Yesterday, I was out running errands a good bit of the day in San Francisco. I seldom get into the city and it's a shame, because it's sooooo good for people-watching!
I have spoken before about "rushing" and a Bond grrl walk. I came up with a thought yesterday that I thought I would share.
I happened to be in town in a pair of trousers that are JUST long enough. Being 6'2", sometimes this takes a bit of tailor's magic -- but usually they are "onto" my shoes -- not brushing the "top" of my shoes. These trousers though, were such a steal, I bought them anyway -- though I knew that even with the hem all the way out, they would JUST touch.
So what's up with that and why is it important? Because I had an "a-ha" moment over it.
Have you ever been wearing trousers that are like this -- "just about" long enough? If you have, then you know you have to walk a little bit slower, turning at the hip like I have explained before. If you don't, and the trousers have any sort of bell at all (you can't get away with too short trousers if they are peg-leg!), you can keep the bell from "moving" -- when it moves, that's when the trousers look too short.
So you sort of "glide" a bit more. As for me, I definitely didn't try to "dash" to cross any yellow lights, etc. -- because by striding out that fast, my perception was that the pants looked too short. I took long "enough" strides, but at a slow, sort of "foxtrot" pace, and it all looked fine.
Yeah, so, I checked in all the windows. So shoot me.
I have been working out for quite a while now -- since I'm trying to get my size 12 body into my mom's size 4 wedding dress. Had a fitting yesterday -- and the tailor thinks I need to lose "about 5 more pounds" right at my belly line -- but we could "suck it up" and zip it in back. Yowzah! She said though it has to be lost in 2 weeks or else she's going to have to figure something else out (e.g., it won't be ready by the wedding date).
I'm back on the treadmill...........it's 105 degrees here, and yes I was slackin' on cardio. Bad me!
My fav new CD for the treadmill CRACKS me up -- the Workout by Kanye West. Oh man. LAUGH!
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Workout Plan by Kanye can really get you moving and burn a lot of calories :)
"1 an 2 an 3 an 4 get them sit ups right an tuck yo tummy tight & do your crunches like this...Work it out, (come on).."!
I hope you have the edited version. lol
Of course not -- I gots the BAAAAD one.
(My favorite is the "Ellie Mae" comment. I still laugh when I hear it re "datin' outside the family/ride a plane")
How are you & yours holding out in that HEAT? I hope all is well.
I can see it now. You're doing the running man to "Thaaat's right. Put in work, move your a--, go wizzerk. Eatcha salad, no dessert"... blah, blah, blah.
I've never been so glad to see Black Flag weather in my entire live. Laaawd, I'm so tired of running.
You look fine to me, but please grace us with a few pics when you reach your goal.
The heat broke yesterday -- THANK YOU LORD. It's weird when that happens here in San Fran -- the fog rolls in like a huge grey "thang." You can hardly see through it. It went from 115 down to like 75 in 2 hours. So yeah like I'm all BRRRRR now. Can't keep a grrl happy (laugh).
HarpoGrrl, I gotta get you to teach me how to blog better. I would post some photos of me and the bad wedding dress zipper (laugh) but I cannot figure out for the LIFE of me how to do it. 5 more lbs here I come. Veggies, egg whites, veggies, egg whites. Janet Jackson Is My Hero (laugh).
Living la vida broka seems to help in the weight loss area too. LoL
When you're posting, there's that picture looking icon thingy. Just make sure that the pictures you download from your hard drive are in the .jpg file.
I think I qualify to say I'm living and breathing in hell now. Today, in the Tar Heel State, it was 102 degrees out!
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