Spanishbelle’s BodyBlog

BB is one of the first things I do in the morning.  It’s like my cinnamon roll, without the calories, with my cup of coffee or hot tea.  I couldn’t help but wonder this morning, how is it that so many people on this site are well…so hairless.  LOL.  Does this have anything to do with bodybuilding?  Of course it does.  How many pictures have your seen on this site with a bush of any kind staring back at you?  If you’ve witnessed that, do keep it to yourself!

Truth is, there’s no easy way out on this one for men and women when it comes to hair removal.  In order to get into that bikini bottom, well now, you’ve got to get some work done.  I had my own job scheduled for this morning and needless to say, it was on my mind.  It got me to thinking about the many experiences I’ve endured in my quest for being bikini ready.  At first, I was way too shy to have someone do it so, I decided to do it myself.  I saw a kit at Bed, Bath & Beyond and it looked simple enough, bought it.  While I was at it, there was this Epilator that promised quick, easy removal and smooth skin.  The chick had a big smile on the box, bought it.  I returned home immediately, decided to try the wax first.  Now, I should have attempted some other area first, yeah…should have.  Suffice it to say, when I went to pull the strip off, I stopped 1/4 of the way into it.  I knew I was in trouble.  Went to the fridge, strip and all in tow, it wasn’t going anywhere….that I knew for sure and grabbed two beers.  I managed to get the strip off about 3/4 of the way into the first beer and I threw that damn waxing kit away.  Took me a couple of days to give the Epilator a try.  This time I tried it on my legs first….hell no, not getting anywhere near my good girl.  Returned that thing to the store and got my money back.  Along the way I’ve jumped on the bandwagon of "nads" and oh let me not forget the whole Laser treatment and the most painful of all.  It’s the equivalent of someone striking a rubber band against your skin a million times at one time.  And you know that whole numbing cream that is mentioned, first of all it can kill you and it never numbs you to the point where you feel no pain.  The pain you will feel and more will come once you’re home.

The waxing went well this morning.  It never gets to be a walk in the park, but with each session you do flinch a little less and less.  By the way, don’t hold your breath.  Breath in on the application and breath out on the strip….bikinis up! 

Jan 10 - It’s 5:00 PM.  It’s starting to snow.  The first of the season and the first one we’ve seen in years.  The wife and I took our hot butterred rums and sat by the picture window watching the soft flakes drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground.  It was so beautiful.

19 days into training and three more days to go and that’s it folks, the 22 days of training for my 1/2 marathon is up.  I’ve been focused, doing what needs to be done on a daily basis, marking off the days and here it is.  It’s gone by quite fast.  It’s been hard, leaving me a little exasperated.  I’ve had my moments where….where I’ve said to myself, "damn, i’m getting old."  LOL.  There was no easing into the program I chose.  I started off with high mileage and had to keep it that way due to the limited time I had to train.

I’ve been training on the treadmill, it’s been too cold to venture outside for me.  I’ve been aware all along this was going to be an issue once I decided to run outside.  My 10 mile run at the lake yesterday was rough.  It was windy with 18 mph winds and at times it was gusting up to 25 mph.  A couple of observations, the distance was not an issue thanks to the treadmill training.  The issue was my own self-pace thanks to the treadmill training.  It was awkward and there was no glide to it and when you feel like your body is running against itself that makes for one very long run.  It’s comparable to the gym and not getting a good pump going, you’re aware of every single rep, set, exercise and minute you are there.  I’ll be working on my pace outside this week.  I should have started last week, oh well.

I’m excited about the run and the training has done good things for me.  A little junk off here and there, a little more definition here and there.  I’m undecided about where to go from here, but that’s also exciting in itself.