DazzlinDonna

And So It Ends…

DazzlinDonna — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:02:48 +0000

Unless something drastically changes before the end of the day today, it looks like we’ll be voting on the winner of this challenge between the top male challenger, David Wallace and the top female challenger, Scottie Claiborne. How will that work? Tomorrow, I’ll post a poll on the main site with just two names on it (male who lost the most weight and female who lost the most weight). That’s when all of you take over. You’ll vote for who you think should be crowned the winner of the SEOs Fight Fat challenge. We’ll let the poll run for a few days and when it’s over, you will have decided on the winner, and that winner’s charity will get all the pledges. So be sure to stop by the site this week to cast your vote!

Congratulations to everyone who participated, and thanks to everyone who supported us.

Finally Got The 10 Pound Monkey Off My Back

DazzlinDonna — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:43:22 +0000

Woot! Finally, after several weeks, the scale has moved…downward! I’m now at 178, so that makes it a 12 pound loss, rather than the 10 I’ve been seeing for so long now. It won’t be enough for me to win this little contest, but that’s ok. I think we’ve all benefitted in some way from this, whether we technically “win” or not.

Happy Day!

Same-o Same-o Weigh-In

DazzlinDonna — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:09:52 +0000

Nothing to see here. Same weight as the last few weeks - stuck permanently at 180, it seems. /sigh

Another Friday Weigh-In

DazzlinDonna — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:34:38 +0000

Well, it’s weigh-in day, and there’s only two more weeks to go, so what’s the scale say today? I seem to be forever stuck at the 10 lb. loss mark, as once again the scale shows 180. Ah well. The good thing is that we’ve completely changed our eating lifestyle, and that’s bound to be better for us in the long run. I’m not quite so worried about anyone in my family keeling over from a heart attack any time soon.

So, for the moment, it looks like this contest is narrowing down its potential winners. Right now, it seems to be a tight race between David and Scottie, with Jennifer and Ben having the best chances of overtaking one of them. However, there’s a few folks who’ve been relatively silent, so they might surprise us in the end. No matter who wins, I think everyone has done really well, and I’m happy to see any and all progress made.

Veggie Of The Year Award

DazzlinDonna — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:03:16 +0000

If you don’t mind, I’d like to nominate eggplant as the Veggie Of The Year. Eggplant is one of those foods that can “be” something else, in that it can be a great substitute for meat in many recipes. We just had a diet version of eggplant parmigiana and it was incredibly delicious. Here’s a good recipe for it, if you want to try it out.

Want more reasons to love eggplant?

Eggplant is low in saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol, and is high in dietary fiber, folate, potassium, manganese, vitamin C, vitamin K, thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, and lots of other good stuff.

So, since I love eggplant, and it also happens to be purple (how many purple foods are there?), I nominate it as Veggie of The Year! Woohoo!

Quick Weigh-In

DazzlinDonna — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:42:50 +0000

Running around doing lots of stuff today, so only time for a quick weigh-in. Darn. Still stuck at 180. Haven’t moved down at all this week. Really must try to get some exercise in, but being super-busy is making that hard to do. Must.try.harder.

Gourmet Diet Dinner Tonight

DazzlinDonna — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:41:56 +0000

Tonight’s diet menu rocked! We had crawfish-stuffed portobello mushrooms, which ended up being about 250 calories, yummy delicious, and extremely filling. Here’s how it got put together. Last night, we ate boiled crawfish (which was also yummy). We then peeled the leftovers and put them in the fridge to be used tonight. (You could substitute shrimp or crabmeat if you wanted). So, we just mixed together the crawfish tails, some sauteed bellpeppers and onions, and some panko japanese bread crumbs. That mixture was scooped on top of giant portobello mushrooms with just a light sprinkle of lowfat mozzarella cheese on top. Baked those bad boys in the oven for a few minutes, and wow! Talk about good! Woot!

The Day After Weigh-In Weigh-In

DazzlinDonna — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:30:58 +0000

I don’t generally like to weigh in more than once a week, but yesterday’s gain was disappointing, so I snuck a peek at the scale this morning.

I lost those 2 pounds again! Woot! Maybe it was an anomaly. In any case, I’m back on track. Whew!

One Month Weigh-In

DazzlinDonna — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:42:13 +0000

Today officially marks the halfway point in this challenge and it’s time to weigh in. It’s not a good one for me. I’ve gained back 2 pounds, so I’m now at 182.2. That means I’ve officially lost 8 pounds since I began.

The last week has not been an easy one on the diet. I’ve cheated some and haven’t exercised at all. Life got in the way, yes, but I still have to try to muscle through life’s “in the way” moments.

Hopefully, next week’s weigh-in will be much better.

Later, y’all.

We need your support! Even if it’s just wishing us luck every now and then, we’d be grateful. Of course, linking to the contest or becoming a sponsor would be very cool too, and would be appreciated by the winning charity, I’m sure!

Back On The Diet Bandwagon

DazzlinDonna — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:49:28 +0000

Ok, so a couple of days ago, I was bad. But I got right back on the diet bandwagon yesterday, and I’m really glad I did. As much as I thought I loved all that fried food the other night, I really really loved my diet food last night.

We had grilled turkey burgers on whole grain kaiser rolls. It was yummy delicious good. And much much better than a ton of fried food.

Dieting doesn’t have to be hard. It just has to come with the right mindset and the realization that you can really L-O-V-E other foods besides the ones you are used to. I’ve already got a whole list going of fantastic meals that I WANT to have for the rest of my life, that weren’t on my pre-diet meal list. For every good one I add, I can subtract a pre-diet “bad for me” meal. Cool.