I won't lie...

Not only am I feeling lazy...but I've been craving cookie dough for the last 3 hours. I haven't had any yet, but I am taking my angst out on a poor watermelon that has completely lost the interior of its belly. I will now apologize to the watermelon.

Dear Watermelon, I am sorry. I have ferociously and without mercy ripped out your insides and fed them to myself. I am even sorrier to say I thoroughly enjoyed it, even though what I really want is cookie dough. This is what a faithful health buff does when she can't satisfy her sweet tooth. I wish I could restore you to your natural beauty and eat you properly and with the grace of someone who truly wanted you, but alas, the damage is irreversible. Watermelon, I love you, and farewell. -Lucia.

Well now I dont feel so bad about that.

Hokay foodies for today:

Breakfast-oatmeal. with milk and cinnamon. Snack - cheesestick and chocolate milk (i know, i slipped. the second ingredient was high fructose corn syrup - sick!) lunch - half ham sandwich, 2 bites of a salad, and some wheat bread. i had two small cookies as well:( Between then and now - a bigass watermelon.

Workout: my friend and I are planning a workout freakout fun session in my living room with the expendable resources of evercisetv on demand. so, so convenient. So, I'd say about 300 calories today exercise-wise.

-lolita lucia

ps - I couldn't tell what the picture was at thumbnail size so I said just put it up there anyway so I could see it, and now I may regret it or I may be really happy with it. wait to find out.

I'm tired so this will be short, just a heads up.

food:

breakfast-grits and a banana, lunch - pb&j sandwich, afterschool - flatbread subway, dinner? - spoonful. it was a good day food-wise.

exercise: NEW RECORD: 27 MINUTES ON STAIRSTEPPER. and 20 minutes on treadmill with my heartrate at 170 the whole time. To my utter delight there is a man who is at the gym everyday I am, on the stairstepper next to me, who might just be tyson beckford, if not his exact genetic clone. I am beyond thrilled, for he is simply statuesque and godly.

I'm going to crank out my plank moves in a few, we'll see just how weak I am then. Otherwise, I've had a lovely day. and evening! I now know someone that loves tropic thunder as much as I do, and my life might be complete.

Night!

-lolita lucia

ps - lol@dali

If this is paradise, I'm satisfied.

Okay guys. First i'm going to put down what I've eaten today, then get around to how bogus my day was.

Breakfast: BIG bowl of fiberone cereal with a cut up banana and some milk

Lunch: Peiwei eggroll (only 140 calories!), pudding cup, spoonful of peanut butter, grapes

Snack: Spoonfull yogurt topped with strawberries, bananas, kiwi, mochi, almonds, and some chocolate chips. so good. 1 small piece of baklava.

I for some reason and absolutely pumped to go work out today, and I can't wait to get to it later. Can we say half an hour on the stair stepper?! Oh yes. Tis the goal. Alright, let me start out by saying the math test I was sure to fail was suspiciously easy and I think I got an A. Second, and completely opposite of the good feeling I was having in first period, in the middle of watching an art history film I started thinking about being old. Being old and knowing that you will die. Dying is something that is going to happen. I thought about the friends I may not have when I die, and I suddenly became terrified of dying alone. This has never happened to me before, and I was feeling hysteric and it sucked. My heart started racing and I could feel it going berserk in my chest, and I felt like everything around me wasn't real and the only thing that was real was death and I could do nothing about it. I calmed down after a minute, but only after 5 minutes of feeling like I was going to cry. I asked my self if this is the point in life where non-believers put their faith in religion, where they "realize" god, but I knew I could never find god, because I had hated him for what he was to me when I lived with my islamic dad. I've since gotten over the feeling and have no idea how to describe how I got there...and I hope not to be there again for a while.

But to better and more alive things! I presented my english presentation today and it went so freaking well. I knew I did well when I finished, but when everyone said I did really good, even mrs.cain who told me it was wonderful and I was "very brave", I knew I rocked it out. And that is the last huge thing to be done this semester. woohooooo!

I'm going to get my calorie burn on in a few!

-lolita lucia

ps - picture is of the killers concert, which blew my mind.

How do you put your soul back together when your ipod breaks?

Yes, the unmentionable has happened. My ipod was the only thing in my bag mysteriously covered in water and alas, it won't turn on. If you love music like i do, you'll know that now a part of me is dead/decaying. My body will be in this current state for quite a while...seeing as I am a teenager and have no money. But on that note, I just applied to work on the foodprep line at a super fancy old folks home, and I never say legit, but this place was legit. Bigass exotic fishtank and everything. They seemed pretty excited to see me, probably because no one responds to craigslist ads for they are often sketchy and usually fatal, but hey, i'm a risk-taker.

Now a few things about my fitness:

1) Don't take my spot as fitness goddess unless you wanna deal with me. I am doing this for me and to inspire others, not to show off to everyone that I should be fitness spokesperson of the world. (Okay, maybe a little.)

2) I signed up for my summer classes at the rec center and will be hot hot hot for college! Im taking pilates on mon/wed and abs cardio on tues/thurs. everyday of the week except friday I will be doing the staristepper.

NEW: I HAVE ACHIEVED REACHING 26 MINUTES ON THE STAIRSTEPPER IN FAT BURNER MODE! it felt so amazing afterwards.

regarding food: today I've had a bowl of oats with cinnamon and milk, flatbread ham subway sandwich, and 4 peices of gum. We bought some delicious sweet potatoes from a farmer's market and ate them last night...so orange and good.

thats how my love goes!

(depeche mode..it slipped..)

-lolita lucia

ps- the picture is of me in front of saint denis when we went to paris in march. so worldly...

All the better to see you with my dear

I apologize. I have not posted in almost 2 weeks. ashamed/woe is me. Since it's been long and I can't explain all I've eaten and done in the past two weeks, I'll tell you what I've done today. Do not expect any kind of excitement for today, except for the fact that I think my lame english project is not a big deal at all...and I've dreaded it for weeks. Decades. Just Weeks.

What I ate today: Breakfast - steel cut oats with cinnamon and milk. I also took all my many pills for all my various issues. so. many. issues. Lunch: small, thin mini pizza and tomato soup. Snack- fiber one cereal with cut up bananas and a scoopful of protien powder. I've come to the conclusion that may 3lb weight gain is from all the bodacious muscles I'm building, which I am very proud of.
I have not worked out today, and its quite ironic because i have just eaten that bowl of cereal i described, and im watching the exercise tv channel watching people work out.

But i'm trying something new! Its a challenge or something to hold plank for like 5 minutes or something bogus and unattainable. I am totally going to do it. okay gang. thats all.

It's Time

To get down and dirty. Yesterday, I went jogging (the C25K intervals) and successfully completed it with the exception of one runnning interval! I was so proud. The whole process felt much shorter than the first time I did it, and I think I enjoyed it a bit more. Also, I was wearing my supercool aviators which we all know elevates one to badass status. The best news though is that: MY KNEE IS OKAY! This is particularly awesome, because now I know I can keep working on running. I will be a running machine by the end of summer! But not only a running machine. I shall bike, for all my friends have recently come forth and expressed an interest in biking, and I really, really want to start rollerblading again. I am a self-proclaimed child progidy in the area od rollerblades, but after an accident when I was 8 I never thought about starting it up again. Thank you sunday jog for allowing me to see not only many good-looking men running around all sweaty but also a man rollerblading gracefully and powerfully next to me a few times. There's nothing more like inspiration and art than an athletic body.

So here goes today/what Iate:

For breakfast: A delcious grilled cashew butter and blueberry jam sandwich I got off another healthy blogger's website, with a glass of Soymilk. Snack: Carrots! Lovely noise displacer in third period. Lunch: Kashi bar, pudding cup, and a spoonfull of peanut butter. After school: spinach smoothie, rice and chicken a little later. Dinner: organic oatmeal with cinnamon and applesauce!

I'm pushing todays calories since I had some snack sized nutterbutters earlier waiting for the oatmeal to get ready, so I'll keep the rest of my snacking to carrote or a piece of fruit.

For working out: I wanted to go to the gym today but my demonic and possessed stomach took over around third period and has onlybut just since let go. So, if the treacherous wind outside doesnt blow my house over, I'll try and get my bike fixed, and if it does, I guess I'll be dead. Or I'll workout on the precor.

GOAL WITHIN TONIGHT: CARDIO 50 MINUTES BABY WOOHHOOOOO

that is all.

-lolita lucia

ps- that sexy man is one I drew while looking off a postcard I got at the Louvre. enjoy!

Well hey hey hey! I can't wait to talk about my weekend, and how excited I am for this summer and pretty much anything and everything following graduation. So for starters, my mom and I went on a spontaneous trip to Austin and checked out a vegan culinary school right across from Zilker park (where Austin City Limits is!!) and also a co-op house right across from UT. Lets start with the co-op house. Its called Taos. A lovely and extremely attractive guy named Justus, intense right? toured us around. It was messy but perfect. and hella cheap. I wish I had taken pictures, but that might have creeped some residents out so I didn't grab the camera. For the culinary school, if there were ever any doubts that I wanted to have food as a part of my career, that doubt is now gone. Obviously I'm meant for the food industry. The place was a yoga/cooking class/cooking school/restaurant/beautiful magnificent thing that I fell in love with. So somehow I have to figure out how to afford college and this at the same time.

On that note, I'm ready to talk about fitness! woohoo!

Uno) I did not eat well at all during this random 2 day trip, and since getting home I've eaten a microwaved pancake, a bowl of cereal, and like 20 Hershey's kisses. So getting back on track officially starts right now, as I'm typing this. Yes, this is another moment of Lolita making history. I WILL EAT WELL FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. AND AT OTHER TIMES.

Also, My knee has been restored to its original glory! Therefore I will be attempting another jog, and I am so ready. Get ready concrete. and knees. and everything!

Here is my workout plan for the upcoming week for all you avid followers:

Sunday: Jog & Exercise TV Workout video

Monday: Jog & Yoga @ 7:45-9

Tuesday: Abs/Cardio class 5:15-6:15

Wednesday: Jog & Precor

Thursday: Abs/Cardio class 5:15-6:15

Friday: Day off? Or a morning workout

Saturday: abs/cardio class 9:15-10

haiyooooo! I love plans. I'm also working on getting the bike in my garage fixed up and ready to use. Can you say Mountain biking? Oh wait. I live in flat land texas. Can you say leveled concrete biking?! yes you can. I can too.

Tonight I will be hanging out with my best friend, introducing her to a show I think everyone should watch. I am the great bringer of tv knowledge! muahaha!

Out.

-Lolita Lucia

ps - the picture = a little somethinsomethin from Coldplay's Viva La Vida 2008 tour. gotta love coldplay!

The Runner's What?

Hey gang. Guess what. Yes, I went running. No, I did not experience the runner's high. Probably because I was semi-walk/jogging. Running was an overstatement. I did intervals of 1 minute jogging 90 seconds walking. It went completely well except for the fact that there is an uncontrollable throbbing pain in my right knee that is telling me to never do that again. I refuse to listen to my knee. Or any of my body parts actually, because I shouldn't be conversing with them in the first place. Not that I do that, hence the refusing.

Also, I had a check up with the doctah today and I'm all good, except for I have somehow managed to shrink by half an inch since 4 weeks ago when I was last there. Should I talk to my body parts about this?

I am currently sitting next to a diablo 2 lord of destruction made for pc game, because my brother, who is 26 and still fervently plays these games, called and wanted the updated version. I have an issue with people that think their little sisters would be just delighted to read off the minuscule code on the side upwards of 567897 numbers long. Bro, you gotta learn yo siblings.

Back to the whole fitness thing: I missed yoga tonight because of the knee. Damn knee. That's all I have for tonight, except that I ate so freaking healthy today and everyone should be proud. My green monster smoothies every morning with 4 cups o'spinach make me feel GREAT all the live long day. I also wanna give a shout out to one of my best friends and currently the only follower I've got, MR ALEXANDRA LOCHE, and say that even if you have trouble trusting people cause were all bitches and ho's, I love you to death and a little after. And I'll never, ever stop. You mah gurl, gurl.

So, on that sentimental note, I'm off to listen to listen to some Bowie, and simultaneously watch say yes to the dress. Cause I'm that good.

-Lolita Lucia

PS - this iconic and legendary image is of a student living in the dorm I will next year, from last years halloween party. I'm not worried for who I will turn out to be, at all. In any way. Goodnight.

The Concrete: The Enemy

Well guys, guess what. I did not work out yesterday. Usually this makes me feel like complete shit even if I'm taking one day off a week. It truly sucks. Fortunately, I have decided to start the C25K program, which gradually increases running time over 9 weeks until you can jog 3 miles without stopping. By all means do think I'm pathetic for not being able to complete 3 miles. As of right now I can do about 12 seconds. Give or take a few huge panting sessions on my part.

So here's the deal! I'm going to do this Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesdays. Also, I have yoga on mondays and my abs/cardio class on tuesdays and thursdays. Lemme tell you, I haven't been doing the classes long enough to have lost inches or anything, but the definition in my arms compared to when I started is bogus. When I flex, something actually happens. Movement. Pretty freaking cool.

Another delightful thing happened to me today, and I won't lie, I wasn't expecting it. I had chosen to dip into my ever-decreasing savings and buy a resistance band, yoga ball, jumprope, and meausring cups all from the most notable and enjoying online product distributor in the world, AMAZON, and out of the blue my mom said she'd get it all.

Yes, tis true. I payed nothing. Like I said, delightful.

So folks, I'll be going to my cardio class today and burning off the spoonful of peanutbutter I had at lunch, attempting to attend my friends orchestra concert half an hour after without smelling like sweaty socks, and completing an english assignment I should've done last week (due tomorrow).

-lolita lucia.

ps - I put 4 cups of spinach in my smoothie today. can I just say SUCCESS

pps - that cuteass dog is now the size of a basilisk and is somehow still that cute. He's mine, as well.

You Did What?!

Oh yeah. I did. and damn, did I do it with thousands of failed attempts and lots of cereal. Let me back up, because undoubtedly you have no idea what I'm talking about, and if you do you should contact me because you might be psychic and I want first dibs. Backing up: First off, this blog is not to showcase my superior and witty writing skills, for I have other friends who actually want to write for a living, and I will let them do that. This blog is to either make an ass of myself trying to chronologically record my getting fit attempt, or to (say whaaaat) succeed and inspire, or something like that. Get ready for a lot of complaining and pictures of chocolate.

Now that thats out of the way, let me tell you oh so arrogantly what I did. I decided to lose some freaking weight the correct way, and slowly. What?! Yeah, I said it. I'm okay with this process taking 4 or 5 months. Or my whole life. I should be able to move up to 10lb weights by then. If not, we can go ahead and classify this blog as me lookin' a fool. But at least you get to watch me do it! By the way, I expect everyone to follow this blog till the end of their days, and longer. Get ready for some serious dedication and loyalty on your part.

Summary of Today: haven't worked out. been eating hersheys kisses. average day at school. failed math test. experimented with watercolor pencils. semi-success. vaccuumed my car.

I'm going to go eat some more now. I'll put up my goals in the lata hours!

- Lolita Lucia (definitely not my real name.)

PS - about the lovely photo. I live in Texas, and I do not ride a horse to school.