Never Hesitate To Ask For What You Want

The biggest epiphony hit me today over the smallest incident.  I didn't have anything to bring for lunch so I was forced to go out.  Planning on getting a salad, I walked over to Grand Central Market only to find the menu was filled with sandwiches and the deli case was filled with an assortment of cold pasta salads.  I pondered for five minutes trying to determine what to get when I really only wanted a salad. So I just asked if they could make me one even though it was off menu.  Surprisingly, they were more than willing to whip something together for me.  I walked out of there for less than $6 armed with this....

       

Don't mind the excessive amount of La Croix cans in the background

I know you're probably wondering, "Really Michele?  You're writing about what you had for lunch?"  But hear me out a minute.  I tend to forget that I have the ability to simply ask people for what I want.  Sometimes it's because of my ego or my pride, and other times it's because I don't want to put anybody out.  Often I find that my instinct is to just float along so as not to cause any problems, hoping that everything works out for the best.  Seriously, though....how fucking stupid is that concept????  Where will that attitude get me in life?

I urge everyone out there in blog-world to think about this.  What do you want out of life?  What is one thing everyday that you could ask for, but choose not to?  Is it help on your front squats (God knows I need that), a special request for lunch, or the raise you think you deserve but have never had the courage to ask for?  I encourage each and every one of you to go out there and do everything you can to get it.  I am making a personal commitment to do this for myself as well.  Remember - we have nothing to lose and quite possibly everything to gain.

Excuse Me While I Preach A Little

I'd like to talk to you all about gimmicks.  I'm warning you, this is probably going to get a little soapboxy....

Anyway, I was driving the other day and I heard a commercial on the radio for a weight loss water.  I shit you not....a water.  Apparently, if you buy this magical water, you will be able to lose weight due to the amazingness of the ingredients it contains. Buzz words like "green coffee bean" and "acai berry" were all over this ad.  Evidently, water with added ingredients makes you skinny.  By the end of this commercial, I think I looked like this ....... 

I was going for angry but she looks a little evil.  Cute, but evil....

I can't for the life of me understand why people fall for this stuff.  A diet WATER?!?!?  Come on, people.  Do you want to know what can help you lose weight? Water!  Nothing special.  Nothing added.  Plain ol' can-even-be-from-your-tap water.

As a society we are inundated with advertisements like this.  We are so image obsessed that people believe that they need to fit into a certain mold to be appreciated, desired, loved or taken seriously.  

Ideal body image is another topic for another day.  Regardless of what that ideal is to you, the problem is that we also tend to want instant gratification with as little work as possible.  We are the advertising and development companies' wet dream.  Weight loss cookies, bars, water, crackers, powder, pills, shakes...they saturate the market promising instant results with as little to no work as possible.  How long until we realize that pumping these artificial chemicals into our bodies or paying for something that we can get at home DOSEN'T WORK??

Do you want to be at your ideal level of fitness?  Do you want to feel as healthy and look as bangin' as possible?  I have the magic formula for you and, if you're the first ten readers, I won't even charge you for it.  (*wink*)  Ready???

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Stepping down off my soapbox now....