banishingbigass

Blog has moved. :)

2009-02-27T08:15:01Z

Fitspiration is now at: http://mellissagorecki.com

banishingbigass @ 2005-11-27T01:16:00

2005-11-27T06:17:18Z

well im back again, after a long break. :)

Its been a while. Back to modding my community, FITSPIRATION. So hi again, everyone :)

Lots goign on in my life.. new job, moving again soon. Like 0 time to work out, BUT i have been extremely active and therefor ive lost a TON of weight... ton.
I work at a clothing store now, and when I went to buy some clothes.. I was trying them on... wanted to check out a dress.. I pulled a 9/10 off the rack, tried it on.. I was SWIMMING in it. I guess I still see myself as the chunky girl in the mirror. When I came out of the fitting room to ask my co workers for their opinion they were like what the hell is wrong with you thinking youre a 9/10?!! :$ I just cant believe im smaller. So I tried a 7/8... still too big. I fit into a 5/6, and could PROBABLY even go smaller.. but 5/6 was alright. I was so happy!

Anyway just making an appearance in my own journal... letting you all know im still around. :) You can contact me on AIM at : AminmeLaLL for anything fitspiration related, or if you have any questions/comments. :)

REPOST

2005-09-08T22:16:18Z

REPOST.
http://blondesense.blogspot.com/2005/09/andrea-got-out-and-boy-is-she-pissed.html

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ANDREA GOT OUT!!! And boy, is she PISSED!!!

This is from my old friend Andrea, whom I listed as MIA on BlondeSense. She's alive and kicking in Waco!

But read the whole thing --- you will NOT see this shit on the MSM!!!!!!

There are supplies sitting in Baton Rouge for the folks in New Orleans, but the National Guard has the city surrounded and is not letting anyone in or out. They are turning away people with supplies, claiming it is too dangerous. If we have planes that can drop bombs on people in Iraq, certainly we can air drop supplies into the city. Our goverment is KILLING the people of New Orleans.

This is the message I am now sending to all major media sources, national and worldwide, as well as posting to email lists, blogs, etc. The story is getting out that the people there are not getting supplies, but the truth of WHY is not. Please help spread the word, we must get this story out. Please so not let any more of my friends die.

I can be reached at 254.640.8441 - feel free to call me or give my number to any media that needs a contact person to talk to.

Here is my message:

I am a resident of the Bywater in New Orleans (9th Ward). I am one of the lucky ones that was able to evacuate before the storm.I have recently managed to speak to some friends stranded in New Orleans. They are starving and dehydrating and there is no news of when they will be receiving food and water.

I have spoken to relief efforts and understand that there are plenty of supplies waiting for these people, BUT THEY ARE NOT BEING ALLOWED INTO THE CITY.The National Guard has the city surrounded and is not letting anyone in or out, except the buses being evacuated. The excuse that they can not bring supplies into New Orleans because of the looting and gun fire is not a valid excuse - if they are too afraid to enter the streets of New Orleans, they need to be air dropping supplies into the city. If the United States is capable of sending planes that can withstand enemy fire to drop bombs in Iraq, certainly they are capable of air dropping supplies into a city where the worst of the gunfire they could encouter would be from semi-automatics.

Our government is killing the people of New Orleans. By witholding supplies, they are ensuring more deaths, and I hold them complicit.Please bring this matter to the attention of the people of the United States. They need to know that New Orleans is deliberatly being denied food and water.

Perhaps if the people there had food and water, they might not be shooting off guns.Please feel free to call me for further information or with any questions. I appreciate your attention to this most serious matter.I fear for my friends.

Sincerely,Andrea Garland
Get Your Act On!
(getyouracton.com)
254.640.8441

On another note, Jeffrey and I are in the process of getting a large vehicle and loading it up with donated supplies needed for longer term cleanup efforts (generators, chain saws, solar cooking equipment, etc.). Some basic info and a paypal link is at Get Your Act On!(http://getyouracton.com) and more detailed info will be posted later.

Please help spread the word about this, as well. We live 6 blocks from one of the hardest hit areas in New Orleans, so we intend to bring these necessary tools to our neighbors.Also heard that part of the reason our house flooded is they dynamited part of the levee after the first section broke - they did this to prevent Uptown (the rich part of town) from being flooded. Apparently they used too much dynamite, thus flooding part of the Bywater. So now I know who is responsible for flooding my house - not Katrina, but our government.

Dun dun

2005-09-07T04:09:05Z

So these are the paths I have been walking every day. At least one, but sometimes two.

NOTE, between EACH major block (Jane and Keele, Broadview and Pape, Woodbine and Victoria Park) the distance measures just over 2km. W&V (The beach) is approx 4km ish total.

This is the High Park run. South on keele, west around the park, north on ellis, and around another park but I forget the exact location. About another 2k added on though. Then up ellis, north -- left(west) on bloor to Jane.. then I turn around heading east still on bloor all the way b ack to keele. Bam done.

The Beach. Simple enough. I walk from woodbine to vic park, then back again. But this is the location that has the gigantic hill I spoke of earlier.From scarbborough road to Vic Park it's uphill, and all the way from vic to kingston is uphill (extremely steep) but I only go as far as that side street just before kingston.. and turn around. And come back down the hill (south), then head west back to woodbine.

Danforth. From Pape to carlaw , south on carlaw and around the park. North on logan, west on danforth to broadview. Turn around still on danforth and go east back to pape. Done.

And those are my weekly walks!

Successsss

2005-09-06T03:51:31Z

Measured myself for the first time in a while.. lost an inch around my stomach and an inch around my hips! woohoo

That was at like 11:30pm and I had a huge plate of spaghetti a couple hours ago im still full on. AANNNNNNND im on the rag. So maybe its even better than I thought :)

anyway just marking a stepping stone

Uphills

2005-09-06T00:26:33Z

Ok wow.

Quite often I poster for my sister's business, as ive mentioned before -- involves walking around for a couple hours with a tape and/or staple gun and about 20 pounds of posters to put up on poles on various busy streets within areas of her locations.

I usually love doing this (once I get my foot out the door anyway), being out in the sunshine, being around all those people, just talking to random strangers, finding new hotspots, restaurants... list goes on! AND I love getting the exercise because I forget im actually getting any at all.

Well, Today I tried a new approach to a street I was doing..I began at the opposite side of the street I usually start on (and I turn around and do the other side all the way back), .. my sister dropped me off, so I didnt have a chance to check for the subway line location in that particular area. I usually catch the subway at the end I start at. Anyway,

When I finished the street, I decided to just go back up to the street I started on knowing that there was a subway line there, though a couple blocks north...but I figured there'd be a bus around somewhere. So off I go, walking uphill for about 10 minutes only to find NO bus stops in any of the streets connecting to the one I was on. So I decide to walk UP the main street i figured would have some -- only to find what looked like an 80 degree uphill ..hill.(Street) My heart was already beating just walking those 10 mins uphill to GET there. I could have turned around to go back to the street I usually go to get home, but no. I went up the hill! WOOHOOOO.

Up..and..up.. and up and up and up. Holy smokes it was a big hill. My legs werent aching so much as I couldnt inhale LOL. I know I sort of raise my eyebrows when I see people huffing and puffing so loud I can hear them from across the street so I tried to keep my mouth closed until the exhale. LOL. Anyway -- it wasnt so gruesome as im making it sound. Ok yeah it was bad, but im here now.

I ended up not finding a bus stop on that street at all, and had the choice between finding a street car then connecting to a bus somewhere else, I dont know where.. or walking BACK around the block..and going down the hill, then back the way I usually go. I did that. Walking down that hill was a bitch, my knees hurt so bad getting down! Was horrible.

Anyway I got home, im fine.

point of the story is, I had my heart rate up pretty damn high for a good 30-40 minutes. im sure I burned a hell of a lot of calories.. so i treated myself to a starbucks caramel frap. :)

Sep 2 really. Midnight.

2005-09-03T05:27:06Z

Well shall I begin with point form?

*Crazy-Christian-Cult-Neighbor upstairs is no longer harassing my roommate for being muslim.

*She has moved on to me, where she suspects that 'people like me' are out to ruin her life, and we're always trying to 'steal her husband'..yes, this 60 year old 120lb construction worker of manlihood is just too irresistable for me, folks! I can't stand it anymore, i MUST HAVE HIM. /end sarcasm.

*My apartment is flooding. Mildew is growing everywhere, and the entire canadian population of centipedes, pillbugs and crickets have moved into my moldy closet.

*Roommates refuses to move so im now looking for a new place to live.

Oh, another thing-- but deserves a paragraph. I am sitting in the park having a picnic with my nephew, and this man walks up to us explaining he's my neighbor. Innocent enough, right? So we're talking about just anything..seems nice enough. My neighbor.. nice to talk to people you live near. Before I know it, he's asking me if i'd like to come over to his house and swim in his pool..so he can watch me swim around like a mermaid. That's right. You can imagine my face. The next 10 minutes or so are of him telling me how my body looks 'greek in all the right places' (I am not greek or anything similar..but apparantly he was.) WHAAAAAAAAT? Was so repulsive, and I was literally scared. I didnt know what to do! Just kept saying no, no, no. He also explained he sees me when I leave for work in the morning and when I come home, and whatnot. This dude WATCHES ME. In his 50s or so, married with at least one kid. A daughter who looks about 15 or so. Scary. Anyway, finally he left but not before making it clear I could come over any time I want. Thanks, buddy. I'll be right over. Uh huh.

*Sister is still pregnant, the little sucker just doesnt want to come out. I say he's clutching to my sisters spine in fear of leaving because he hears his 2 older brothers (2 and 6) wrestling and killing eachother every day. "NOOO I DONT WANT TO GO OUT THERE!" so im over at my sisters nearly every day helping her with the kids, tying her shoes because she can barely reach her feet. When she pops im going to be staying at her place for about a week or so helping her out with the baby and other kids. Oi.

Anyway, this is long enough.. but i'll end this on some good news and more vital to my journal in general. Ive lost weight apparantly. I havnt measured or weighed myself, but I tried on a skirt tonight that I bought the first week of august that barely fit me.. so became a 'fitspiration' skirt. Well I put it on , and it fit perfectly! Very exciting :) The end.

Here's one for the animal activists.

2005-08-23T12:02:24Z

http://sam-the-man.net/

KFC and other fast food

2005-08-22T21:34:25Z

Ever wonder why fast food is so cheap?

http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/anderson-vid.asp

http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=mym2002

banishingbigass @ 2005-08-22T17:02:00

2005-08-22T21:13:11Z

Completely slack today.

I woke up around noon and ive been sulking ever since. Not depressed, but I think just lots of anxiety.

24/7 I THINK about how i SHOULD be exercising.. doing SOMETHING. And how for the past hour...two hours, three hours.. 4.. now 5, I could have been.

Still 1/4 a birthday cake in my fridge, which ill have at least a slice of before the night is done.
I did a couple squats, but nothing serious.

All day just been thinking about the boyfriend, if he made it to pakistan alright.
If the frooker is going to bring me back a ring finally.
School, and how i'm going to afford next year.
School, and wtf im going to do if I cant get into a school that has the courses I want.
Apartment hunting and how i'm going to afford the move.
The cake in my fridge
Gilmore girls switching channels and times
My flooded closet, after the storm on the weekend and how long its going to take to dry.

Yep that's pretty much it.

Work 7-8 tomorrow, and 7-8 on wednesday. oi.

Need to work on my resume, cover letter, and all the while go job hunting.

banishingbigass @ 2005-08-22T02:19:00

2005-08-22T06:23:46Z

A year older, a birthday dress I can barely fit into, a birthday cake in my fridge, and running low on the alcohol storage in house.

Meh.

Well, as anyone who knows me..well, knows.. it's been sort of hectic around me lately. Planning my bday, my sisters baby shower, work AND job hunting, studying, and BF just left the country for two weeks so im all bummed.

But anyway,
as far as working out and nutrition and all that good stuff goes, --> meh.
Ive been exercising more lately. Even getting some cardio in, walking for 2-4 hours (non stop) every other day, which has been causing my calves to ACHE. But I was peeking at my mirror earlier, and ive noticed a decrease in ass cellulite so hurray.

I want to save so bad for a treadmill or elliptical in my apartment before the winter comes. With the way I am now, if I dont lose these lbs from LAST winter ASAP , im doomed for next year.

Anyway, im hoping to workout in the morning/afternoon for at least an hour.. I have inches to lose by friday!

banishingbigass @ 2005-08-16T21:53:00

2005-08-17T01:55:04Z

So , birthday is in 3 days -- this friday. My sister bought me my present tonight.. a very awesome outfit for my birthday party, a niceee brown dress with patterns, and some jewelry. Might take a pic of it.

I was trying on the medium in the store, and it was sort of big!
So I took the small, and with a little extra working out for the next week or two.. maybe I can take an inch or two off my hips and it'll look awesome. (it fits nice now, but it'll look even better with a few pounds off)... it'll be some great motivation. :)

banishingbigass @ 2005-08-12T17:56:00

2005-08-12T21:59:01Z

Trying to commit to posting more often at least once a day, even if there's nothing to report.

I went out last night..late. Shoving my 6:30 pm rule down the drain yet again, and my roommmate and I ordered some food together. I didnt eat that much..but still. I had a whole daquiri though.. so that's like what, 2000 calories alone. (This was all at like 11pm)

Came home, slept.

Planned on waking up at 6:30am to go for a jog.. woke up, pressed snooze and went to lay down. 5 secs later I said Eff it and got up again to turn it off. Sister woke me up by calling around 11, woops. Then I went back to sleep. :s Woke up finally around 2pm or so, ate some leftovers from last night.. had a few sips of coffee. Now 6pm and procrastinating some exercise. Lets see what comes of it.

banishingbigass @ 2005-08-11T17:44:00

2005-08-11T21:48:20Z

Why is it so unbelievably hard for me to get my ass out the door?

I planned a day where i'd go for a walk to the bank to deposit some moola... so it's even a beneficial trip (more than just exercise... MONEY)... but no, not even money can motivate me. I figured i'd leave around 3 or 4 pm after the hi-heat of the day, so I shower and everything and get myself ready. Then my roommate came home and we talked for a bit. But shes been gone for about an hour.. and im still sitting here.

My excuse.. it looks like it's about to rain. (Its supposed to rain all weekend) and it's sort of a far walk, I dont want to get caught in the rain. But when its a bright sunny day, my excuse is it's too hot. :/ (We're under a heat wave right now)... they seem like legitimate excuses but I always make them for myself. argh!

Im going out tonight..if I get caught in the rain I have to shower all over again.

Besides my lack of exercise, all ive eaten today was a bowl of Special K and All-Bran mixed together ...with soy milk, of course. Its now almost 6, which is near my cutoff for solids for the night.. so I guess i'll go make something. But probably going to get popcorn at the movies tonight, i can never resist :(

Oh, and also..stomach only stopped aching mid afternoon today after my workout the other day! I love the feeling of sore abs..makes me feel like ive done something worth while. But then I cant even turn over in bed for like two days, let alone do more situps. I guess it's an endurance thing though, I just have to keep at it. And I guess im not eating enough protein. Or enough..anything, for that matter. Just havnt been hungry lately! But when I do have food in front of me, I eat a LOT... oi.

Anyway lets see what I can scavange from my kitchen.

August 08 Night... (1am)

2005-08-09T04:52:13Z

Well I got off my ass finally, before the end of the night to do some exercise. 11:30pm.. I know im not supposed to at night. But if its the only time I can get motivated, then so be it. x10,x20,x20,x20 etc for pushups,squats,lunges,shoulder press,triceps,situps,ab roller,pushups and leg lifts. Only got em in for 40 minutes though. Birthday is in 10 days, need to look my best. :)

I also started a new Fitday account to keep up my anonymity.
http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=BanishingBigAss

Waking up early for work, coming home to freshen up before going out with a friend. Cross fingers for me so I wont order freakin popcorn.

Hmm

2005-08-08T23:19:05Z

I was getting hungry around 6PM, again not quite making my 6:30 rule...but im generally good about it.

I paced my apartment pondering if I should take a shower, exercise, call my cable company to scream at them, clean my room, or eat some food.

I decided i'd better eat before it got too late.. so again, another decision. PB&J? Quick and easy. But who likes easy? I popped some chicken fingers, and a fish fillet in the oven. Then I went a step further! I whipped out my Wok , chopped up some veggies, cracked open the olive oil and made myself some stirfry.

When everything was almost done, I got distracted and burnt my stirfry noodles :( Not so bad... a little crunchy. Does ash have nutritional value?

banishingbigass @ 2005-08-04T01:54:00

2005-08-04T06:10:44Z

If you couldn't tell from the lack of updates, my schedule has been pretty screwed up. One thing after another. Example, last weekend the car broke down 4 hours from home.. $500 tow, trasmission is shot and was out of town for about 4 days during all this.

Prior to that, bad (diet) things kept happening... my roommates brother would bring over yummy ass food at like midnight, totally blowing my no eating after 6pm rule. That happened on a couple occasions...with people bringing over good food, and I cant resist home cooked stuff :( "Sorry, I cant eat the food you slaved away over for hours because I have a no food after 6pm rule"?? Sounds rude :( Maybe im making excuses. Oh well.

Oh, during my weekend stranded in the middle of nowhere, there were these fancy bathrooms at a drive through restaurant..weird huh? Inside the bathroom was an electronic scale, and those are the best weight guessers.. so I checked it out. 132 and a bit. So thats about 8lbs lost from the last time I weighed myself, although that was months ago. (I prefer to stick with measuring) .. which I doubt has changed much.

For a while I was exercising every day and I was noticing results, but then I hit a groove... relationship problems, and the emotional eating and depressed sleeping in kicked in.. Stress is not my friend.

My roommate is having relationship probs too, and tonight she and I both ate 2 bags of popcorn while watching Some Like it Hot. Grocery shopping tomorrow.. you can bet Im going to buy a box of twinkies. :( Thats my comfort food.

Hopefully this is a one time deal, and this wont turn into a "WOW Im such a fatty, look how much crap I ate today!" journal.

Its jsut been a crappy couple of weeks, friends have even mentioned a difference. Stupid men.

Voila

2005-08-01T07:04:54Z

(August 19)

New Community!

2005-07-19T19:07:27Z

Le spam. :) I started a new community, so if you've stumbled onto my journal out of interest for fitness and nutrition...check it out. Its new, so don't laugh. :) I have high hopes for it. Read the info page for it, and see if it's something you're into.

FITSPIRATION
An LJ Community

Pancooked Salmon

2005-07-19T17:50:50Z

Heat vegetable oil in a pan (frying pan) on medium heat.

Add salmon filet. 5 minutes on one side, flip to other side.
5 minutes on other side, flip to first side. 5 more minutes again, and flip again for an additional 5 minutes.

Repeat until both sides are cooked to your preference.

*Can add lemon juice to the oil, black pepper, or any other seasonings you have a taste for!

Heat up some rice. Once rice is cooked, add frozen or raw vegetables.

Put on plate, top off with salmon... the end. :) Simple, healthy, QUICK, and good.

Ugh

2005-07-19T17:25:05Z

As always, off to a horrible start.

I wanted to wake up at 9 am today, but I couldnt fall asleep last night. So I ended up hitting the snooze button for an hour this morning. Finally got up a little after 10, and pretty much been sitting on my bum since. Usually I do my exercises in the morning, but my roommates BF slept over last night apparantly...so would be pretty awkward to be laying on the floor sweating like a pig as he walks by me. Anyway, im still aching from yesterday's workout so maybe i'll go easy today. Or maybe not ;) Just hopefully they take off soon, I prefer to work out in private.

My dinner last night I see as sort of my last guilty pleasure meal. Without making you go back to the previous post, I cooked myself some salmon pancooked in virgin oil, lemon juice, and pepper. Guilty pleasure because, ive set a new limit for myself...no solids after 6:30pm. I ended up eating my dinner around 7:30-8pm, though! I cooked the salmon first, thinking that would take longer than the rice TOTALLY forgetting I only had brown rice... which takes about 30-40 minutes to cook. UGH. Plus I ate too much rice. But there were lots of veggies stuffed into it. That filled me up like woah. Before I fell asleep though, i started getting hungry.. I think it was just psychological though because sometimes I have a bad habbit of eating right before bed. I need to break that!

Anyway, since I woke up so late today.. i had ...you'll never believe it.. PIZZA POCKETS (again..for like the 50000th time this week) for brunch and some green tea. Still stuffed.

I need to go grocery shopping again!

banishingbigass @ 2005-07-18T18:29:00

2005-07-18T22:42:42Z

So here is my first entry.

What started it?
Nothing.

Im very fickle. But I never give up. I just take long pauses. :)

Sometimes I will just become content with myself and my body, which is the WORST thing to happen to someone! When you are content, you dont bother anymore. You lose control.

I'm not trying to be an over achiever, I just know I was lying to myself. I was not content, but rather sick of trying. It seems the more I work out, the more I HAVE to work out to stay in shape.

Anyway, today i ate pretty shitty again. I'm going to go cook some salmon, rice, and veggies right now (At 6:30) which will be my last meal for the night.. and i'm only doing that because i've barely eaten anything today. By the way, I am NOT ana.. or have any 'serious' eating disorders. Although i've never talked to a therapist about it, maybe it is an eating disorder I am unaware of.. some subconscious psychological thing. I can eat one thing in a day, and feel full for a day or sometimes even more afterwards. That hasnt usually been the case lately, but events have arisen to cause some emotional roller coasters in my life which as we all know, become connected to our eating habbits. I just can't eat. But I KNOW I need to. FOOD FUELS YOUR METABOLISM! When you stop eating, your body thinks you are going into starvation and begins to STORE food inside you (your ASS,thighs,stomach, ect) for a safety belt until your next meal. During that time, your body eats itself. Your MUSCLE. And likewise, muscle can not grow without eating food (proteins, etc) which ultimately causes your body to shut down. Organs lose nutrition, and your body becomes very disease prone. Cancers, viruses, organ failures, diseases, psychological illnesses all come about over time without proper nutrition.

Anyway, as I mentioned before... 6:30, will be my CUT OFF for solid meals. When your body is busy working on the food, too much energy is put into that than is required for repairing your body during sleep. Never eat at least 4 hours before your bed time! Im so horrible at keeping up with this, but anyway. I'll be getting into the habbit of eating at specific times.. and NOTHING after 6:30 every night (with today as an exception) except liquids.

On a small end note, before creating this journal I totally challenged -myself- for the first time in MONTHS. Maybe even a year. I occasionally participate in workout groups, and we exercise together with an instructor. I find I do way better in those circumstances, but its so unconvenient. Ive studied fitness and nutrition on an ongonig basis, and my sister is a fitness instructor even. So ive developed at-home routines to follow..just, I usually dont. But today I managed! My roommate has this ab-roller thing which I LOVE, and did that like crazy. I did jumping jacks, and jumped side to side for a good 15 minutes. I used my 8lb dumbbells for curls, flys, deadlifts, and side raises. (Did not keep track of reps, though I usually do..and will in the future for these entries) Pushups, situps, and lunges were squeezed in there also. I was sweating like a pig, which even though i hate exercising... i LOVE sweating when I workout, because it gives me this great feel of accomplishment. Like I really tried hard.

Anyway, off to make my dinner.

Fried Salmon in veggie oil, rice, veggies with lemon juice splashed on top. =)

banishingbigass @ 2005-07-18T17:35:00

2005-07-18T21:35:52Z

The Transformation

I'm sick of being chubby. I'm sick of being "Reasonable". I'm sick of the cellulite, the friday night clothes-drama episodes. I'm sick of my fat jeans not fitting anymore. I'm sick of the embarrassment -- the humiliation.

Im SICK AND TIRED of procrastinating, waiting for something to come along to make it easier. It will NEVER be easier.

Im sick of being fatter than women who have had babies. Im sick of being scared to show my wobbily/saggy/squishy parts.

I want to come back and have a great body for ME, and when you try and get me into bed because "now" I am hot.. I shall tell you to go fuck yourself. :)

This is the transformation into a new, sexier, healthier, HAPPY ME.

I will show my face, when I have something to show elsewhere. When I am no longer embarrassed. When I am FIT. Until then, this is an anonymous LJ. :)

BEGIN: MONDAY, JULY 18 2005