Hello, dear reader. And welcome to my little blog.
You’ll learn more about me in time, but for the present you’ll
need to know the following:
1. I am a personal trainer. I’d still
consider myself relatively new, as I’ve only been training for just under a
couple of years. I’m never satisfied with my current knowledge, and I’ll
continue to immerse myself in resources on nutrition and training since its
what I love. And it pays the bills. Some of the bills, at least.
2. I like to self experiment. Not in
the evil scientist way. But I would never ask a client to do something I haven’t
either tried myself, or have had some experience with. What works for me may
not work for you, but my experience may help inform your own experiments.
3. I try to be critical of what I
read and see on the internet (as should you, dear reader!), but things can get
a little crazy in this field. Everyone has the answer; everyone is an expert.
About everything. Bob
Harper, Biggest Loser extraordinaire, doing Turkish Get ups? According to
my very recent HKC, not so much. Fruitarian lifestyle? Um, I’m glad 30 bananas a day works for you, but I
have a little voice inside that says it might not be the best idea. This voice
comes from my liver and asks me very politely to stop drowning it in fructose.
4. I very much enjoy being a bad ass.
Not in the tattoo covered, motorcycle riding, cursing like a sailor sense
(though I am from Brooklyn, NY, which gives my lifelong street cred), but in
the, “Yeah I can squat my bodyweight and do a chin up at the playground, in yo
face!” kind of way. If that’s not your idea of bad assery, well…you’ll come
around.
5. I will probably include too many
asides in the form of parenthetical statements. Sorry, but they are often hilarious
and will not be eliminated. (Also, if you don’t enjoy a little sarcasm now and
then, then its best we part ways before this relationship gets too serious.
Goodbye forever!)
As
much as I try to improve my bad ass fitness abilities, I get hung up tasty
foods. I love food. But, if you were paying attention from before, you’ll also
know that I love nutrition and self experimentation. I also once gained about
25 lbs my freshman year of college (oops!!) and it took me a few years to get
back to a healthy weight. I don’t regret the experience, since it helped me
discover my passions towards health and nutrition…and food. (More on this in
the future...patience, dear reader!)
So,
I am currently 12.5 weeks away from becoming an official Mrs. Chens. Bad assery
aside, I want to look stunning on my wedding day! It’s time to buckle down and
get myself on track towards looking and feeling my best. No, I will not be
dieting. Remember, I love food and heavy lifting, and “dieting” supports
neither of those. No, I will not be going “Paleo.” I’ve found that limiting my
dietary choices based on someone else’s guidelines is certainly easier for me
in the short run, the restrictions still makes me feel like I’m on a diet. Plus
some of those “naughty” foods have their place in contributing to my overall happiness
and life experience, and I’m not ready to give them up forever.
From
my self-experimentation so far, I know what I need to do for the next 12 weeks.
It’s being able to figure out what to do for the rest of my life that’s the
tricky part.
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| Wooden spoons. Great in a pinch, but who wants a splinter in their tongue? |
Oh and what’s with the the little spoons thing, you ask? Excellent
question, and here is the equally excellent answer: I love them. One whole
section of my utensil drawer is filled with a variety of tiny spoons. Some have
longer handles than others, but none can really hold any more than a teaspoon
at a time. You can only take the tiniest bite with each spoonful, and it forces
you to savor the flavor and the experience of the food you are eating. On the
downside, they are horribly inconvenient for shoveling food down your throat.
But, I feel like I could do with a little more savoring in my life. You
probably could too.
Until next time,
Jamie
