Stop Calling Me Hyper!!
One of the things I love most about this site is the openness to vent your frustrations. Well I need to do it. People that know me personally somehow always seem to piss me off and tell me I am HYPER. Why? Because I run around the block? Or maybe because I shovel snow instead of paying someone to plow? I love to stay busy…why is this an issue for so many? I choose not to lounge aroung the BBQ on the weekend…there’s always work to be done. Does that make me strange? Maybe..but there is a method behind my madness. I run up the stairs everytime I get the laundry. I run to the bus stop like a bear is chasing me every day. I spread mulch as fast as I can. Why? People here look at me and have no idea that I am doing it on purpose. It’s easier to just say..oh you need to sit and relax a bit. What, so I can get fat? No way, no how. Through tons of studying, I have learned how to fight fat all day long. Just create an oxygen debt. Period. Meaning that it all is collective and counts toward cardio. It revs up my calorie burn without running on the treadmill for an hour. So now I feel better and I’m going to beat my time at the grocery store tomorrow and be outta there in a flash!
May 29, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I say keep doing what you’re doing. People need to let you be you and them be them. Period. Keep up the great work.
May 29, 2008 at 10:12 pm
I need to follow you because it seems to work and maybe I can loose more body fat this way. You rock and your hot so those folks only feel insecure because deep dwn they want what you have
May 30, 2008 at 6:57 pm
In the beginning, we were created to stay busy. Americans in particular have gotten away from the notion that busy is actually healthy. We’re fat, lazy and unhealthy because we don’t want to work hard anymore. Iron men of yesteryear worked twelve hour days six days a week, and then did all the house stuff for twelve more hours on Sunday. Guess what? Not only were they healthy, they were….yep…..believe it…..HAPPY! Get busy today people, and subsequently be happy and healthy! Nice write-up A!
May 30, 2008 at 11:23 pm
HA HA HA..They call you HYPER because they r so JEALOUS of U- your fitness, your capabilities, your TOP FORM n your energy!!
How about my close one and others call me - FREAK!! just because i carry picnic basket with my own cooked food everyday? Cheers.
P/s: Try Flexing/Pose your QUAD at them the next time they say(Compliment) u r Hyper?
May 31, 2008 at 5:04 am
I just had that same reaction from one of the other mom’s at my son’s school!!!! She asked me if I wanted to spend my Saturday watching her son in a marble tournament-I said that I had to teach a spinning class, train a client, and get some early contest training in. She said it must be easy to stay in shape when you do it for a living-I don’t do it for a living, I’m a financial manager for a living-I do it because I love it.
Hey Amy, if they can’t keep up, tell ‘em to sit down!
May 31, 2008 at 6:37 pm
I have a push lawn mower!! OMG!
June 1, 2008 at 9:39 pm
I feel the same way. It’s the American way, If there there is something else that can do a job easier, we’ll do it!I’m glad you we know better. I swear, sometimes I like if there were an automatic ass wiper, people would use it…
June 2, 2008 at 10:13 am
Hey, Amy! Kudos to you!
You know…that’s funny, because I offer to take out all the trash at work and at home just because there are more steps I can add to my day! I also love to push-mow our yard. My husband loves being busy too, so this sometimes has to turn into a compromise…who gets to mow…haha. I love to vacuum for that reason. I love doing regular chores…there…I said it. And, no, it’s not because I’m a clean/neat freak…it’s for the extra physical activity I get doing it! GO US!!!!!!
June 2, 2008 at 10:13 am
by the way, that’s me up there…dawndra.
June 3, 2008 at 7:30 am
Amy, You are soooo right! I am one of those people that has to be reminded to keep busy cuz if I sit down it’s all over. You are such an inspiration and this was a great blog to remind me of the benefits of keeping busy–I just have to tell myself, it’s not a chore/housework…it’s cardio and I am burning fat doing it!!! Great post!
June 3, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Hey… who cares what others think… You’re having a great time, looking great, getting a lot accomplished and have tons of energy. Amazing! I’m actually in admiration of you.. Keep up the great work!!!
June 4, 2008 at 2:58 pm
you go girl and dont let anybody tell you otherwise!!!
June 5, 2008 at 9:43 am
om goodness,flashback,i once had a man cross the street and yelled at me to stop blah blah working on my blah blah yard because he was getting blah blah yelled at by his blah blah wife……excuse me!
June 6, 2008 at 5:00 pm
not to mention keeps you too busy to get distracted by food! haha… hey i think you’ve got it going on babe… so do what you do and just laugh at them and remember they wish they had your ass anyway!