I Love the Today Show!

This is a late post about an awesome experience I had on April 30 at the <a href="http://www.umd.edu/">University of Maryland's</a> <i><a href="http://www.marylandday.umd.edu/">Maryland Day</a></i>.  <br /><br />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 <a href="http://www.psu.edu/">Blue & White</a>. :)  Then on Friday, the day before the event, I happened to be perusing Facebook and realized that <a href="http://www.joybauer.com/">Joy Bauer</a> was going to be in attendance for MD Day, thanks to her Facebook status update!  Joy Bauer is a <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20823138/ns/today-today_health">health correspondent to the Today Show</a>, 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!!<br /><br />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 - <i><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/joybauer-20/detail/0061834777">Slim & Scrumptious</a></i>.  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!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2rDgUrP5nLKPkNGtKwQ_f8x1-PKfp4Y3h5iNHosT84GB6JZARlKSRRR9fX45eteOoLed3kMqpxN_uESygAZqAsbIGiw7ZBtMF_2ZyqDLmD4aEUSNMmLf6IBbf4RSZ6BqEmc7vj6Z9Wk/s1600/mejoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2rDgUrP5nLKPkNGtKwQ_f8x1-PKfp4Y3h5iNHosT84GB6JZARlKSRRR9fX45eteOoLed3kMqpxN_uESygAZqAsbIGiw7ZBtMF_2ZyqDLmD4aEUSNMmLf6IBbf4RSZ6BqEmc7vj6Z9Wk/s320/mejoy.jpg" width="188" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was SO excited!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMot9w1diU8yDWf6l2tOD159RiMqwe58kjR8g8rZRkqtS6EMdw2KJIhJVjRjRIhZADZ9yEFrROeOuDhj4PuAJ3o5V6qC_XBXXGkX9kXYbx1kHs9-nMpe078AKAtbr3gpSz-7rtsGG9_0/s1600/May+2011+031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdMot9w1diU8yDWf6l2tOD159RiMqwe58kjR8g8rZRkqtS6EMdw2KJIhJVjRjRIhZADZ9yEFrROeOuDhj4PuAJ3o5V6qC_XBXXGkX9kXYbx1kHs9-nMpe078AKAtbr3gpSz-7rtsGG9_0/s320/May+2011+031.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3JgDdXocBPlDBUh7MqNmbRdslYAocFP-Z2yS-nfPQ_K_RrNo38kokPpDvpZad1AvqmlOL1kYFHcmsufIyawtX31xP2jej2YvCN10_B1_XTsk0whrPF2i_Y-ZWrsPLAN0As2Un4Miwmw/s1600/May+2011+027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3JgDdXocBPlDBUh7MqNmbRdslYAocFP-Z2yS-nfPQ_K_RrNo38kokPpDvpZad1AvqmlOL1kYFHcmsufIyawtX31xP2jej2YvCN10_B1_XTsk0whrPF2i_Y-ZWrsPLAN0As2Un4Miwmw/s320/May+2011+027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Somewhere in the mix of cooking and speaking presentations, Joy stopped to sign autographs in her book.  I bought 2 of her books, <i>Slim & Scrumptious</i> and <i><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/joybauer-20/detail/0061665754">Your Inner Skinny</a>, </i>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!<br /><br />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!

I Love the Today Show!

This is a late post about an awesome experience I had on April 30 at the University of Maryland's Maryland Day .  Joel works for the po...

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