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

[mommyof2Pirates]

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 Kathy, Its a shame that michael has to go through this but hopefully this will make him stronger and be able to deal with people better as he becomes an adult. Hope all goes well and that they can get over their differences.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Whats for Dinner (sunday)- We had dinner at my nana's again tonight. It is usually the norm for us to eat there on a sunday. My whole family comes which consists of my parents, my aunt, my cousin and her 3 kids, my other cousin and her son, and my cousin and her grown daughter(22). The kids love playing in the backyard together and are totally wiped out at the end of the day. Oh whats for dinner? sorry I got off topic.

This was what was served: grilled hot wings, bbq ribs, chicken shish kabobs, potatoe salad, creamed cabbage, and broccoli salad.

What I ate: 1 chicken shish kabob, small scoop of potatoe salad (hard to resist my nana makes the best), and a small scoop of broccoli salad (so delicious but even though broccoli is in it its sure not healthy). Overall I feel like I did good and I skipped dessert too!

QOTD- I am a very pickey eater so I dont believe I ever had anything too crazy. Ive tried deer meat once. I thought it was gross.

I did not get my run in tonight. I am so exhausted and sun burned. We had a great day today at the local AAA baseball game. Go Iron Pigs! It was 93 degrees and completely sunny. I lathered up my kids with sunscreen but forgot to put it on myself. Not smart at all.

 

[mikamah]

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.

Ah, Lassie was a tear jerker. I think of watching Old Yeller as a kid, and I can't imagine my son watcing it ever.

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.

Good luck with everything this week.

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

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.

jWelcome back, and it's great you have an awesome attitude and are looking at how far you have come since january. That gain will be gone before you know it. I'm thinking of our little fredward the guinea pig and I would guess he might taste like chicken. The chocolate covered bugs, ewwwwwww!!!

Good luck Kathy, Its a shame that michael has to go through this but hopefully this will make him stronger and be able to deal with people better as he becomes an adult. Hope all goes well and that they can get over their differences.

Thanks Lindsay. It went very well, actually, and they are going to be friends, but not bff's, and we set out step if one does something the other doesn't like, don't retaliate, but talk to each other, and if you can't work it out first, then go to a teacher or parent. Last summer they were in the same camp for 4 weeks but this year it looks like only one week they will be together, so that is good. They were really close friends in the beginning of the year, and mid year were too close and being disruptive in class, goofing off, so after a conference with the teacher, Michael tried to get back to behaving in school, and they started having issues. I'm glad it all worked out before the school year ends, and we know they won't be in the same class next year. I think you're right, it will make him stronger and more able to deal with stuff like this which as we all know, doesn't end during childhood.

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.

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!)

Funny, was it a star wars anniversary or something this weekend? My cousin posted pictures of people in all the star wars costumes coming into her blood drive on saturday and I thought of you.

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

Hope your dd is feelnig better soon. Crunchy jello I was going to ask how it was cooked, but sounds like deep fried. Yum!

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

It's a great book, and in the fall I"ll use one of their training plans for the princess. You'll love it.

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.

I started to read this and all I thought of was the movie, How to eat Fried Worms.

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!

Good luck with the no weighing. I am up 2 today after going a little crazy at a cookout yesterday.

Qotd- yesterdays dinner will be tonights dinner, chicken on the grill with corn on the cob because yesterday after swimming at my brothers, my sister next door invited us to stay for a bbq, so I had a cheeseburger, pasta salad, watermelon, 2 pieces of kielbasa, and a big piece of ice cream cake. And I didn't write any of it down. Back on track today, though, and off for a run/walk as soon as michael gets on the bus.

qotd-strangest food, probably moose. Didn't really care for it though. Deer would be second, and I didn't like that either. Though, I wonder if you grew up with venison would you just be used to it.

Have a great day!!

 

[carmiedog]

QOTD1 ~ Sunday: What is for dinner tonight??
I had an Amy's Spinach Feta Sandwich and frozen mixed vegetables with a little Mrs. Dash. I was short on calories for the day, so followed up with a little crunchy peanut butter. Looking at my food diary. I was supposed to have also eaten another serving of baby hummus and carrots to get my calorie intake up, but I forgot. oops! That put Sunday at under 1200. Trying to stay low this week, but not that low.

QOTD2 ~ Sunday: What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?
ummm...possum soup? Seriously. My great aunt made it. Also grew up on deer, squirrel, rabbit, chicken hearts/livers/gizzards, crawdads. Yeah, I'm from the South.

 

[jennz]

QOTD:

Dinner tonight will be left over shredded beef on a baked potato w/broccoli.

Saturday: Do I like where I live? Nope. But I'm with dd and dh and our furbabies so it's home.

Sunday: Strangest food...I'm not sure...I've had goat in Jamaica, and escargot and alligator tail, snake...do those count?

DMB concert was exhausting! I was tired all day yesterday after working it! These folks were constantly in line buying more food - I was wondering why they would miss the show but then I realized most of them have already seen Dave at least 10 times. That's good - more money to pay for dd's cheer habit!

Today is household calorie burning day!

I see I forgot to send my weekly love note to Shannon - off to pm her.

 

[lisah0711]

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!

Oops! Sorry about that, Rose! I am so excited about my DLR trip that I probably shouldn't be allowed near a keyboard. I will have to be very, very careful at work the next couple of days.

Wow! You would have to be excited to go the WDW on NYE! I will be able to get DH to DL at Christmastime but I doubt it will ever happen again at WDW.

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!!

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.

, Deb, hope those busy times passs quickly and for the MRI.

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.

Down another milestone for WW. Great job! I would love to be able to see the ocean from my house. That is one of those things I really miss from living in southern California.

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

Hi Liz! Nice to see you! You'll be headed back in the right direction in no time!

I did not get my run in tonight. I am so exhausted and sun burned. We had a great day today at the local AAA baseball game. Go Iron Pigs! It was 93 degrees and completely sunny. I lathered up my kids with sunscreen but forgot to put it on myself. Not smart at all.

Ouch on the sunburn! Sounds like a fun day!

Thanks Lindsay. It went very well, actually, and they are going to be friends, but not bff's, and we set out step if one does something the other doesn't like, don't retaliate, but talk to each other, and if you can't work it out first, then go to a teacher or parent. Last summer they were in the same camp for 4 weeks but this year it looks like only one week they will be together, so that is good. They were really close friends in the beginning of the year, and mid year were too close and being disruptive in class, goofing off, so after a conference with the teacher, Michael tried to get back to behaving in school, and they started having issues. I'm glad it all worked out before the school year ends, and we know they won't be in the same class next year. I think you're right, it will make him stronger and more able to deal with stuff like this which as we all know, doesn't end during childhood.

Poor Michael, thank goodness school is almost over! He will be stronger but why do you have to go through all this to be stonger?

QOTD1 ~ Sunday: What is for dinner tonight??
I had an Amy's Spinach Feta Sandwich and frozen mixed vegetables with a little Mrs. Dash. I was short on calories for the day, so followed up with a little crunchy peanut butter. Looking at my food diary. I was supposed to have also eaten another serving of baby hummus and carrots to get my calorie intake up, but I forgot. oops! That put Sunday at under 1200. Trying to stay low this week, but not that low.

Wow! Maybe get an extra serving of hummus and carrots today to fool your body.

The excitement is building here. Unfortunately DS has come down with a summer cold so we are carefully nursing him so he will feel better by the time we need to get on the plane. Last June we were supposed to go to DLR and had to cancel because I had a bad infection in one of my feet. I'll get him to the doctor today if the fever is still around. DH and I will take turns staying home with him. That will make the packing situation a little more relaxed.

Have a great, OP day all!

 

[pjlla]

Morning all! I did try to hop on here yesterday, but got side tracked after a few minutes and didn't make it back. I hope everyone had a super weekend and a really nice Father's Day. It was TOO many pages for me to go back and quote everyone.... sorry.

QOTD1 ~ Saturday ~

What is for dinner tonight?

QOTD2 ~

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

Dinner on Saturday was at my Mom's house. We went down to celebrate FD early with them. We had pork tenderloin on the grill, summer squash and zucchini, green salad, and potato salad. Plus Mom made me a b.day cake. Kind of wish she hadn't, as I didn't want to spend the calories, but it was delicious.

Do I like where I live??? Not sure how to answer that. I love my house. We built it in 1994. Sure, there is plenty I would change about it, but it was our first house and we were on a tight budget, but I think we got a lot of house for the money. I would move further south if I could. DH and I are both from MA, but he got transferred to NH 6 months before we got married. I HATE the winter, so NH isn't exactly ideal. But it is HOME and it is the only home my kids have ever known. So we aren't going anywhere anytime soon. We do enjoy our privacy. We have a "swimsuit optional" hottub in the back yard... believe me, no one but the moose, deer, and squirrels would ever see you! Our backyard abutts 600+ acres of town forest. With the leaves on the trees in summer, we cannot see another house in any direction.

I do wish we weren't so far out in the boondocks. We are 35 minutes to the nearest grocery store (Shaw's, Hannaford), 45 minutes to the nearest Target and Walmart. DD's swim is 30 minutes (25 if I rush) away. Even the kids schools here in town are 15-20 minutes from home. There is one pizza place in town and no delivery, one restaurant (although we've never been there.. it is fairly new), one Dunkin Donuts (opened just a few years ago... WOOHOO!), several campgrounds, a lumberyard, bakery, two seasonal ice cream stands, three gas stations, a convenience store or two. That's about it. We are a "small" town, but really spread out.... second largest town (square footage) in NH.

We live in beautiful Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It is a great place to raise a family. We have a wonderful quality of life and live, work and go to school in a 5 mile triangle. We have a lot of freedom, too, thanks to being self-employed. The springs are long and wet but most of the time we are happy to be here.

This is the view from the front of my house:

and a shot of our backyard:

You're view is stunning!

QOTD1 ~ Sunday:

What is for dinner tonight??

QOTD2 ~ Sunday:


What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?

Sunday night's dinner was at Applebee's. It was DH's choice, since it was Father's day. We all thought he'd choose Olive Garden, but he was trying to be kind to me (tough to eat at OG and stay on plan), so Applebee's it was. I was able to have the Cajun lime tilapia.... with double veggies and no rice. I like it but I think I need to change it up next time. That has been my "go to" meal at Applebee's for many months now. House salad to start, two glasses of seltzer with lemon, and I avoided the appetizers.

Not sure I've ever eaten anything particularly crazy (besides my own cooking ). I've tried ostrich and calamari. I actually enjoy liver and onions and used to order them regularly when we went to a little diner around here a few years back.

Well, I need to go and catch up on things around here. TTYL...........P

 

[keenercam]

QOTD1 ~ Saturday ~

What is for dinner tonight?


Saturday dinner was sort of hodgepodge, but I'd had DH pick up a rotisserie chicken from Costco and I had some white meat from that with leftover whole wheat shells mixed with rotel. Delicious!

QOTD2 ~

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

I love living where we do, except that it is becoming very congested and all of the family farms have disappeared. But, it's still somewhat small town-ish and my kids seem to know people whereever we go. I love our neighborhood, too, with its mature trees. The only thing I'd change is that there are no sidewalks, which I miss. We are close enough to Philly, Baltimore, and NY to make day trips when we want. The BEST part of our location is that we are only 20 minutes from the Philly airport and Southwest has direct flights to Orlando.

Lisa - Your view is GORGEOUS!!! How peaceful it looks. I love the varied terrain and the view over the other houses. I'm not too sure I'd want to deal with those elevations in snowstorms, but I would be more than willing to try it for a winter or two. Your backyard is beautiful, too!

....We live in a city called bethlehem. Its been named the "christmas city" its very pretty here during the holidays. I grew up in a neighboring city (allentown) my whole life but crime is slowly taking it over so we decided to move to bethlehem once we got pregnant with our 2nd son. It is a very nice city. We really enjoy living here. We are only 45 minutes outside of philadelphia and 2 hours from NYC, and 2-3 hours from the jersey shore. It makes it easy to have day trip vacations. We also love the 4 seasons. Our summers get hot our winters get cold and our fall and spring are a little in between. So its nice! We also enjoy being huge philly sports fans. GO EAGLES and PHILLIES

I went to college in nearby Easton and your area really is lovely. The perfect mix of country and city with close access to Philly and NY.

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.

Oh, Maureen, he is precious!!! How old is he? He looks sweet as can be and so soft and cuddly!

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 - I'll be thinking of you. I hope everything gets better for you. Take good care of yourself.

Dona--I cried through the entire UP movie. I loved it, but goodness. From the time I saw the trailer for TS3, I knew it was going to be a tear jerker. I think I cried during the trailer--since Andy and DS are about the same age. Maybe I'll wait for the dvd, so I can cry in the comfort of my home.

...
I too was sobbing during UP. It was such a wonderful love story. If we were closer I'd meet you for TS3 so you wouldn't be the only one crying. My sister might come with us, and she'll be crying too, so I won't be alone.


. ..... 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.

Rose and Mikamah -- Definitely be prepared to cry during TS3. Even my DD22 and DS17 cried. We were so blown away to see the diversity of the crowd leaving the theatre -- old, young, teens on dates, teens in groups, those who are into punk rock with the spiked green mohawks and those dressed totally "Goth" and everyone walking out of the theater talking about how wonderful it was, sharing funny scenes, jumping into each other's conversations. What a joy! Of course, since my DS Andrew is heading off to college next year, I was sobbing through several parts of it.

Mikamah -- I am so sorry Michael is dealing with these issues but it sounds like you are being such a great Mom and I know he'll learn so much through the process. It's never easy to see our kids suffer like that, though.

QOTD1 ~ Sunday:

What is for dinner tonight??

Dinner last night was some of the pork roast marinated in garlic and onion that I cooked Saturday, with some canned whole kernel corn. It was delicious and the perfect mix of protein and carbs so that I didn't need anything else to eat the rest of the night.


QOTD2 ~ Sunday:

What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?


Eel. I'm from a very old-world Italian family and my Dad cooked all kinds of strange "fish" on Christmas Eve and we were required to try everything. I have no recollection what it tasted like. I've wiped it from my memory.

Oh, and tripe. I feel a little ill just thinking about it.

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

Rose - This is one of my favorite books ever. I used it to train for my very first half-marathon and for every endurance race after that. John Bingham is one of my personal heroes, and he autographed my book and my stuffed penguin exactly a year after my fourth heart surgery, the day before I did my first 1/2 marathon. So, I'm a little sentimental about the book. Enjoy!

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.

Shannon -- BC is on the list of dream vacations for my family. We are hoping to get there sometime in the next couple of years. I first fell in love with the idea when we saw "Cousins" an old movie with Isabella Rosellini and Ted Danson. The scenes in that movie were so beautiful!!

JoanneL -- So glad you heard from both DS's yesterday.

Leleluvsdis -- Your home is so lovely! I'd love to see pix with the landscaping done. We are about to start a major outdoor improvement project on our house. (as a matter of fact, the port-o-john for the work crew was delivered this morning right around 7 a.m. -- LOL!) We are replacing our front walk and having the porch covered in stone and landscaping the front and sides of the property. Can't wait to see what gets accomplished this week!

Not much new here. Did pretty well over the weekend, even with lots of temptations. This week my only real challenge is DH's birthday on Wednesday. I may not have a loss this week, but I'll feel good for having been pretty controlled over this past weekend.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

I went to college in nearby Easton and your area really is lovely. The perfect mix of country and city with close access to Philly and NY.

Did you attend Lafayette? My kids actually go to daycare right on the campus. It is so beautiful there. A great college to have attended.

 

[MushyMushy]

Another bad weekend. DH and I celebrated our anniversary on Saturday night (sushi, YUM), and then Sunday we had to drive him to the airport for a business trip. Did Joe's Crab Shack -- might not have been too bad except I went nuts on the melted butter and had some fried oysters.

That evening when I went to see my father, I ended up having to take him to the ER. He'd had a large wound on his leg a while back and had a wound care specialist coming to him home to care for it. Well, this past week it got infected and he didn't tell my sister or me, so by that night it was SCARY infected. Lousy Father's Day for him having to sit in the ER in pain, and then had to be admitted so they could put him on more heavy duty antibiotics. If it doesn't clear up, he might lose his leg, which at his age would be very bad.

Sooooo, needless to say dieting is very low on my priorities. Plus I have a bad habit of going back to cigarettes when I'm majorly stressed.

Anyway, sorry for whining. I so wanted this whole BL thing to be a fresh start for me, but I'm just not doing well!

 

[corinnak]

I wrote a big long post a few days ago and then the computer ate it - or I closed the window accidentally or something...so disheartening!

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...

Maria - it always feels so unfair, doesn't it? You work hard, you lose weight and....they take away your points and AP gradually become harder to get. It works, and you get used to each new level after a week or two, of course, but it still is not a fun part of the program.

Well, I was just waiting or DH to get home - we are going off to buy bikes this morning, I think. It's a tough decision. I test-rode a few on Saturday, and have looked up reviews and am still not sure which one I want.

Yesterday's QOTD - craziest thing I ever ate was a portion of the Beaches & Cream Kitchen Sink....with DH and one of the DS's - the other was fast asleep in his stroller, and our friends who were going to go with us....bailed out.

 

[maiziezoe]

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....

I see jellyfish on the conveyor at our favorite sushi place. I have never tried it though. Maybe next time we go, I will dare my DS-22 to try it. If he thinks it is okay, I will give it a go.

I hope your little one is feeling better today.

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

I had alligator a few years ago. I thought it tasted like pork chop.

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



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

Escargot... YUM!

I didn't have visions... well, I had double vision from drinking too much tequila.

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.

I am not a fan of tofu. I will try just about anything but tofu isn't something I would eat again.

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!

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!

Liver and onions... yuck!

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!

My family is Dutch and my dad often talks about the foods my grandma used to feed him. I will have to ask him if he had bread with butter and chocolate sprinkles.

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.

How funny that you caught and boiled your own crayfish at 10. I am impressed. I am not sure I knew how to make my own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at 10.

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!

Are you still ketchup crazy??

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!!

London broil... that sounds delish!! I am trying to put together a grocery list and all I can think about it your London broil.

 

[keenercam]

Did you attend Lafayette? My kids actually go to daycare right on the campus. It is so beautiful there. A great college to have attended.

Yes. I graduated from Lafayette. When I was there, we referred to it as the Greenhouse on the Hill because it was so insulated and nurturing. I loved it there and am sad that it's not the right fit for either of my kids. (then again, with the tuition being what it is, I should be relieved! LOL)

Another bad weekend. DH and I celebrated our anniversary on Saturday night (sushi, YUM), and then Sunday we had to drive him to the airport for a business trip. Did Joe's Crab Shack -- might not have been too bad except I went nuts on the melted butter and had some fried oysters.

That evening when I went to see my father, I ended up having to take him to the ER. He'd had a large wound on his leg a while back and had a wound care specialist coming to him home to care for it. Well, this past week it got infected and he didn't tell my sister or me, so by that night it was SCARY infected. Lousy Father's Day for him having to sit in the ER in pain, and then had to be admitted so they could put him on more heavy duty antibiotics. If it doesn't clear up, he might lose his leg, which at his age would be very bad.

Sooooo, needless to say dieting is very low on my priorities. Plus I have a bad habit of going back to cigarettes when I'm majorly stressed.

Anyway, sorry for whining. I so wanted this whole BL thing to be a fresh start for me, but I'm just not doing well!

Oh, I am so sorry about your Dad's weekend. I hope he is doing better and that they can get his infection completely cured and quickly. That is a lot for your family to be dealing with.

 

[tiki23]

QOTD Sunday:

What's for father's day dinner?

Marinated grilled pork chops, au gratin potatoes, green beans and chocolate cake, with moose tracks ice cream! (I only ate a small chop with a lot of green beans, few potatoes, a sliver of cake and no ice cream.)

Craziest thing you ever ate?

Well, I grew up on a farm, plus we hunted and fished, so I've probably eaten a few things that most people haven't. I've eaten deer, elk, moose, bear, rabbit, grouse, pheasant, crawdads plus all those wierd "varietal meats" that my grandparents used to eat that I now won't touch with a 10 foot pole, LOL!

The craziest though is horse meat. Now, certain countries eat a lot of horse meat - me, I rode horses, loved my horses and would never have willingly ate horse meat. My grandpa cooked it for us on the sly though, and told me about it years later! I almost threw up on the spot!

 

[maiziezoe]

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

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.

I had a buffalo burger at Fuddruckers a few months back... it was delicious and much lower in fat than cow burger. Twas good!

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.

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.



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

for one less point!!!

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


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

I've had chocolate covered ants before... not bad. The chocolate was good quality chocolate.

This is thread is a wonderful place to find inspiration.

I started to read this and all I thought of was the movie, How to eat Fried Worms.

qotd-strangest food, probably moose. Didn't really care for it though. Deer would be second, and I didn't like that either. Though, I wonder if you grew up with venison would you just be used to it.

Have a great day!!

I loved that book as a kid. I read it so often, it worried my mom.

QOTD1 ~ Sunday: What is for dinner tonight??
I had an Amy's Spinach Feta Sandwich and frozen mixed vegetables with a little Mrs. Dash. I was short on calories for the day, so followed up with a little crunchy peanut butter. Looking at my food diary. I was supposed to have also eaten another serving of baby hummus and carrots to get my calorie intake up, but I forgot. oops! That put Sunday at under 1200. Trying to stay low this week, but not that low.

QOTD2 ~ Sunday: What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?
ummm...possum soup? Seriously. My great aunt made it. Also grew up on deer, squirrel, rabbit, chicken hearts/livers/gizzards, crawdads. Yeah, I'm from the South.

My mom's grandma used to make a lot of these things... but my mom often fiend illness so she wouldn't have to eat it.

QOTD:

Dinner tonight will be left over shredded beef on a baked potato w/broccoli.

Saturday: Do I like where I live? Nope. But I'm with dd and dh and our furbabies so it's home.

Sunday: Strangest food...I'm not sure...I've had goat in Jamaica, and escargot and alligator tail, snake...do those count?

DMB concert was exhausting! I was tired all day yesterday after working it! These folks were constantly in line buying more food - I was wondering why they would miss the show but then I realized most of them have already seen Dave at least 10 times. That's good - more money to pay for dd's cheer habit!

Today is household calorie burning day!

I see I forgot to send my weekly love note to Shannon - off to pm her.

Could you hear Dave? How did he sound? Did he sing Crash? Did you see him?

(Dave fan)

Not sure I've ever eaten anything particularly crazy (besides my own cooking ). I've tried ostrich and calamari. I actually enjoy liver and onions and used to order them regularly when we went to a little diner around here a few years back.

Well, I need to go and catch up on things around here. TTYL...........P

I love living where we do, except that it is becoming very congested and all of the family farms have disappeared. But, it's still somewhat small town-ish and my kids seem to know people whereever we go. I love our neighborhood, too, with its mature trees. The only thing I'd change is that there are no sidewalks, which I miss. We are close enough to Philly, Baltimore, and NY to make day trips when we want. The BEST part of our location is that we are only 20 minutes from the Philly airport and Southwest has direct flights to Orlando.

Rose and Mikamah -- Definitely be prepared to cry during TS3. Even my DD22 and DS17 cried. We were so blown away to see the diversity of the crowd leaving the theatre -- old, young, teens on dates, teens in groups, those who are into punk rock with the spiked green mohawks and those dressed totally "Goth" and everyone walking out of the theater talking about how wonderful it was, sharing funny scenes, jumping into each other's conversations. What a joy! Of course, since my DS Andrew is heading off to college next year, I was sobbing through several parts of it.

Your town sounds a lot like the town I live in.

I am taking the kids to see TS3 tomorrow. I will bring extra tissues. When my DS-22 moved to Chicago he left his beloved stuffed dog here (he got it when he was 2). I found it in his dresser when I was changing his room into an office. I sat on the floor and cried and cried.

Another bad weekend. DH and I celebrated our anniversary on Saturday night (sushi, YUM), and then Sunday we had to drive him to the airport for a business trip. Did Joe's Crab Shack -- might not have been too bad except I went nuts on the melted butter and had some fried oysters.

That evening when I went to see my father, I ended up having to take him to the ER. He'd had a large wound on his leg a while back and had a wound care specialist coming to him home to care for it. Well, this past week it got infected and he didn't tell my sister or me, so by that night it was SCARY infected. Lousy Father's Day for him having to sit in the ER in pain, and then had to be admitted so they could put him on more heavy duty antibiotics. If it doesn't clear up, he might lose his leg, which at his age would be very bad.

Sooooo, needless to say dieting is very low on my priorities. Plus I have a bad habit of going back to cigarettes when I'm majorly stressed.

Anyway, sorry for whining. I so wanted this whole BL thing to be a fresh start for me, but I'm just not doing well!

I hope your dad is okay! big to you!

 

[maiziezoe]

Hello Losers!!

I have to make this fast. When I started replying, I needed to go potty but I told myself I would not get up to go until I was done... now I REALLY need to go!!!

Here are the questions of the day... then I am off to tinkle and have my girls squeezed (mammogram)!

QOTD1 ~ Monday:

What is for dinner tonight?






QOTD2 ~ Monday:

If you had a time machine that could take you back to any year (or era), what year would you return to?



....and I am off!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

That evening when I went to see my father, I ended up having to take him to the ER. He'd had a large wound on his leg a while back and had a wound care specialist coming to him home to care for it. Well, this past week it got infected and he didn't tell my sister or me, so by that night it was SCARY infected. Lousy Father's Day for him having to sit in the ER in pain, and then had to be admitted so they could put him on more heavy duty antibiotics. If it doesn't clear up, he might lose his leg, which at his age would be very bad.
Sooooo, needless to say dieting is very low on my priorities. Plus I have a bad habit of going back to cigarettes when I'm majorly stressed.
Anyway, sorry for whining. I so wanted this whole BL thing to be a fresh start for me, but I'm just not doing well!

Sorry to hear about your dad. I hope it all turns out ok. Hang in there.

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

QOTD- dinner tonight?

Leftover chicken shish kabobs, broccoli with cheese sauce (boil a bag), and noodles (lipton chicken broccoli flavored). Not the healthiest sides but Im trying to get rid of everything since vacation is right around the corner.

Time Machine? I often think while riding the Carrosel of Progress that I would love to go back to the era where there were no tv's, a/c, not many cars, etc. Where the man did the hard labor and the women cleaned, cooked, and cared for the kids. A simple life without all the technology. dont get me wrong I love all the technology of today but I sometimes get so overwhelmed with life that I wish it could just be more simple!!!!!!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

QOTD1 ~ Monday:

What is for dinner tonight?


Tonight will be chicken on the grill with garden squash and green beans garden tomatoes and cucumbers.


I hope to do well this week, I'm sure I won't get much activity in this week as I've been laid up all weekend on the couch with bronchitus. It's getting better, i just shor tof breath really easy, so hopefully i can push alot of water and that will help keep my weight at least at a maintain. Plus they put me on prednisone, so Im sure that won't help matter either.

 

[jennz]

oh I have to change my answer - the strangest thing I ever ate was haggis!!!

Ann do you need a DMB fix? No I couldn't see him, yes he sang Crash and he sounded great! He played for 3 hours. The night before it was a horrible lightning/thunderstorm and he was delayed and couldn't go on until 10:15. He did his full 3 hour set and paid the fines for playing past 11.

Time machine - that's pretty easy for me. The only thing in my life I would change is that my mom was at my daughter's birth.