Joel works for the police department as a police/911 dispatcher at UMD. Each year, he participates in this Saturday event in order to fingerprint children. Maryland Day was created a few years back in order to showcase what the university's departments are working on. This year was the second year I attended. My original intent in going was simply to get out of the house. I had some computer stuff I wanted to do and was looking for a change of scenery in which to do it, and plus I love hanging out on college campuses - it brings back fond memories of the Blue & White. :) Then on Friday, the day before the event, I happened to be perusing Facebook and realized that Joy Bauer was going to be in attendance for MD Day, thanks to her Facebook status update! Joy Bauer is a health correspondent to the Today Show, the health columnist in Woman's Day magazine, and the nutritionist for the NYC Ballet & American Ballet Theatre. I was sooooo pumped! I LOVE the Today Show! I watch it religiously when I work at home! Yes!!
So my plans for MD Day shifted because of Joy, who happens to be a UMD Alumni. Basically, in conjunction with dining hall chefs from the university, she held 30 min cooking segments throughout the day - cooking through her latest book - Slim & Scrumptious. At the end of each cooking session, samples were passed around to the audience - I didn't have a sample I didn't like! In between the cooking segments, she held mini sessions related to nutrition, fitness and weight loss. It was all very inspirational and I learned some important things. One of those things is that you should always have 5 go-to meals - 5 things that are easy and quick to make that don't require much thought. By having these 5 meals, you're more likely to stay within your nutrition goals and not feel overwhelmed with choices, possibly resulting in a diet bomb!
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Somewhere in the mix of cooking and speaking presentations, Joy stopped to sign autographs in her book. I bought 2 of her books, Slim & Scrumptious and Your Inner Skinny, had them signed AND had my picture taken with her. She also gave me her personal email address and asked that I send in 3 diet/nutrition questions for the Diet SOS segment on the Today show!!!!!!!!!! She said she'd pass the questions on to the producers and then I could Skype in and ask them live on the air. Holy moly!!! I have yet to send in my questions - I'm still thinking about what to ask. But I'm so pumped!
It was a Saturday well spent at the University of Maryland - if you're in the area I'd strongly recommend checking it out next year!
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