christina

the dog's toy is always preferred.

i'm tired tired tired of weight loss/diet things on the today show. i'm only watching now b/c they say jimmy buffett is coming on. i love jimmy buffett.

but really, i'm so tried of people talking like being "overweight" is a horrible thing. I think it is good to exercise. I think it is good to eat fresh fruits and veggies. These diet programs that have prepackaged foods does not seems healthy to me. I just watched some lady buy a bunch of packaged foods at the store (crackers and such). I feel like she would be better off with an apple!

of course, i could be called overly sensitive, but lately i've gotten all into Shapely Prose. It has made me recognize that we just need to get over ourselves! Healthy at Any Size. I am far from "fat" (though i am also far from "skinny"). I am "average". Completely average. And feel great. (well, baring the cold symptoms.) I am SO VERY tired of seeing/reading diet stuff. Oprah is dieting (always). Regis and Kelly had a losing weight things of sorts. The Today Show has something every.damn.day about diets/weight loss.

I read Shape and fitness. I enjoy reading about the people whole lost 60 lbs, but now they are having to do 90 mins of cardio 5xs a week and 60 mins of strength training 2xs a week to keep the weight off! That is a CRAZY amount of time to spend working out. For the majority of people that would be all they do besides work. How about family? or love? or reading? I would venture to say that vast majority of "skinny" people out there could not do 90 mins of cardio ONE day, much less 5xs a week! Healthy at any size!

I wish we could see that people have certain weights. Some are light, some are heavier. Some people have medical conditions that make the heavier then most. Study after study shows that one's weight has way more to do with genetics than lifestyle. People do horrible things to their body to be skinny.

I eat WAY WAY better than benjamin. (I also worked out infinity more (since one is dividing by zero)) but i will always outweigh him, and not by a little. Of course, he loves my body. I'm making concerted effort not to obsess worry about the baby weight have yet to lose. I might not ever lose it, and I am okay with that. Aiden is totally worth every pound that sticks around. : )

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so i'm sick. and aiden is sick. i hope aiden doesn't have what i have, but it hard to tell. we both have this wet cough. my lungs hurt when i cough and breath deeply. it is hard to tell if aiden has that too. he is acting happy and stuff. so i hope that razors in the throat only applies to me. but his sleep has been terrible lately, so i thinking that it might be bad. at least i can drink honey tea. there is nothing i can give him. we have no fevers, so the only thing to do is wait this out. this is when i am glad that i don't have a job. it is nice to know that we can lay around tomorrow.

happy mother's day. it is weird that i am a MOTHER! I mean, i know that i am mother, but is still strange. i got myself flowers. ben got me this yummy plum/almond tart. trader joe's has the best flowers.

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ben watches a lot of family guy.
seriously. a lot. and this is on top of baseball. a lot of baseball. though less now that i've complained.

not that it matters as i don't really like to watch tv. though i do. cuz i am bored. though i just finished a good book. and bought a couple more off half.com for like $3 per book. i like buying used as it feel like it helps the environment. and i am cheap.

i planted plants yesterday. i am very excited. for the first time i have filled our planters. one has green peppers, red peppers, cucumber, and basil. i have another pot of mint. and the other planter has purple and red flowers. they are on our back balcony since it is southern exposure. it was nice to look at them while I worked out this morning. too bad it takes sooooooo long for the fruit to grow/mature. oh and i got a tomato plant for my upside down hanging bag tomato thing.

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the weather has warmed back up. the lake glistened in the sunshine during my run today. it was quite warm. i have a adorable track outfit for aiden. it is so cute. it makes people smile when they pass us.

i got a pedicure today. i still hesitate to pay someone to paint my toe nails, but it was nice to get out of the house and relax alone with a magazine. aiden is breaking in teeth, so our nights have backslid a little. so it was nice to have an hour alone.

i got my proofs back for my paper. and edited them. and returned them. all on saturday afternoon. there wasn't many edits - a missing m, and couple of additions to make it more uniform. all the edits were done in reader, so that was awesome. it was nice to see the paper in journal form - with all the figures and captions in the text. it is nice to to have to read it again, but it was sad to see the last bit of my science science career close. i know that i'll do research and write papers, but i do love science. and i love my research in hindsight. ; )

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My friend Tom defended on wednesday! He did great, and of course passed.

We celebrated by hanging out all yesterday (on a THURSDAY!). We went to lunch and we spent the afternoon playing the Wii. He kicked my bum on all the Wii play games, and I beat him at tennis and golf.

He's back to the grind today with corrections.

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