Let's start with the bad and good of this week's '30 by 30' before we get to the titled business...
THE BAD: Weight loss (a day later than promised, sorry). I lost 1.6 lbs this week. BAD. No surprise because I got a bit off track. I wrote down everything I ate this week and when I went back and looked at it, I was like, ugh, really, 3 Clif bars in one day? Bad Manda! Usually during Week 1 of a diet (esp w/ major carb reduction) I'll be down 5 lbs. That 1.6 could easily be strictly water (or, more likely in my case, diet coke). At least I was down and not up, even if that's a trivial loss.
THE GOOD: I've teamed up with my cousin Mara (Opera Singer/Professor at NYU) and my Aunt Jackie (Pharmacist in Kansas) on a weight loss plan. Yep, this thing has gone national! Basically they're doing the leg work and I'm following their awesome plan. Mostly diet related, a little exercise related. Got lots of great food ideas already from them and I'm ready to go (again). We're officially starting re-starting the diet this Monday (1st day of Mara's NYU semester). Their initial plan was to do a 28-day total body cleanse (I think it was similar to Oprah's 21-day Vegan Cleanse) then start Weight Watchers. I'm still waiting on details of the cleanse. I'm not thrilled about the idea of going Vegan (I love love love fish and chicken as protein) but I'd be willing to try it. Mara is aiming to meet her goal (she has lots less to lose than me) by the time her new Opera debuts in April. That should (hopefully) really help me stay on track the next couple months. We'll see, I'll keep ya posted.
As far as this week's '30 by 30' agenda item... I've decided on Twilight. I borrowed the book from my friend Terry at breakfast club this morning. (More on breakfast club in a future post, for those who don't know about my Saturday morning tradition). Terry opened her sealed 3-book set in order to give me the book so now even if I am kinda "blah" about reading it I'm sorta guilted into doing so ;-) Kidding, mostly! My mom and sister both warned that it'll take a good 50+ pages to get into. I'm hoping I have enough willpower to make it through that first 50 and enough willpower to tear me away from the TV, which, conveniently brings me to the root of the title...
This has nothing to do with the '30 by 30' other than that it may derail some of my plans. It all started with Redbox. I love Redbox! $1 for a brand new movie is fantastic. However, when you rent the movie over the weekend, then forget about it for the week, and before you know it you've spent $7 on the dumbest movies in recent history, Redbox isn't so awesome. So I decided to sign up for the Netflix 30-Day Trial. I understand I'm really late to the party here, but I didn't realize that the instant streaming option streams HD quickly and it actually looks like HD. I thought since it looks just blah on my 4 year old Mac it would look just blah on my 50" Panasonic plasma. After a little internet/friend research on streaming devices (I don't own a video game systems made after 1990) I decided to invest/ test out this whole instant streaming business on a Blu-ray player. $95 bucks later (HDMI cable included, I LOVE Costco) and... OH MY GAWD! I'm fairly certain that since I brought this baby home on Thursday either me or my sister (who lives with me) have been parked in front of the TV at all times. First I watched Amadeus. Now we're onto Season 2 of Dexter and Season 1 of 24 (which I've never seen). The videos load so quickly! And they're all just on the screen waiting for me to play. Knock on wood I haven't even noticed any jumps from internet connectivity. [Insert Shameless Employer Plug Here] Thanks Xfinity super fast connection! It's amazing. Yes, I realize this technology has been around for a while, but I'm giddy excited nonetheless at my new-to-me discovery. A few friends have mentioned that once you go through the instant catalog you run out of stuff, but for someone who barely watches TV (other than sports and news) it's gonna take a while for me to get bored.
1.6 is still a loss! And, get ready for Twilight to take over your life. LOVEDDD IT!
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