ms f's new summer thing #2

yesterday i introduced you to my new thing #1 of the summer: bikram yoga. i did another class today, possibly getting sweatier than the first class. i'm sore in places i didn't think could get sore. and i finally found a place where i am not the stretchiest person in the room. i sorta felt inadequate. but i think it love it a little.

and before i get to thing #2 of the summer, can i just say that i just received a catalog in the mail called "Oriental Trading Co. Weddings." your one stop catalog shop for all things bridal. that should come in handy when i get married. in 30 years. but that's neither here nor there.
onward:


new summer thing 2: the food network

i used to have a thing for the food network--back when "Iron Chef America" was just getting started, and i thought "Ace of Cakes" was kinda neat, and back before america was on rachel ray overload. but then things cooled between us for a bit and i dabbled in my "OC" phase, had a brief fling with "Prison Break" and returned to my first love, "What Not to Wear."

but you know what? food network's winning me back, baby. how did they do it? blame that watchable bobby flay, what with his "Next Food Network Star" (did you know Lisa had an 11 year old son? WHAT?! i thought she was like 27!) and "Boy Meets Grill," i've started to check and see what's on food network FIRST, rather than as a last resort. perhaps this is part of the growing up process? i'd continue on here, but i actually really do want to go see what's on my new fave network.

watch for thing #3 (and possibly a blog about visiting the dentist) tomorrow...

don't (or do) sweat it.

so now that it's summer and i have time to reflect, i've decided that my life is a bit rote. as an interesting person, i'm sorta rusty, and that kind of annoys me. so i'm trying to get more interesting and interested in new things. included in that is my determination to explore nyc and be able to actually comment on restaurants/exhibits/events that happen in this city, since i really do live here. this week i will be updating you with some of my other new interests. here we go:

thing 1: yoga!

i'm a pseudo-gym rat. i hate running outside, i'm too scared to bike on the streets of manhattan, and it's too hot to walk all the way over to Central Park. read: i'm laaazy. i have to be pushed into exercising by threat of personal injury--i'll run if i know otherwise i will going to fall of the treadmill; i'll lift weights if i know a trainer is going to taunt and/or hit me if i wimp out. but once i'm working out i get in the zone. so i was a bit hesitant to try yoga because it seemed all stretchy and gentle.

right.

tonight i went to a bikram yoga class and i think i sweat out 70% of my body weight. it was hot. literally. and figuratively. i think it helps that i'm a pretty stretchy person, but that was insane. as the class ended i was already looking forward to going to the one tomorrow. this was especially awesome for me, because it's a workout that encourages sweat. i hate going to the gym and seeing those girls with the perfectly coiffed hair and snazzy expensive workout clothes that they never sweat through. that's not really how i do things. i'm a sweats and t-shirt kinda girl, and i'm not really a pretty sight when i'm done working out. which seems to be the ENTIRE point of hot yoga. so, consider me hooked.