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see now, leaving comments will just encourage me to post.
And I really have nothing to say...

Oh, except to the miscreant who stole my credit card number and bought $1 worth of stuff on Napster thereby precipitating the deactivation of my main source of credit JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. To you I say: I hope K-Fed moves in upstairs from you, with the kids, and that he takes up clogging, and that he has the "band" over to "practice" a LOT 'cause you know they need it. Not that I wish someone ill in this time of good-will toward men. Nay, think of the delight that music, dance, and the pitter-patter of little feet will bring! I wish you all this joy, and I hope you work nights and that the E! media van parks in your space at inopportune times (no, wait, cancel that, good-will and crap, blah blah).

Workout and diet-wise, I enrolled in the Precision Nutrition Lean Eating program and it was ok, geared more toward abject beginners, but the basics are useful to us all. I kind of had a meltdown toward the end and derailed completely so that was a wash. I can't focus for 16 straight weeks, I mean, that's longer than a whole semester.

Plus I've developed an aversion to the gym. I couldn't figure out what it was until I went to the gym last Sunday. I strive to be loving and compassionate to everyone around me, but when I'm in the gym my brain runs this continuous stream of negative commentary like, "Why are you blocking the weight rack so you can stare at yourself in the mirror when your form sucks? If you're gonna do hamster cardio, at least break a sweat. Why are you telling men to squat with 10lb dumbells? You're doing it wrong! You're doing it stupid! Why are you here? Get out of my squat rack!"

Anyway, I found kettlebells at my local sporting goods store so I played with those for awhile. Then I broke my e-book ban and bought Red Carpet Ready because I wore bike shorts to cardio kickboxing last week and saw that my quads and calves are way overdeveloped. Including a 10 minute warmup (oh, I got Cressey's "Magnificent Mobility" also, oops), the workout is a solid 45 minutes of fairly challenging high-rep, continuous tension sorts of exercises. Looking back, I was at my leanest when I was doing just that (Joyce Vedral's "Definition"). That was a daily 40 minute workout with an alternating upper/lower split and no cardio. I think if I do RCR, it will bring down the bodyfat while reducing the legs and waist. I'll still work hard at TKD so I won't lose explosive power or rotational force, I just don't think my legs and waist need to be quite so hefty.

And then, I'm just going to set silly, shallow short term goals. Currently, they are to get below 120lb before the next testing date so I get easier breaks and look hot when I go to Texas in December =P.