That’s right, Selena was dethroned at the final weigh-in for Biggest Loser, Greg and Selena edition. A full day of restraint from snacking and an extra hour at the gym paid off, as I was able to finally right the ship and actually stop gaining weight while on the … [ more ]

Would you like a glass of ice water? With or without coffee flavoring?

I am embarrassed that those questions were relevant this weekend when we had a few friends over on Sunday to play some board games, eat pizza and drink beer or in some cases coffee-flavored ice water.

What happened was, … [ more ]

Unfortunately, still an unsatisfactory win, as I yet again won by not gaining weight. Meanwhile, Greg lost 1.4 lbs. from his previous weight, which still made for a net gain of .4 lbs this week from his original weight.

So this week, Greg’s chore is to go to bed by 12:15, … [ more ]

After weigh-in this morning, I get to make Greg go to Costco! The win, on the other hand, I can’t even fully enjoy. I eeked out a victory over Greg because I remained the same weight, whereas he had a net gain of 1.4.

This is not good.

Perhaps we need to … [ more ]

After a few summer trips, snaffoos with our exercise regiment, and overall lack of self-discipline, Greg and I are unhappy with our weight going into the next few months. With a trip coming up where we know we will probably be eating a lot, and the holidays on the horizon, … [ more ]

On Monday, Greg and I were dressed to the nines for the Helen Hayes awards (it’s like a local DC version of the Tony Awards, except with more inside jokes. And cheesier.) and decided we should eat someplace she-she as well. We went to TenPenh* and started off with some … [ more ]

When I came up with the winery idea, Erich had been visiting, and he talked me out of a very expensive all-inclusive package plan, and broke down for me what I could recreate from that package at about half the cost. I ended up doing almost everything we discussed to … [ more ]

Never to late than never, but boy did Greg just out-do himself for Valentine’s day. He’s not typically the most proficient cook and decided that for this day, he would shoot for the moon and cook this. Greg’s Valentine’s Day dinner menu consisted of stuff I’ve never even heard of, … [ more ]

Today, I bought one of these at the grocery store:

At the checkout line, the cashier held this for a while, looked at me, looked at it, looked back at me again with a grin and said, “So what do you do with this?” To which, I stupidly replied, “It’s my … [ more ]

You know what’s awesome?
Rachael Ray’s Meatloaf Muffins Recipe with Cheesy Smashed Potatoes and Green Beans.

You know what’s mind-blowing?
Using the potatoes as “frosting,” the chives as “sprinkles” and making this dinner recipe into cupcakes, then shoveling the whole thing in your mouth. (Pictured: A mini cupcake version. We called them “meatloaf … [ more ]