# 22. Start and Continue an Exercise Regimen for 3 Months

Today's blog is brought to you by the letter "c." That's so horribly lame- but this is how my brain works. Let me start somewhere that will make some sense to a reader who does not have my brain inside their head. Steve and I carpool to work on the days that I work from the office, and while he is in training. Once he is done he will be working from home- which is beside the point other than it relieves me to know we will no longer be spending $650 a month on gas and the $60 getting my oil changed every month. I get out much earlier than he does- and since Buckeye is ever so far from Phoenix, I spend my afternoons after work at Joanna's house till he gets off. For those of you who do not know Joanna, she is my only friend here in Arizona- and I have known her for the better part of my life.

I arrived at Joanna's today and went to her fridge to get some water and low and behold the devil incarnate was sitting amongst her shelves. Apparently Joanna went shopping and the devil jumped into her cart and insisted upon being purchased and brought back to reside for a short while in her refrigerator. I'll give you a while to let that absorb.

I am officially beginning #22 Start and Continue an Exercise Regimen for 3 Months -tomorrow. Along with this- but not mentioned on the list- I have started Weight Watchers for the 800 million gabillionth time. It works- I am just a pansy and have never been able to stick with it long enough to see results since the first time I did it a few years back.

If you are not familiar with Weight Watchers or how it works- there is a point system. I love points systems- they are so fun and very official sounding. Yet, the Weight Watchers Points system SUCKS BALLS. Some days it is easy as hell- others there are not enough points on earth for me to consume. You basically get a set amount of points to eat a day- and a handy calculator to figure out what every piece of food you put into that cavernous hole of a thing we refer to as a mouth- amounts to.

I did very well yesterday- my first WW day. Today, has gone well. I had a lunch with my co-workers, but since I work for the State- I also work with a bunch of hippies who only consume foods with words like "organic, " "unprocessed," "gluten free," and "raw" attached to them. Suffice it to say, my lunch meeting was VERY low in points.

Back to the devil in Joanna's refrigerator. There, on her second shelf, staring me in the face was a 44.7 ounce TUB-O-CREAM-PUFFS. 86 total in count. I feel it necessary to point out that I did not hand count them- as those who know me would never put past me- the fine makers of the "Best of Europe Imported from Holland" Cream Puffs took the liberty of doing that for me already. My first initial reaction was, "There is no way they are open." Joanna does not purchase foods like these, she must be having a party or donating food to charity or something. I approached it as one would a spider on the wall. I shook it and the lid just effing fell off. There inside were the 86 cream puffs "made with fresh dairy cream" (thank ass clown as if they already weren't enticing enough) staring at me in my WW Points counting, impending # 22 on my list exercise regimen face.

Surely I could just eat one right? Here's one for ya! Nutrition Facts- Serving Size 6 puffs (yeah right - who buys a tub of cream puffs intending to just eat 6- don't even PRETEND that you could) 290 Calories, 150 Fat Calories, and 16 g of Fat. For all of you non-Weight Watchers out there- that equivilates to 7 Points. At 24 Points per day that is a whole effing lot of Points to part with.

The cream puffs are currently lurking in the refrigerator- with only the hinged door to protect me from them. I did not eat even one- (I am so proud) because I have a date with Billy Blanks tomorrow and I'd rather save those 7 Points for a slice of Gino's deep dish pizza that Stefanie so kindly sent me for my birthday. Now THAT is a true friend. Anyone who realizes the perils of losing Chicago deep dish pizza- and cares enough about your well being and preservation of your taste buds to send you a $75 pizza- should hold a very special place in your heart.

The moral of this story....my photo of the day- EFF YOU CREAM PUFFS!