Happy 30th Birthday to ME!!

This morning I woke up singing.....

SUPERCALIFAGALISTICEXPALIDOIOUS!!

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY TO...ME!!

Each year around this time I sit and think about my life. I do some what of an inventory on what is going on with me, what has transpired and what goals I have for the future. I will say that I am not where I anticipated I would be in life by 30, but I am blessed...thankful...determined...and grateful for the life lessons that have brought me this far. I am moving forward!! I was originally some what depressed about turning 30, I didnt even make any plans because I just started to feel so inadequate, as far as "life accomplishments" were concerned. Now that my birthday is here I am super excited...i get like this every year. Once my birthday gets here i am all excited and happy when April 14th rolls around. After 30 years you would think I would be used to it by now. LOL

SHOUT OUT TO JESUS for BLESSING little ole me with another birthday...

Dear Jesus...YOU'RE SIMPLY THE BEST!

Fat Girl Interrupted: Entry 3...I love Zumba

When i first started working out again recently I was going to the gym, pushing myself hard on the elliptical...jogging the track...walking the treadmill, you know the usual stuff. In the past i had taken a hip-hop aerobics class and although it was fun...it was definitely not high intensity enough for me. The people in the class seemed more concerned with getting the dance moves right than they did about actually breaking a sweat. I mean to the point where they were correcting the instructor on the next move, needless to say I wasnt feeling that. Since i do enjoy group exercise i was disappointed that i couldnt seem to find the class that was the right fit for me.

Last Saturday I decided to give Zumba a try, and i absolutely LOVE IT!! The music...the vibe...the moves...I almost forget that i am working out. The only thing i could do without are people in my class that rush to get a sip of water after every other song. I think that is a little excessive and ridiculous LOL...other than that I'm hooked!!

Fat Girl Interrupted: Entry 2 Emotional Eating

Last night I had a stressful evening over the phone. I had one of those crossroads nights when I didnt respond to stress the way I usually would. I hung the phone up, I didnt cry. I didnt do anything. I didnt yell. I didnt react. I got in the bed and went to sleep. The stress didnt go away, I just chose not to react the way I usually would. This morning I came to grips with something I didn't actively realize about myself. I am only now willing to face the fact that, "I am an emotional eater." When I find myself in stressful situations my first method of coping is to eat something. As I thought about how I would deal with the situation today, I had to literally talk myself out of going to Dunkin Donuts to get a breakfast sandwich. It just felt like food was the first step in even sorting out the situation in my mind. Since I have changed to a healthier lifestyle I don't even give a second thought about stopping at Dunkin Donuts, and especially not when I am carrying my healthy breakfast in a bag that I am holding, but today...today was different. I know that the pressure and the stress that I was feeling was propelling me to eat food that I generally consciencely would not eat. It was at that moment that I stopped and thought about what had just happened. I thought about the thoughts that were filling my head. I thought about the sausage egg and cheese criossant, hash browns and coffee coolata that were calling my name. I told myself just because I am stressed that is not an excuse to eat unhealthy, and the food won't make the situation go away, it will just end up making me lose sight of my goals. How sad is that though? Somewhere deep inside my mind there is a thought that thinks that food will help me resolve problems? WOW...how crippling...I am glad that I was able to fight back today. After losing 3 lbs last week I know that I am at a high risk for relapsing right now, so I am being even more conscience of the choices I make this week.

Fat Girl Interrupted: Entry 1

The time has come for me to get real with myself, push back from the table, and slowly put down the proverbial cheesburger.

I though about starting a new blog to chronicle my fat girl interrupted escapades but i realized no matter how many blog sites i looked into i just never feel as at home as i feel blogging here, where i blog about the rest of my semi-fabulous life.

I was really torn because i wasnt sure if i wanted to become so transparent here. i realized that true transparency is the only way to overcome the one thing that has plagued me for the majority of my life. I also though blogging about my weight loss efforts could quite possibly bore some of my readers to death LOL, but then i again i am so hit and miss with this blog i dont think anyone is holding their breath checking to see when i am going to post again LOL.

Nevertheless i decided to give it a try and see how I like letting the world get "down and dirty with my "fatscapades."

Since i started getting serious about losing weight i cant stop thinking about what "triggered" me becoming overweight as a child? I started out a lean 5lbs 6.0z LOL, throughout nursery school i was thin, kindergarden...still thin...first grade? the chubby cheeks started filling in, and by second grade full blown chubby, but what caused it? Something happened in those years that set the pace for how I viewed food for the rest of my life and i am determined to find out what it was.

My Amazing Rings & Sparkly Things: Rock Jewelry

I thought I would share some pics of the jewelry I'm "rocking" today...LOL (pun intended).

100% Ginuwine

STILL FINE...STILL FLY...STILL GINUWINE!!

Same Ol' G

Ok so yesterday after work I went over to the FYE in Center City to snag an autograph from Ginuwine....yes GINUWINE!!

I originally wasnt going to go but it turned out to be a really nice time. I met some cool people while standing in line waiting for him to arrive. The event was supposed to start at 6pm but GINUWINE got stuck in traffic so he didnt arrive until about 7pm...and I cant front while i was in line I was doing plenty of COMPLAINING about him being late, but oddly enough I still wasnt upset enough to step out of line. LOL

Even more strange when it was my turn to go up the steps to actually set my eyes on GINUWINE my heart started beating kinda fast...I know RIDICULOUS right! I am STYLEPLUSGRACE, I DONT DO NERVOUS, but then again, I guess I do when I am in the same room as GINUWINE. When I finally did see him I got SUPER NERVOUS and didnt even say much to him other than telling him my name so he could sign the CD cover for me, and asking him to sign Happy Birthday on my GINUWINE calender. He took a picture with me, and I got to snap a few pics of him sitting signing autographs. He really seems like a nice guy and just very down to earth. I am just so mad at myself for acting so dumb...LOL oh well.
Oh and if you are wondering...it was definitely worth the wait.



Well you know wherever there is a celebrity, you can count on always some outrageous fan to take it over the edge, one way or another. There was quite a colorful crowd there, and when I say colorful I mean, "GIRL WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?" I mean some of these chicks came to show "a whole lot of nobody wants to see that," LOL. One lady had on a ill-fitting see through lace tank top...another was sporting her liquid tights with a whole lot of everything hanging out...it was just a lot of "WHY GINA WHY??" going on. A couple of people even tried to turn it into a mini-American Idol with their busting out in song...this one guy started singing, "So Anxious," out of nowhere. I was so embarrassed LOL I mean seriously SIR??


All in all it was a feel good night...
GINUWINE's new CD is called Elgin and it is in stores now.

Fashion Disaster: Gabourey Sidibe... PART II...The Saga Continues

Now as I did in the first fashion disaster I posted featuring Gabby...I would like to share with you a much more flattering and very pulled together look she stepped out in at one of the previous Golden Globe Awards she has attended...

She looks very soft and pretty the lighter hair is very flattering as well as the style...the dress is beautiful and as well as the color...extremely well done not ill-fitting or too bold and busy with too too many prints. The makeup is even very stunning...clearly whoever helped with styling her for this event took a hiatus during this year's Golden Globes.


This year...2011...not so much...I think the pictures will speak for themselves...

From far away it really isnt "that bad"...but again i said "that bad" meaning there is some level of bad even from far away. Its just too busy...almost looks like a really pretty house dress or one of those satiny print robes my aunt wears around the house...pretty robe....ugly red carpet gown...

A little closer view and here my friends we have the mother of the bride...(in the face doesn't she look like "Aunt Ella" from the Jamie Foxx Show in this picture?)

Ok if the dress wasnt bad enough...the hair???? It's a bad wig....the bangs are all wrong...too short...I mean come on there is no way she cant afford to get her hair done better than this... too much make up...and why does this woman never use PRIMER to cut back on the makeup oil buildup and shine??
shes in her 20's...no seriously she is...

the shoes...no comment...but really for the golden globes?? why do her feet always look like they have a touch of ash on them in every picture I see of her? They always got that "oops I forgot to lotion but let me put a quick dab on" look...pull it together!!
This my friends is a woman in need of dire fashion assistance...where is her assistant to help dab some of that sweat off her brow between photos??? I know that it is hot out there but this is ridiculous...this is not attractive...to have sweat dripping down your sideburns...this picture really...it's just WOW....and I am in no way talking about size here...I am talking about looking pulled together and this is if there ever was the opposite of looking pulled together!"


I want people to stop treating her like a charity case...Look she is not PRECIOUS...she just played that part in the movie.



Ok so I know some people are going to say I am being mean on this one but I really don't care because, I feel as though as a fat girl myself I have the authority to call another chunky chick out when she is out of line, and this chick is just making everybody look bad. Although I am not as heavy as "Gabby" I understand the dynamics of wearing flattering clothes. She and her stylist obviously do not.

NUFF SAID! HATED IT!!