BL recap 9.28.10

last week,

2 of 3 per city made it to the ranch.

today, 2 came back.

aaron and elizabeth

he could be a fave, and she didn't finish the challenge last week
due to an asthma attack.
welcome back.

first workout, of course is a killer:

tina (purple), 58, flew off the treadmill,

 rick (green), 54, kept passing out and had to sit out for most of it...

almost everyone puked.

then, one of my favorite parts-

the doc tells em their "real age" and what is wrong with them

(other than the obesity)

it is a great wake-up call and

i love that they get to find out right when they can change

"i want them leaving this gym, a friggin mess."

-bob

first weigh-in is sprung on them on day two

yellow line is right down the middle - 

mark (black), 30, gets up and lost 41 freakin pounds!

(first one weighed in!)

rick (green), 54, only finished one of the 2 workouts...

dropped 36 pounds!  

(he is in the running for our fave- cute old guy with short arms...)

and he was the most weight lost (percentage)

"i didn't even get to say goodbye to 350!"

-jesse (orange), 27

after losing 30 pounds.

rick gets to pick one of the 8 to save,

the rest have to compete in a challenge

"as long as this challenge doesn't involve sitting down, 

at a sewing basket, sewin stuff, i got this in the bag."

-patrick (green), 

and the only male below the line.

rick saved patrick

so the women were not competing against him...

the first elimination is settled with multiple sprints.

the last two to lose are up for the vote.

burgandy(who, yes, is mormon), 35, made it through...

tina (the oldest) vs. allie (the youngest)
are up for elimination

allie gets the boot.

but i think she will do ok at home.

she has already lost 60 pounds since she has been home.

and she climbed a rock wall with danny

(last season winner that now looks like woody, and my personal fave)

it will be fun to see her at the finale.

you better be watchin!

honey, i baked!

peg decided like 3 days ago
that i should enter this bake-off.
(and by that i mean, she called to tell me i was already signed up for it...)

the first annual bake-off of put on by my nutrition-by-calli friend.

needless to say,
i didn't think just a fab recipe of rolls would do the trick...

$100 dollar first prize
for some yumtown rolls....
that i made even healthier.
(next time i am going to try the "can't believe it's not butter" option..)

this is me and candice - she won in her category too.

i won't even lie, i am kind of a one-hit wonder.
there is not much that i bake...


but, because I like you:

Meg's Naughty Buttery Crescent Rolls

(award winning)

2 c. Skim milk

1/2 c. butter (1 stick)

1/2 c. sugar

2 t. salt

7 c. flour (3 cups whole wheat)

4 eggs (beaten) or 1 cup egg substitute

2 T. yeast

[Preheat oven to 350 degrees]

1. Dissolve yeast in 1/2 c. warm water and sprinkle with sugar

2. Put first 4 ingredients in large bowl and microwave for 4 minutes

3. Add 3 cups flour to melted ingredients, stir.

4. Add yeast and beaten eggs to mixture, stir

5. Add another 4 cups flour to mixture, stir

6. Let dough rise uncovered in bowl 1 hour

7. After rising, divide dough in half and roll into circles about 1/4 in. thick

8. Brush melted butter onto dough

9. Cut into 16 slices and roll toward the center

10. Place rolls on greased cookie sheet and brush butter on the rolls.

bake @ 350 for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden. Brush again

with butter while still hot. (You may even want to dip them in melted

butter to serve)

BL update - final 4!!!

so, 4 birthdays, 2 mothers and g-mas,
and a 30-page paper later,

i'm back.


now, let's talk:

anyone else stoked for this finale?!!!

some of the best peeps were left for the makeover week,

most of all,
this guy:

daris?!

chia pet is now back in the nineties at least.
and lookin so good!

koli?!

i love his look - fits him well.

mike?!

so, yeah, you still have a lot to go,
but lets talk about how cute you are now!!!

and SAM?!!!

need we say more...


sunshine

who is just short of beyonce!
what?!

ashley

the outfit is bad. Very bad.
but, believe me,
she lookin good.


and we will get to see this gal:
shay
who is earning $1000 per pound at home...

i'll be there.
with my hot mom who is 35 down
woohoo!!

watch for the foto shoot #2 when peg hits 50 down!

Geared up (our BL updates)

so, we have been going strong on the diet thing now since
a few weeks before thanksgiving.

i won't lie and say it has been easy.

i will say that a few weeks ago i hit a wall,
i wasn't losing,
and i was a bit depressed about it.

i did another cleanse,
which includes fruits, veggies, and grains (which I had long missed)
and i felt a lot better.

mom and i also realized that the support system makes all the difference

husbands and daughters are great for that.
nay, vital to that.

in fact, this weekend, after my weigh-in,
husband took me to purchase this:

it actually holds up to 12 individualized settings to read your BMI
and tells you the number of calories
you need to comsume to lose fat at your current weight.
rad.

and i really needed one of these:
(both scales are the Biggest Loser brand of course)
this little thing is handy, and keeps me honest and much better
at portion controlling.
good new: 6 oz of chicken is a lot more than you might think...

and the long-awaited:

i love them.
them make me want to run all day.
in fact, i think i will take them to my mom's to go walking
before we watch biggest loser tomorrow...

so,
i finally feel like we can post the results of the meg/peg get skinny fest:

drum roll....

peg: 30 lbs down
meg: 14 lbs down

both over 10% body weight!


i will let you in on a secret...

these are my friends:

also love the ranch, asian silk, honey mustard... pretty much all of them...
they go on everything: chicken, salads...

mrs. dash is the best- and look:
two new kinds!!

[gotta ditch the sodium to lose.
it retains water.
that means us soda drinkers really take a hit,
but it's worth it.]

do i eliminate soda?
hail no.

but i am much better at drinking all 64 water o-z's before i do.
and by that time,
i have been to the other side of the building to pee
like 22 times... not worth it.

favorite veggie currently:
jicama
just go find it, and love on it.
you will be glad you did.

oh and this place:

though you can't see much muscle on me,
i love that i feel stronger....

it is odd how i am so confident walking at night now...
bring it, bad guys...

click chick moment: HG

so,

i haven't been the most faithful blogger lately,

this may or may not have to do with my new job,
getting way less sleep,
busy trying to diet (updates soon), and
still be a wife and daughter and stuff...

but in the middle of this dietary mess o fun,
and in lieu of love month,

i wanted to share with you my love of this chick here slash her really fabulous site:

[which i can't really eat much from yet, but oh well...]

click here for the full page of recipes

i have been salivating over everything here and hope to someday own her recipe book of way yummy looking things called 200 under 200.
(calories that is!)

and she posts all kinds of fund finds that you can buy at the store
that are the "healthier" option of food you want to be eating...

like this:

maybe i get her daily email cause that is how excited i am about her...


dear future family,
prepare to be extraordinarily healthy without even knowing it!

BL week 3

i hate when i get so busy that there is nothing between BL posts.
i suck at life in the blogger realm these days.
stop judging me like now.
naturally, on the night before finals/presentations due,
i must self distract in 5.....4.....3.....2.....


here is what i will say [without photos unfortunately]:

we like the gray and the pink for sticking to the plan
and not the game.

we don't like jillian when she tries to dr. phil her way into
someone's fat issues (green), though admittedly, the drama is entertaining.

we like the father/daughter couple (black)
cause they stay out of the way and get crap done.

we don't like the white team when they are lazy and fat
and freakin on biggest loser with bob and jillian!!

we like when bob and jillian blow up at the red team
for throwing the weigh-in for the 2nd time.

we don't like that O'neal the black guy (yellow)
who looks like he could produce rap videos,
is married to a 70s white chick that collects stamps.
[mostly for the awkward factor. not cause i'm racist]

we like that the chia pets (orange) might get a shot at makeovers.
mostly for the hairs' sake. otherwise, they are very cool people.

...anyway....

they are all still losing much better than i am.
barely a pound a week.
grrr...

biggest loser finale recap!

you know i am far too into this show...

if you missed it, watch this-
it pretty much covers all of the best highlights.

danny was my favorite by the end.
the non-game player, good guy that cries when things matter.
and they always matter.
glad he did it. fair. square.

loved that tracey didn't win anything, but lets face it,
aside from her slight loss of hair,
she looked pretty dang good.
and i almost can't hate her anymore,
cause she doesn't even resemble the person we hated...

becca-- kind of p-sycho, but looked amazing.
not sure aboutgoing blonde for you though sweets.
and apparently she's into dan for a few minutes...
we will see if that lasts.

and rudy.
he looked amazing and so did amanda and so did abby!
and come on, we all called that antoine and alexandria would get engaged...

this video is missing the fact that shay gets until the next finale of 2010 to lose all she can...
she will earn a $1000 for every extra pound she loses!!

i love this show.


and the update on our own at-home winner:

close to 20 lbs for peg,
and about 10 for me.

she's going to be smokin.
watch for the second foto shoot when we hit 50!

secret's out

sorry, this isn't what you thought, but it's equally as good:

we have our own biggest loser!

inspired by this:

and this, and this...
and this...

we decided to go for it.

peg
my mom is my best friend (second only to cc), she's beautiful,
and she deserves this more than anyone i know.
i'm not even biased.

in less than a year, we will bury the half of my mom that we lost.
you might be invited.

here is the initial foto shoot:

[with one of the most impossible subjects yet]

...so i had to include even the poor lighting ones....

"peg, stop talking."

"ok, can i be done yet?"

"what if i do like they do for your school pictures?"

i will be posting updates and the "BL leader board" as we go...

for a total weight loss of:
(start date 11.17.2009)

peg: 15 lbs
meg: 7 lbs


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