Just a thought: Hillary Clinton keeps lying. We all know that politicians lie but why is she not even hiding it :-/.
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I just came from the gym. I am in the best shape of my life! Well, I was never really “fat,” however, I gained about 10 lbs when I first moved in with Alex. You know how it is – get comfortable when living with the bf (haha it applied to me too). I cooked for him all summer and watched him go to exercise daily and I was like, “eh whatever I am not going to gain, I have a high metabolism.” The boom, 10 lbs. Some of you may think, “Eh it was only 10 lbs stop complaining,” but that 10 lbs made me so sluggish. My clothes were harder to get into (see photo – it’s of me when I was in the worst shape of my life). I know that in my “culture” or race having an extra few pounds isn’t bad – guys usually find it attractive and call women “thick” or “phat (pretty hot and tempting).”

However, that 10 lbs could affect my life years from now, decades from now.  They said if you have beyond a certain waist size you can suffer many diseases such as type II diabetes, or high blood pressure, heart disease even… I do not want that.

I think everyone should include exercise into their weekly routine. How difficult it is really to work out rigorously for 1/2 hour a day (or an hour every two days) ? I didn’t start exercising to be skinny (I guess when my bf asked me to come to the gym was his way of telling me, “hey you don’t look the same as I met you 4 months ago” haha).  I loved that I could do something with him and we motivated each other because I didn’t think I would get into it. In college, every time I gained 5 lbs, I would work out like crazy for a time and get back to where I want and stop. Alex showed me that it has to be a lifetime thing. My jaw dropped when he told me how many years he has been exercising.

I’ve been exercising consistently since I started working in NYC. I joined the YMCA with Alex for the summer and we switched when our membership ran out with our corporate deals. The hardest thing was motivating myself. I felt like I lost my gym partner even if we lived in the same house haha (He joined my gym last week when he switched his job :-). My gym partner’s back!).

I am not skinny (and don’t want to be), but I do have a flatter stomach, no flabby arms and the calves that I’ve always wanted.  I have less than average body percentage fat, perfect BMI. I got blood work done in the past couple months and I was in excellent health. The new me is very different from when I first reached this height. I used to be over 20 lbs less in high school (no I wasn’t anorexic i just couldn’t gain weight). It feels great to be healthy.

Sidenote: You know I wrote this because I got motivated after watching The Biggest Loser – I love it when people take care of themselves and try to be healthy :-).

I challenge everyone to take care of themselves, it’s not only good for you, it gives you confidence, makes you more attractive. You don’t have to be a size 2, just healthy. I hate when people make exercising a resolution on new years – no one keeps those. Start right now :-).