Pretzel M&M's have crack in them, no?

Everyone has their weaknesses when it comes to snack food.

Mine has always been the sweet and salty combination snacks. Honey nut Chex Mix and chocolate covered pretzels were particularly hard to say no to. For that reason, I try to NEVER keep them in the house. Why? Out of sight, out of mind. If they are sitting there however, it's scary how many I can put away in one sitting. I realize that if I cut out this behavior (and booze) I would weigh 20 less pounds, but hey the main reason i work out is so I CAN eat!

This system was working swimmingly for me until I saw this...

Good God they have managed to create the most delicious bite sized snack imaginable. And I can't ignore it because this product is popping up everywhere. As a centerpiece at a friend's party and even Coach Rex Ryan on HardKnocks was talking about his addiction to them. My outta sight rule obviously wasn't prepared for this.

What's worse? I find out it's really not "that bad" for you. Mars boasts that inside that bag is only 150 calories and 5 grams of fat!

At that point my obsession with these went from a little overboard to unhealthy. I had Matt take me to 3 different grocery stores/gas stations to find these at 10pm one night. Yesterday I go to Walgreens and find myself downright giddy that they are on sale BOGO. I may need to be committed...

I give the new pretzel M&M's an: A+ (there's a first for everything my friends)

So long P90X

Well, I'm calling it a day (or 72 days) with P90x. Yes, I know it's a 90 day program and I have completed 3/4 of the program, but I am "over" it for many reasons.


1) I am SICK of that idiot Tony Horton's nonsense blabber (as mentioned in a previous post). I knew it had gotten out of control when I started hearing him in my head throughout the day. You know, like when you get a song stuck in your head, but it would him and therefore an instant headache.

Can you see why??

Ab Ripper X from Gonzague Philippe on Vimeo.

2) I missed running. It's a little shocking to hear myself declare that considering my ongoing battle with long distance running (thank you torn meniscus) but some days you just wanna ruuuuun! I felt like a caged up sweat machine during these cardio workouts because how much cardio are you really doing in front of a TV inside a little room?

3) Matt has turned my "workout room" into his office. I couldn't tell you that weeks ago as he was still preparing to announce his decision and all, but it's hard to do Plyometrics and Kenpo X when I keep bumping into his office chair. See where my treadmill once stood:

In some aspects, I feel like a failure. I only had 18 more days to go to be a P90X "graduate". On the other hand, I am beyond excited to join a gym again, particularly the friggin palace of gyms that is Lifetime Fitness in Cary. They have everything you could possibly want in a gym...group classes, personal training, full court gyms, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, a full cafe, a hair salon (WTF?), unbelievable locker rooms, multiple tv lounges, over 100 treadmills...it's truly outta control. I went to my first group class there today: Cardio Kickboxing. I can honestly say I've never sweated so much at one time at my life. In other words- it was AWESOME.

Dear P90X,

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

My motivation is waning here...

It has been 5 and a half weeks on your program and I'm losing focus. Tony (aka: the "inspiring leader") is better on silent which makes it even more boring. However, listening to that guy spout douche-tastic nonsense at me is not my idea of motivation. I want rock hard abs, crazy-toned arms and all that but much of me wants to never pop in one of your dvd's ever again.

The only thing I want to bring,
is my fist to his face -->