I am a bit of a faddist. If there is a fad going round I will generally partake..normally about 6 months after everyone else has done it. Today while using my Oral B vibrating toothycleaner I realised that if I put my energy into one fad and stayed with it I would probably save myself some money and some time. I can't help jumping merrily on band wagons. It's not because I am worried about not being "down with the kids" but I always think there must be some genius reason why the world is going nuts over things. There must be some nirvana experience while playing angry birds but not that I have experienced. Maybe my standards are too high and my nirvana will only be reached once I have mastered some mystical art or had my wicked way with Colin Farrell.
I think the only fad that has lasted in my world is Weight Watchers. They do say that it is a lifestyle choice and not a fad, which I suppose I am confirming by still being on it 16 months after joining. I've seen it through the good and bad and the ugly (the Christmas cheese and chocolate binge was not pretty). But I have changed my body and my health a lot over the past 2 years. I gave up smoking, I started WW and I joined a gym and started exercising regularly. Weirdly the smoking was the easiest one, I just stopped. Eating on the other hand is my favourite past time. I love eating, drinking, watching food porn, talking about it, looking at it, food, food, food, food, food!! Therefore mastering my diet and exercise has been the hardest thing. I'm still not perfect and I still vear off the path of virtue regularly. The secret is to realise that you are human and that left over tub of Ben and Jerry's will be eaten on the sly behind a closed kitchen door, sitting on the counter with a spoon and the rabbit looking at you with a look of quiet disdain on his face. Not that I'm speaking personally of course. If your going to change your eating habits for life then you have to accept that really tasty fattening foods will have to be consumed occasionally and as long as it is occasionally and you get back on the wagon then it doesn't matter in the slightest. Fuck it, go on, enjoy that dirty bag of Doritos and salsa dip in front of X Factor!!! Just balance it out with a salad for dinner.
Along with fads I get obsessive about weird random things every now and then (which are fads too I suppose!), these are the current ones that in a couple of weeks will be relegated to the refuse bin of my world:
My sisal body mitt - Every shower now exists of at least 5 minutes of rubbing away at my skin like I am doing a brass rubbing. At this rate I won't have any skin left by next Tuesday. Honestly I go at it like I am polishing ivory or something. But the bright redness and tingling sensation are quite addictive. I like to think my skin is so much softer and brighter for doing it and that by rubbing away at my arse like a woman possessed that I am also going to be cellulite free for summer. This of course is bollocks. I am a woman and that by itself means that those lumpy fat deposits aren't going anywhere. Even losing nearly 2.5 stone hasn't changed that all that much. My thighs still resemble custard in tights.
LA Ink - Kat Von D is a bit of a twat but I still love that programme. I realise that I am late to the party, it was cancelled in 2010 but I love watching the repeats on DMAX channel. Tattoos, tattooists, artists, looking at images that would make cool tats and researching who I want to do mine is my favourite pastime. I have decided on a full back piece in this cool geometric black/grey design with a few of my own ideas thrown in by a tattooist called Thomas Thomas at Into you Tattoo London. It's going to cost about £500 but I reckon it will look the mutts nuts. Just have to save up now and start prepping for the pain. Here is an example of what I would like carved into my skin for life (hopefully not a fad or I'll be fucked!):
New Look - My wardrobe consists of a lot of New Look. It's got the stage where people at work and friends have stopped asking where I get my clothes from because they get the same answer every time. In Wellingborough you have what can be described technically as a shopping centre but in reality is a collection of pound shops and mobile phone kiosks. It's shit. The one shining beacon in this turd of a shopping experience is New Look. The relatively exotic shopping experience of Milton Keynes is only 40 mins in the car away but still who can be arsed when you have New Look in town?!!
Kinder Happy Hippos - I love this little wafer encased nutty delights. Not only frigging tasty but minimal WW points. Trust me you will love them, only 99p for a box of 6.
On that note I am going now to stuff my face and rub away at my behind some more.
I'll be back tomorrow with something a bit more meaningful.
Ttfn xxx
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