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You all may know that my husband is in the Air Force....I saw this and just LOVED IT!!! And, had to share.

In The Motherhood

The jury is still out on this show, at least for me! From what I've read the ratings aren't quite there either. So far, I like it. I like that it shows the faults of women and that wives and mothers are not perfect. The stories are true stories from other mothers, so that is definitely appealing also. The cast is great, these are three fantastic actresses. Try it out and let me know what you think? Do you like it? It is too progressive for may viewers? Do you think it will last? Does it make you cringe to see all of the nannies and the mommies unable to care for their own children even on the weekends? Did the end of the last episode "turn you off" at all with the mom walking out the door saying 'Thank God the vacation is over...back to work!' I'm not a mother, so I have no personal place of reference. I'd love to hear what you think....but in the meantime, I'll be watching.

Are your friends making you fat? DIETTRIBE

So, I was watching DietTribe the other day. I tend to tivo weight loss, health and nutrition shows and see if they are any good. This one was about these 5 friends who were all losing weight together and were so glad they were supporting each other through this. It was a great positive message but also got me thinking about what they were like as freinds before and how often does this happen to people?

I have talked about it a lot on here....what is normalcy? Do we choose to go out with friends for drinks and dinner more often than we choose the right patch becuase we don't want to be the crazy fitness, nutrition freaks? Or do we choose to surround ourselves with people who "get" us and our interest in fitness and our intensity for nutrition and health?

I have also found that being a thin person in a relationship with someone heavier can sometimes be a bad thing for the skinnier person. There are studies and I don't know them well enough to site them. I did see on Oprah that if your three best friends are overweight there is a 50% better chance you will also be overweight (I saw this on the Oprah that had Dr. Oz on discussing Longevity.)

I often talk about how I want to surround myself with people who make me want to be better. It's not that I don't like heavier people, it's that I don't want anyone in my life who weighs me down and nags on me for not being lazy like them. I want people in my life who are better than me or better in different ways and push me to be better.

So, are your friends making you fat? Do you need to cut some of the fat out of your life?

Take a look at some of these before and afters from the show DietTribe I showed above. Keep in mind that the show is only 6 weeks, so not quite as crazy of results as the Biggest Loser....

The Bachelor Spoiler

Anne, thank you for the info as I have been totally out of the look this last week working on my final Masters paper. She clued me in that there was some spoiler news that you will see at the bottom of this post. First, though I found this video that also spoils and proves to some extent part of the claim of the ending videos from Reality Steve.




So now we know that he picks Melissa...or does he? If this is old news to you, just move on to another post of mine or another blog...this was not new to me. I just heard about it last night from Anne...thank you Anne!!!

Reality Steve: The Bachelor Finale Part 1


Reality Steve: The Bachelor Finale Part 2


Reality Steve: The Bachelor Finale Part 3


So, the finale is on Monday, March 2, 2009. I am really hoping that he doesn't dump Melissa on national television and that if he does that it's all a hoax to get "us" the viewers and that Melissa and Molly weren't harmed in the making of this madness.
We'll see...only time will tell and hopefully someone will come out and speak about the truth of what happened during this show....if there is any truth at all.

Reality Steve posted more new info today...check out his blog...


realitysteve.com