Confessions of a Fitness Blogger

It is funny how often I go out with friends and people bring up that I probably do not even eat fat or never miss a workout. The truth is, I do both those things. And really, I do a whole lot of other not-so-healthy things too. We all have our weaknesses and I have said before that carbs, Netflix, and cats are just a few of mine.

There was once a time when I thought that everyone who had a fitness blog or taught a fitness class was in peak health and athletic performance. Then, I read an article by a fitness blogger in which she drank beer. It was a jaw drop moment and man, was it nice. Yes, we all have those guilty pleasures. And yes, that includes fitness bloggers, fitness teachers, and chances are, it just might include you too ;) Do you do any of the things on my confessions list?

1. I love carbs and eat them often. Really, it does not take much for me to sit down and eat and entire loaf of bread or down an entire basket of those bread rolls restaurants bring you to fill up on. Guilty as charged.
2. Sometimes, I choose watching TV, sleeping, or doing nothing at all over working out. Gasp! Sometimes, the day is just too long and that wonderful workout I planned to review gets pushed to another time. Or, I do half the workout because half is better than none.
3. I eat before bed.
4. One of the main reason's I run on our gym's treadmill is because I can watch HGTV or E! while doing it.
5. My husband eats more salads than I do. I think food runners think we are purposely tricking them when the hubs gets a salad and I order the veggie burger with onion rings. Onion rings should be a confession all on their own.
6. Sometimes I fall over in yoga. Yes, this can happen to anyone. Those poses be hard!
7. I often simultaneously envision my fitness instructor applauding me for my hard work and me hitting them for what they are doing to my body.
8. I hate arm workouts. So much.
9. When my scale reads a number that shocks me, I will often turn it off and move it to different areas of the bathroom. Because it must be the scale's position that is giving me a bad reading.
10. I opt for the lowest weight option, always. This is not as much a confession as a belief that there is no reason for me to be lifting more than 5-10 pound weights. Sorry Orange Theory, it just makes no sense.
11. Last week I had three Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks. Three!
12. I will go to a workout class because I got a new pair of leggings or cute top.
13. I will not go to a workout class because I have nothing to wear and my butt is still sore from yesterday's workout.
14. I get cellulite.

Well, don't I feel better :) Do you have any of these fitness confessions in common with me? What are some of your fitness secrets?

Stitch Fix, Love it or Hate it

After reading this blog post on Pumps and Iron and all the blog posts from PB Fingers, Fitnessista, and Pumps and Iron (again) about their trip to San Francisco with Stitch Fix, I decided to try it out. If you do not know, Stitch Fix is a clothing delivery system for women and has almost every blogger remotely into the fashion world going crazy. Pretty much, you go onto their website, take a style diagnostic, put in your sizes and preferences, and your appointed stylist picks out frocks for you to wear. Said frocks are shipped to your door and you decide what stays and what goes. 

Every Stitch Fix costs $20 and whatever clothing you decide to keep, you buy minus that amount. Honestly, I am a bit confused as to whether you pay that amount no matter what, or if you get a $20 kick-back for buying their goods. If anyone knows, please enlighten me. 

I am a sale queen and consider buying things full price to be for suckers, I opted for the least expensive in every category. Meaning, there is no sense sending me $200 jeans, they will be shipped back immediately with very little chance of actually being tried on. I know, it may sound a bit cheap, but I love brands like J. Crew and Banana Republic and am able to get jeans for less from them, so why pay more? 

Whoo, back on track now... My first fix came just last week in a pretty box with beautiful wrapping and a nice note from my stylist along with recommendations of how to wear each item and with what. Inside was a pair of SUPER CUTE emerald/blue-ish jeans that fit like a glove; two tank top blouses, one with a feather pattern and one with honeycombs, a maxi dress, and earrings. The jeans and feather tank I loved, everything else was the worst thing ever. Dramatic? If you saw them on me, you would agree. 

After taking off the maxi and honeycomb top and immediately deciding to send them back, I thought, and thought, and thought on the top and the jeans (the earrings were a no-go since they cost $60?!). In the end, I decided that $58 for a tank top (no matter how cute the feathers are) is just too much, and $99 for the pants that are very similar to a pair I already had was just silly. 

I am ok with paying a bit extra for good quality and completely understand the mentality of paying a bit more for something to last a bit longer, but none of these items seemed to be much better in quality than Kohls. The prices, however, were way higher. 

For that reason and for the fact that there is no way to shop a sale with Stitch Fix, I have decided to be the first blogger in history to give them a not-so-sterling review. Yes, it is a wonderful idea to have someone pick out clothing for you and send it to your home. And yes, the process was quite easy and wonderful. But in the end, paying $20 plus the price for overpriced clothing that is not such great quality was not a happy process for me. 

After this fail, I went to J. Crew and purchased three outfits for the hubs and two for me for a total that was less than the Stitch Fix total?!!!??! Gotta love J. Crew sales!