More Hodge Podge......

Weight Loss
The scale was kind to me yesterday. I was down another 2/10ths of a lb, which put me at 171 even. I had a couple of rough days, where my eating wasn't ideal, but it wasn't non-low-carb either. I'm up about 1/2 a lb today, but that doesn't bother me.

Shoulder
I had my last visit to the chiropractor today. Most of the pain was gone by Saturday night. By Sunday I felt normal. The Chiro checked me over and pronounced me healthy. So now I'm back to my old self.

Exercise
I plan on starting some strength training tomorrow on our home gym. I'm ready to start firming up some of this jiggly stuff. I also don't want to deal with excess skin if I can avoid it, and strength training will help with that as well.

Weird Stuff
I registered in a contest to win free laser hair removal several months ago. I got an email today telling me I'd won $300 worth of free services. They scheduled an appointment for me on Monday. The consultation is about 30 minutes long. I'm not convinced I should even go. I'd love to see about taking care of my legs, so I won't have to deal with shaving or wax anymore. But I have this sneaking suspicion that the $300 I won won't go very far. It's more than likely just a way to get my hiney in their door so they can bombard me with their expensive sale pitch. I also wonder how many others "won" $300 worth of services. Yeah.

Video Blogging
This is an idea I've been toying with. I don't know if I can make it work. I haven't looked over all the requirements to make it happen. (Like does my digital camera film in the correct format.) But if I can, I thought it might be fun to use it once in a while. We'll see. I might just get a wild hair and do it once.


Monday Words of Wisdom:

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.

Waxing Is Not For Sissies

Ladies, why do we put ourselves through it all?

I HATE shaving. I do it, but I hate it. I tried Nair years ago and it cause me to break out in a horrid rash. So this time I thought I'd try waxing. You are supposed to be able to go about 8 weeks without having to do it again. Sounds good to me!

I've had my eyebrows waxed once, by my sister. So I sort of knew what to expect. My legs are tougher than my eyebrows so I figured I could handle it. Looking back, I think my sister was enjoying every minute of ripping hair follicles out of my skin.. but that's another story.

So I buy Sally Hanson's "Spa Treatment" wax and settle in for what I idiotically believe will be a simple job. Uh.. wrong.

I heat up the wax and read all the directions. You are supposed to apply the wax and the cloth on in the direction the hair grows. Then quickly pull off the cloth in the opposite direction. They warn you that hair grows in many different directions so you may have to do small areas at a time. I found this out all too soon.

I apply the wax with the stick, press on the cloth, pull my skin taunt and quickly rip the cloth from my skin in the opposite direction. It stung just a bit, but wasn't too bad. To my disappointment I realized I'd only successfully removed about 1/2 the hair I'd just worked on. Thus the same results with each try afterwards.

After painstakingly trying to apply the wax just right for over 30 minutes, I gave up. I then started just slapping the stuff on, pressing on the cloth, and ripping straight up. I actually got better results that way.

So, to make a long story short - Waxing removed approximately every other hair. I still will have to shave.

It took me over an hour to wax both of my legs.. and that's just the lower half! Since, thank goodness, I've never shaved above the knee I have no need to do anything there.

Reading further, it gives steps on how to wax your arm pits. To that I just have to to say.. NO WAY!!!

If any of you ladies have any suggestions on waxing, I'd love to hear them. Did it work for you? Did you have the same trouble I did? What did you wax with? I'm not opposed to trying again, but I'd like it to work 100% next time.

Those of you men reading, please go tell you wife or girlfriend how much you appreciate all the effort she puts into looking nice for you. If it wasn't for my husband, I'd look like Sasquatch. ;0)