The peddlers of genetically modified organisms must be bitch-slapped. Let’s all join hands for one powerful bitch-slap in harmony. We’ll start with the Monsanto-beast, then work our way through the food companies in the video…
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In light of all the Hurricane Sandy devastation Ive bumped today’s MizFit skirt giveaway post to next week. The Tornado & I spent last night chatting about doing unto others & thats 100% where my head is right now.
The Tornado & I frequently talk about giving, volunteering, & the importance of doing unto others.
While I’ve made the conscious choice to say as little as possible (& simply walk the walk) as she gets older she’s more filled with questions and wanting discussions.
I always return my my parents by way of example.
Growing up I watched them work tirelessly to help others. They marched-walked-picketed-protested-donated-volunteered and never merely gave lip-service to a cause they believed in.
Ive shared on all my social media platforms and in real life here more than a few times how much I adore the age of six.
The Tornado grasps more than I even give her credit for & is able to participate in my ‘grown-up’ activities in ways she couldnt even last year.
As a result, we’re taking a little field-trip today after school.
We’re trying something new & something which I plan to make a weekly excursion.
We’re making today’s rent paying service simple, small and yet I hope powerful.
We are bringing some money to the Dollar Store, purchasing all the socks, sunscreen, bandaids, Neosporin, & anti-bacterial gel we can afford and compiling ziplock bags with one of each inside.
That way the next time we see someone at the side of the road who sparks a “S/he’s hungry Mama. That’s so so sad” we have a bag* assembled and ready.
Last night when she & I planned this she asked if we could bring our “socks and stuff” to people today.
So, if all transpires as planned, she & I will take a little trip around Austin after we create our bags and before we trick or treat.
We’re making time on this day of ringing doorbells & demanding treats to do unto others.
And yeah, I wanna drag you all into the proverbial fray.
(if youre feeling too frazzled this week please to note a new University of Pennsylvania study showed performing altruistic acts boots ones sense of efficiency and makes it feel as though hours have been added to the day.)
What small but powerful act might you do this week which would make someone elses life a bit easier?
Bag #1A friend who volunteers in a TX homeless shelter said these are items residents repeatedly mention they need. Calling your local shelter may generate a different list.
Yep.
It’s Halloween week and posts which focus on having a happy and healthy one abound.
Suggestions for satiety. Prompts for passing on the candy. Tips for tossing away the sweets in favor of the raw veggies.
Traditional tips which completely work, but just arent how we roll up in herre.
This year we’re taking DIFFERENT approach to Halloween than we have in (more adult) years past.
We’re joining the kids, we’re donning the costumes, we’re RIDING THAT CHARACTER wavvvvve to a healthy Halloween.
Because really, what is fitness, healthy living and overall LIFE many days except PLAYING A CRAZY CHARACTER FAKING IT TILL WE MAKE IT ?
My three tips for how getting into character can create your healthiest Halloween ever:
Create a narrative. Dressing up is optional (sigh. I guess.)—but the creation of a narrative is not. Tonight you’re an actor. Ask yourself what your motivation is? challenge yourself as to why you are striving to be healthy to night and in general. Next consider all areas of your life. What would healthy you/your character eat on a daily basis? How would you dress & how would this show the world how you feel about yourself? How would you walk down the street etc. Tonight (& perhaps longer?) commit to responding to all scenarios as your ‘healthy self’ or character.Quite frankly, upon further reflection & introspection, Ive realized this is how I live the *other* 364 days of the year too.
Do I feel like SKIPPING CARDIO? Am I not in the mood to git my PLAYOUT on?
I ask myself what my SUPERHEROINE counterpart would do.
Am I longing to skip some good whole, clean foods meal preparation in favor of a fast, processed’y snack?
I ask my self how the dainty Queen would dine.
I act as if….when Im not feeling ‘as if’…ALL YEAR LONG.
I challenge you to join me this Halloween and, if youre up for it, through the next twenty or thirty decades as well.
What’s your BEST fake it till you make it tip?
How do you plan to cruise through candy season staying in character & living healthy?
Do you find it odd Im dressing up as a Terrible Towel Wednesday night?
“Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip.” -Robert Hastings
When I realized this I stopped waiting until I was a certain size, saw a certain number, looked a certain way, landed that perfect job, lived in that perfect house, had that perfect marriage, etc, etc, etc. It’s about falling in love with the process of it all.
Seriously. There are no words for this post. I love. I honored. I laughed. I cried. JackSh*t is better than CATS.
Jack:
It’s just a little bitty pissant guesty post.
Ain’t nothin’ much to see.
No swearing allowed, THOUGH I MIGHT GET KINDA LOUD,
Dumb as it can be.
It’s just a piddly-squatin’ fun-time guesty post.
Ain’t nothing too wise at all.
Just lots of good meals (sorry… no refills),
Cuz there’s something healthy going on!
Something healthy going on!
We get stay-at-home mothers who want a workout fix.
Local folks in Austin, young boys looking for pix.
Now we used to get a lotta visitors, stopping by for a glance,
Then Fila did that video shoot, and we all saw MizFit dance.
Chorus:
It’s just a little bitty pissant guesty-post, nothing much to see.
No swearing allowed, THOUGH HE MIGHT GET KINDA LOUD,
Dumb as he can be.
It’s just a piddly squatin’ fun-time guesty post.
Ain’t nothing too wise at all.
Just lots of good meals (sorry… no refills),
Cuz there’s something healthy going on!
Miz:
Keep your workouts short, girls. Keep your meals healthy.
And don’t put yourself down now; don’t do that ‘round me.
Eat your peas and choose to exercise and you don’t need no other tools.
Cause everyone who stops here knows my special no-no rules.
Jack:
Yeah, everyone who stops here knows Mrs. Mizzy’s no-no rules.
Miz:
Robby Ray, start ‘em…
Robby Ray:
Pity’s not to be wallowed in
That’s the kind of thing a dumb ol’ loser does.
Miz:
And it’s not productive. Shauna!
I shan’t tolerate no ugly comments on my blog posts.
Miz:
Josie honey!
And please don’t show us no tattoos.
No hearts and flowers on… wait… that can’t be right…
Miz:
You’re damn right, Yucky.
Brands love originality and that’s just what we’re selling at Miss Mizzy’s.
Do you catch my drift?
I blog ‘bout food and yoga and responsibility.
I teach folks how to work out enthusiastically.
If you don’t mind that I sometimes do it sarcastically,
Then we can get along.
Joyce!
Any bad habits you come in with, get rid off right now.
Miz:
Kelly Joe!
Kelly Joe:
Don’t eat any of that processed crap; that ain’t too healthy chow.
Miz:
Amy Lue!
Amy Lue:
Any one running a marathon had better make real sure that they’re fit.
Miz:
And if you really hate this post…
You can blame it on Jack Sh*t.
And as for quotes…
Quotations are something you don’t need
To get your daily inspiration.
What’s that about?
Keep them sayings and word wisdom off this place…
I know how to cross stuff out.
And nobody messes with my cross-outs.
And any questions you might have about how to get more healthy,
Don’t gripe, whine or raise a fuss.
Just email me, but I can’t talk now,
I’ve got to pick up the Tornado from the bus.
The bus stop’s thataway!
Chorus:
She blogs ‘bout Egg Beaters, Attune and flexibility.
She writes some posts that rhyme kind of elaborately.
If you think you can live your life a bit more actively.
Then we can get along.
Miz:
Well, howdy folks. It’s good to see ya.
Nice to meet ya.
Come on over,
I’d like you to meet Jack Sh*t…
Jack:
It’s just a little bitty pissant guesty post.
Ain’t nothin’ much to see.
No swearing allowed, THOUGH I MIGHT GET KINDA LOUD,
Dumb as it can be
It’s just a piddly-squatin’ fun-time guesty post.
Ain’t nothing too wise at all.
Just lots of good meals (sorry… no refills)
Cuz there’s something healthy going on!
Something healthy going on!
Ive been thinking a lot recently about the lies we tell ourselves and the various ways said fibs can work for us.
Ive already shared how I think fabrication in the name of COSTUMING can be healthy.
We all know the healthy living lies which serve to sabotage our efforts (eating while standing at the fridge doesnt count. birthday cakes are always calorie free.).
Lately, with the Bay Area looming on the horizon & my stuffs stuffed into boxes, Ive become majorly obsessed with intrigued by the notion of positive self-deception.
So intrigued it’s become a running joke between Ren Man and me.
“No thanks,” I’ll respond when he asks if I want to see an art film instead of Wreck It Ralph. “Bay Area me, however, only attends films with artistic intent and subtitles.”
The ATX Carla may have grown lazy in her promise to _______ (<—insert pretty much anything there these days) but the Bay Area Misfit plans to do xxx and then some.
This positive self-deception restricts itself not just to me.
Yesterday morning (and how this post was sparked) I invited the Husband to lift weights.
“Hmmmm. Not today.” He replied tongue firmly implanted in cheek. “I’ll be lifting really heavy and training super hard when we move so I dont want to overtrain.”
Even though I laughed, I was brought back to the concept of positive self- deception, its proximity to the idea of ‘fake it till we make it’ and the ways overestimating our chances of success at new experiences helps us (the royal us. ME.) feel the fear and do it anyway.
All that to say, loud and proud, Im lying to myself these days and it’s a good thing.
Im bracketing off/shoving away all negative info (rainy weather, hard to get to know other parents, takes a year to feel at home in a new place) & manufacturing a positive misfit’y reality which helps me better approach my situation.
Lest you fear Ive lost my mind, social psychologists agree self-deception, for some, can be an effective approach.
Research has shown those who ‘deceive’ themselves in a positive fashion can boost self-esteem/make themselves feel better.Studies indicate those who positively self-deceive tend to believe they have more control over their environment than they actually do.Information shows we’re *happier* when we CHOOSE to hold views about the future that are more positive than evidence may justify.How does any of this apply to my relocation?
Allow me to share the various ways Ive chosen to lovingly lie to myself about the impending Bay Area me.
The Bay Area Misfit will:
Be so amazingly house/office organized it will blow your minds out (as the child sadly no longer says):
we all know this isnt happening…Be super duper 24/7 social. Non-stop coffees with mere acquaintances. She will NEVER decline an invitation!
Look at me all a’mingling!Say work? SCHMIRK! There will never not be 1000 screaming kids underfoot. I will fling open the front door when I move in & never shut it:
she’s a tornado of socializing.Morph into a runner! This reportedly fun race will be merely one of many:
Ive run one race. Ever.Hike & bike so much people will wonder aloud if I even OWN a car:
lets pretend these are cob web’y from use…Get gussied up. A lot. Lottsa (my version of) fancy will be happening in the Bay.
Willie prefers me in a dress.Here’s where many bloggers would provide a cute disclaimer, clarify this isnt *really* happening & say it’s an interesting concept to chat about none the less.
People, IM SO DOING THIS and Id love your thoughts.
Do you think there’s a difference between ‘fake it till you make it’ and positive self-deception?Are you one to proceed with caution believing this deception to be a dangerous, slippery slope?How have you harnessed the power of positive self-deception in your life lately?Weigh in showed what I expected it to show.
Up 1.6.
Thank you Halloween Candy, you were a fun indulgence for a couple of days but I’ve had my fill and I’m moving on.
I think we would all do ourselves a service is we expect holiday blips. Embrace them even. What would life be without birthday cake, peanut butter cups and holiday cookies?
NO FUN if you ask me!
Just remember you can be successful at weight loss/maintenance without being perfect. The 80/20 rule concept does apply.
Now it’s time to face the scale, be accountable and move forward –regardless of what it’s reading is this week. And remember that. It’s just a reading not a measure of your success.
