a.m.g.

if you watch the biggest loser, you know who i’m talking about.  what a badass!  He’s a hardcore trainer, but my favorite part is how caring and inspirational he is with his contestants.  He finds that one good thing that people can find in themselves and totally builds their confidence on that ONE thing (I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately because of some of my classes and now that I’m hoping to start teaching in the fall… so I’ll probably post a blog about that later on because it’s just one more of those things that I’ve been holding in the back of my mind and it’s popping up everywhere i turn).  People who just feel too fat, lazy, unmotivated - "I’m too fat, I’m too lazy, I’ll never be able to lose all of that weight, I’m worthless……" and so on and so on… it’s a vicious cycle of self deprecation.  But he really knows how to get in there and make those wheels turn in the opposite direction.  A few of my friends hate watching The Biggest Loser because it’s "too unrealistic" for this kind of dramatic change to take place in a person.  But… really??  Are you really that pessimistic?  I think it’s absolutely possible and it shows in the interviews with previous contestants, current contestants… their lives are truly changed along with their thought process.  Love it!  Bob Harper is sort of my idol in that respect.  I’m by no means a health freak or a gym rat, but I do love his approach.  He accepts no excuses.  It’s all about your choices and most of you who know me pretty well are aware of my stance on this — it’s all about the choices you make.  But… I digress. 

AND i say all of that because: he is going to be at the Books-A-Million in Discover Mills tonight!!!  I’m seriously considering skipping my 5pm class to go meet him.  Or would that completely be in opposition to this whole "choices" thing?  Haha.  

i seriously cannot believe that this semester is almost o-v-e-r!  thursday is my last class day.  while i’m DEFINITELY ready for summer (my first summer break since the one before i left for college… why did i take classes every summer???), i am a little sad that the months passed by so quickly.  but, just three more class periods, two papers, a test and a final and i am done and it will be SUMMER!  i don’t know if i said this or not but, ummm, i really can’t believe it!