Good habits result from resisting temptation.
-Ancient Proverb

so today marks ash wednesday, the first day of lent. how sad is it that after going to catholic school practically my whole life i could not come up with the exact reasoning as to why we get ashes, why we give up meat today and on fridays, and lent as a whole? well i remembered that it's for penance for all of our sins, but the real reasoning behind it all? is it pathetic that i googled a lot of it this morning and learned what i should've remembered through all my schooling in about 15 minutes of reading online? i wonder if it's just locked up in the back of my mind somewhere or did i totally just forget everything i learned in religion class? i'm totally disappointed in myself right now.

not to say that i've been the devout catholic these past few years. i have had my questions about things, but that's another story. i'd like to think though that on days like today, i could recall what it is that makes ash wednesday such a significant day before easter. just pitiful eh? of course i do know that we give up something that will hopefully make us become better people overall. lately i seem to be alternating between food sorts or improving on my actions. this year seems like a food thing, i'm going to give up fried foods and chocolate. ahhhhhh tommy i have no idea how you could do it since new year's! i totally did fat tuesday and pigged out on brownies up until i had to go to sleep last night. and having to give up french fries? one of my favoritest foods? oh my! i did try to give up chocolate like 2 or 3 years ago..uhh yeah, i failed at about halfway through=/. so let's see if i can resist this time. let's just hope i don't go into withdrawals=P.

so vegas this past weekend was cooooooooool. didn't go on the strip bc it was crazy crowded with the all star game and some fashion exhibition going on. all the freaking clubs were either private parties rented out by the likes of jay-z, tony parker & miss eva, etc.. or the ones that were open were charging $50+/pp..even girls!!!!!!!! haha unless you were a groupie i guess=P..so we ended up going to this hotel called red rock that's about 15-20 mins off of the strip. it's niiiiiiice. and not so smoky smelling like all the other casinos. dj scribble was the guest deejay. for some reason i think of him as the mtv dj on some show but i can't remember..could you believe that even a hotel off the strip was charging $70/pp? luckily my cousin's friend knew one of the guys so we got to go in for gratis=). although i'm sure they made up their money on our bar tabs..hehe..it was freaking high-larious seeing my little sister all drunkards..ummm if you only saw how she was with one guy afterwards while standing in line to eat ..dude she might as well have been saying durka durka to him! hahahahahh good times of course=P

man so with all these new crossfit workouts that boyfriend has been planning, i feel like my buttocks and legs ase getting bigger!!!=/. for some reason lou said that's a good thing, but in girl world..big butt & legs = no bueno. c'mon i can totally feel my jeans getting tighter..that can't be good right? but he keeps telling me to wait it out and be patient and it'll all pay off..arghhh...so with that being said...

captains log 03:

Tuesday, 2/20

HIIT sprinting

Wednesday, 2/21 5x5's

Deadlifts: 50/55/60/65/75
Bench Press w/ Bar: 45/50/55/60/65
Upright Rows: 30/30/40/40/40