7 Annoying Things At The Gym

1. The dude that carries around the gallon of water. Seriously? Are you trying to impress me with your ability to chug a massive amount of water? Because you won’t. Shot gunning a beer may excite me, but not water. Come on.

Get a Camelbak.

2. Jacking the treadmill up to an incline of 2985298629% and the holding onto the handles the whole time. Wait, what? How about walk at an incline that you can handle on a slower pace? Your butt muscles will thank you for not ruining half your workout by clinging to the bars.

This chick knows what’s up.

3. People who don’t clean off the machines/mats/benches. EW!!!! Nobody wants to lay in your germs! Get a rag and wipe!

Richard Gere knows what’s up.

4. People who talk on their phone. Oh good heavens. It’s one thing to use your phone for music or to text in between reps, but keep your mouth shut. I do recommend getting babes’ #s at the gym though.

This chick knows what’s up. Get it girl!!

5. The dudes who steal my spot in between reps. This happened to me today actually. I walked like 2 feet away from the lat pull down and this guy came out of nowhere and hopped on it. Usually I am pretty confrontational but this man was jacked. I was too afraid to say anything so I gave him a death stare instead. 4 times. It was kind of like this but 50% less ugly.

6. The beast who screams or grunts while pumping iron. Ummm, if you are in that much pain, maybe you should just go home.

7. The guys who wear sandals to work out. This is not safe! Dropping a weight on your toe will hurt badly. Trust me – I dropped a weight on my boob once while doing chest presses. So painful. My poor left tata was bruised for a week.

As much as these drive me crazy, I’ve committed a few no nos myself. Like when I  wore the Boys <3 Me shirt to the gym. Obnoxious, I know, but it makes me laugh.

What annoys YOU at the gym?

Random Friday Tidbits

As of this month, the Oxford English Dictionary now recognizes the words “Nom nom” and “sammich.” Gag. For more words and phrases I can’t stand, see my post Foodie Terms That Make Me Cringe. What words make you cringe?

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I recently read an article on Geek Sugar about a survey on annoying facebook friends. Taken directly from this article, here are the 5 types of annoying facebook users, according to women.

1. The Complainer: The most annoying type of friend, according to 63 percent of participants, is the complainer — someone who gripes about everything that goes wrong in her life and spreads negativity.


2. The Crazy Baby Lady: Fifty-seven percent of respondents say they are friends with at least one baby crazy friend, who posts pics every time her baby drools, smiles, takes a step, or falls asleep. In other words, all the time.


3. The Documentarian: Sixty-five percent of women on Facebook are friends with someone who posts status updates, photos, or videos about everything happening in her life, whether it's interesting or not.


4. The Drama Queen: Sixty-one percent of study respondents are friends with at least one person who turns everything into a crisis.


5. The Poser: Forty percent of participants say they know someone on Facebook who paints a perfect life for herself on the social network, even if it's not reality.


Do you fit into any of these categories? Or do you have any friends that do? I miiiiight fit the description of The Documentarian but only because I post a lot of pictures and have a separate page for my blog. I know some girls who are way worse, but it never bothers me. I also know a lot of Drama Kings. And the crazy baby ladies? You can’t be upset with them, but maybe they should start a blog. :)

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Thank you to all of you who responded to my request for the lurkers to comment! I’m so excited to check out all of your blogs!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

A Lesson on Hummus and Foodie Terms That Make Me Cringe

I've always know that hummus is made from mashed chickpeas + seasonings. I had been going crazy seeing recipes like "edamame hummus," "white bean hummus," and "black bean hummus," that had no actual chickpeas in the recipes. My friends, that is a dip. The word hummus is both Arabic and Hebrew for chickpeas, so why on earth would something with a base of another legume, be called hummus? It's just not right. Last night when I made my Sweet Potato Hummuses, I thought it was safe to call them hummus being that the base was chickpeas with the addition of sweet potato + other seasonings. This really isn't correct either, and I'm not afraid to admit that. Maybe I'm being too pedantic about the subject, but I'd much rather own up to my mistake and use food terminology correctly. 

Then I got to thinking about other annoying foodie terms. This kept me up last night too, so that makes 2 nights in a row that I have not slept well because my brain is in overdrive thinking about food. Some might call me an insomniac, others might call me manic depressive, but I'd like to think I just really love food. And I have really bad a.d.d. Someone medicate me, please?


Baby Talk

• Yummers, yummo, or any other variation of yum. Unless you are under the age of 10, you need to stop it.
  
• Sammy and sammich. The word sandwich has an n in it, not an m. So why would you put two in there? Take out your pacifier.
  
• Foodbaby. The actual thought of giving birth to food is actually something we do on the toilet. Do not talk about human babies like that! That's disgusting.
  
• Cuppycake. People actually say this.

Unnecessary Abbreviations

• Brekkie, for breakfast. Are you that tired you can't say the whole word before you eat it?
  
• Resto, for restaurant. Sounds more like a rest stop to me, and I sure as heck don't want to eat there.
  
• EVOO. It's olive oil. "E-V-O-O" has the same amount of syllables as "ol-ive-oi-l" so stop being lazy, Rachel Ray.
  
• Ressy/Rezzie, for restaurant. Admittedly, Amanda and I have used this in a conversation.

Onomatopoeia

• Om, nom, nom. Where did this come from, Sesame Street?
  
• Meh.

Sexy time

• Foodgasm. Not possible to my knowledge. If so, call me.
  
• "This food is orgasmic." Again, if you can produce orgasm-inducing foods, call me.

The Redundant

• Cheese quesadilla.
  
• Chai tea.
  
• Au jus sauce.
  
• Shrimp scampi.
  
• Pizza pie.

The Self-Congratulatory Menu Items

• "Housemade"
  
• "Artisan"
  
• "Gourmet"

The #1 Worst

• EXPRESSO instead of ESPRESSO
  
• OH
  
• MY
  
• GOD
  
• STOP

Question: What food-related words/phrases do you find most aggravating? Or noises? How about gum smacking or loud chewing? ;)


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