Does it make me out of shape if after doing one day of week one “Ripped in 30” with Jillian Michaels, I was sore for two days? Don’t ask me to pick up dropped items.
Does it make me a grown up if the thought of having a dog no longer disinterests me? I’m house sitting again, this time with a VERY WELL BEHAVED DOG.
Does it make me unmotivated if I am counting down the days until I am done with the chemistry class I am taking? I’m going to say yes. Arizona/freedom is calling me.
Does it make me soulless if I compare babies and puppies interchangeably? Both I cannot stand, unless well behaved like the aforementioned dog. I don’t do drool.
Does it make me addicted if all I can think about is sugar? I may be eating my feelings towards school. Just a little. Also, Thanksgiving cannot come soon enough.
Does it make me ambitious for walking to the store when I’m fully capable of driving? I didn’t think anything of it until I was asked TWICE by people driving by if I needed a ride. No, I just like to walk? Cars are overrated.
Does it make me lazy if I’d rather walk than do any other kind of exercise right now? I’m soaking up all the fall colors while I can before the white blanket of death arrives.
Does it make me a bad blogger if this is the best I could come up with for a post?
Q: Fill in the blank: “Does it make me ________?”
60 thoughts on “Does it Make Me…”
Amy @ A Desert Girl
Those leaves are so lovely.
Does it make me a cold weather wuss to pull out a parka for my walk to work in 50 degree weather?
earthzenmama
Does it make me a bad wife for having tortilla chips, pumpkin brownies, and wine for dinner last night?
Does it make me a pessimist for worrying that my husband is going to come home from his work trip with Ebola?
Brittany
Your dinner sounds fantastic…and Ebola is SCARY SHIZZ MAN!
Laur
I always liked dogs but found them annoying until I got my own. We had one growing up but I still didn’t get the “big deal” about them… And, well, obviously things have changed for me. Haha!
kathy@vodka and soda
you are absolutely not out of shape! the shred works different muscle groups while running works other things which is why you’re sore.
i like to think that i’m in damn good shape for a woman of my age but my class yesterday is leaving me sore today mainly because as part of the conditioning warm up drill, we did slam balls using 25lbs medicine balls. it’s one thing being able to curl 25lbs, but having to pick up a 25lbs ball, raise that over your head and then slam it down on the ground repeatedly (10×3 rounds and tacking on 4 more drills = 1 circuit = omfg death), i am pretty sore. that dosen’t make me out of shape, it rounds out my fitness as the shred is rounding out yours 🙂
Brittany
Thanks man, you sure know how to make a girl feel special. 😉 Also, you’re a beast and I would die at that class.
katalysthealth
I like how you pointed out the drool for the baby and puppy thing. So does that mean that cleaning up the poop after them doesn’t bother you? 😉
Brittany
Does is make me gross is the poop doesn’t bother me at all?? Just the drool…it makes no sense I know.
Natalie @ The Ravenous Mommy
I used to feel the same way about babies & puppies until I had one, haha!
Brittany
Naturally!! I know that whenever (if ever) I have my own offspring I will adore them to bits, but still secretly dislike other peoples children. hahaha. In all reality it’s the parenting that gets me, not the kids! Or pups.
mollieandclaire
If I did ripped in 30, it would mean how long before I ripped a muscle. As in 30 seconds….
Change of Pace
Walking is exercise, and it’s what your body wants right now!!
Awesome you get to escape to AZ after school. It’ll be a nice break!
Spoken from someone who is head over heels for their devil-dog, a well-behaved dog is very different, and sometimes you just get a crazy hyper/protective one who is an extreme handful! So, don’t get too interested in getting a dog yet, unless you can adopt that one 🙂
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
Does it make me a selfish person if one of the main reasons I don’t get a dog is because I don’t want to have to worry about taking care of anything other than myself? Which also happens to be one of the main reasons I’m not in a hurry to have kids. I know. I’m a horrible person 😆
Brittany
Definitely not. While I’m enjoying this adventure with dogman, I don’t actually see myself getting one until I have a family. It’s too much responsibility!!
Amy
1) NO! I tried doing a few HIIT workouts (very, very similar, if not the same), and I couldn’t sit or walk for days. But I’m fairly certain I can run longer distances than all those weight-lifters in the videos, so… We’ll just say I have stronger muscles elsewhere. 😉
3) NO!! Ohmygosh, I counted down the days until every single one of my chemistry classes were over. No joke. Yes, I majored in them. Yes, I {mostly} enjoyed them. But they always dragged on for far too long, especially when I’d rather be baking, running, and sleeping!
5) If there’s a sugar addicts group… Please sign me up. I need to go on a detox. If only sugar wasn’t my entire job right now… Curse the holiday season! 😉
7) Man, all I want to do is walk too! But I don’t exactly have the time… If only sleep were optional.
Mine: Does it make me a bad baking blogger when I don’t actually want to eat anything I make? So much sugar, so overwhelmed, so… Close to burnout. But on the bright side, thank goodness for holiday cookie traffic!
Brittany
I’d consider yourself lucky that you don’t want to eat your treats!!! I have to take baking breaks because I eat ALL the treats. I haven’t baked in a while simply for this reason. My self control is at -2.
charissarunning
Haha you are not a bad blogger! Does it make me a bad employee if I’m reading your blog (and others) at work? It sure makes the time go by quicker when I take breaks from my work!
Food, Booze, & Baggage
I like your leaf turkey, very creative! All the exercise makes me feel like the first picture 🙂 Hardily a bad blogger! Best of luck finishing your class.
Luv What You Do
Not at all!
I have been a pretty bad blogger these days : )
Does it make me ridiculous that I’m ready for bed?
brittanylesser
Hahaha love this. Get a dog!!!! I’m obsessed with mine 😉
P
I love the last picture! Fall is beautiful 🙂
Shawna
Love the leaves! Hmmm does it make me a bad friend if I get way more excited about hanging on my couch and watching The Voice than meeting friends at the bar? Possibly. Or just sleepy. 🙂
Brittany
Story of my life? I don’t do “outings.” Hahaha.
Ellie
Does is make me any less of an independent female to have butterflies about a certain someone who makes me really happy? 🙂 🙂 Does is make me crazy to need to not believe a planned outing may happen until it is actually happening. I think I need to stop analyzing my insecure feminism hahaha
Brittany
EMBRACE those butterflies!! Nothing wrong with that, I love those.
annaethain
Great post! Does it make me lazy to have only eaten Oreos so far today?
Brittany
I continue to be jealous of your Oreo consumption…if I buy a container I will eat them…ALL of them. It’s just too dangerous being a lone wolf. I used to be able to buy a container and give them ALL (aside from like five for me) the the guy I was dating at the time. I do miss having a fellow human garbage disposal that I can shove food into to get it away from me. I have zero self control. That’s all I miss. HAHA.
Khushboo Thadani (@KhushbooThadani)
Does it make me a terrible person to admit that I’m not an animal person…at all!!! Sorry I know you love cats but they terrify me!
foodielovesfitness
Those Ripped in 30 workouts are no joke!!
Ha, what, you don’t like dogs?! I like puppies wayyyy more than babies!
willrunforpizza
Lol this is hilarious. JM is hardcore! I’m not a big baby person either – unless they aren’t crying, or they are sleeping. But I want my OWN kids…that’s just different. But I love CERTAIN dogs! NOT those tiny little yappers. I just wanna drop kick them. Does that make me evil?
Brittany
I want to kick them too, but fear they will bite me. Little devils those dogs.
An Unrefined Vegan
I need some fitness motivation – been doing the same thing for too long now and I MISS not being able to bend over and pick something up, or go down stairs without waddling like a duck!
PS this post is 100x better than my posts lately :-)!
hellotofit
Is it bad that I eat double the recommended serving size for ice cream but sort of love it? 🙂 love this post, thanks for sharing!
Brittany
Wait, you mean we’re actually supposed to only eat one serving?? WHO DOES THAT!? I easily eat…three, I mean two.
Kayse
Jillian Michaels is relentless. You’re soooo lucky to still be looking at leaves. We’ve got a foot and a half of snow in the last 48 hours here. I’m snowed in. No joke. I can’t leave the driveway because the snowblower is out of gas and it would literally take me from sun up to sun down to shovel my way out of here haha!
Does it make me a bad employee if I was given permission to work from home today due to the snow, and all I want to do is put on my snowshoes and go adventuring?!
Brittany
GET YOUR ADVENTURE ON GIRRRRL!
Kayse
Totally did! Then my cousin came to plow my driveway so i could get out… And got the plow truck stuck in the ditch haha! So alongside digging him out, i shoveled a foot and a half of snow out from around the house and garage, then dug my truck out so i can leave the house. Take that Jillian Michaels! My entire body is a limp noodle right now.
Aja
I actually really liked this post. I’m always sore after Jillian Michaels. Even her yoga meltdown video. I once walked to my grocery store and carried my groceries home and no one asked if I wanted help until I was less than a block to my apartment. I was dying.
The Vegan 8
You are so hilarious!! Love this post! They are always unique and fun to read and by the way, I know probably many people tend to just skim through blog posts, but I genuinely read yours because they are so much fun to read!
I didn’t really like babies before either…now that I’m a mom, I’m obsessed with them, lol! It really totatlly changes you. Like in ways you don’t imagine. Anyways, but dogs and babies are huge responsibilities and deserve the best so definitely don’t have either unless you are ready, LOL!
So, does it make me a bad wife that I just want to eat chocolate chip pumpkin bread all evening and not cook an actual dinner? But, I know that won’t work, so I’m off to go make some veggie soup.
brickhousechick
Nothing makes you anything you don’t want to be! 🙂
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
Does it make me crazy if I play tag and chase with my kitty cats. Probably. I’m cool with it though.
Melanie
I love this post and I love all of your pictures! I really need to get in a few more walks before winter decides to hit too. Blah. Oh, and that cupcake looks amazing! It made me want to lick the screen. Ha.
Lauren @ ihadabiglunch
Does it make me a bad blogger if most days I count salsa (……and chips) as a serving of vegetables? Or that I can’t go a single day without dessert after dinner?
I love that people asked to give you a ride haha. There’s humanity left in the world! I hope you get a handle on the school stress – although eating your feelings is definitely called for sometimes 😉
Missy
Tomatoes, corn, probably some onion up in there… totally legit and probably more like two servings. (0:
Missy
Does it make you awesome if you make a turkey out of leaf?
Yes. Yes it does.
Sarah Pie
Does it make me a bad person if all I’ve done is complain to the BF how many meetings I have this week?
Haha I get the same thing when I walk to the library by my place! I guess because it’s on a busy road so lots of cars go by?
apartmentwife
the bit about babies and puppies being interchangeable made me laugh out loud. i’m probably the ultimate puppy/baby person, but that’s only been a thang for the past couple years. i didn’t really like dog growing up (something about it being your own, i guess) and i *swore* i wouldn’t marry until at least 30, and then maybe/maybe not have kids (that lasted until i met jon). we’ll see what happens with you dear girl 🙂
and yay for arizona! we’re going to see my family sometime soon – maybe we end up there at the same time someday? i’d make you tube the colorado with me.
Shannon
Babies are exactly like puppies until they reach the magic age of five and the shock collar quits working. I must admit that cleaning up poop is my spec-ee-ality. I had four (and now three bunnies). Ha!
The lead-in cracked me up. Your cat strikes a seriously scary camera pose. Great post…here’s mine:
Does is make me a crazy that just because it’s in the 50’s outside I want to lay around in my PJ’s all day wrapped in a homemade afghan, sipping warm beverages? Or does it just make me a Texan who is hopelessly acclimated to unseasonably hot weather?
PS — Cupcake = Face Plant. Hellooooo.
Christina Does It All
Does it make me a narcissist that one of my first thoughts on this post was, “Oh, but she’d love Bryn. She’s super well behaved AND adorable.” 😉 I DO not think you would like my dogs though. Mongrels.
Cars ARE overrated. There is a sister store less than half a mile from my work that I sometimes have to go take pictures of and people have told me more than once that I should drive. Seriously?! No. I feel like it’s half not laziness and half a different kind of laziness as I just don’t feel like moving my car. 😉
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thesuffolkstrider
Does it make me British that you mention Thanksgiving & I have no idea when that is??
Does it make me a pig if I have THREE bowls of Frosties in the morning.
Does it make me want to eat a big fat cake after seeing the picture of one on your blog??
Does it make me a pad parent if sometimes I wish I did have a puppy over my child??
Great post
Brittany
OMG your last one made me LAUGH OUT LOUD.
Heather @ HeatherRunsFast.com
Does it make me lame for not knowing what “HH” was when I received it in a text? It’s Happy Hour. I’m lame.
Julia
Awesome article Brittany! Love those colorful leaves! What restaurant have you had the best cupcakes? Remember to add it to your Besty List! http://www.thebesty.com/blissfulbritt
remycousteau
Does it make me a hoarder if I bought all of the ‘on sale’ candy corn at the market today? 🙂
Brittany
NO! It makes you SMART!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
Does it make me a LESBIAN if I LOVE YOU THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MUCH?
BAH HA HA AH AHA HA HA AH AHA HA HA AH! NOPE.
Brittany
Yes….it does. This is why we must share your giraffe outfit.
jessiebearwhat
“white blanket of death” made me lol
jennanolten
Hahahaha I love this post. You are funny 😛
Rach @ This Italian Family
I love dogs and kids, but I totally still compare them. It’s unreal how similar they are. I can’t tell you how often one of our friends’ kids will do something and Christopher and I look at each other with that knowing look that says “our dog totally does that!” haha! 🙂