You can blame my husband for this one…
During a recent password audit, it was found that a blonde was using the following password:
Mickey,Minnie,Pluto,Huey,Louie,Dewey,Donald,Goofy.
When asked why such a big password, she said (wait for it)….
Here it comes…
… that it had to be at least 8 characters long.
Pink!
I have to admit that I halfway keep going with this green/raw smoothie thing because I amused by the fact I end up with a different colour every time I make one.
This one was a real stretch in experimentation for me because not only did I make a heap of it, I wasn’t sure I was going to work at all.
This one combines spinach (big surprise, eh?), mixed berries, banana, kiwi, lime juice and coconut milk.
Yeah, I know that’s mostly fruit, but I really did put a heap of spinach leaves in there.
Anywho, the coconut milk was the big stretch, as I haven’t really used it in cooking otherwise. I wasn’t familiar with what worked and what didn’t when it came to combining it with things, so I pretty much just went with what I thought would work.
As it turned out…
Totally worked. It’s an almost indescribable taste, which is new to me, being an amateur chef and all. The coconut milk provides a solid, creamy base (making this closer to juice than smoothie, which I was going for) but doesn’t have the strong coconut flavour I was expecting.
Instead, I could taste a bit of the lime juice and natural fruit flavours. Unfortunately, the coconut milk pretty much completely overwhelmed the spinach undertone that has supported previous concoctions so well, but I’m okay with that.
I’m just glad that I am an adventurous type when it comes to eating because the coconut milk made the whole things smell a bit weird. (No, not at all like coconut.) I wasn’t about to waste a blender-full of natural goodness, though, so I gave it a go.
Lo and behold, I have half a big jar in the fridge so I can enjoy more of it tomorrow.
Starting Weight: 264
Last Week: 222
This Week: 220
Pounds Lost: 44
Woohoo! 44 pounds gone and I am so close to reaching my goal. Sure, I might have ten or twenty pounds to go past the goal I’ve set, depending on how I feel, but I’m not thinking about that. Almost halfway!
As glad as I am to be at 220, I would so much rather be at some other point. I hate being at the edge of a new ‘decade’. I used to hate 4s because 244 was my sabotage weight, but now I definitely hate the new decades. 240, 230… Now 220.
Whenever I reach this point, I feel like I am on the edge. I feel like things will get so much better when I just get past this latest number ending in zero. As crazy as it sounds, I feel like I could drop either way: into the good side (218) or the bad side (having a binge or whatnot and gaining weight).
Of course, stressing myself out about it all certainly isn’t helping things whatsoever, but I figured if I’m going to talk about my craziness anywhere…
12 of the finest (unintentional) double-entendres ever aired on British TV and radio:
1. Ted Walsh – Horse Racing Commentator – ‘This is really a lovely horse. I once rode her mother.’
2. New Zealand Rugby Commentator – ‘Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Daryl Gibson comes inside of him.’
3. Pat Glenn, weightlifting commentator – ‘And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria . I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing!’
4. Harry Carpenter at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race 1977 – ‘Ah, isn’t that nice. The wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the Cox of the Oxford crew.’
5. US PGA Commentator – ‘One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so well is that, before each tee shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them. Oh my god !! What have I just said??’
6. Carenza Lewis about finding food in the Middle Ages on ‘Time Team Live’ said: ‘You’d eat beaver if you could get it..’
7. A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn’t, turned to the weatherman and asked, ‘So Bob, where’s that eight inches you promised me last night?’ Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too, because they were laughing so hard!
8. Steve Ryder covering the US Masters: ‘Ballesteros felt much better today after a 69 yesterday.’
9. Clair Frisby talking about a jumbo hot dog on ‘Look North’ said: ‘There’s nothing like a big hot sausage inside you on a cold night like this. ‘
10 Mike Hallett discussing missed snooker shots on ‘Sky Sports’: ‘Stephen Hendry jumps on Steve Davis’s misses every chance he gets.’
11. Michael Buerk on watching Philippa Forrester cuddle up to a male astronomer for warmth during BBC1′s UK eclipse coverage remarked: ‘They seem cold out there. They’re rubbing each other and he’s only come in his shorts.’
12. Ken Brown commentating on golfer Nick Faldo and his caddie Fanny Sunneson lining-up shots at the Scottish Open: ‘Some weeks Nick likes to use Fanny; other weeks he prefers to do it by himself.’
I have had the muchies so, so much lately that I decided to be a bit proactive. I chopped up some carrots so I can grab them whenever I have the need to much on something.