Desperately Seeking Britney Spears

Last night, I sat with my mouth wide open as I saw The Daily Ten flash a picture of the new and improved Britney Spears. She is now S-L-I-M!! Take a look at Ms. Spears at press time. Apparently, she's been on a high protein, low carb, 1200 calories a day diet, combined with 5 days of cardio and weight training. Now who wouldn't lose weight with all that? Plus, she's got all the support in the world, all the time in the universe, and a still-sizable bank account to draw from. I think that if she still didn't look this good after all that, she would have had to look into more drastic measures.
To be honest though, Britney didn't look that bad pre-svelte hot mama that she is now. Ok, she didn't have the same hit-me-baby-one-more-time body but, hey, she had 2 kids in a row! She was entitled to some baby weight. Her downward spiral into a whole lot of issues and a galactic sized black hole probably didn't leave much room for a diet and exercise plan either.

So, seeing her now brings out 2 reactions from me:

1. Pure and utter irritation and frustration at how she can spend time and money to go back to looking good while mere mortals, like myself, kinda have to slave away at it for the number of months it took her to lose weight multiplied by 10 (at least). This sounds very selfish and whiny, I know.
2. Some hope as well. If Britney Spears and all her drama and problems can focus and do it, then dang it, so can I!!!! (Ok, I am having a really, really hard time believing this as I am writing it, so, support people!)

I must chant to myself: I must diet, exercise, count calories, and lose weight!

Too Early to Think but not to Think Weight Loss

It's 6:40 am and I am at the office, getting ready to go to a Job Fair my office joined. I am really sleepy. Anyone who knows me knows that this is much too early for me. I have always been, and I suspect always will be, a night person. I had to drag myself out of bed, switch to CNN (yes, I find news entertaining, so call me a bore already), and dream of the end of the day, just to be able to get dressed and going.

Anyway, now that I am here I am spending some waiting minutes looking through interesting sites. One on Calorie Restriction Affie suggested I look at is particularly interesting. I used the Calorie Calculator and got a rough estimate of how many calories I need to ingest to maintain my current weight. I have to say I wasn't surprised. I was pleased to see though that the calorie count I assigned myself to lose weight was just about on target. I couldn't understand everything written in the links I clicked (hey, there's only so much my brain will process even if it is about weight loss) but I think what I understood was good enough.

All in all, not a bad way to start a very early, long day.