On Tuesday February 10, 2009, I officially started my “I don’t want to look fat in my wedding dress” diet (AKA Weight Watchers). Adam started the diet with me too, but I don’t think he’s worried about looking fat in a wedding dress.
I have done the Weight Watchers diet before and found it very successful at helping me lose the weight I gained in graduate school (about 15 lbs). Unfortunately, I’ve gained those 15 lbs back and want to lose them again. I know someone out there is probably rolling their eyes at me about how I want to lose JUST 15 lbs, but those 15 lbs really make a difference to how I feel and how my clothes fit. Seeing as I definitely cannot afford a new wardrobe right now it just left the diet option. I’ve also been focusing on working out more. As you all know from a previous blog, I have recently joined the YMCA and have been attending Pilate’s class. I hope that I can reach my weight loss goal with the combination of 22 points worth of food every day and working out at least three times a week. Unfortunately, I also found out on Tuesday that the Girl Scout cookies I had ordered had come in…life is so cruel!
Along with starting my diet on Memorable Tuesday #7, I also threw myself into a biography about a woman I have always been enthralled with…Audrey Hepburn. Honestly, the only reason I had been intrigued with her before reading the biography was for her amazing fashion sense. Last Saturday, I was walking through the Spring Hill Library looking for something to read in the non-fiction section (I tend to read a lot of books in the fantasy genre and felt a need for a change). I came across the Audrey Hepburn biography Enchantment by Donald Spoto and immediately picked it up.
I am so glad I checked it out! I am only half way through the book, but I have learned so much about her life and the movies/plays she was a part of. I had no idea that she grew up in Holland during the Nazi occupation and almost died from starvation and jaundice. As a child she also helped Holland’s anti-Nazi movement by delivering secret notes and even communicating with a British soldier who was hiding in a nearby forest.
The biography also includes detailed behind the scenes information about all of her major productions. For instance, in the movie Sabrina, Humphrey Bogart (who plays the Larrabee brother Sabrina ends up with at the end of the movie) was a complete jerk to work with. He was nearing the end of his life and career and had become a very cantankerous person. In some ways it almost kills the romance of many of her movies, but I can’t wait to watch all of her movies again to watch for the details her biography includes.
I’m so excited to finish the book and find out about the rest of her life, including the making of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and My Fair Lady and about her dedication to humanitarian work with UNICEF. I strongly encourage everyone to read a biography on someone you have admired for a long time!
I’m now going to continue reading Audrey’s biography while I eat my zero point Progresso soup and one point apple for lunch.
Hello :) I am Anna and new to the site. Right now I live in Nashville (new to the area), and I'm a stay at home mom to my baby who is 7 months old. I recently got married (New Years Eve), and just trying to get involved and meet new people!
Even though we're halfway through February (wow time flies!) I'll post what my New Years Resolutions were... though I've already failed miserably at a couple.
Number One-Blog/Journal at least once a week. I want to write here at least once a week. I think I'll start something private too because writing has always been therapeutic for me, but I have yet to begin.
UPDATE: I'm doing it (and actually writing two now)! Success :). I am new to the blogging world and just loving it. For anyone who is curious, my blogs can be found at 
Number Three-Exercise at least 3 times a week. I got a Wii Fit for Christmas (YAY!) and I'm hoping to use it for at least 1/2 hour three times a week. I really need to work off this baby fat, and sitting around, doing nothing isn't helping.
UPDATE: Of course, I failed! I actually did really well, but couldn't stand being weighed every day. Then I got sick, and quit for a week, and never started again. With the nice weather last weekend, I walked for a couple of days with the baby, but that trail hasn't seen me since!
Number Four-PORTION SIZES! Phil and I eat pretty well, but we eat WAY WAY WAY to much! So, I've started cooking for two, or if I do cook more (for leftovers), I make sure we have leftovers. We kind of started this one before the New Year too, but not seriously. I mean we had a wedding and all with a buffet I wanted to enjoy! I've been doing a little reading on the subject and definitely need to do more. I think I'm going to invest in a couple healthy eating cookbooks.
UPDATE: We've been doing really well! I just dish out our food so that you get what you get! I haven't done any reading yet... I think I'll add it to the list for my next library trip.
I've also added one more resolution... I guess you could call it that. We're going to be DEBT FREE! We have started Dave Ramsey's program, took his class (FPU) in the fall, and are working on our debt snowball! I am blogging about the experience at 
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