SEBACEOUS, are you Julia?

UGH! Don't get me started about gym etiquette.  Its either the woman who uses the aerobic machine that there is only one of for 2 hours and not wiping it off, (when there is a sign asking to limit your time to 30 minutes.)  Or the lady who sits on another good machine for 45 minutes and actually uses it for about...4 (at an EXTREMELY slow pace.)  And seriously!  SHE ACTUALLY SITS ON THE BACK OF THE MACHINE.  And when someone asks if she is using it, she gives them a rather rude look and "YES!" reply.

BTW.  I LOOOOOOOVE Julia's style.  It so cute and classy, sexy but still conservative.  Also,  I love all of the ladies' hair in this episode.  Love Julia's curls, wish mine could do that.  And the changes in Meghan's and Mary's.  Def like the added volume.

I'm sick of all the work out, eat better, get fit resolutions.  I'm resolving to be fat and happy this year.

OMG Mary I totally agree about the gym after New Years.  I think it's great that people resolve to change, but it's frustrating, because they don't know good gym-etiquette.  It usually dies down in mid-February though.

I'm resolving to eat healthy again.  I lost some weight earlier this year through changing my diet, but I got really bad with ordering out and eating sweets this winter.

Julia is genius. 
I think is great you love yourself no matter what. 
Keep on embarrassing  the beautiful mess you are. 
I love it. 

Life is a Journey.

whoa im sorry, totally confused: Did Meghan have an eating disorder?

oh man mary, you are so winsome. i am loving your silent glances to the camera concerning julia's lack of timeliness.

Mary's reactions are some of the best parts of this episode. I don't care if she is a bitch. I think she's awesome. Also, super cute haircut.

Mary looks great in this episode!

Anyway, my New Years resolution is to re-focus on myself. After getting out of a 2 year relationship and losing sight of myself (channel Julia's whole "who would i become if i didn't settle" mentality) I really need to refocus on myself what's important to me. I've started doing more volunteer work at a nearby animal sanctuary and not saying yes so much to other people

My comment was in NO WAY poking fun of eating disorders.  I actually wanted that part of the episode edited out, but for some reason it's still in there. I would NEVER actively make fun of eating disorders, that comment came out randomly to the girls and was not meant for public consumption.

I have to go with Mary on this one... I don't like doing New Year Resolutions because I feel everyone sets goal at this time of year... and somehow all the goals get lost in the midst of all the other goals out there.

But there is something magical about setting goals on a Sunday, especially if the Monday falls on the first day of the month.  (I know, I'm weird.)

I also started my own tradition.  On my 31st birthday, I listed 31 things I want to do/accomplish by the time I'm 32.  I plan to continue this tradition because two months into it I am having a blast.  It's more unique than traditions and actually gives me an action to complete.

But I loved reading your resolutions, JA!  Go for it and have fun along the way (sans sugar and bad men of course).

Not only is Mary's haircut FANTASTIC, but her hair is so shiny and beautiful and glossy and gorgeous. And the cut has totally made her look even MORE beautiful, if that's possible, because she's already supermodel beautiful. 

Bravo, Mary. You look amazing and chic and stunning.

Huh... I commented already but it did not appear.  Maybe I was black balled.

Anyway, as a fellow gym rat, I agree with Mary.  The resolutions are really annoying.  I am all for people trying to improve themselves, but why does everyone have to do it at the New Year?  It is ironic that people recognize the need for change long before the New Year but lack the self discipline to do anything about.  Then suddenly because of an arbitrary date, they think they can do it.  If that is not an indication that you will break the resolution, I do not know what is.

Anyway, my most recent resolution was in October.  I decided to eat more healthy.  Unfortunately, it is still a work in progress to achieve the correct balance for my body.  I definitely made improvements, but it caused me to lose over 10 pounds, which I did not want.

Ahhhh, resolutions...and I SO sympathize with Mary about the whole gym thing---it sucks hard for the rest of us REGULAR gym-goer's when suddenly the resolutioners decide to nab those spiffy new gym memberships and clog the joint up!

I would like to resolve to waste less time goofing off online...and so here I am commenting about it at one of my regular website stop's, of course...

I definitely want to go back to school for an MA in Art Education and/or Art Therapy though. Hopefully this year will be the year I resolve to start working on that finally!

You gals look super snazzy in this episode, btw!

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ah yes, good eye with the binder clip on Julia's skirt! now that it's pointed out I can't stop staring at it. that's funny. I noticed her makeup looked a lot more toned down as well, amazing! also, I don't think there's anything wrong with enjoying cupcakes now and again! don't swear them off entirely, JA!

Julia, looking at the enormous list of resolutions on your blog, I'm reminded that the more things change, the more they stay the same.  

You are the consummate "yes" person.  Unlike some other people around here, I truly believe this comes from a place of good intentions and a willingness to please.  I also truly believe that your list of resolutions comes from your wholehearted desire to work on things you know need it.  But in creating such a huge list and expecting such perfection out of yourself, you're violating one of your own rules by just saying yes to EVERYTHING you want to change, regardless of how outrageous that expectation may be.

We all have a 30-odd bullet-point list of things we'd like to change about ourselves, of challenges we'd like to overcome.  But you'd be a whole lot better off if you just picked one thing - something that gets to the root of a few of your concerns - and stick to it.

Me, I'm cutting chips - just chips - out of my diet this year.  They're one of my favorite snacks (helloooo, guacamole), but I also know they trigger me to eat more junk and less healthy food, they make me less motivated to go to the gym, and they make me bloated.  If I cut out just this one bad behavior, I'm so much more likely to participate in so many other good ones.

As a fellow gym rat, I definitely subscribe to Mary's school of thought.  The resolutioners are REALLY annoying at the gym.  However, it is actually sad to see almost everyone break their resolution.  It shows a complete lack of discipline.

I do not understand why people need to use the New Year to motivate themselves to make positive changes.  In fact, it seems ironic that many people recognize the need to change well before the New Year but can't bring themselves to action it until the New Year.  That is a clear indication that the resolution it is not very important to you, and you probably will not be able to keep it.

Anyway, my non new year resolution in early October was to eat healthier.  I am definitely doing that, but still trying to achieve the correct balance.  It caused me to drop 10 pounds, which I do not want.

Mary is so right about New Year's resolutions. They're so stupid. Adults know they're stupid. She's an adult, as opposed to the child sitting across the table from her. 

And her hair looks amazing.

I wonder: Was JA's New Year's Resolution to call her supposed best friend a bitch and then post it to her blog? Because that was super-classy. A better JA indeed. What a joke. Julia, it's NOT hard for you to be more awesome. You have a long, long way to go.

I can see Julias paper clip type thing tightening her skirt to her body basically the whole episde. haha, nice work silly JA.

My new years resolution is to think before I speak, and Not interupt my boyfriend. I am a total interupter.

As girls who seem to have a few food issues lurking beneath the surface, it's not very funny or cute for you to make fun of eating disorders.