Work out share

Work out share Some good moves that can be done quickly for a tight toned body.

Making better choices

Okay so I am going to go off on a tangent and if you want to read it you will. Mcdonalds. Yes its unhealthy and we shouldn't be going there anyway but people do. I don't care how big you get you can buy the food you are going to serve responsibly. Organic restaurants do. Hell even Walmart one of the worst things to happen to the environment is responding to its customers demand and purchases of better grown/made food by supplying more of it. They saw the green trending and purchased more green items. Here is where I want to Occupy Mcdanalds. http://www.care2.com/causes/celebrities-tell-mcdonalds-im-hatin-it.html. Despite the fact that they have proven to Europe that they can go cruelty free they haven't in the US yet. WTF come on.

Real Food

I live in America where corporations and money rule. He who has the most wins. In this country that greed led us to a terrible recession which we are still struggling to get out of. What do these corporations have to do with food? When the dollar matters more than the person you’re serving then keeping costs down and making sure there is plenty of product becomes the norm. Unfortunately that means risking the health of the animals, scientifically changing seeds to be more resistant to pesticides and overloading the world with chemicals. Seriously and we wonder why the country is getting fatter. DUH the answer is that you are going for convenience over quality. Would you still choose convenience if you developed cancer that was directly tied to the crappy food you were eating? I am done. Backyard garden is going to happen after I know how Hurricane Irene will treat me. Certified organic is what I will eat/buy. What’s worse is they lie to our faces about how they do things. I am calling you out Perdue and Tyson chicken. Your chickens are so big that they can’t walk. They DIE because their bodies are unable to support the massive weight brought on by the steroids you give them. They sit in coops in their own feces and as of recently don’t ever see sunlight. That’s funny because all you talk about on your lying commercials is how your chickens are healthy. Get to walk around and other bullshit. Don’t lie to me. Here is one of their lying commercials. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4ha6n_twM

Guaranteed healthy! What a farce! About 5 birds DIE every day. Same goes for Tyson. So I am done with the lies. I suggest that everyone watch the documentary Food Inc. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/?licb=0.10843141897058262 It will open your eyes and let you see behind the veil and let you know about the real problems in the corporate food system.

Zumba

Ok this is a new craze and I have to admit I was interested. Some of my friends in the UK have already had great results. 3 stone between them in 5 weeks! (one stone is 14 pounds.) That’s fantastic. So I checked it out. It is tough. The dancing and the constant movement of the hips while doing what would be simple moves if the hips weren’t involved. I have to say it was difficult to finish. Once I had finished the DVD and that entirely wiped out of energy feeling went away. I felt good. My back which has been aching lately didn’t hurt. I felt loose and flexible. In general I felt pretty good even though I was tired. It even seemed easier to relax. So Zumba is going to stay apart of the routine to get me into WW shape. Now to find a good strength training routine that will tone and not bulk. If you are interested in Zumba it is on Amazon here http://www.amazon.com/Zumba-Fitness-Exhilarate-Ultimate-Experience/dp/B004O8YLGS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1313521801&sr=8-2 and here http://www.amazon.com/Zumba-Fitness-Total-Transformation-System/dp/B002HZ4XMC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313521801&sr=8-1

Excuses

I have always had an excuse not to work out and eat right. I don’t like the taste of fruit, my knee(s) hurt, I have a migraine, etc. etc. etc. I just didn’t want to put the work in. Now that I do want to put the work in I feel like my body sometimes just craves the couch during the workout. I have to get over it. I keep saying WW wouldn’t stop. I try not to dwell on the fact that Wonder Woman would not have gained as much weight as I have because that could just simply sour my mood. I try to focus on making her intense determination mine. To work at it as hard as she would. It has helped. Despite the fact that I have had back pain recently I have not complained. Maybe I have cried during a workout but know that I will be stronger when it is over. Then again it could be the workouts that I do. Currently I do Insanity and run. Insanity is intense but worth it. Running is wonderfully mind cleansing. I knew insanity would be intense before I started it so I can’t make an excuse there and running is just good for the soul. So while the body craves the couch I just focus on my breathing. In four counts. Out four counts. Repeat.

Readet List

On the last post I mentioned that one of the wonderful things about WW is the fact that she is well read. Also that I would have to expand my library. I have always had books on my readet list. What is a readet list you ask? Simple a bucket list of books you want to read before you die. (Yes I know morbid) My readet list has always been host to classics but only fiction. When faced with facts I tend to zone out unless I am really trying to learn or pass a test of some kind. So I have been looking into the kinds of books that I should add.

The books I have read so far.

The Sookie Stackhouse Vampire mysteries. – Don’t care they are great

Bram Stokers Dracula – I am sensing a theme….

Harry Potter series – the theme is nerd

The Hobbit

Alas Babylon – check it out. Awesomsauce

Chicken soup for the soul – honestly who hasn’t

King Lear

Romeo & Juliet

Animal Farm

1984 – I was in advanced classes. It was required.

Brave New World

Alice in Wonderland

Through the Looking Glass

To Kill A Mockingbird

Death of a Salesman

Oedipus Rex

A Raisin in the Sun

Island of the Blue Dolphins

The Chocolate War

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Heart of Darkness

As I Lay Dying. – One of my favorites. I actually found an early edition at a used book store. Quality wasn’t worth collectable status but it made me happy.

The adventures of huck fin

The crucible

The diary of Anne Frank – I read this and then the school did its holocaust week in history. The videos sent me over the edge and I cried.

Mary Shelleys Frankenstien.

The Tempest

Psycho, 2 &3 – Yes there were sequels and yes it was written

Hellfire

The Giving tree

Shell Silvertein’s poems

Dr. Seuss

I am Legend – In this case…. The movie was better

Eragon

Eldest

Warlock

Manchild in the Promised Land – I treasured this book. It was wonderful. In fact I think I will dig it up and read it again.

The DaVinci Code – Who didn’t

The Walking Dead – I know this is a comic but it’s also my list.
Flowers for Algernon

I have to stop here because I legitimately cannot think. I don’t know how many books I have read. These are a list of notable books that have stuck with me for whatever reason. There are also books that were so terrible that I refuse to finish them.

They are

The twilight series

Well that list was easy.

I tend to be a start and stop reader so I actually tend to read several books at a time.

The books that I have on the start and stop list are:

The Portrait of Dorian Gray

The Bible – That much history has to be read

Crime and punishment

Now for the big one, (that’s what she said) I said it so it wasn’t in your system, The readet list.

This one would be too long to list correctly but here are the basics.

All the classics

All the banned (by various groups) books

Math textbooks (I am weak here)

Political Science textbooks (I am lucky that my boyfriend just happens to be a poly sci major and I can just read his books)

The Art of war.

Books or teachings written by the great philosophers and mathematicians.

Self help books. The only reason for these is to help me objectively look at myself to fix things so that I can truly become WW.

I will probably expand this list to have actual details and titles but for now a general overview of the readet list is good. I am up for suggestions as well. Let me know in comments or if you know me personally email/facebook me!

Reading requirements

So one of the great things about WW is that she is well read. I mean she is immortal. With that kind of time what else is there to do? In the coming weeks I will compile a list of books I have read and wish to read. I also need to look into what WW could have read herself. I can imagine that Socrates and other great philosophers could have made it into her library so I can start there. Classics will also dominate my shelves for a while I can imagine. Feminist literature, something I don't read, will at least have to make a dent in the list. For that I will probably start with a book whose name I have forgotten. :( I know the idea of the book, written in the late 40s, is that women should not be happy with being a wife and only that. That we can accomplish more and step out of the roles society has given us. Things that nearly every girl born after 1965 has already been told. WW is a military genius so military strategy should be something that is touched on. So the art of war is going to be on the list. As well as combat strategy and geography. I have a long reading list to make. This isn't going to be easy but it will be worth it.

My heart goes out to Norway. My prayers are with the entire nation. I hope that things will go back to as normal as possible as soon as possible.

Reasons

My name is Sara and I am starting this blog. My goal is to look like Wonder Woman and be more like her. There may be those that say Wonder Woman isn't the best role model. True I could model myself after any number of wonderful people dead and alive but that just isn't what I wish to do. The reason I choose Wonder Woman, henceforth WW, is because she is a great person inside and out. She HAS to be. She is written to be one of the best female super hero's that the worlds ever seen. Yes she has a sketchy past because of her creator but since DC wants to make money she will always be good. The other reason is because I am severely overweight. I want to be WW on the inside and out. My deal to any readers that I may get is that if I do accomplish my goal, I will cosplay as her regularly. Not so much a treat for anyone that likes men but for the lady lovers that is awesome. LOL I don't know what you're into but a confidence boost doesn't hurt anyone. Anywho this will be a difficult path. I refuse to get weight loss surgery and plan to WORK at this because nothing worth having comes easy. I want health and to be able to run and swim without problems and to not have to see doctors for weight related issues. (I don't see them now but if I don't do something I may have to. So basically that is it. I want to be more like WW and plan to work on myself to get there. I plan to post everything that works so that anyone reading this can do similar.