My Summer Movie Reviews

The Great Debaters - loved it! It was poignant, thought-provoking, heart-wrenching, uplifting, and thrilling. 4 stars

Across the Univers - not feeling it. So much hype with this film, and my students love this movie. I am not a fan. It is very artistic, and interesting in that regard. It is also intriguing how they use the music of the 60s as a backdrop to a storyline that is weak at best. The amount of drug use is disturbing to me. 2 stars for artistry.

Kissin' Cousins - old 1964 Elvis Presley movie, probably one of the more stupid ones that he did, not impressive. It was a Elvis & Hee-Haw combo flavor. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Hee-Haw originated from this movie. 1 star

Girl Happy - another E.P. movie from 1965, one that he was not very visible. The storyline was not on the star who carried the movie, that was evident. I will say that this one was much, much more risque that the other one. 1 star

The Holiday - love this Cameron Diaz/Jude Law/Kate Winslet/Jack Black romantic comedy! One of my favorite chick flicks. Lots of little goofs in it, but I love, love, love it! It doesn't matter how many times I see it, it is sure to please and warm the heart! 4 stars!

13 lbs. lost...

In 5 days - isn't that amazing? By drinking my food and walking 4x a day! I know, I know, it's water weight, but I feel great! My incisions hurt a lot last night while I tried to sleep. A couple of the incisions seemed to have drained a tiny bit, but I put big huge bandages over them yesterday. The full protection helped seal everything up really well.

Today, my goal is to drink all the leftover food that I have made - or at least make a dent in it. I must admit that I do not love protein powder in my food. I made a great bowl of cream of wheat - okay, no one think c-o-w is great - but I flavored the milk with SF strawberry preserves. I strained it and sweetened it with splenda - it was much better. But the nutritionist suggests adding protein powder to it - that does not excite me at all.

I do struggle with emotional eating due to boredom but with this plan - I am certainly not bored! We'll see how that changes in the next few weeks...

I am inspired this morning by a story on the Today Show with Hoda Kotb/Kathie Lee Gifford about a woman who weighed 400 lbs. and lost 262 lbs. She weighs 138 now. That is AMAZING! She was so gracious and sweet and did it without surgeries or pills. I am inspired.