Magical Spaghetti
Thought I'd share a funny story about what happened in my household this morning. Last night my wife made spaghetti for dinner. She made it with linguini noodles, 85/15 ground beef, a rainbow of bell peppers, onions, stewed tomatoes, mushrooms and various italian style spices. I'm not a big fan of spaghetti but I do like hers. She also made some garlic hot dog buns as we didn't have any other breads in the house! None of this was exactly the best caloric choice..cept maybe the veggies but I ate very light yesterday. I had only had about 400-500 calories all day so I figured I could afford a heavy dinner. Anyways... It's always quite difficult not to overeat when it comes to spaghetti. Especially with her since she loves it. I ended up having a single bowl and 2 1/2 of the garlic buns. (Shame, but so yummy!) She on the other hand had two bowls with lots of noodles and 1 bun. This morning I woke up and did my normal routine (wink) and then proceeded to weigh myself on the scale. Suddenly, there was a loud SNAP as I felt the scale seemingly crush beneath my feet! I look down in shock and it's flashing "Err, Err, Err". Uh ohh... I've done it now..!! My fat ass murdered the scale!!! I thought to myself, Wow that spaghetti must've been loaded with lead or something!! I step off of it and it resets back to 0.. I step back on carefully this time and it reads 289.5. Seems pretty close..maybe it's still alive. I try it a few more times just to make sure it was accurate and it read the same thing. Proceeded to carry out my routine and went on in to work. The wife called me a while ago frantic. She said "I shouldn't have made that spaghetti!! It's horrible baby!! OMG, I stepped on the scale and it read 250 lbs!! I thought it was a mistake so I stepped off and back on and it kept reading 250 lbs!! How could I have gained that much over night?????" I started laughing! I realized she was 'acting' and knew it wasn't accurate but still it gave me a chuckle and then I told her about the large cracking and crumbling sound I heard earlier this morning. She of course laughed at me and asked if I wanted her to pick up a new one today.
I always had imagined I'd be upset and angry with myself if I broke a scale... Ashamed even.. But in turn I find it highly comical.. I'm thinking of becoming a serial killer actually. I think the doctor's scale will be my next victim!!
So this weekend involves purchasing a new scale. I think I'll be getting a more expensive one this time. The one I had supported up to 320 lbs but it always bent and flexed in the middle. Never liked that much. Hmm... Perhaps I should bury it...
I got mine off drugstore.com, free shipping.
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=146286&catid= 75059
That's funny. I also always hear snaps and pops when I stand on mine too. First time I got it I was afraid to get on it since it looks like glass. So far it's held up, but I'm still waiting for the day when my feet fall through it. Hmm, Tanita Ironman eh? I might have to look into that myself. I have this obsession with "toys" for myself. Yea, you can tell I'm getting old and no fun calling a scale a toy.hehe
Talking about toys, anyone else know of any other weight loss gadgets?? I've been feeling the need to buy something new. I've been thinking about buying a pedometer, but the ones I've seen so far look so cheap.
Ok I have a question about the body ball and i know you would know Jerz. I have always been interested in working with one. It is one of those bigger balls right? I know what a medicine ball is I used to workout with them during Volleyball and Softball in high school. How much do they usually run in costs? And what kind of work outs can you do with them...I know NOTHING about them...
Costs? $15-60. MOre expensive the better the material it's made of. Here are a few I do, plus some links:
- Sit on it and lift the hand weights to the side. Up slow and down even slower (this is important, count to 3 on the way down).
- Sit on it and lift the hand weights to the front. Up slow and down even slower (this is important, count to 3 on the way down).
- Sit on it and punch the hand weights to the front as fast as you can, keeping them level.
- Lay on it and scooch forward so that your shoulders, head and neck are on it, but your behind is not. Keep you behind clenched and lifted so that you body is like a table (get the image?). Now do bench presses. Try But keep your body flat like a table!
- For your core, lay on it and have the ball supporting your middle and let your head hang a bit, do crunches, 20, 15, 10. The ball will allow you to hyper extend and get more out of the crunch.
- Do more crunches, only this time come up and twist to the side, then back down and up to twist to the other side. Count as one.
- Here's a toughy. Sit on the floor (mat). Lay flat. Have the ball between your feet (yes, it's a huge ball, but trust me). Have your arms stretched over head. Do a sit up where your extended arms meet your legs and take the ball and repeat back and forth. This is called a ball exchange.
- Sit on the ground with your knees bent and feet flat. Lean back a bit (argh!). Now with the ball in hand twist it and side to side, tapping the ground each time.
http://www.expertvillage.com/interviews/physio-ball-upper.ht m
http://exercise.about.com/cs/abs/l/bl_core.htm
http://www.askmen.com/sports/fitness_top_ten/36_fitness_list .html
Book: Swiss Ball For Total Fitness: A Step-by-step Guide, Improve Strength ... By James Milligan
I've tried a ball once. I felt like I was going to fall face first or on my ass. Either way wasn't a pretty vision.hehe So I won't attempt that one again. I've never tried a bosu ball before. Maybe I'll look into that and read more about it. I also have a bow flex so not sure if the body bar would be equivalent to that or not.
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