A week ago!

A week ago I was already smelling seawater and enjoying the wonderful company of two great girlfriends of mine. This was the second year we decided to get together for a girls weekend at the beach and we had an amazing time.

I enjoyed catching up and remembering old great times. I regret not talking as much with them during the year but it’s wonderful to just see them, hug them and pick up time as easily as saying their names. I’m extremely happy to have them as friends and to share a little bit of their life.

The place, the company, the weather (the same weather coordinator will be hired next year! ;)) was just outstanding and the relaxation and peace that came with all was just complementing nicely. There was indeed a favorite moment for me and it was captured as a ‘kodak moment’, one of them is pregnant with her first baby so we went to get some maternity clothes for her of she had the brilliant idea of us (the other two) to put on the fake pregnancy bellies provided in the store’s fitting rooms and to take a picture as if the three of us were pregnant. We asked the cashier at the store to take the picture, of course she could not stop laughing – don’t know exactly why? Was she laughing at us or with us? … hmmm!! … I’m sure a little bit of both either way, we did not care, we posed and we looked absolutely DIVINE! :).

We will be known as the judgers pregnant ladies of BB 

Cheers to life and friendship! Is it next year already?!

Labels!!

I have been thinking since yesterday all this deal about labels, and how society loves to create new ones for everything and anything. The one I have been thinking mostly about has to do with my present project (weight loss). Up to now I have lost 28 pounds (my God! I can not believe it! – but that’s another story) In any case, it’s funny how according to my body fat percent I’m in an ‘acceptable’ category, according to my Body Mass Index (BMI) I’m in the borderline between overweight an obese and according to my current dress size I’m ‘moderately heavy’ – to mention a few … Personal trainers say that the body fat percent is what really tells the true story on someone's body and fitness.

I could be going crazy trying to fit well in all of them, like if I need any additional pressure along the process which has not been as painful as I thought originally. I am feeling great and healthy which I was already prior to this journey and there were many reasons to do it and now I can only continue forward but if I really cared about labels and categories then the stress level of this journey would be unbearable.

Well, I had to write about this since it has been bugging me since yesterday. I still need to talk about my relaxing weekend and the kick off of my next goal.

-25 lbs At last!!

I'm so happy!! ... I already jumped a couple of times :) ... :) ... man! I have been waiting for a while to reach this mark now 5 to go for the next mark. May has been a great month so far and will continue to be.
:) ... I'll continue to have a great day. :)

First time this year!

Wow!
it's actually the first week this year that I have not gone to the gym more than three times :( ... well it's been rough, working long days and dealing with my car accident :( ... I feel really bad for not going to the gym but right now the cramps are just not friendly so I will take it easy. I'm 1.5 lb away from the -25lbs :) that I should try to make it even for half hour right now so that I can get closer to that mark next week.

Asi como el clima .... gris!!

NO ME ESCRIBAS MAS
Silvio Rodriguez

No me escribas más sin avisar,
no me escribas más de cosas que no vuelven,
no me escribas más así que me abandono,
no me escribas más, si después no vuelves,
no me escribas más, si después no vuelves.

No me digas más lo que pasó,
no me digas más que me enseñaste un río,
no me digas más que me suenan los dientes,
no me digas más que ya tengo frío,
no me digas más que ya tengo frío.

No te quiero ver sin corazón,
no te quiero ver como una cosa más,
no te quiero ver de nuevo brevemente,
no te quiero ver y después llorar,
no te quiero ver y después llorar.

No aparezcas más lejos de mí,
no aparezcas más, que tu sombra de palma,
no aparezcas más, que siempre me derrumbas,
no aparezcas más, tengo con tu fantasma,
no aparezcas más, tengo con tu fantasma.

Déjame cantar, como cante,
déjame cantar, dame un poco de tiempo,
déjame cantar fuera de tus fronteras,
déjame cantar a los cuatro vientos,
déjame cantar como si no te viera.

Que mejor cura que la trova!

DIAS Y FLORES
Silvio Rodriguez

Si me levanto temprano,
fresco y curado,
claro y feliz,
y te digo: «voy al bosque
para aliviarme de ti»,
sabe que dentro tengo un tesoro
que me llega a la raíz.

Si luego vuelvo cargado
con muchas flores
(mucho color)
y te las pongo en la risa,
en la ternura, en la voz,
es que he mojado en flor mi camisa
para teñir su sudor.

Pero si un día me demoro, no te impacientes,
yo volveré más tarde.
Será que a la más profunda alegría
me habrá seguido la rabia ese día,
la rabia simple del hombre silvestre,
la rabia bomba, la rabia de muerte,
la rabia imperio asesino de niños,
la rabia se me ha podrido el cariño,
la rabia madre por dios tengo frío,
la rabia es mío, eso es mío, sólo mío,
la rabia bebo pero no me mojo,
la rabia miedo a perder el manojo,
la rabia hijo zapato de tierra,
la rabia dame o te hago la guerra,
la rabia todo tiene su momento,
la rabia el grito se lo lleva el viento,
la rabia el oro sobre la conciencia,
la rabia —coño— paciencia, paciencia.

La rabia es mi vocación.

Si hay días que vuelvo cansado,
sucio de tiempo,
sin para amor,
es que regreso del mundo,
no del bosque, no del sol.
En esos días,
compañera ponte alma nueva
para mi más bella flor.

Just weird!

Monday:
I'm in a very weird mood, there is this part of me that is happy about what the nice weather brings - OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES!! yeah!! .... I can't wait for long bicycle rides, the long walks have started with my loyal and lovely dog, spending more time with friends just enjoying life more ... but of course there is that part that is just plain SAD and hopeless mainly because of the loneliness around my inner walls.

My weight loss is even in a platoo, well I've had a couple of bad weeks but I'm back on track again so this week should be very good.

I just got to fight my way into finding smiles

Tuesday:
Today it has been a much better day!! lots of smiles!!