Learning the lesson the being a skinny bitch is not easy...

So some of you may know I was a vegan for a minute...or 2...but some where in the midst of working for a food and beverage company with chicken wings that are out of this world, and dating a man that doesn't understand the word vegetable...I have fallen short of this commitment. So what better time to start than today, July 1st.
Commitment is hard. Whether it be to a diet, a relationship, a friend, job, heck a television show, it's difficult.
The few people I've talked to about this have listed the abundance of great food no longer on my menu, and most I can shrug my shoulders to. But something as simple as cream in my coffee to the egg in the cookie dough, you dont realize how many animal bi products are incorporated into your diet.
Take this morning for example. I went to robeks. I always get a peanut butter and banana power smoothie (morning protein hellloooo) but it has milk and yogurt. Blah. So I ask the not so polite girl at the counter for a soy option. You don't do dairy she asks. Um. No. I'm vegan. We have soy. That's 2 dollars more. Holly guacamole! (thank god I can still eat that) so I'm living a clean lifestyle and my pocket book suffers? I should get a discount!
So lesson learned. Being a skinny bitch is no easy task. But hey. It's a commitment. At least for July ;)


WDYL

Learning the lesson that mornings are hard for most people...

I for one have never been a morning person. Thankfully...most of my jobs have allowed me to sleep until mid afternoon most days, with the exception of a day or two a month....but with my fantastic new job comes early mornings.
How early you say?
Oh...1030.
I know what you're thinking...1030, really?! You're a big baby! 1030 is easy peasy!
While I agree...I'm incredibly lucky and have a great job...it's incredibly difficult to adjust to a new schedule.
Enter lesson here--
Most of you know I take the train to work(if you work downtown you're crazy not to) and I see the most interesting, diverse, crazy!! People in all of Los Angeles.
Looking around the train this morning I can't help but notice everyone's weird ways of helping themselves get up in the morning. Of course you see the typical Starbucks....home made coffee cups, and the real winner this morning was the guy next to me drinking a mikes hard lemonade. (non discretely of course)
So maybe I'm not the only one with morning issues. Whether just making it to sleep...on their way to work, school or Pilates...mornings suck!
(but at least I get a laugh on the way to work)

WDYL

Leaning the lesson that you never really have to grow up

When I was a kid I always wanted to be older.
Wanted to drive.
Wanted to have a job.
Wanted to have my own house.
Wanted to be married.
Ect. Ect. Ect.
Now that I'm 25...and I've had all that ( well besides the whole married part.)
I'm realizing how magical being a child really is. And especially that i was so lucky to have such a great childhood that I never really realized how hard it was to be an adult.
Despite my mom having multiple failed marriages, and my fathers ups and downs with work...my parents really made it look easy to do the whole parent-grown up thing.
So in honor of dr. Suess's birthday today I'm remembering
that you never really have to grow up...

In fact. I think it should be frowned upon :)

WDYL

lesson of a healthier lifestyle

i'll admit it. ive gotten lazy.
a year ago i was going to the gym everyday. eating all my fruits and veggies. and really making sure i was in the best shape i could be.
granted i sacrificed my social life at times because i didnt want to be tempted by calories, or didnt want to miss out on a workout because of a night out.
but i was healthy damn it! (not really. i had a horrible case of body dis-morphia...and a major eating disorder)
 but now...a year later. ive gone to the complete other spectrum. im eating whatever the heck i want. (yes, buffalo chicken wings, chocolate chip cookies and cake) and drinking more bottles of PBR than most humans need to drink of water

i mean, c'mon...who really wants to drink this... instead of that!?

ya. well i better start getting used to it.
because of my laziness...its gotten difficult for me to get out of my bad habits, and even more difficult to get the energy back that i had.

so heres the plan. with a combination of P90x. Yoga. Date-Night workouts. and his and hers tupperware filled with chicken, brown rice and veggies...
i'll get it back in no time. right?

so cheers to march. march means green. which means there will be a lot of green juice in my future. gross.



WDYL





 

the lesson of laughter

if I could plan my whole day according to a specific plan...life would be great...right?
...sadly life just doesn't quite work that way...especially if you know anything about my fantastic luck (enter sarcasm )
But when curveballs are thrown...it's up to you how you far you hit it (can you tell I'm excited for baseball season:] )
When things don't happen the way we want them to, it's only natural to get frustrated...right?

Well my goal for 2012 has been to not sweat the small stuff. Obvi...easier said then done...but tonight was a prime example why it's been beneficial to just laugh things off...

The lesson of laughter is one that I hope I never stop learning, especially when I have such great people to share it with

WDYL

the lesson of love

1.	love
	nature's way of tricking people into reproducing when i urban dictionary-ed LOVE this is what it gave me. if you try and look it up in Encyclopedia Britannica...it says it's too complicating to define.  while of course this is somewhat true...the beauty...and the downside of this illusive word is that as much as we try and define it, compartmentalize it, and understand it, the more confusing and  less understanding it is.  so if this thing, this feeling is so frustrating...why do we subject ourselves to it over and over again after we've been hurt by it? if you eat something and suddenly your face swells up to the size of a balloon do you eat it again? if you touch thats hot do you touch it again? unless you are glutenous for pain...you probably don't.  but this love feeling i think is more explained like a drug.  you know it's bad for you. you know it will probably kill you if you do too much of it. but the good feeling that is associated with it is just so euphoric, that you can't help yourself into exploring it.  my problem with love is that its not black or white.  it varies from person to person, object to object.  but to me...love is... -waking up in the middle of the night and covering them up because they lost their blankets... -coming over late at night to try and light the pilot light so it wasn't cold when they slept.  -picking their nose because they have snot -making their bed because you dont want them to come home to a messy room after a business trip -making dinner after a long day of work  -giving a piggy back ride after a long night out...in high heels -doing whatever it takes to make them happy. even if it is at expense to yourself -going to the store to buy ginger ale for a stomach ache at 1am -giving them the last piece of pizza, no matter how badly you want it -and the biggest is the desire to be a better person. just because of them.  these symptoms of love arent scary... but why is the feeling associated with it so intimidating then?  im just starting to learn about love.  but it's a lesson i think that will continue forever.  WDYL

here is my story.

life's lessons come in all different shapes and sizes.
at this point in my life i am learning my lessons from the sweetz spot.
i am a 20 something year old girl. with fantastic friends. a great job. an interesting man. and an amazing family.
here is my story....