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I Love Avocado

I didn’t take any pictures at the Junior League party last night…and it was awesome.

This morning, Lacey and I headed to the diner for breakfast.

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I had the California omelette–avocado, mushroom and mozzarella, because I can’t see avocado on the menu and not order it.

Walking home from the diner, I was thinking about the last time I got laid off. Yup, this was not the first time. The last time, the magazine I was working from went from 12 issues a year to six. With half as many issues…they needed half as many people, and so I was laid off. That’s actually where my weight loss journey started.

I figured with the extra time on my hands, I could use it to get in shape. A few weeks earlier, I had flown up to Boston to see friends. I remember sitting down in my seat on the plane and realizing just how much of the little seat I took up and how I wasn’t okay with it. I started going to the gym a little more, but I still didn’t really get my act together until I asked my mom for a package of personal training sessions for my birthday–probably one of the best birthday presents I ever got.

(As far as the job, I got tremendously lucky and was rehired by the same company to work at another magazine there.)

I’ll start marathon training in July, so it will be nice to have some extra time to fit my runs in and focus on other fitness goals.

So…remember how I spoke on my first panel a few weeks ago?

Well! I’m already preparing for my second one!

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I’ll be speaking at the Healthy Living Summit with blogger buddies Ashley and Cynthia about how to make friends online, one of my favorite topics. Tickets go on sale on Monday and will go really, really quickly, so be sure to be at your computer when they go on sale if you want to go. I went for the first time last year, and I had an amazing time. If you’re nervous about attending something like this–don’t be! Everyone is super-friendly and has lots in common.

Any fun weekend plans? I’m going on a date tonight, home for my dad’s birthday tomorrow night and to a polo match on Governor’s Island Sunday.

Body Pump Review

There’s all sorts of trends in the health blogger world–some I care about, others I can let go. (Chia seeds? Meh.)

But there’s one class that bloggers keep talking about that was making me feel a little left out: Body Pump. Sure, Equinox has some pretty awesome classes, but I keep hearing about Body Pump, especially from Tina, who’s obsessed. (I mean, for good reason.)

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A couple weeks ago, I decided to make it my mission to track this class down. Liz was down for the challenge, too, and we found it at a Gold’s Gym on 54th Street. A few other Tumblrs were going to come with us, but it ended up being just the two of us last night.

I ran up to the Gold’s to meet Liz, and we were both a little terrified of what to expect. We picked weights conservatively, not wanting to die.

But we both LOVED the class! If you’ve never done Body Pump before, it’s general shtick is this: strength training + music. You take a weight lifting bar and add plates to the end to get to your desired weight. I swear I get exercise amnesia–I’m in such a zone that I can never remember what I did, so what follows may be a little off. You do each set of exercises to a song, and when the song is done, you’re done with that set and move on to the next set.

You’re constantly moving, and it’s really hard, but a really good workout, and one that I would definitely try again. The music is what makes it so awesome. I caught Liz’s eye a few times during the workout, and she looked as weary-but-enjoying it as me.

Have you ever done BodyPump or a class like it? (Other than the music part, it reminds me of Total Body Conditioning at NYSC.) If you live in NYC and go to Equinox, do you know of a similar class there that I should try?