My Alter Ego...

So Friday was Andre's 30+1 birthday and I decided to throw him a party. Andre has been in my life for 7 years now and I am a much better person for it! Any way.. I love giving parties and won't let Andre give no for an answer. I surprised him with
a formal sit down dinner for 12 folks.
Originally we were going to do a murder mystery party. But then Andre changed his mind and said all his friends have moved away.

I decided that all he needed was a few people who loved him to make it a party and thus went ahead with the plans....

Cocktails and Appetizers @ 7pm
Dinner @ 7:30
Cake & Champagne @ 9pm

Andre had a blast and so did everyone else....but most importantly Andre felt loved and special on his Birthday..... and that mattered more than anything else!

So much going on...

My life is pretty much in a state of flux right now. Dont wanna jinx it so I wont blog about it til it becomes a reality.

On another note I have dropped 4lbs so I am feeling pretty good about myself. Just working out, smaller portions & no starbucks Mochas in the morning!

Looking forward to sharing good news with you soon!

Come Play with Me!

So I missed my workout yesterday...cause my friend offered to buy me lunch at Haru, a great sushi spot not to far from the office. Ok I know you didnt think I was gonna make a 180 change over night! However I was pretty good. I had the Lunch special and when I was full.... I stopped eating. This is HUGE for me, because when something tastes great I will clear my plate on GP. Dont know if you have been to Haru lately but everything there tastes great.

Ok so my gym schedule is as follows M-F 1 hour cardio at 11:45am
Sun- Chest & Shoulders/Triceps
Wed- Legs/ Triceps
Fri- Back/Biceps
Sat- 10:45am cycling class @ nysc court st

COME PLAY WITH ME!

Day Two- Back on the Wagon

So after a night of partying and climbing into bed at 3:30am ...my boy called me at 8:15am to say he'd be to our train stop in 35 mins to hit the gym. I mumbled something back I guess it was something like "cool" and rolled over. My mom called at 8:19am and I mumbled something else into the phone... she tells me to call her when I get up. I am laying there in my bed trying to will my body up at 8:30am. My body doesnt comply...

"Get ur fat butt out of bed" I say to myself... "I thought u wanted to lose weight? it sure as hell aint gonna happen with u laying in bed."

..."but I danced pretty hard at reggae Sunday" my wary body whines back.

"oh yeah...did u forget about those 2 glasses of red wine and the vodka & orange juice?"

...."I only had half of the mixed drink, I danced it off" my body tries to convince me.

But by this time my mind has willed my legs off the bed and I am sitting up.

..."I'm tired...I wanna sleep... we can go later" My body doesnt wanna lose the fight and pouts all the way to the train station.

I had a great workout....60 mins of cardio!

Day One- Back on the Wagon

So I went to the movies last night to see Children of Men with my boy Rico & was feeling quite gross. I haven't been able to fit into some of my favorite outfits for at least 3 months now, but have taken very little initiative to do anything about it. I am FAT!!!

I got on the scale and it yelled back at me 187.6 mind u this time last year I was 170. That is damn near 20 lbs for no good reason. I refuse to buy Fat Girl clothes and I don't buy into that happy fat girl bull sh*t. I am miserable fat girl. Anyway long story short I went to the gym with Rico, i guess he can see how fat I have gotten, this morning and we are headed back tomorrow. I use to work out 5 days a week sometimes twice a day. I want to be fit...I want to be healthy.... and damn it I wanna look hot!

So my goal is to drop down to at least 170 by March and 150 by June 4th....


If you know me and see me on the regular....feel free to be like...damn girl u put on weight, or u sure u wanna eat that, or when is the last the your big ass was in the gym. It may sound cruel or mean to you, but I need to hear it and I am giving u the green light to say it and know that you are saying it out of love.

My Sleep patterns are eratic

I fell asleep at 9:30pm last night. Woke up at 3am....fell back asleep at 7am and then got up at 8:30am needless to say I was late for work.

Fun on the Ice!

I went ice skating in prospect park on Sunday with Russatta, Oshadi & Medhane after a night of crazy partying at reggae retro with Lesley. I almost didnt make it cause I was just a tad hung over. But I one made a committent to spend more quality time with my son in the '007 and two I had invited Russatta along and was still feeling bad that due to my bad time management on Saturday, she elected not to join me for first Saturday at the Brooklyn Muse ;o(

So I pulled myself together sent her a quick text and headed over to the park. The weather was perfect not to cold and in my opinion warm enough to just wear a sweat shirt. I havent been ice skating in over a year and the last time I went was with my son's school. My son has progressed quick nicely and I was very impressed with the way he handled the ice. He was so comfortable that I was able to spend most of my time helping Russatta teach Oshadi, who has never skated before.

Setta's story is here!

Happy 2007

What were you doing as 2006 slipped into 2007? I was standing in Prospect Park watching the fireworks with my 10 year old son. I decided early on in the week that I was going to bring in the New Year with him as opposed to dropping him off and partying somewhere. I fought temptation all week long. First I got an invite to party in DC, then I got an invite to a party at a friend of a friend's new loft in Soho. I fought the urge to pick up a party dress as I was passing thru Banana Republic on New Years Eve.

I know my son had a blast that I spent the evening with him! I felt good spending quality time with him. 2007 is off to a good start!