Nibbles & Bits from Debbie

Nibbles & Bits  October 2011             What’s on your iPod or in your CD changer??   I have a bit of everything from Country to Classical and a variety of stuff in between but my new musical crush belongs to the three Italian teenagers who call themselves “Il Volo.”  OH MY HEAVENS!!!   Talk about the voices of angels!  And is it just me or do you see an uncanny resemblance to those animated cutie pies Simon, Alvin and Theodore of The Chipmunks??  Their music seriously makes my spirits soar and my heart valves flutter, like maybe  I’m gonna need oxygen, because they KNOCK ME OUT!! Strangely, my iPod and I parted ways a couple of years ago.  I needed to be more focused on the sights and sounds around me while walking my three big dogs so I temporarily kicked it to the curb.  Recently I decided it was time to reclaim my MUSIC and the PURE JOY that it brings!! I’d forgotten how it can change an ordinary walk into an EXTRAORDINARY walk!!!   In my car, I traded in the drone and grind of talk radio for some of my favorite CD’s like “Phantom of the Opera” and Andrea Bocelli’s “Vivere,” another amazing rouser….Whoa!!  I have given myself an emotional turbo boost through the universal language of…..MUSIC!!  Autumn just seems to crave voices and instruments as rich, deep, robust and colorful as the season itself! Sing at the top of your lungs!  Twirl!!

Our weight loss journey????  Yep we’re on it.  I’m personally just sort of hanging in midair but perched and ready to crank up the music and ramp up the motion!! We need to put this weight loss stuff in perspective.  If your health is at risk, you need to put it in light speed!! Be diligent and get the extra weight off because your LIFE depends on it and because others are depending on YOU!!  Track religiously!!  My friend, and WW leader Quinn, says we’re all “liars and cheaters” when it comes to owning up to what we eat.  What??? I guess that’s why Weight Watchers invented TRACKING…..it makes us accountable….and of all crazy things….IT WORKS!!  If you’re heading steadily in the right direction, making wiser food choices and moving more than you did before……PERFECT!!  Just keep doing what you’re doing!  Getting our weight under control allows us to THRIVE….not merely survive!!  It serves as the launch pad for newfound confidence and vitality!! But what’s REALLY important is this:  how we live our life, how we treat other people, and our legacy. Have you thought about what you want YOUR legacy to be?? I think we could all be kinder, gentler, and more compassionate! We could smile more, be good-finders, joy-bringers, and say a lot of “thank-yous”!  I’m no stranger to death having already lost two sisters and a brother so I have an amped-up appreciation for life and a zest for living that I may not have otherwise had.  I know that life is fragile.  I am GLAD to be alive!! In order to live, love, and give more completely, we all truly need to be our best and healthiest selves!!  Let’s do it. “Vivere!”…Dare to Live!!!! 

Lovingly prepared by Your Friend in Food   Debbie Ness, Weight Watchers, Receptionist