WHEN SHE WAS GOOD, SHE WAS VERY GOOD, BUT WHEN SHE WAS BAD …
Six months ago I was going to the gym and walking twice around the Botanical Gardens every week. Then, my gym and walking buddy went overseas for a few months and I let it all slide. Throw in a drinking problem (well the guy at the bottle shop said “same again today?” and “see you again shortly”, so I’m guessing that constitutes some kind of issue) and a house guest who brings home two packets of Tim Tams and Sarah Lee Honeycomb and Butterscotch ice cream on a daily basis, and the result is a monumental fat crisis resulting in being unable to do up the zip on my skinny jeans.
I have been comforting myself with the thought that with the start of the new year, and its impending resolutions, that I’d do something about it then. December is hardly the time to embark on a health kick, right?
After going for a drink with a friend last week and waving my hands around during an animated conversation and discovering that I had “tuck shop arms” (the unsightly overhang that wobbled from underneath my upper arms), I decided it was time to clean up my act – stat! It’s time to make a commitment to my long term health and fitness and implement exercise as a daily part of my life. Not some short term neurotic fitness craze or an emergency diet. I’m talking a sustainable and balanced change in lifestyle.
Tis the season, yes, but what I can stop doing is drinking wine and eating my entire body weight in chocolate whilst I am at home. It’s time to shake the dust off my sneakers and come to terms with the sight of my thighs in lycra and start walking again.
So, instead of waiting until January to make myself promises I may not keep in the spirit of the moment, I’m using the first day of the last month of the year, to commit to a new me. A me who deals with stress by going for a walk, instead of reaching for a glass of sauv blanc or craving a cigarette (it took everything I had today to not walk into the 7/11 and ask for a packet of Vogue Super Slim Menthols).
I’m not planning on giving up the vino for good, because I really do enjoy a lovely chilled glass of sauvignon blanc in summer and a cabernet merlot in winter. What I am planning on doing is learning the subtle art of moderation. Something this all or nothing girl doth struggle with, she must admit.
What can you do at the start of this new season for the good of your health and well being?
I am on a health kick too at the moment…
I actually walked my gorgeous big black furry friend this morning (Roxie is a Glab – golden retriever lab cross.. she is basically a plain black golden retriever…very cute!)…at 6am… I might add!! Tooo….early…!!!
I figured that if I wait until after Christmas/ New Year, I would be double my size! Eeek! Scary thought!
I’ve also been good and cut down on my coffee addiction (I even bought the new Nestle ‘Green’ coffee!).
I’m also aiming to drink at least 2 litres of water a day! Something I have to admit wasn’t my ‘thing’ before… I have never been one to drink much water. Yuk!
Oh and I know of a lovely Sauv Blanc… have you tried Shadowfax’s Sauv Blanc? Its very nice! So is their Voignier. The Shadowfax Winery is on K Road in Werribee (20 mins from the city) and is part of Werribee Park (Sofitel Mansion hotel, Rose gardens and Werribee Zoo). Lovely surrounds and the also have beautiful food (The gourmet pizzas are very nice!) and bands playing on the weekends. For Sunday lunch they have a Jazz band.
Hi Kellie,
Glad to hear you are on a health kick too – doesn’t it feel great?
However, the Shadowfax sounds heavenly. Have you tried Oyster Bay, Secret Stone or Cape Mentelle?
Oooh, the winery sounds even better. I’m so there. Must rope in a handsome male to take me for the afternoon.
When I saw the title of your post I thought it was:
“When she was good, she was very very good. But when she was bad, she was better”.
Which I used to have on a t-shirt. A t-shirt that always got me free drinks.
Seeing as that tee has long since bit the dust (thankfully I’m a little classier than I was in my late teens), I think I might join you on your healthkick. Even if you’re buying your own drinks, you want to look good enough that people still want to buy them for you. Or at least offer…
Love your work Bee – I think I need to track that down as a fridge magnet! So true
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