Today I went to my WW meeting and fiiiinnnnnnnnallllllly got my little gold Lifetime key! It was more exciting, gratifying and happy than I had expected. In a way I thought it was going to be sort of anticlimactic but I really let it soak in – I got here. I made my goal. I’ve maintained it – truly within 2 lbs – for 8 weeks. I got a little emotional about it, recalling how I’d joined WW probably 4-5 times in the past 15 years, and NEVER made my goal before, let alone Lifetime. I am now feeling like I have legitimate claim to this staff position too, and that I CAN go to leader training, having made it to this point. So that is a good feeling.
I went to see the Julie & Julia movie yesterday. Wow did I love that movie. I LOVED IT. Has there ever been a feature film about a blogger before? I could so relate to Julie starting her blog, and going weeks before she gets her first comment – from her MOM. (heh!) And then how it just grows and grows. I haven’t read Julie Powell’s book, but I have peeked at her blog. She’s gotten a lot of criticism for various things but I do have to hand it to her. I think she’s a good blogger, and she had a great premise. Which makes me see how rambly and kind of “un-premised” mine can be. (and if you think THIS blog is rambly, you should see my other one, which is TRULY a hodge-podge of every topic under the sun) It made me think about my blog. Do I want to focus it more? Do I want to change it? More recipes? More diabetes? More exercise? More… what? Sometimes I think how nice it would be to have more a dozen comments and visits a day. To be at the level of MizFit or Cranky Fitness. But even nicer to get a call from a publisher saying…. we’d like to publish your book.
The book parts of J & J made me tear up. What is it to be a writer. In fact at one point I was practically sobbing. (when Julia gets that letter from Knopf – I love how she says, “Is it NOPF? or Kah-nopf?” When her husband keeps encouraging her, on and on. The marriage parts also blew my mind and warmed my heart. What an amazing marriage. What good love.
And the food parts – ohhhhh, the butter! The beef bourguignon! I am SO going to make that this week!! The movie also made me remember what a foodie I am, and how I DO love food. And that even though I have every intention of being healthy and maintaining my goal weight, I also intend to thoroughly LOVE and enjoy every bite of food, just as Julia did. It made me so happy to see her enjoying her food. I do not think I could cook my way through her Mastering the Art of French Cooking in one year and maintain my weight, but I do think I can dip into it now and then.
August 9, 2009 at 5:30 pm
You did it!! You did it!!! How awesome and inspiring for the rest of us! You deserve a huge hug & firm pat on the back.
You are AWESOME!
August 9, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Congrats on Lifetime! Well deserved.
Re: Julie & Julia, the writer’s stuff rather than the food stuff… I also loved the part where Child’s husband is being all reassuring and rational about her rejection by a publisher, very calming and telling here that”there are other fish in the sea,” etc. and then he pauses and loudly says, “F-CK them!”
August 9, 2009 at 8:51 pm
Congrats on your Lifetime! You deserve it! And I love reading your blog. I don’t think it’s rambly at all. And it’s always inspiring.
I went to see Julia/Julie last night as well and thought it was fantastic. It hink it’s a movie that will touch a nerve with any aspiring writer/blogger. So much fun!
August 9, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Yay!! Congrats on your Lifetime Key! You have worked hard and completely deserve it! Sooo happy for you! 🙂
I am looking forward to seeing Julie and Julia! I saw the previews for it and it looks great.
Once again, Congrats! You are FAB-U-LESS! 🙂
August 10, 2009 at 4:10 am
That is great news! Well done. You deserve that feeling.
The movie sounds awesome!
August 10, 2009 at 6:51 am
again, congrats!! (spelled right this time as theres no 3 yo wrestling for the keyboard)
we saw funny people this weekend (which I LOVED) and mainly because Im not “strong enough” right now to see J&J.
It’s where I want to be and am not yet—-not for lack of trying.
August 10, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Miz – what do you mean “strong enough?” I am so intrigued. Strong enough to withstand all the incredible FOOD? Or the writing bits? You are one of the strongest people I KNOW so this has piqued my curiosity, big time.
August 10, 2009 at 7:58 am
YAY! I’m so happy for you and your gold key. You deserve it all the congratulations in the world!. I enjoy reading your blog. You don’t ramble – you share!!!
I’m going to try and see that movie this week. I love to cook, and I love to write!
August 10, 2009 at 11:32 am
Congratulations on reaching your Lifetime goal – I am so happy for you!!! What an inspiration you are…you’ve shown true strength throughout this whole process, including your diabetes diagnosis, and I feel lucky to have been able to read your blog as you went through everything! Thanks for being there, and for sharing your life with us!
August 10, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Woohoo! I’m so happy for you!
I really want to go see that movie. I’m so stoked there is a movie about a blogger. I love the actresses too, so I can’t wait to see it.
August 10, 2009 at 4:23 pm
CONGRATULATIONS on your Lifetime Key — that is quite the accomplishment!!!
And I to definitely want to see that movie. Not only because I too am a foodie (yes, it IS possible to be a foodie and live a healthy & balanced life!) but also because I lived in France for 5 years.
My outlook and relationship to food was changed in part by that experience. Glad to hear it was a great film!
August 10, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Congrats!
Your post made me think about Mireille Guiliano’s French Women Don’t Get Fat, a great book about savoring food (and many other things). I really enjoyed it, though it gets a bit preachy toward the end. If you haven’t read it, I think you might enjoy it.
Also, I can totally relate to your thoughts about blogging. I love blogging, but at the same time, it’s like a part-time job. An unpaid part-time job, at that. And time I spend on my blog is, unfortunately, time I am not spending working on my novel (blogging, therefore, is a fantastic procrastination vehicle).
I ask myself: which is more satisfying, writing my blog or writing my novel? Certainly writing my blog is more enjoyable (and easy), but writing my novel is more satisfying (and hard).
It gets back to something you wrote about recently, which is “you are what you constantly do” (or something like that). For me, my hope is that I will someday be a published novelist. Then I can blog about THAT!
August 10, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Congrats on reaching your goal weight! That’s wonderful.
I too am a foodie and have no plans to divorce my love of food as I divorce this excess weight.
I plan to see the moving this weekend with my niece. My dad said it had my name written all over it!
August 10, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I too am a foodie and have no plans to divorce my love of food as I divorce this excess weight.
I plan to see the moving this weekend with my niece. My dad said it had my name written all over it!
Congrats on reaching your goal weight! That’s wonderful.
August 10, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I am so happy for you… I know you will forever be in your target weight because you are so focused. As for the movie, I must see it!
I think your blog is perfect and love the variety of topics!
XO Angie
August 11, 2009 at 9:33 am
Whoohoo! Congrats on lifetime! Sadly, onliners don’t get anything 😦 Maybe I could get something off of eBay, you suppose? LOL
I love how a blogger made it big like this, through all her critics. Do you ever wonder who will play you in a movie version of your blog? Hmmm???
August 11, 2009 at 4:17 pm
CONGRATULATIONS ON LIFETIME! So proud of you!
Can’t wait to see J&J – not until August 20 since my Mom is out of town and I wanted to see it with her. We are going to a high end theater, cooking demo and all! 😀
August 11, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Congrats on your Lifetime award 🙂
I saw J&J over the weekend, thought it was pretty faithful to Julie Powell’s book. I enjoyed both. I want to see some Julia Child cooking shows now. My mind was boggled at how someone could do all that cooking AFTER working all day.
If you really wanted to see your blog as a book and a publisher doesn’t come through for ya, you could always do Blurb! http://www.blurb.com/create/book/blogbook
August 14, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Amazing! Are you going to wear the key around your neck and tell everyone? I would! I am sorry to miss your FIFTIETH because I want to SEE what lifetime looks like and celebrate YOU and thank you for being a support and inspiration. I have fallen off the wagon this week as my dad was in the hospital and in-laws were visiting, but I am back on the wagon today, and I have to tell you that reading this blog every single day is my KEY to getting to lifetime someday, too. And every publisher out there should see that!