My Movie

Hi- So, since I've gotten my computer I more or less have been watching movies non-stop. And now have completely envisioned my blog's major motion picture. I'm sure you are all waiting anxiously for the release and I am too. And with each blog post, I can see the movie deal getting closer and closer. My vision is rom-com. I think my life would really translate well as a romantic-comedy minus the romance. Or maybe I'm just still in that beginning part, you know the one, I'm in the montage: Marisa at work in cute red dress. Marisa blogging on her bed. Marisa on a weird date in a restaurant. Marisa laughing with friends. Marisa drinking coffee with second weirdo. Marisa at work in a cardigan. Marisa blogging at a coffee shop. Marisa walking. Cab honks, and Marisa trips and spills her coffee.

I am a big fan of these montages, and foresee several in my movie. Another one would have me getting skinnier and skinnier. The actress playing me would wear a fat suit. I think for movie purposes, we could make me a little chubbier and make the transformation more great. Think "Devil Wears Prada" when Andy finally goes into the Runway or Vogue or whatever closet. We'll have one of those, with really cute outfits. (I think about this particular montage on my way to work almost every day).

Now since this is a rom-com, I'm thinking to tie in the blog, a man needs to fall in love with me through reading "Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels" and then through a series of serendipitous events we meet. And one of us, or both of us (I haven't figured this out yet), can't stand each other in real life. Then through a few more montages, love songs, awkward moments and more serendipitous events we fall in love. The End. This doesn't necessarily have to happen in real real life, I mean I suppose it would be nice, but I'm fine with blurring the reality lines. I know Oprah would have a fit, so that's why my blog will probably work best as a movie and not a book. I'd be happy with either and if Oprah wants to have me on her last season- I would be thrilled to go. I'd have a lot to tell her about.

Just wanted to share my movie thoughts. You guys can be part of a montage too if you want. We'll work out the details but, picture people around the world on different types of computers reading the blog. It would be so nice.

See ya later alligator(s),

Marisa

PS. The picture is of me and Adina at our Oscars night. Maybe next year we'll be there celebrating my film...

Give Your Body What It Wants

Hi Guys! So, I am currently typing on my BRAND NEW COMPUTER!! Ah! I am so terribly excited. It is literally the best. I could not be happier. Thank you so much, Mom and Dad, and Nikhil and everyone else who listened to my hours of complaining about my computer and helped me get a new one. You all are amazing. It is just so great to have a computer that works. I'm ecstatic.

Anyway, I bought my computer yesterday and immediately (after eating brunch) went home and played with it. I took pictures (as you can see), I hulued and I skyped everyone and their brother-including my own brother. I took a break from video chatting to do yoga yesterday and let's just say, it was much needed. I was in my downward facing dog, and could almost not hold up my body- my shoulders hurt so much. In fact, my whole body hurt so much. I'm not really sure what was going on but, the more into "the practice" I got, the more I started to feel better. My muscles started to loosen up a bit, and basically I just started feeling all around better- other than my exhaustion. I was just so tired yesterday. I think that the work week plus

my lack of sleep, and my late Friday night just all caug

ht up with me. And as crunchy granola as it sounds, they always say in yoga give your body what it needs. And my body needed a night of cell phone off, movie watching (on my computer of course) and going to bed and just sleeping until I woke up. So that is exactly what I did. And, it was amazing. I think sometimes I really

forget to listen to my body's cues. I even had a slight dehydration issue the other day- I got that weird tunnel vision I sometimes get. And you know what cured it? A couple glasses of water. I know, I know- so not good. I should not be getting tunnel vision from lack of water, so I think I am going to really listen to my body from now on. Eat when I'm hungry (not when I am bored), sleep when I'm tired (and not stay up watching "Real Housewives of New York" for the second time in a night), and drink water (all the time...even if I don't feel thirsty...I probably am and just don't know it). Because I think that my body knows better than me sometimes.

And with that, I am going to drink some water and try to get to bed on the earlyish side.

Have a great night/day and I'll be around a lot more because of my NEW COMPUTER! Ahhhh! :D

xoxo,

Marisa

The Hedonist

Hi All- I've miss you. I have to be honest, these two past weeks I've been on a major binge. Major. Like to the nth degree. You know those people on "Intervention" who are no where to be found for like a two weeks because they are doing Crystal Meth or Crack Cocaine in some warehouse next to train tracks? Well that was me, but instead of illicit drugs on the streets, I've been having mini cupcakes by the dozen, pasta almost every night, all-you-can-drink brunches and to top it all off, a Chipotle Burrito tonight. Do you know how many calories are in the Chipotle Chicken Fajita Burrito, I get? 790! Yeah, and I don't even get guacamole! But, I have to tell you it felt good, it all felt so so good. My friends came to town two weekends ago, and since it just kept raining, we just kept eating. What is better than old friends splitting a mini cupcake box? Or all eating at a diner at midnight? Or splitting a pizza? Nothing. Not even skinny. That stuff is honestly priceless. But, then I just kept going-ordering pasta/ eating cupcakes and eating them like I'll never eat again. This means somedays, eating pasta for lunch and dinner and cupcakes twice a day. No one needs that.

By the way, I read this interesting fact in "Shape: Brides" that after a "slip-up" women are more likely to just keep going and being more and more gluttonous. Men on the other hand get right back on track. Now to be completely honest, I was probably beyond gluttonous- if there is even anything beyond gluttonous. I was just hedonistic- I mean I ordered a beer as big as my face last weekend. I'm pretty sure you shouldn't consume anything that is as big as your face even if its the best bargain and your friend's 23rd birthday. (Happy Birthday, Katie!) But, in any event, I'm going to get right back on track- I don't need any big intervention, I know its whats for the best. I mean this whole blog is not really about getting "skinny" which I am sure my dear readers have caught on to. It's about being healthy, and feeling good. And these past weeks have shown me how absolutely gross I feel after eating like I'll never see food again. After my "power week", I felt amazing, I can't even really describe it. I was just clear and good. Now, I feel tired and bloated. So, I'm starting to see the error in my occasional completely hedonistic tendencies and I think I'm going to get better but, I'm just going to take it a day at a time.

In other news, I will be getting a new computer on Saturday. I am so excited I literally cannot stand it. My current computer died 3 times while writing this post. Oy! And maybe with the camera that will be on it, I CAN VLOG! Exciting, I know.

Well, I'll talk to you soon.
Love,
Marisa

PS. This picture was taking by Gabrielle in January when Emily was here. So, a little old, but I had no new ones to put, and I've been wearing those sunglasses a lot since it's been so nice out! :)

Wedding Bells Are Ringing...Kind of...

Hi- So, as I said in the last post I have lost weight while being on the Skinny Mission. Yay! According to my doctor, I still have more to go, but I am afraid to say I have hit the 15lbs rut. When anyone tells me how good I look, I say thank you while reaching for a cupcake, cheeseburger or pasta. In fact, I think I made up for the lack of pasta in the past 2 or so months this week. The delivery man from the pasta place and I have a very nice rapport going every time he brings my Rigatoni Melenzana. He is like my drug dealer, bringing me the goods I want. And, these "rewards" are starting to have a bad effect on my weight loss. I think my problem is, I've started losing my motivation. I have no big vacation plans, or anything in the next few weeks. Just April showers and Glee to look forward to- and believe me I'm very much looking forward to Glee but, Glee doesn't really care about my health, now does it? Glee would be fine if I watched while laying in my bed eating cupcakes.

So, I have a brilliant beyond brilliant plan- start losing weight for my wedding dress. I know, I know, I am no where near getting married. BUT! I got a bridal magazine the other day, and they had tips on losing 5, 10, and 20lbs for your special day. Although, I'm pretty sure the always- the- bridesmaid- never- the- bride chapter of my life is next, its never too early to prepare for the walk down the aisle. Did you know that women's biggest worry is the dress not fitting on their wedding day? Like more than being jilted or tripping. To be completely honest, I am most concerned about the cake. I have a feeling that the cake tasting day will be the best day of my life. In fact, I may or may not get married several times just to keep tasting cakes. But this is besides the point, what is the point, is that I am going to try some of the workout routines in the magazine since I don't have a trainer at the moment. So, this could be good, and I might be getting some motivation back...

I hope you all are having a great weekend!
xo, Marisa

Sunshiney Day(s)

Hello! I know it's been awhile since I last posted but it's because I've been outside, taking in any and all Vitamin D I can get. I don't know about you all, but I'm so done with winter. In fact, I like snow, scarves and hot chocolate for the month of December, and maybe into January, but by March, I'm over it. I'm over it in a big way. I am ready for the beach, the sun, and picnics in the park as soon as February rolls around, so by March I just can't even take it anymore. Talk about SADD.

So, believe you me, when New York hit the mid-fifties this weekend, my sunglasses went on and I went walking. I walked everywhere. Any place I was going to meet someone, I walked. When I didn't have anything to do, I went for a walk. It felt great. The city was alive again. I absolutely love the city with nice weather, everyone comes out of their 2ft by 2ft apartments and starts living life. The park near my house was filled with people drinking coffee, reading books, and eating gelato. What's not to love? Talk about HAPPY.

I think that this warm weather is going to be great for the skinny mission. Walking around with destinations, and friends and window shopping makes exercising a little funner- not that its not already a blast ;). Oh, and by the way since New Years time when this skinny mission first started I've lost about 15-17lbs depending on the day and time. I know there are all different reasons for this discrepancy, like what I ate, what time I weighed myself, blah blah blah. The number isn't so much important in my opinion. It's feeling good, being healthy, and having people tell you how great you look isn't so bad either. :)

xoxo,
Marisa

Run, Marisa, Run

If you can't tell by the title of this post, all last week I watched at least one part of "Forrest Gump" on TNT or whatever channel it was on. They played it every night, and I enjoyed watching it out of order, and of course balled when Jenny died and wondered if JFK really said "I believe he said he had to pee" ever. In between Forrest, I watched various reality TV shows and watched Kourtney Kardashian deliver her own baby- probably the weirdest thing I have ever seen by the way. How did she just pull it out? Gross. So, as you can see I was extremely busy all last week, way too busy to go to the gym or yoga- I mean two people were fired on "Kell on Earth"! I just had to watch.

So, tonight I decided to get back on the exercise bandwagon. I had read that Rachael Ray (who I find incredibly annoying- and $40 a day is actually a lot of money... I would be impressed if she spent $10 a day or even $20) runs 3 and half miles every morning. Since she could run 3 and half miles, I thought, I can obviously run 2 tonight since I am better than her. (There is no actual logic to this statement. But, sometimes I am not logical).

Then I made a huge mistake...I did not stretch. My father would shoot me right now. My dad has two pieces of advice he always gives: 1. There are two types of people in this world- assholes and not assholes. 2. ALWAYS STRETCH. Ugh- I just didn't feel like it tonight, and as I started doing my power run to "RockStar" (by N.E.R.D.) my side started aching like never before. That's a lie, it started aching like all those other times I thought I was too good for stretching. Maybe this is why I like yoga better- its all stretching. So, I started to slow down and do a fast model walk to Sexy Ladies (by Justin Timberlake). A model walk is actually what it sounds like- I walk fast on the treadmill as though it is a catwalk and there is some kind of back up with the models, so I have to go fast. I obviously still need to work it, and I clearly make the model faces. Unfortunately, there is no end to the treadmill so I can't pose. I really do this too- it doesn't matter what other people think, they can judge all they want, they only wish that they thought of the power model walk first.

Then I tried doing more power runs (running with all I have) to Lapdance (also N.E.R.D) and TiK ToK (Ke$ha)but, the pain was too much. I had made the mistake of not stretching in the beginning and the rest of the run was dismal. I did however make the first step of going back to the gym. And that step is always the hardest. I think I am going to make some new mixes to run too... I actually just realized I have yet to try to run to "When I Grow Up" (Pussycat Dolls)...I think that may be my new model song..."Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it get it..."

See ya later alligators,
Marisa