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Welcome to Mailbox Monday. This is where you pick up your weekly letter from yours truly, answer it on your blog, and leave a note here so everyone who participates can read your response. Easy peasy! So consider this your first reader letter.
This week’s Mailbox Monday question is:
What new food love(s) have you discovered since starting your getting fit journey?
Remember to leave a link to your response in the comments section! The whole point of this is to reach out, connect, and find out more about
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1. YOU CAN ENJOY A BEER ALL MONTH LONG.
2. BEER STAINS WASH OUT.
3. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WINE AND DINE BEER.
4. YOUR BEER WILL ALWAYS WAIT PATIENTLY FOR YOU IN THE CAR WHILE
YOU PLAY FOOTBALL.
5. WHEN YOUR BEER GOES FLAT, YOU TOSS IT OUT.
6. BEER IS NEVER LATE.
7. A BEER DOESN’T GET JEALOUS WHEN YOU GRAB ANOTHER BEER.
8. HANGOVERS GO AWAY.
9. BEER LABELS COME OFF WITHOUT A FIGHT.
10. WHEN YOU GO TO A BAR, YOU KNOW YOU CAN ALWAYS PICK UP A BEER.
11. BEER NEVER HAS A HEADACHE.
12. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DRIVE A BEER HOME IN THE MORNING.
13. A BEER WON’T GET UPSET IF YOU COME HOME WITH ANOTHER BEER.
14. IF YOU POUR A BEER RIGHT, YOU’LL ALWAYS GET GOOD HEAD.
15. A BEER ALWAYS GOES DOWN EASY.
16. YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE BEER IN A NIGHT AND NOT FEEL GUILTY.
17. YOU CAN SHARE A BEER WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
18. YOU ALWAYS KNOW YOU’RE THE FIRST ONE TO POP A BEER.
19. BEER IS ALWAYS WET.
20. BEER DOESN’T DEMAND EQUALITY.
21. YOU CAN HAVE A BEER IN PUBLIC.
22. A BEER DOESN’T CARE WHEN YOU COME.
23. A FRIGID BEER IS A GOOD BEER.
24. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WASH A BEER BEFORE IT TASTES GOOD.
25. IF YOU CHANGE BEERS YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY ALIMONY.
In the original question for Monday Mailbag, I mentioned ‘non-food indulgences’, but I think ‘guilty pleasures’ is a much more fun phrase, don’t you think?
Basically, I asked you to list your fun activities or indulgences that have nothing to do with food.
I mentioned dancing. I love dancing so much, though I don’t do it much anymore. I did get a belly dancing video that I’m excited to start. Belly dancing is not only beautiful and seductive, you can do it by yourself as well! I’ve always been someone who loves to dance, and it’s a ‘guilty pleasure’ activity that is good for you!
I also mentioned stretching. Haha. Just think of me as part cat. Scratch my back and let me stretch, and then I’m in heaven.
I’m not that much of a jewelry woman and I’m not that into purses, but I do have one stereotypically ‘female’ guilty pleasure.
Pillows.
Now, I’m not into all the tiny, frilly, beaded things that you can’t use when you’re sleeping, but I absolutely love pillows. We have six normal size pillows on my bed and I use four. Only because I don’t have a body pillow (best. Thing. Ever.) anymore… But when the husband is off to work, I happily use his two pillows as well.
I know I said non-food indulgences, but I figure I can tuck one healthy food indulgence in, given this is a fitness site.
Sweet potatoes.
Yum yum! I rarely eat potatoes anymore (mostly because they used to put me to sleep) and will always choose sweet potato over regular potato. Yum!
So what are your guilty pleasures?
For over a month, the Bloke and I debated about whether it was worth the money to get a Wii and Wii Fit Plus. When the console first came out, it was just too expensive. You got the console for a bit over $500 AUD. Time passed, the first Wii Fit passed, so on and so forth.
Then I got the Wii bug again and started prodding the Bloke about it. Not only was it winter, when we don’t get out as much, a Wii also fit more into our introverted kind of lifestyle. We talked about doing more exercise a lot, but we never could stick with it due to weather or whatever. This could be the answer.
Well, just over a week after having bought a Wii, Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports Resort and EA Active? We are loving it.
We have a friend who is the manager of a local gaming store, and he managed to save us heaps on a bundle (which is why we got more than we originally planned). We haven’t even gotten to EA Active yet because we’ve been so wrapped up in Wii Fit and Sports Resort. We love sword fighting and table tennis. We both complain about the passive agressive jabs Wii Fit will take at you if you gain any weight.
So far, the Wii bundle has been exactly what we wanted it to be: something that got us to spend more time together and be more active as well. I’m definitely moving more on a regular basis that I do usually. And so is the Bloke, too! He’s been complaining heaps about being sore…
All up, one week in and we’re all for it. Whether we keep to it will be another thing, but the amount of money we spent is a big motivation. Not to mention that it’s fun.