July 19, 2013

I am sure most foodies who read food blogs come across a blog, see a recipe and think “I need to make that – like soon!”  Then you think you have all the ingredients to make it, then realize you don’t, but you still want to go ahead and make it. When I saw Jacky’s Oatmeal Lemon Ricotta Pancakes I wanted to make them.  Like...

I am out of my Nature Valley protein bars, so when I woke up yesterday morning I knew I had time to knock out a batch of granola as a pre/post workout snack.  I was going to follow my lemon poppy seed granola recipe, but turns out I was out of poppy seeds, I didn’t have applesauce or agave nectar.  But the great thing about...

I had to laugh at all the comments yesterday about my voice having an accent AND that I sound young – I’ll take the young comment anytime, but I don’t think I have an accent at all – just everyone else in the country.   I promise to have a real VLOG of me up soon! It was a taco kind of day for me. ...

I’ve found out that I really, really have to be in the mood for a breakfast parfait.  I was putting my stuff together yesterday and it was easy to toss in a Chobani, some fruit and granola and call that breakfast. Even though I had plain Chobani, this ended up being really sweet to me – maybe the bananas were too much?   I ended up...

In my dreams I have a beautiful garden.  I wake up early to tend to it, the dew dripping off the leaves as I reach down and pluck perfect tomatoes, peppers and zucchini.  I make homemade pasta sauce, salsa and zucchini bread with my bounty. Turns out I have a black thumb though.  Plants and gardens come to my house to die.  It is nice...

Today is the official start day out round 2 of the DietBet.  Welcome Kris M. to the game!  We are now up to an $800 pot and we have 32 players – 18 of which are blog readers and friends so I am the MVP of the Game – woop! I have to say i thoroughly enjoyed having a rest day yesterday, but I am...

When I first met Tony he was a divorced father of a 10 year old son.  His parents had just retired to Florida, yet their house was still on the market here, so he lived there before the house was sold.  Coolest part about the house?  It had an indoor pool!  I know! So before we got married we’d live at my house during the...

I forgot to ask Tony to take a full body picture of my yesterday, so my mirror had to stand in. Not sure if they will accept my mirror picture, because you can’t really see my face!  At the end of Round 1, I was 167.6, for a loss of 8.2 for the month of June. This time? I am up .6 – but I...

Just one more day to join the DietBet!  First WI is tomorrow and the game begins on July 13.  Lucky to have this great group join in the last couple days! Jacky, Julie, Debbi, Carol, Sam, Mari, Randi, Ann, Peggy, Bryan, Anna.  We are doing to kick some ass these next 30 days! Yesterday was a busy morning!  I couldn’t say anything yesterday, but we...

Do you guys watch Extreme Weight Loss with Chris Powell?  I had a couple episodes on the DVR when I was on vacation and watched the one about Ryan from Appleton, Wisconsin. He is 23.  He lives with his parents and was lost after he lost his arm in a car accident.  He’d never ridden a bike in his life and was simply lost.  But...