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3 Years & Counting new 08/31/2010

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First of all, THANK YOU for all the great song recommendations for my iPod! I’m looking forward to sweating to some new tunes during my workouts, starting…really soon. We just finished taping Hot in Cleveland’s last episode of the season, so time is all I’ve got. I also just got back from Ohio for Tom’s 49th birthday. No, he is not 50 yet (does that make me a cougar?) Anyway, we spent some time with his beautiful and inspiring family…his dad is 84 and kicked Tom’s butt in golf – 18 holes! So if that doesn’t get my own butt in gear, I don’t know what will. Well, that and maybe my trainer Christopher.

All is well regarding how I’m feeling about my weight, though. I have confidence in the choices I make… I don’t obsess over my number on the scale. Being on TV again raises a whole host of my own personal maintenance challenges with schedules, food tables and co-stars who look like models, of course. But that’s my life and I’m a big girl (I mean that figuratively :) and I can deal with those issues. In fact, the gal who designs our wardrobe on the show dresses us not only for our body type, but for our characters’ personalities. Betty gets these whacky tracksuits, for example, Jane has her short, shorts, Wendie in tight, sleeveless, and I (“Melanie”) am a little more whimsical with blousy tops. Which is really ironic, if you think about it. I’m a “bikini” underneath in my other, Jenny life (depending on how confident I am that day) but I’m pretty covered up in my acting life. That’s not an excuse for me to let myself go, but I like that I have choices and that my body doesn’t define me.

And I like that Tom is getting closer to 50. Happy birthday (a little late), honey!

xo,

Val

P.S. How CUTE is/was Joe Jonas on the show??!!!
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