November 24, 2009 Diet Blog

It was a good day. Work was steady but not overwhelming. I felt very close to my Supervisor today. By nature she's just not the warm and fuzzy type but today she was kind- free with praise and we talked about a personal issue of hers on a level that we never have. I think that I actually said the right thing. She smiled at me a lot. Not that we've ever had any problems, I just never looked at her in the light I saw her in today. It's a different angle. I'm not sure, but I think that she was pleasantly surprised as well.
After work I had the meeting with the children's show producer. The name of the special is "musical therapy." We are filming on December 10 at 6pm right out of Mount Sinai Hospital in NY. I loved their idea about having me sit among stuffed animals and reading one of my children's stories and I had one prepared. It's called "No Cats and Dogs Allowed." It's a little story about a lonely puppy who disguises himself as a mouse to make friends. The moral is "be yourself." Of course I would've been thrilled to do that but I had another idea. I shared it with them.
I used to teach karate to 3-5 year old kids. The older kids always wanted to come on the mat with me. The way I did that was not the usual method of teaching exercises. I did the entire class as an 'interactive story.' We traveled via imaginary balloon to different imaginary locations and got through the terrain of each locale using the exercises and balance. I did it for many years. It worked like a charm. No props are necessary and I can use the camera as the child. They were very intrigued.
The producer loved the interactive story idea and we chatted for a long time as I tried to explain how the exercises worked in sync with the story line. For instance, the balloon isn't getting up high enough to clear the tree tops so we have to flap our wings. (Jumping Jacks) An airplane is coming towards us so we have to lighten the load by throwing things out of the balloon (toe touches). We go fishing, throwing out the line and reeling in a huge fish (crunches or sit ups). Of course the fish turns out to be an old boot or something silly like that to make them laugh. It's enjoyable excersise. You see what I mean?
I got home around 8:30pm. My husband showed up at the interview with the producer. It was at a near-by Barnes and Nobles...(that SOOO makes sense, doesn't it?) I was totally in my element; surrounded by books and people that read them.... I was surprised to see hubby. He was there the whole time but did not approach until the end. I asked him why he had come and he said that he had gotten worried and wanted to make sure I was okay and not sucked into a situation that I couldn't handle. I felt so loved but, really I was fine. One of the people there was my young co-worker. He's how the opportunity came about in the first place. I was safe. Anyway- in conclusion....I'm so happy and excited about it! ;-)
For breakfast I had a weight watcher 1 point cake and coffee. For lunch I had a smart ones, yogurt and banana for 3pm snack. Dinner was very late. I had chicken breast, lettuce and light mayonnaise on a wheat bagel. It was such a good day.
I'll sign off on that note. See you next blog! Oh! And remember: You look as good as you can for today. Tomorrow you will look that much better. Do not let your perception of your body get in the way of you having a good time...or ANYTHING ELSE...like experiencing life...stay positive! Take care of you... ;-)