I am trying to do just that.. (doesn’t this feel weird) well.. honestly I don’t know what you think about the way things ended the last time we talked. Ever since it happened I’ve been trying to figure out what exactly happened that day and I still can’t figure it out. I know I’ve hurt you in the past and I know that this letter might not mean too much to you but I honestly want to apologize for everything I’ve done to you. Even the littlest things or maybe the big things that seemed little to me but obviously were very important for you. You’re going to find a lot of mistakes (grammatically) on this letter but I honestly don’t want to proofread it. I want it to come from the heart and not have to make any changes because something “doesn’t sound good” Well, pretty much I just want to say I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the way things got between us, for the way I sometimes treated you, for the way things ended but mostly I’m sorry for not being the good friend you wanted me to be. I know you have moved on and honestly and truthfully I’m not expecting a reply. I just wanted you to know how I feel. Take care of yourself Sherry."
I've long since forgotten Brian* and how he had wronged me. I've found Christ since then and accepted him into my life as my LORD and SAVIOR. One of the tenets that a Christian is bound to do is to forgive and forget. To love those who love you and love those who have wronged you equally. Can you imagine my surprise when I received THIS email?! Shock doesn't begin to describe how I felt. I'm now happily in a relationship, with a man who I genuinely enjoy being around; who has not cheated on me nor disrespected me. It was strange to receive this email and even stranger when I realized that I could not bring myself to share this with my current boyfriend. I also realized that while I wanted to reply and say something to Brian*, no words could be found. No words, still, have been found. What do you say to someone who has caused you so much pain and suffering and is now writing you a letter of apology for all the wrongs he has ever committed against you? It's like finally receiving closure, but not at the same time, if that's possible. I've sent out distress calls to my most trusted friends and hopefully they'll help me come up with a game plan, but if you're reading this and you have a suggestion, I would be welcome to it. If you got a story to share, send it to me and I'll post it too! Let's babble about life together!
The 3rd strike against him was when I went out to visit him in Palm Springs, CA. I drove several hours to hang out with him and when I got there HE decided that HE should drive MY car that just made the trek out to his place. Not only did he drive my car around, he used MY car with me in it, to run errands for HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND!!!! Then when he was getting in the car he slammed the door. I was highly affronted at this point and could no longer hold my tongue and lashed out in protest! I asked him to not slam my car door to which he replied that he had not done so. But it's MY car and I felt that he had slammed my door so what he should have done was explain that he felt he hadn't slammed my car door but that he recognized that I had felt he had so he was sorry for that and all would have solved. But no, he was determined that he had not slammed my car door and that he was not sorry for it, as a matter of fact he proceeded to slam my door again as he was getting out of the car. I promptly, at that point, made up my mind that he clearly did not respect ME as he did not respect my things as an extension of me.
1. He CHEATED on me!
2. He DROPPED my violin!
3. He SLAMMED my car door and wouldn't respect my wishes!
YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRR OOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUTTTT!!!!!!!!!!! I decided that I couldn't be friends with someone who absolutely had no regard for my feelings. He had wronged me too often, too many times. I feel like I'm a very forgiving person, but I also felt that I was not about to sit around and take this sort of abuse from a so-called "friend". I drove away from Palm Springs that day angrily and set in my mind, that I would never speak to him again. I even deleted his number from my phone, as I sped home. I never looked back. This was March 2006.
~FAST FORWARD 2 YEARS LATER, NOW LIVING IN NYC~
On February 8th, 2008 I receive a letter from Brian*, it reads:
"Hello… you know, I’ve been wanting to write you this e-mail since the beginning of the year and sometimes because I get too busy and some others because I just can’t find the right words to tell you this… I just haven’t gotten myself to write this. Well finally here I am. I honestly don’t know how to begin… we haven’t talked in such a long time … that it feels weird writing you a message. You know I have never been too big on words specially when it come to apologizing but here I am trying to do just that.. (doesn’t this feel weird) well.. honestly I don’t know what you think about the way things ended the last time we talked. Ever since it happened I’ve been trying to figure out what exactly happened that day and I still can’t figure it out. I know I’ve hurt you in the past and I know that this letter might not mean too much to you but I honestly want to apologize for everything I’ve done to you. Even the littlest things or maybe the big things that seemed little to me but obviously were very important for you. You’re going to find a lot of mistakes (grammatically) on this letter but I honestly don’t want to proofread it. I want it to come from the heart and not have to make any changes because something “doesn’t sound good” Well, pretty much I just want to say I’m sorry. I’m sorry for the way things got between us, for the way I sometimes treated you, for the way things ended but mostly I’m sorry for not being the good friend you wanted me to be. I know you have moved on and honestly and truthfully I’m not expecting a reply. I just wanted you to know how I feel. Take care of yourself Sherry."
I've long since forgotten Brian* and how he had wronged me. I've found Christ since then and accepted him into my life as my LORD and SAVIOR. One of the tenets that a Christian is bound to do is to forgive and forget. To love those who love you and love those who have wronged you equally. Can you imagine my surprise when I received THIS email?! Shock doesn't begin to describe how I felt. I'm now happily in a relationship, with a man who I genuinely enjoy being around; who has not cheated on me nor disrespected me. It was strange to receive this email and even stranger when I realized that I could not bring myself to share this with my current boyfriend. I also realized that while I wanted to reply and say something to Brian*, no words could be found. No words, still, have been found. What do you say to someone who has caused you so much pain and suffering and is now writing you a letter of apology for all the wrongs he has ever committed against you? It's like finally receiving closure, but not at the same time, if that's possible. I've sent out distress calls to my most trusted friends and hopefully they'll help me come up with a game plan, but if you're reading this and you have a suggestion, I would be welcome to it. If you got a story to share, send it to me and I'll post it too! Let's babble about life together!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Made Up Pressure (MUP)
MUP!!!!! I have MUP!!!! Goodness, so I was asked by my cousin who is getting married on May 30th (yay!) to do her makeup for the wedding! Yowza! Now, she initially asked me to do both her hair and makeup!!!!! Yikes! I politely redirected her towards my other faaaabulooouuuuus (said while singing it) cousin Teresa for hair! Now, I'm not saying that I'm not any good at doing hair, but Teresa is better! Point blank. I'm not even going to LIE about this! Teresa's hair ALWAYS looks fantastic! Me? I think I've perfected the "chic-messy-yet-really-sexy-just-rolled-outta-bed" look. But I also think that's because most of the time, I did just roll outta bed and was too lazy to do my hair! LOL! I can't even remember the last time I took a brush to my hair, scary thought. Anyways, that's double pressure, hair AND makeup?! I even suggested that she should look into hiring a professional makeup artist; to which she politely retorted with a "well I really like the way you do your makeup and I want my family to take an active part in my wedding. It's important to me that my family is an integral part of my wedding". That wasn't verbatim but you get the point, 'nuff said, I'm doing her makeup.
Now, most of you probably don't know that this is NOT the first time I've done makeup for a wedding before, so why am I nervous then? Well, b/c it's my cousin's wedding. It's family. Not to mention, she's the first in the family (of us 5 cousins who grew up in AK) to get married. I don't think I need to say that this is a big ordeal ... wait, I just did. Anyways, so I asked her to send me a couple photo shots of herself sans makeup and then some ideas of what she wanted to look like. She agreed, to date ... she has not sent a single photo nor makeup idea. I know it's Feb. 19th today and her wedding isn't until May 30th .... but i'm already stressing! Sheesh! What do you call the person who isn't the bride but is having a bridezilla moment? Hahahahahahaha
Now, most of you probably don't know that this is NOT the first time I've done makeup for a wedding before, so why am I nervous then? Well, b/c it's my cousin's wedding. It's family. Not to mention, she's the first in the family (of us 5 cousins who grew up in AK) to get married. I don't think I need to say that this is a big ordeal ... wait, I just did. Anyways, so I asked her to send me a couple photo shots of herself sans makeup and then some ideas of what she wanted to look like. She agreed, to date ... she has not sent a single photo nor makeup idea. I know it's Feb. 19th today and her wedding isn't until May 30th .... but i'm already stressing! Sheesh! What do you call the person who isn't the bride but is having a bridezilla moment? Hahahahahahaha
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Hunger Pangs
So clearly ... I'M STARVING!!!! Which can only mean one thing! The Pink Patch really does work as an appetite suppressant! Today is my first day off of the Pink patch and I feel like my old self already! Every hour or so I'm looking for something to eat because I'm hungry! I'm a hungry, hungry hippo! I just ate a half of a chocolate cake, 6 egg whites, a 100 calorie Glenny chocolate bar, a chocolate dipped peppermint stick, and a half of a plain bagel with cream cheese since I left for work at 9:00am and it's 2:00pm and I'm already starving! I've ingested 900 calories already for the day! I can't believe that! I'm going to have to climb the stairs to the 19th floor to burn off some amount of calories and I need to go back to the gym PRONTO!!!! Now if this Vytorin case would get started ASAP so that I could start working instead of moping while at work so that I could make the dough, then I could sign up for a corporate NYSC gym membership and start working out again! I'm so excited for this Vytorin case and for me to work out during lunch again and get fit. It's so exciting to me! It really is! I get excited about being fit and being healthy. Your body releases endorphins post-workout and I totally live off of that. I haven't felt those endorphins in awhile but then again, I've also had a serious back injury that I need to make sure is completely healed before I go back to strenuous exercise. The back injury put me out of business for awhile, of course the lack of pay helped hahahahahah! LOL but now that Vytorin's put me back in action, I'll have $$ and the gym to get back into shape with! You know someone asked me when I felt the most sexy and I said, "when I'm dancing!" I hope that I can give a little bit of that to other people. Dancing is such a wonderful venue for self-expression and I really feel like I can really get into the music and the character and wow, can't explain it but dance and music, that's me! Ok I'm sorry ... I know this blog is supposed to be about LIFE and i'm totally just ranting and raving all about myself! Oh and just as a side note, "Curb Your Cravings" (the makers of the Pink Patch), wasted absolutely NO TIME in charging me the $39.95 + $8.99 for s&h for the 30-day supply. This only can mean that I should be receiving my package very shortly and hopefully I'll stop having these horrible hunger cravings! It's insane how much I just want to eat, eat, eat! Although ... I have to tell you ladies who are into the whole weight loss program that the way to lose weight is to eat! Don't eat McD's, burger king and Wendy's ... we're talking healthier (much healthier) foods combined with a consistent exercise program and that's the winning ticket! Ciao for now!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Honest Comedy & Sherry-isms
Jamie said...
I'm not entirely certain whether it's working or not because my period botched the ENTIRE experiment ...
That, by far is the F-ing FUNNIEST line I've read in a long time! I'm here sitting in Jack in the Box and people are probably wondering why that weird kid in the corner is laughing to himself
LMAO!
Jamie - this was pure honesty ... funny how honesty can easily become the best comic material there is. Maybe b/c people can relate ... maybe not. It's funny either way! *^_^* I should definitely add this to my list of sherry-isms. For those of you who don't know my "isms" this list includes things past, present and future that I've said mostly out of honesty and anger, but mostly anger that turns out to be frighteningly hilarious ... I've kept mentioning that I should start keeping a tab of all of my "isms" but thus far have been fruitless in this plan. Maybe I'll start with my blog now. Here are a couple just to give you an idea;
1. "I just can't TAKE this BITCH!"
2. "Ew! Get away from her! You do NOT want to get kneaded into Pillsbury Doughboys rolls!"
There are many more and I've forgotten many others ... if you remember any of my more memorable sherry-isms please feel free to email them to me or leave a comment ... I will post them I promise no matter how embarrassing they may be to me! You gotta laugh at life right?
I'm not entirely certain whether it's working or not because my period botched the ENTIRE experiment ...
That, by far is the F-ing FUNNIEST line I've read in a long time! I'm here sitting in Jack in the Box and people are probably wondering why that weird kid in the corner is laughing to himself
LMAO!
Jamie - this was pure honesty ... funny how honesty can easily become the best comic material there is. Maybe b/c people can relate ... maybe not. It's funny either way! *^_^* I should definitely add this to my list of sherry-isms. For those of you who don't know my "isms" this list includes things past, present and future that I've said mostly out of honesty and anger, but mostly anger that turns out to be frighteningly hilarious ... I've kept mentioning that I should start keeping a tab of all of my "isms" but thus far have been fruitless in this plan. Maybe I'll start with my blog now. Here are a couple just to give you an idea;
1. "I just can't TAKE this BITCH!"
2. "Ew! Get away from her! You do NOT want to get kneaded into Pillsbury Doughboys rolls!"
There are many more and I've forgotten many others ... if you remember any of my more memorable sherry-isms please feel free to email them to me or leave a comment ... I will post them I promise no matter how embarrassing they may be to me! You gotta laugh at life right?
Pink Day 6
shay said...
well- is it working??????????? ;-)
February 10, 2008 7:37 PM
Hi Shay - *^_~* I'm not entirely certain whether it's working or not because my period botched the ENTIRE experiment ... which can only mean that I have to do this ALL OVER AGAIN. On a high note, however, post-period I dropped 5lbs ... I don't normally gain/lose this much weight during a period run. It's not unheard of, but generally quite unusual, at least for me. Whether this is a by-product of the Pink Patch, I can't be sure. But I can't say that it does or doesn't work because my period didn't give it a fair shake. So I guess I'll have to stay on for the 30-day program and see how that turns out. I think 30-days is a better judge of a product than 6 days. I'd be shocked if a weight-loss product worked in 6 days and I wasn't working out. I'd be frightened to tell you the truth. But in terms of giving you energy ... my period killed that so I can't judge that and hunger/appetite control, I wasn't as hungry as I normally am and didn't binge as much so that's a good sign. I'll be receiving the 30-day supply in a couple of weeks I'm sure, these companies don't wait too long before billing you and sending you the product, so we'll continue with the PINK PATCH experiment at that point in time. On to the next topic!!!
well- is it working??????????? ;-)
February 10, 2008 7:37 PM
Hi Shay - *^_~* I'm not entirely certain whether it's working or not because my period botched the ENTIRE experiment ... which can only mean that I have to do this ALL OVER AGAIN. On a high note, however, post-period I dropped 5lbs ... I don't normally gain/lose this much weight during a period run. It's not unheard of, but generally quite unusual, at least for me. Whether this is a by-product of the Pink Patch, I can't be sure. But I can't say that it does or doesn't work because my period didn't give it a fair shake. So I guess I'll have to stay on for the 30-day program and see how that turns out. I think 30-days is a better judge of a product than 6 days. I'd be shocked if a weight-loss product worked in 6 days and I wasn't working out. I'd be frightened to tell you the truth. But in terms of giving you energy ... my period killed that so I can't judge that and hunger/appetite control, I wasn't as hungry as I normally am and didn't binge as much so that's a good sign. I'll be receiving the 30-day supply in a couple of weeks I'm sure, these companies don't wait too long before billing you and sending you the product, so we'll continue with the PINK PATCH experiment at that point in time. On to the next topic!!!
Friday, February 8, 2008
Pink Day 5
Day 5 of the Pink Patch. Again, I have to say no real marked difference in the way I feel. It's actually worse. I feel worse. But I absolutely CAN NOT blame this on the Pink Patch in any way. I realized that my hunger pangs were still stronger than normal because I started the Pink Patch on Monday (2/4) and I got my period yesterday (Thursday 2/7). This would account for many things, b/c right before my period I get extremely hungry and surprisingly I managed to not binge prior to my period and I attribute that most likely to the pink patch exercising a little control. I feel worse because I have cramps and is definitely not a side effect of the Pink Patch. This little 6-day trial may be entirely botched because of my poor planning and so I think I will get the 30-Day supply and re-try this experiment. I will be pairing the 30-Day Pink Patch supply test along with my gym membership and an exercise regiment. I can't WAIT to start exercising again! I love the release of endorphins I get right after a really great work out that I just don't get when I'm not working out. Not to mention my clothes tend to fit better (LOL) when I'm working out and I don't feel like such a pudgeball all the time. I'll let you know though! Haha!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Pink Day 4
Day 4 of the Pink Patch and I'm really starting to wonder if I should even bother letting them charge me another $39.95 plus s&h for a 30-day supply especially since I feel like there hasn't really been any added benefits. Maybe this works for people who haven't already been extremely active and fit like myself? But again, I do have to re-iterate that I haven't been working out and therefore haven't noticed any major differences, additionally I feel like it's difficult to see any real results after 6 days and no exercise. Clearly, eating a healthy diet and exercise are your major factors to any healthy weight loss program. I'm happy to announce, however, that I will be returning to the gym - NYSC, I believe. I will go through with the 30-day supply and see if any major changes occur in my workout energy levels and results. Catch ya tomorrow for Day 5!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Pink Day 3
Day 3 of the Pink Patch and still no real marked difference. I'm starting to wonder if this thing is really working at all or not? Well, the real culprit is that even though I am eating healthier, I'm not going to the gym and therefore not working out, which in turn means that I won't really see the added benefits of the pink patch ... supposedly. I wonder if it's even really working. The one thing that I do have to complement the Pink Patch on though, is the fact that it doesn't just suppress your appetite. Many supplements and weight loss pills out there today, suppress your appetite so much that you just don't eat and end up starving, which will definitely make you lose weight. But when you start eating again, your metabolism will be so slow that you'll gain double the weight back. The pink patch, doesn't take away your appetite altogether, I'm still hungry at points throughout the day, but I just get full faster and don't eat as much. Inherently, I'm a snacker so even though I continue to snack through the day I don't feel hunger pangs and as a result, will eat less when I'm snacking. Other than that though ... no real change in energy levels or moods elevations and definitely I don't see any fat loss yet. Although, honestly, I don't expect to see the fat loss ...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Pink Day 2
Hey all - Day 2 of the Pink Patch experiment continues. So far, definitely a curb in appetite is apparent ... although not entirely absent ... I was starving when lunch time rolled around today! Granted I was talking to my boyfriend (a very serious, barfarricious, emotional, not-a-whole-lotta-fun type of chat by the way) until 2:30pm. Waaaaay past my usual 1:00pm lunch time. But I don't have my typical need-to-munch urges that I generally get in the middle of the day so I guess that's working. I did wake up feeling especially spry this morning, but I wouldn't necessarily say that my energy levels are up? No noted weight loss although I don't expect that to occur on day 2... on a really wonderful note though. My cousin in Colorado, Christine Lee, is getting married! Her boyfriend popped the question on saturday night and they've been in blissville since, or so the pictures would seem to suggest.
Gosh, the marriage strings are starting to occur ... I wonder who in my family is going to be next? Janney? She would seem the closest as she has been with her boyfriend for nearly 8 years now. Yeesh, they're practically married by common law especially since they live together too. Teresa ... is still too young and wants to play around (I can't blame her! Muwaahahahahahah). Jennifer? Well Jenchen, doesn't have a man currently but that doesn't mean a thing. I mean I could potentially see Jennifer getting married before I do. There's always me ... but my recent conversation with my boyfriend suggests that marriage is waaay beyond the scope of consideration and I'm DEFINITELY NOT ready in any capacity for marriage. Yikes! The thought is frightening! The prospect of saying VOWS of spending the rest of your life with someone is INTENSE! I mean you're promising ALOT of things; for better or worse, in sickness and health, until death do us part! And you know, the devil has really penetrated our society b/c alot of people who get married today get married with the mindset that "well if it doesn't work out, we can always get divorced". Which is a HORRIBLE mindset to be in ... why would you marry someone that you don't want to be together with forever?! I mean, you promise FOREVER or at least for the REST OF YOUR LIFE when you say "I DO" until death do you part! How can people take those kinds of vows so lightly? It's just insanity to me. Once you do get married, it's no longer an "I" or "my" thing, it becomes a "we" and "our" thing. Scary. I don't know that I'm ready to share like that. I like "MY" space, I like "MY" apartment where I hang out with "MY" dogs, laying on "MY" bed. Marriage will blur that sense of self-identity and individualism that defines a person and blends them with another person and then suddenly you don't have a self-identity anymore. You have a couple identity now and you're known as a unit and not as individual, it's always oh "they're so cute", "they're so nice", etc... I like my individuality and prize it tremendously and the thought of no longer having that is terrifying. I'll have to definitely discuss this more in-depth a little later though, I do have to go... but tomorrow is Pink Day 3, stay posted!
Gosh, the marriage strings are starting to occur ... I wonder who in my family is going to be next? Janney? She would seem the closest as she has been with her boyfriend for nearly 8 years now. Yeesh, they're practically married by common law especially since they live together too. Teresa ... is still too young and wants to play around (I can't blame her! Muwaahahahahahah). Jennifer? Well Jenchen, doesn't have a man currently but that doesn't mean a thing. I mean I could potentially see Jennifer getting married before I do. There's always me ... but my recent conversation with my boyfriend suggests that marriage is waaay beyond the scope of consideration and I'm DEFINITELY NOT ready in any capacity for marriage. Yikes! The thought is frightening! The prospect of saying VOWS of spending the rest of your life with someone is INTENSE! I mean you're promising ALOT of things; for better or worse, in sickness and health, until death do us part! And you know, the devil has really penetrated our society b/c alot of people who get married today get married with the mindset that "well if it doesn't work out, we can always get divorced". Which is a HORRIBLE mindset to be in ... why would you marry someone that you don't want to be together with forever?! I mean, you promise FOREVER or at least for the REST OF YOUR LIFE when you say "I DO" until death do you part! How can people take those kinds of vows so lightly? It's just insanity to me. Once you do get married, it's no longer an "I" or "my" thing, it becomes a "we" and "our" thing. Scary. I don't know that I'm ready to share like that. I like "MY" space, I like "MY" apartment where I hang out with "MY" dogs, laying on "MY" bed. Marriage will blur that sense of self-identity and individualism that defines a person and blends them with another person and then suddenly you don't have a self-identity anymore. You have a couple identity now and you're known as a unit and not as individual, it's always oh "they're so cute", "they're so nice", etc... I like my individuality and prize it tremendously and the thought of no longer having that is terrifying. I'll have to definitely discuss this more in-depth a little later though, I do have to go... but tomorrow is Pink Day 3, stay posted!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Pink Day 1
Hi Everyone! I officially got my 6-day free trial of the Pink Patch, it arrived at my house on friday evening but I wanted to wait until Monday to start it officially. I put it on at 11:15am today and already I feel like it's curbing my appetite ... unless I'm just willing myself into not being hungry. I bought a fruit salad for breakfast and I haven't eaten much and already feel completely full. Although it's also entirely possible that I would feel full because fruits are very filling. They do have extremely high water content. Other than that I don't feel any different yet. The ingredients (proprietary formula) that they list on the package are; Fucus Vesiculosus Extract. 5-HTP, Guarana. Zinc Pyruvate, Yerba Mate, Flaxseed Oil, Lecithin, L-Carnitine, Zinc Citrate. As I had mentioned in my very first Pink Patch blog, Fucus Vesiculous is a seaweed also known as Bladder Wrack and is common in asian dishes. The Pink Patch claims on the front of it's package that "It's Not a Diet ... It's a Patch. 100% Herbal Weight Loss Patch. Simple, Effective and Discreet, One-a-day Topical Patch." In the packaging insert it claims that the 1 Pink Patch will give you 24-hour appetitie control and weight loss, boost your energy for your busy lifestyle, elevate your mood so you look & feel great and burn 48% more fat in your stubborn areas. It encourages you as well to get your next shipment of the The Pink Patch and if you're not satisfied within 30 days of receiving the product, return it and they'll give you a FULL REFUND. I don't know if you can see results in 6 days or not but I guess I'll let this run through to get a 30-day supply for $39.95 plus s&h and see what happens.
I need to also heavily endorse the fact that this product, like all other products out there, is NOT a miracle weight loss product. NOTHING and I do mean nothing can substitute for proper exercise and eating habits! So don't think that you can eat McDonald's for breakfast, Burger King for lunch and Wendy's for Dinner everyday and still lose weight. You're just completely fooling yourself. As for me, I am changing my eating habits ... again. I'm a huge health and junk food nut! I believe a balanced diet is the best method for weight loss. I have a 5' 6" frame and I used to weight 205lbs in high school. I would have been a perfect candidate for NBC's "The Biggest Loser", but it wasn't around back then (I graduated from HS in 1998). Anyways, I didn't lose weight until after college and I started to get back into dancing. I've lost 50lbs on my own since then and have kept it off. I've done just about every single diet fad that is out in the world today (ie, atkins, south beach, etc..) and I have to say, nothing works as well as being active and eating properly. Now that I've moved to NYC though and no longer live in wonderful southern california ... outdoor activities haven't been as readily available to me, especially during the winter. Additionally I no longer have access to a huge gym facility for $30/month like I did in california, it's far more expensive-o in NYC. But I am signing up for a gym membership soon and would like to get back on track. I'm looking to lose a very stubborn 15lbs more and hopefully this Pink Patch can launch me on my way. Hopefully, my back continues to cooperate with me! *^_~*
I need to also heavily endorse the fact that this product, like all other products out there, is NOT a miracle weight loss product. NOTHING and I do mean nothing can substitute for proper exercise and eating habits! So don't think that you can eat McDonald's for breakfast, Burger King for lunch and Wendy's for Dinner everyday and still lose weight. You're just completely fooling yourself. As for me, I am changing my eating habits ... again. I'm a huge health and junk food nut! I believe a balanced diet is the best method for weight loss. I have a 5' 6" frame and I used to weight 205lbs in high school. I would have been a perfect candidate for NBC's "The Biggest Loser", but it wasn't around back then (I graduated from HS in 1998). Anyways, I didn't lose weight until after college and I started to get back into dancing. I've lost 50lbs on my own since then and have kept it off. I've done just about every single diet fad that is out in the world today (ie, atkins, south beach, etc..) and I have to say, nothing works as well as being active and eating properly. Now that I've moved to NYC though and no longer live in wonderful southern california ... outdoor activities haven't been as readily available to me, especially during the winter. Additionally I no longer have access to a huge gym facility for $30/month like I did in california, it's far more expensive-o in NYC. But I am signing up for a gym membership soon and would like to get back on track. I'm looking to lose a very stubborn 15lbs more and hopefully this Pink Patch can launch me on my way. Hopefully, my back continues to cooperate with me! *^_~*
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