New Blogger Alert!!!

My daughter Mallory's best friend Christina has started a blog and can sure use some support!  Mallory and Christina have been friends since they are 4 or 5 years old so Christina is actually my third daughter!  She is cute and adorable and she very well may become a famous actress/singer if she plays her cards right!  Go check her out and maybe someday you can say you knew her when!

On another note, I am one of the myfitnesspal converts to Livestrong.  I'm not sure that I love it yet but I have to say that I think the food database is much better.  I do not like the recipe utility though.  Unless I am doing something wrong, I cannot input a recipe and not have it shown to the whole universe.  On MFP, I was able to put a recipe in and use it just for my purpose.  Not on Livestrong.  I do not want to post recipes for everyone.  I do it just to track my intake, not to actually prepare a recipe from it and it wants EVERYTHING logged;  directions and all!  So, until I figure this part out, the jury is out on whether I stick with it or not.  I entered a lot of recipes into MFP and while I don't mind entering them again in LS, I won't do it if I have to share!

Brutus is ready for some football!

Congrats to the GIANTS!  WooHoo!

Lets hope he is showing a little more enthusiasm for the BIG GAME!

I got home from my whirlwind trip to NY last night!  Had a wonderful birthday with my children and family.  On Saturday, we woke up to just enough snow to make travelling into NYC an adventure!  We took the train in and met up with 3 other bandsters who said "to hell with the weather", Catherine, Liz and Monica!  I had never met Monica and she was just great.  It was wonderful catching up with Catherine and Liz and I'm so happy that we made the trip in.  There were supposed to be 15 of us there and while I understand why others cancelled, I was disappointed that I didnt get to see everyone.  Maybe we can do a Spring Brunch....no snow!  Or, even better, lets do a brunch in Orlando!  

Jordan, Mallory and I had a wonderful lunch with these wonderful ladies and we went home on the 3:16 p.m. train from Penn Station.  Oh, and guess what?  We jump out of the cab, 15 minutes to the train leaves and what do I see?  Garrets Popcorn!  Yes!!!!  You can bet that I made the stop for some Chicago Mix for the ride home and we made the train with a few minutes to spare!  Very cool.

As usual, I ate my way through NY.  I had my bagel, my pizza, my Mexican, my Chicago popcorn and lots of Italian food!  The best part is that I came home and weighed the same as when I left.  I will never take my Sleeve for granted and feel so blessed that I have this tool to help me keep my weight in check!

Wow! I'm a Band Superstar!

I am the featured "Superstar" in todays installment of "Band Superstars"!  I was beyond honored when I was asked to participate in the Band Superstar blog that dear Sandy has re-started!  Thank you so much for thinking of me.

Reading the stories of all who have come before me has been a very integral part of my success.  While we are all so different from one another in the way that we lose weight, some fast losers, some slllloooowww losers like me, we are all fighting the good fight!  I have learned so much from joining so many of you on your own journeys and this has been a huge inspiration to me in my own journey!

I plan on being here for the duration so please, keep sharing with everyone....I am proof positive that it makes a difference!  Thank you!

Quick Poll!!!

Tabata Class kicked my butt!

First, a little confession....before yesterday, the last time I was at the gym was December 10! Yea, I know, very bad. Between being sick and going to new York, the time just flew by. I finally went yesterday and felt so much better. Today, I got on the scale and was greeted with 145 lbs! Seriously? I have been holding steady at 142-143 the whole holiday season and go back to the gym and scale is up! Great! I know that it is probably water weight as my muscles are quite sore but I also know that I have not really been "on my game" if you will, regarding eating healthy and exercising. This is actually a good wake-up call for me. In order for me to continue to be successful in maintenance, I have to be diligent with watching what I am eating and most important, I have to keep moving! Oh, and one more thing....I resolved this year that I wasn't going to keep a daily weight log anymore. I'd be like a normal person who isn't addicted to weighing herself every day. Yea, well, the hell with that! I do better when I jump on the scale and by writing it down, it is real for me so I will keep doing that too. If it ain't broke, I'm not fixin it so there! So, getting back to Tabata class, I went this morning and I know it's gonna hurt when I'm feeling it already. I had never taken a Tabata class although I have done Tabata during personal training. The class used to be 60 minutes but I saw they changed it to 45 so I went for it. It was intense, but fun. Bottom line, I will be taking it 2 x a week going forward. I think it's good to change up my exercise and this is definitely doing that. Plus, my favorite instructor, Herman, is teaching it :)