Winter Olympics and P90X

Happy Chinese Lunar New Years first of all! 新年快乐！！！

So to celebrate the holidays the parents and sister came back to Amherst and we went to the homes of one of our oldest friends. Pretty much the first thing she said when she saw me was "My god, you got fat around the middle!" Now, with my relatives in China when they call somebody fat, it is a complement as well because it suggest that the person's family has money and eats well. Of course in America when you say somebody is fat, well they are fat.

Their son had just come back from China with his wife, and another friend of theirs were as well for the dinner and the son (my elder brother as I had to call him) had gotten really tall, and skinny as well. He also took a jab at my figure by saying something along the lines of how he was skinnier than me now, and also a foot taller. Played it off but like that's all old friends and relatives have been saying lately and finally hit a nerve this time. I've been saying for pretty much the last year or so that I would get active, lose weight, and to this point I've probably gained even more weight. Anyways after that we ate dumplings, roasted chicken, cod, and watched a re-run of the Spring Gala on CCTV-4.

After the family left to go back and I returned to the dorm, turned on the TV to watch some of the Winter Olympics. It is really sad what happened at the Luge track and I totally understand their precautions and lowering the track, although I'm curious where the women's track will be now that they lowered the men's down to the women's level and the women even further down. Regardless they still hit like 90 MPH. As for that Short Track Skating event, the Koreans had it in the bag and they lost it, what a shame would have been nice to see an all-Asia sweet. Although its interesting to note that if the judges hadn't decided to add that random Canadian guy, the finals would have been an all-Asian affair (3 Koreans, 1 Chinese, 2 Asian-Americans).

Anyways after the games this commercial about P90X came up. I had heard of this from a friend over at Smith College who said she wanted to try it but was apprehensive due to the expensive price tag. Went to some fitness websites and saw how highly acclaimed it was, so I figured why not, and I've got it.

The track that I'll be going down is the P90X - Lean, which includes more cardiovascular activities as opposed to just strength and resistance. I'm slated to start the routines today (its 1:06 AM at the moment) and going to try to mix it in with some early morning jogging. Also watching more of what I eat. During the summer and breaks my roommates/suitemates and I would get drunk and probably order 30-40 dollars worth of wings or McDonalds, no more of that. Lets see what this P90X thing can do.

Also, best of luck to China in the Winter Olympics! 中国加油！！！So far after the Short Program in Figure Skating 3 of the top 5 pairs are Chinese (Gold, 4th, 5th). Best of luck to all Chinese and extension Asian athletes in the games!