1. cock-a-doodle-doo
    this is how i woke up on friday morning: “Mommy! I awake! I need some milk! and some DoraBoots! Or maybe wondapets! mommy! mommy? are you dere? mommy!” at 6:00am. this is how i woke up on saturday morning: in a hotel. in niagara-on-the-lake. at 9:47am. bliss. no kids. no kids. no kids. (it was so good, [...]
    Filed in The Baby, the weight | 15-Oct-07 | 22 comments
  2. cravings…
    husband: “It’s like living with a pregnant woman!” this is what living with me is like when i go to the gym on a regular basis (read: three times a week. sometimes four if i’m lucky. i’m not usually lucky.) i want to eat. all the time. all day long. i fall victim to each and every [...]
    Filed in The Celebs, The Reality TV, the weight | 28-Feb-07 | 12 comments
  3. best gym motivation ever
    can you just die? Brooke Burke gave birth to her third baby, what, like 3 weeks ago?  
    Filed in The Celebs, the weight | 31-Jan-07 | 25 comments
  4. coda
    this will officially be the last time you will hear me talk about the South Beach diet. no, seriously. i swear. these past two weeks (i know, i know. It seems like i’ve been on this freakin’ diet for months. not weeks, right?) have proven two things. a) i have serious willpower. i was so good. [...]
    Filed in the weight | 27-Nov-06 | 12 comments
  5. ma boot!
    Did y’all see my guest post yesterday? if you haven’t, go check it out. (i’ll wait. hum de dum.) we’re discussing Ripa-gate and Rosie O’Donnell taking it too far. we’re also discussing how the first time i’ve lost weight on this south beach mess was right after i ate a huge, gooey and delicious cinnamon [...]
    Filed in The Baby, The Snark, the weight | 24-Nov-06 | 17 comments
  6. South Beach is kicking my ass
    i have received many an email from readers and many a phone call from friends (yes! i have friends!) asking me why i’m doing this diet. “but you’re so skinny/slim/small/wee (insert what you will here), you don’t need to go on a diet.” i figured i may as well take you back to where this all started. 6 months [...]
    Filed in the weight | 19-Nov-06 | 28 comments
  7. the gift of giving
    I love gifts. I love to get them, but even more, i love to give them. A while back i read this article and was inspired. the writer said that she works very hard to try to get the right gift for the recipient. Not just a gift that she likes, but something she thinks the [...]
    Filed in the Deep Thoughts, the weight | 15-Nov-06 | 13 comments
  8. If you thought they were cute yesterday…
    we finally got our Here’s My Baby photos. they were totally worth the wait! are you dying yet? and the good news is that i’m NOT dying on South Beach yet. Today is day 3…that day that’s supposed to be the worst day…and so far so good (granted, it IS only 8:30…) my new discovery is that in [...]
    Filed in The Family, the weight | 14-Nov-06 | 20 comments
  9. i’m off to south beach…
    This morning i get on the scale and do my little happy dance because i lost half a pound. yes, i realize it’s half a pound, and it’s not much to write home about, but i’ve been stuck on the same number for the past 3 weeks. 3 weeks? it seems no matter what i do, i stay [...]
    Filed in The Reality TV, The Snark, the weight | 10-Nov-06 | 22 comments