Between the BLs (Biggest Loser) Summer Challenge 2010 Part 1

[maiziezoe]

QOTD1 ~ Sunday:

What is for dinner tonight??



QOTD2 ~ Sunday:



What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?

 

[maiziezoe]

Morning/afternoon Losers!

I am exhausted today. Stanley got me up with the birds...

QOTD1 ~ Sunday:

What is for dinner tonight??

Ha! I told the DH earlier in the week to let me know what he wanted today... since it is what I call "make moms work more day" or as other people call it, Father's Day... he never put in his request so now there is nothing to fix for dinner. I was thinking of making him nothing as punishment for not telling me what he wanted... but that is just mean... so I think that is what I am going to do.

Actually, he wants to go to a Japanese Steakhouse.


QOTD2 ~ Sunday:


What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?

I once ate the worm from the bottom of the tequila bottle.

When I was a kid and didn't feel well, my mom would make us a mayo and banana sandwiches on Wonder bread. I have a lot of other crazy things but I will wait to see what everyone else says.

 

[njcarita]

QOTD1 ~ Sunday:

What is for dinner tonight??

not sure... Fathers Day plans changed ( youngest woke up with rash all over body)


QOTD2 ~ Sunday:



What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?

Jelly fish....

 

[Dahly]

DS and I just got back from TS3 of course, I was crying at the end...I am sure it has something to do with the age of my older DS and the fact that he went off to college last year. It was a really sweet story.


Sat QOTD #2 - I am originally from North Florida, but now We live in a suburb slightly outside of Houston..have been here about 5 years. Most days, I love it here, but right now it is soooo hot! And we have little hurricane scares every onces in a while.... DH grew up just a few miles from where we live, which is why we live in this particular neighborhood. Elementary and High School are both within walking distance for DS, so that makes it nice for him. DH graduated from the same HS, so that makes him happy. We won't talk about our sports teams...they typically don't do well, but we still like to cheer them on!

Sun - What's for Dinner - Fajitas - but I will have mine as a salad, DH and DS will have tortillas to wrap theirs.

Sun QOTD #2 - I honestly can't think of anything way out there..i tried alligator once, but didn't really care for it. I am not a very adventurous eater. DS on the other hand, will try anything...he ate guinea pig last year when we were in Ecuador. No thanks!

Hope everyone is having a great Sunday, and happy Father's Day to all of the guys out there, and the DH's and Father's of everyone.

Dahly

 

[lisah0711]

Good afternoon all! Happy Father's Day to all of you, especially our BL father's!

We ran 9 miles at a 1:43:34 time! I was really happy. We walked at the beginning and the end for a total of 12.2 miles. I don't think we'll get swept at W&D in October! Tuesday night was such a cruddy run, so I always get a little nervous after an awful run, but today was great. It rained almost the entire time, so we were dodging puddles, but I really enjoyed it. Funny story--we have someone new in front of us at the baseball stadium this year (season tickets) and she is going to run W&D in the fall as well. She is at Universal this weekend with her teenager!

Great run, Lindsay! You'll have no problem with the W&D! You'll even have enough breath to sing It's a Small World with your baseball buddy!

Lisa--I can't wait to hear about World Of Color. We're still waiting on ROFR on our add-on, but if it doesn't go through I am seriously considering DL for Christmas instead of WDW. We used to live in San Diego and I've always loved DL. WOC just looks amazing!

We will be seeing it on Wednesday and I will be sure and give you a full report when I return!

Have you been to WDW at Christmas? It is something that you should do at least once but I have to admit Christmas at DL holds a special place in my heart.

I do like we live. We are about 45 to 1hour from a major city if we want a get away, and we get all 4 seasons lol. we just recently moved, same town different location, so I may be a little biased, but I figure same town not a lots going to change lol... and just to brag a little, def nothing like PP had, but it's home and that's what's most important

We've redone he landscaping so it looks better, and the yard has a little more grass grown in... hopes are to tearup the yard this fall and redo it, I just hope it's not as wet as this past as we will have a mud pit lol

Lele, I think your house looks great! It is very similar in style to our house, but we don't have the pretty shutters that you do -- those house in the pics are my neighbors -- our house is 20 years older and much smaller. But has great view and we love it! Our house was a foreclosure and the people who lived there took everything when they left: light fixtures, window coverigs, even the mirrors from the bathrooms!

Good luck with your landscaping project! As we get older we go for shrubs and ornamental grasses -- whatever can easily be maintained!

Ok, I know this is late but this is our Onslow. I was going to post it earlier, but thursday we had a thunder storm and a power outage, and yesterday was too busy to post. This pic is from the the first day we brought him home back in Nov.

This is my work weekend, so I'll have to catch up tomorrow. Gotta go get ready for work in the morning. Hope everybody is having a great weekend.

That is one cute dog that you have there!

Hey. Just popping in to say I don't know how much I will be around. I will make it a point to PM my weight on Friday but...I am dealing with a lot right now AND have SO much going on this week - so, I won't really be around. I'll be thinking about you all though and hoping your week goes well!!!

Shelby, hope that everything is okay! Come and say "hi" whenever you have a chance!

Well. Yes and no. I moved here in 1994. DH moved here just after we met in 1995. I like it here because it's home. My entire family has since moved here and I really like having them close. On the other hand, I do get pretty sick of this town sometimes. DH and I talk about moving sometimes, but it's just talk really. Anyway... like I said... yes and no.

It's nice to have family close -- most of the time!

We're back from our campout, and I did pretty good with food, and drank lots of water. It was so hot packing up this morning, I didn't know if i was smelling the horses or me. It felt great to hit the shower. We had fun, Michael has had some issues with a boy in school with some bullying, and they had a little tif last night, and Michael got so upset. In school, the boys had met with the teacher and social worker together and the outcome was that they do not need to be friends, but they need to be respectful of each other, and school has been going fine, but last night Michael got so frustrated with the other boy, so we are going to meet with the boy and his mom to try and work things out so they can get along. I hate to see him so upset and frustrated, and I know where they live close by they are going to be together at things, and they need to deal with it without getting upset. So we're going to go by there and talk to them after lunch. Wish me luck.

Good luck with that!

QOTD1 ~ Sunday:

What is for dinner tonight??

Tonight is chicken stuffed with red peppers, olives and feta with orzo and salad from Cooking Light. DH wanted to make it for his Father's Day dinner. I offered to make it but he wanted to cook -- oh, well, dear, if you insist!

QOTD2 ~ Sunday: What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?

I guess it would have to be escargot -- which I ate to impress a boyfriend. I'm glad those days are behind me.

I once ate the worm from the bottom of the tequila bottle.

So did you have visions? Maybe that's the worm in mezcal . . .

not sure... Fathers Day plans changed ( youngest woke up with rash all over body)

What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?[/COLOR]

Jelly fish....

Hope the chicken pox haven't come for a visit. Did the jellyfish taste like chicken?

What about that gator, dahly, did it taste like chicken?

Star Wars in Concert was good. It was really fun to hear the live orchestra playing the songs.

Off to finish up packing for DLR -- may the Force be with you! (sorry don't get to use those smilies too much!)

 

[njcarita]

Hope the chicken pox haven't come for a visit. Did the jellyfish taste like chicken?

(sorry don't get to use those smilies too much!)

Took her to the doctor and he thinks its just a virus....
I wish it had tasted like chicken it was more lucky crunchy jello

 

[cclovesdis]

Hi Everyone,

Just stopping by to answer today's QOTDs.

Part 1: We are having tacos made with ground turkey breast. I usually take 1 hard taco shell and break it up and then serve mine salad style with fake tortilla trips a la Chili's on it. Lots of veggies too and salsa for dressing!

Part 2: I'm not a very adventurous eater, so anything that contains tofu comes to mind.

I'm off for a bit. Will probably be back later.

 

[cclovesdis]

Part 2: I'm not a very adventurous eater, so anything that contains tofu comes to mind.

Oh, goodness. I just checked Rose's veggie lasagna recipe and it has tofu in it. Of course, tofu and cheese sounds a lot better than fried tofu with rice. And, anything is better when my parents or I make it than when my father's mother makes it.

 

[Rose&Mike]

Great run, Lindsay! You'll have no problem with the W&D! You'll even have enough breath to sing It's a Small World with your baseball buddy!



We will be seeing it on Wednesday and I will be sure and give you a full report when I return!

Have you been to WDW at Christmas? It is something that you should do at least once but I have to admit Christmas at DL holds a special place in my heart.

Lisa, this was actually me.
We have been at WDW at Christmas a bunch. Our first trip was in 94 at WL--the year it opened. We've also done NYE--that was fun! You have to be getting excited!

Oh, goodness. I just checked Rose's veggie lasagna recipe and it has tofu in it. Of course, tofu and cheese sounds a lot better than fried tofu with rice. And, anything is better when my parents or I make it than when my father's mother makes it.

I really am not a fan of tofu, but really this was not much different than eating ricotta. DH doesn't like tofu either, and he said it was the best lasagna he ever had.

What's for dinner--an Amy's bowl tonight. Too hot to cook.

Craziest food--liver and onions--yuck. It was gross even when I used to eat meat and my mom used to make us peanut butter and cream cheese sandwiches! Really healthy!

It is soooooo hot here today--mid 90's. We're debating baseball tonight. We drove around and looked at houses today. We think we might look at moving closer to the park we go to run. It's a really nice neighborhood with lots of stuff within walking distance. I'm going to email the realtor and tell her to start watching for something that has a lot big enough to add a pool. DS comes home on Thursday. It will have been about 6 weeks since we saw him, so I'm looking forward to a visit.

I printed a Borders coupon, so I'm going to go get Marathoning for Mortals. We're both looking forward to reading it.

Have a nice evening!

 

[LuvBaloo]

Jumping in to answer the QOTD's.

Sat:
dinner was salad and burgers done on the BBQ.
live in the middle of British Columbia and overall I like it. We're in a small town (6000, or 20,000 when you count the surrounging area) that is well-maintained, where nothing is more than 10minutes away . I'd like to move back to my hometown which is much larger (80,000) as most of the family is still there and DH is still working there. Its only about 60miles north so its close enough to go visit when there's family events.

Sun:
dinner may be clean out the fridge left-overs, although I really feel like pizza, so I may talk DH into that as I can fit it into my plan, but who knows what will happen.

craziest thing ever eaten: Well, I've tried alligator (tastes like chewy chicken), tiny whole octopus deep fried (small crunchy, no flavour).
I think the craziest thing I used to eat regularly was a standard dutch breakfast. White bread with butter and chocolate sprinkles. The year I lived in holland was not the most nutricious for food (lots of bread, little vegetables was the norm in the small town of 1000 that I lived in), but I was in the best shape of my life, thanks to biking 15km to school. I remember during free period at school, I used to find the grocery store and buy myself sweet bell peppers for a treat!

 

[LuvBaloo]

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[NCRedding]

QOTD 1: Dinner tonight will be at my mother's for Father's Day. I'll be eating lots of veggies and fruit, since mom's plan is to serve KFC so I'll be avoiding meat tonight.

QOTD 2: The oddest thing I every ate was on a dare from my cousin who had just moved to NOLA. We were playing in a creek near our house when he saw a crayfish. He caught some and boiled them, then dared me to eat them. We'd always had a little bit of a competition, so of course I had to. Our parents were none to thrilled when they came home. I think we were about 10 and 11.

 

[tigger813]

Wow! I had 3 pages to catch up on on a Sunday!

Recital was great but almost 3 hours long! DD1 got a perfect attendance award! Came home and started supper right away as we thought we were going to get a storm! Which leads me to the QOTD:

QOTD: Part 1: Supper was steak, potatoes and onions, salad ( I actually didn't have any). I had some shrimp cocktail before and some chips and dip, but not a lot! For dessert we had Carvel ice cream cake for Mom's b'day. I had a rather large piece but didn't really have much of anything for lunch. Had 2 glasses of Strawberry Daiquiri for a drink. I'll have water the rest of the night.

QOTD Part 2: I hope I don't gross anyone out but the strangest thing I ever ate was a ...peanut butter and ketchup sandwich! It was my favorite for a while as a kid. I would put ketchup on EVERYTHING! I hate TOMATOES though! I used to love ketchup more than anything in the world! Once I got 2 bottles of ketchup for a birthday present if that tells you anything!

Watching The Blind Side right now. We are all quite exhausted from today!

Taking DD1, BFF and my mom to get DD1's ears pierced tomorrow morning!

Planning on walking with Mom and neighbor in the morning at 5:30! I did pretty well over all this weekend so I will try and do the no weighing myself until Wednesday again and see what happens though I will be PMSing this week! I'm happy and comfortable and that's what counts!

I'll be back on tomorrow!

 

[pinkle]

QOTD.......supper we had homemade organic beef burgers on the BQ with sauteed mushrooms and onions, salad, and icecream with fresh rasp and blue berries.
I did have some ice cream but managed to skip the bun..
I get my staples out of my foot this week. I've been feeling kind of blah...I haven't walked or run for over a week..............we'll see how Friday goes.

Weirdest food...............I'm a little chicken I have managed to steer clear, although I have had escargot.

 

[JOANNEL]

What'd for dinner??

Father's day dinner with Neighbors- London broil, baked potato, corn on cob, fruit salad and key lime pie!!! I ate lots of fruit a few pieces of meat and 2 ears of corn!!! So I think I did ok today calorie wise!!!

Weirdest food- I am not very adventurous. The blood sausage at Raglan road was probably the grossest!!

Both boys checked in with their father, one on phone and one via email, so it was nice to hear from them. DS #1 is in Belgium and tomorrow will be in Amsterdam. They are having a ball, but I do miss my boys!!

 

[Connie96]

QOTD1 ~ Sunday: What is for dinner tonight??

I picked up Taco Bell on the way home from the store.

QOTD2 ~ Sunday: What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?

I can't think of anything really. It's not something we see a lot of around here, but I do love buffalo. I think the best thing I ever ate in my life was buffalo fajitas when I visited Denver several years ago. I had never tried buffalo at the time, so it seemed pretty darn exotic to me.

 

[tea pot]

At the end you will cry more at TS3 than at UP

Oh No I cried in TS2 when Jessie gets dropped off at the donation box. I still can't listen to "When Somebody Loves You" without tearing up. I cried at Wally when Eva was unresponsive and Don't' even ask me about Dumbo's Baby Mine!.... DH and I were a Mess at Up!
OK OK can you tell that I was the Kid that couldn't watch Lassie.

 

[my3princes]

I'm still in the midst of 8th Grade Graduation, parties and dances. Tomorrow will be the end of that, then I can move on to Hunter's MRI on Thursday. I must confess that dieting hasn't been happening with all the activities and screwed up schedule. I've only gained a couple of lbs though so it isn't as bad as it could be.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

QOTD1 ~ Saturday ~

What is for dinner tonight?


Yesterday we ate out at a Mexican restaurant. I have cheese enchiladas with beans (skipped the rice), chips and salsa, 2 glasses of white sangria, and fried ice cream. Yep, consider that a confession. That is totally abnormal for me...it didn't even really feel right at the time, but here I am today...

QOTD2 ~

Do you like living where you live? Why? (only give out as much information as you are comfortable giving out)

I love living in Boston! DH and I chose to move here, we really enjoy it here and particularly in our neighborhood. We have a more private backyard with more space than my scary SIL in Maine, it's kind of like "suburban lite". I can sit on my back deck and see the ocean far off in the distance, and I'm a 5 minute drive from the beach. I'm a 5 minute walk from the subway, but I certainly can't see it from our house since we are up on a hill and much further "in" on the street. I can also see Stop and Shop and Target from my 2nd floor windows, so it's easy to pop over if we need something. The neighbor kids come over and play in our pool or ds goes to their house, and I don't worry about where he is or what he's doing since I know the mom and I know she's watching them like I do. Right now, there are fireworks going off at the beach and I can watch them from my front porch. I like that the seasons change, and I love watching the snow coat the trees in my backyard, it looks like a winter wonderland. I also love that we're a couple of hours from the mountains in NH, we really seem to have the best of both worlds.

QOTD1 ~ Sunday:

What is for dinner tonight??

We had barbecued chicken, corn on the cob, and salad.

QOTD2 ~ Sunday: hat is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?

Umm, not real adventurous with the food. I doubt I've eaten anything most of you would call "crazy". I guess calorically I'll go with fetuccine alfredo, that's just crazy stuff and I don't touch it anymore.

I just logged my weight in WW online and I get one less point a day after this week's weigh in. I know I'm celebrating on one level but on another I really do use them all, I guess I'll have to eat an extra snack bag of carrots and back off something else...

The arms of Morpheus are beckoning...sleep well and good health to all!

Maria

 

[happysmyly]

It was the best of times, it was the - um not so best of times...
It feels like forever since I've been here--though I think it's only been 2 or 3 weeks... but the last time I was reading everyday was around page 50ish... not going to try to catch up... though I have read quickly through the last few pages to get the QOTDs for the weekend...
I'm planning on being back on program--have gained some major weight--but instead of getting down - I got on the scale (we have a Dr type with the movable weight thing) and I put the weight up where it was in January--and that made me feel much better I know with your help here I'll be back on track with losing sooner than later

So - here goes - (it's a book--I guess I've missed chatting with you all... sorry)
Sat QOTD - Do I like where we live? Yes and no... we live about 5 miles outside of a town of about 2000 (that includes all of us in the greater area) so there's a small grocery store, a hardware store and a subway shop that's part of one of the gas stations. We have 10 acres of sagebrush - so I really like the space - watching our chickens and the other birds around here (there are 3 eagles that live on our 'street').
While I enjoy the isolation--that's also the part that is currently driving me crazy... I LOVE to swim - and the closest indoor pool is about 1 1/4 hours away... there is no track anywhere close - and though I have a few good friends at church - I am here alone most of my time... so DH is on a quest to find a job that will move us to a smaller, easier to take care of, easier to grow things in, closer to a 'real' city... but so far - no luck--so I'm focusing on the good parts of where we are and making the best of it.

Sunday QOTD 1 - Crustless quiche with a bit of turkey sausage, reduced fat sharp cheese and tons of onions and mushrooms--it was really tasty - and I've put some in muffin tins and froze them to see how they do for quick breakfast grab n gos.

Sunday QOTD2 - Well - I was a missionary in Bolivia - so I've had guinea pig (tastes like a mild chicken) and every part of a chicken or cow - but weirdest would have to be - in high school on a dare I ate some chocolate covered ants and grasshoppers--they were crunchy and no real taste other than the chocolate.

Have a great evening! I look forward to getting lots of kicks in my tail end with lots of ideas and inspiration here this week...
Liz