My First Tag!

Angie tagged me! I feel so special. She mentioned how sometimes blogging feels like a popularity contest, and I certainly know how that goes. It's cool to know that some people do read though. So thanks Angie!

Here is the premise for the award:
“These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

1. Maria at When in Rome.
2. Carrie at Carrie, Uncensored.
3. Danielle who writes for beautiful Dexter.
4. Mary at Girl Stand Still.
5. Meghan at Left Turn Yield on Green.
6. Pamela at Yada, Yada, Yada
7. Jen at Eggs Over Medium
8. Teresa at Eating, Drinking, and Being Married

I tried to nominate people who I don't think always get noticed. Thanks for making my days go by a little quicker!

My Analysis of Oscar Fashion

OK, I always think most people look pretty good. I think I compare everything to the swan dress. That isn't exactly a high bar to set.



Did anyone else notice the blue and black trend? I saw Kate Winslet first, and really liked her dress from the front. The top of the back was nice too. I just wasn't totally in love with the overlay on just half of the skirt.



Later in the night, I saw Reese Witherspoon and Queen Latifah had dresses with the same vibe.

Now Mylie Cyrus. Well, the dress was obviously very special, and I can see how a kid would love all the sparkles and petal skirt layers. However, that is a heck of a lot of dress for a 16 year old kid to wear. Basically, I didn't hate the dress, but I didn't love it on her.



Another miss was Sarah Jessica Parker. Her dress was pretty, but her face! What happened? Too much tanner and too much botox. Come on SJP! You're 40, we get it, be graceful please.



Normally I don't even comment on the guys. However, Mickey Rourke was looking pretty over the top. That was a lot of white tux and sparkle for one guy.



I don't have a picture, but I don't think Sean Penn looked too great either. And why did he not even mention his wife in his speech? How rude.

OK, my favorites. First, I liked Marissa Tomei. The top looked kind of unfinished, but the skirt was amazing. You go girl! I wish I had a better close-up of it. It was drool-worthy.



My other favorite was Anne Hathaway. It looks good from a distance and even better up close. Plus, I just think she is stunning.



I thought the ceremony was better than usual too. It flowed well, and Hugh was amazing. The first musical number was so fun! I liked the way they gave acting awards, but the best actress presenters were over-the-top with their little speeches. I haven't see Slumdog yet, so I hope I can manage it soon. The previews for the 2009 movies looked fun. But really, another Ice Age movie? Why?

HAHAHA!

In honor of Friday, here is a totally fun and unimportant post.

One of my favorite commercials recently has been Denny's Nanerpuss commercial. It kills me! So funny. Unfortunately, I can only find the Super Bowl version online, but the full version with kids yelling is hysterical.



Anyway, in my search for the full version, I found these comical spin-offs. Godzilla vs. Nanerpuss? Got it! Nanerpuss club mix? Oh yeah, got that too.







I'm sorry if I get the song stuck in your heads. It is certainly embedded in mine! Happy Friday and have a fun weekend.

Serious Thoughts

I usually scoff at the idea of "food addiction" and other trendy terms to describe people's excuses for being overweight. The whole idea of being a food addict seemed absurd to me. Maybe you can be addicted to french fries or something, but food? How could you possibly be addicted to something you NEED to survive. Well, understanding and self-evaluation has always come to me in strange forms. I'm sitting here, watching BBC America before I go to work. You Are What You Eat is on right now. The ladies just asked the girl where her breakfasts and lunches were. She told them that she usually only eats dinners because she does not want people to think she's just another fat girl eating. Wow. Sounds absurd right? But I am that girl!

I rarely eat at the barn, especially if my boss/trainer is there. I know how pissed she is that I'm big, so I feel like I absolutely cannot allow her to see me put anything in my mouth ever. If I do need some sort of caloric intake to keep myself from collapsing, I'll have a skim milk coffee or a sugar free jello. Same thing when my husband and I go out. All I can think is that everyone must be staring at me and judging how awful it is that this fat girl is eating. Isn't hiding the fact that you do something a bad sign? I know when I was purging, I didn't exactly share that around!

The next question of course is: how do I address the issue? Clearly I must eat. I need to eat healthy food that makes my body strong instead of junk. Finally, I need to convince myself that by changing my habits to focus on using food as fuel instead of punishments and rewards will only help get me the weight results I want.

So, if you actually read this, what do you think? Have you ever had these thoughts or feelings? How did you deal with them? Does it get easier? Man, I think I'm pretty screwed up sometimes.

Just Need to Laugh

The weather has been fabulous the past few days. Yesterday was like 70 and sunny! Woohoo! Alas, I expect that winter will return soon enough. ::tear:: In honor of the good weather, I've been in a great mood and looking at some of the funny websites I've found over the years.
One of my favorite is TotallyLooksLike.com. The thing is hilarious! I'm amazed at the number of funny comparisons they have. Here are a few of my favorites.






Do you have any faves?

How old am I again?

Yesterday was crazy. I mean crazy. I was at the farm all day. Things were nuts. They bought me a cake because I had won an award for my riding, so I had a piece of cake for breakfast. It was a small piece, but nevertheless, it was a piece of cake. Then I took a potty break at about 11:00. I had another piece of cake and a couple kisses. By this point in the day I had been on my feet for four and a half hours and all I had eaten was two pieces of cake, two kisses, and about four cups of coffee. Yum. Around 3:30, I had one last small piece. As I got off work at 5:30, I looked at the day and realized my food intake was three pieces of cake, about six kisses, and six cups of coffee. No wonder my stomach felt like it was eating itself!

I went home to make tuna steaks with squash and mushrooms. Alas, I fell asleep before it finished cooking.

So yes, yesterday, I ate like a six year old. Only consuming cake and candy. I think I still came in under 1500 calories, but I don't think that is what nutritionists had in mind when they set those numbers. :P

Today I'm going to the circus. No really! My friend got a box for a bunch of us to go see Cirque du Soleil - Saltimbanco. I can be a kid for another whole day!

Three!

I was so annoyed yesterday. I weighed myself at the gym and I was back to my starting weight. Grrrr. I worked out again today though. Actually I did 20 minutes on the treadmill and then a high intensity aerobics class. Go me! I decided to weigh myself again, and my weight was down three pounds. Wha? To be fair, yesterday was the first day of AF and I had eaten enough salt for an army at the Super Bowl party the night before. Assuming I see similar numbers later this week, I'm going to blame that other number on water weight.

I beat myself up about my weight for quite a while last night, but I am glad that I went back to the gym to keep working hard. I can do this.






At least that's what I keep telling myself. Especially when my boss calls and bitches me out for being fat. Gah.