Out of the closet (again!)

OK, so I thought I left the closet years and years ago. Well, I did but now I am a closeted...Lady GaGa fan. Yes, I admit that whenever I hear Pokerface or Paparazi come on-I dance. I may even sing. She lifts my spirit. I thought about other singers that have that effect on me. As any friend or family knows, I battle depression-now hugely more infrequently than many moons ago, but music always has a way of lifting me up. Depression is suffocating so any outlet is appreciated. Here are a few singers/song that lift me up/motivate me to get moving out of whatever rut I am in.

Lady Gaga
Leona Lewis
Cher (yes, Cher)
Anything from The Big Chill soundtrack (thank you, Judi for the CD)
Michael Crawford (huge Broadway actor-Phantom of the Opera, anyone?)
Michael Buble
Madonna-old school stuff
Motley Crue,Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake, Cinderella-The Big Hair Bands of the 80's
Alicia Keys
Evanecence (spelling is wrong-Only Time great song)
Melissa Etheridge (have to have a token lesbian on the list or my card is revoked)

etc. etc. etc.-pretty much any music except rap.

3 more bite the dust

Woohoo! 3 more lbs bite the dust. ONLY 93 more to go! (lol) It's slow going but they'll come off. I've heard the slower they are to come off (1-2 lbs/week)the better it is in the long run. So, I'll take it. Anything new?

Well, I read YOU:on a diet by Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen. It was a good book, covering a lot of what he talks about on his talkshow. He has a two week plan-which I'm not going to follow, but I am going to do the exercises he has. He said the most important exercise to do is a 30 minute walk every day, even if it's just around a table over and over. That I can do. I am also 3x a week going to pop in my Sweating to the Oldies DVD that is sitting, still wrapped collecting dust for about a year, into the DVD player. "A" will do it with me. He saw Richard Simmons on a show recently and was doing one of the dances. "A" follows them. Let the music and the pedometer begin!