Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Catch Up

I have been trying your fruit suggestions and snack ideas!
  • You are right, Fiber One bars are delicious.  The problem?  They apparently go through my system like a Roto Rooter.  I had a long elevator ride to the 44th floor at work yesterday morning trying not to stink bomb a poor unsuspecting fellow rider.  This happened to me with another fiber bar before.  Apparently, fiber and I do not get along.
  • Blueberries.  You guys are very smart.  They are delicious. I have tried them with cereal and in a bowl of milk.  Both were great.  I am a converted berry fan, so thank you!
  • I'm still waiting for the grapes to ripen so I can try the frozen grape suggestion.  Part of me still thinks you're setting me up with that one, but we'll see.
Other things:

  • My elliptical machine broke!  After three weeks.  The pedal fell right off the track.  This made me paranoid and guilty that I broke it with my girth.  Yes, I know I"m ridiculous but these issues, they are deep-set.  I checked the manual and found that I am a hundred pounds below the maximum weight.  Phew.  Hopefully, the good people at Costco will repair or replace it.  In the meantime, I'm going to have to work out at the gym at my office building.
  • Apparently, March is "Ask a Question" time on the internets, so if you have any, ask away.  
  • My best friend has pulled me back to the time suck that is "American Idol."  He has had two dinner parties in a row and last night lured me with spaghetti and meatballs and tiramisu.  I'd like to officially voice my support for Alex Lambert, who looks like Matt Saracen from "Friday Night Lights" and who brings out long-dormant maternal instincts in me.
Image on Left courtesy of Fox, Image on Right courtesy of Yahoo TV

    7 comments:

    Kim said...

    Assisting you in your newly found blueberry love fest: freeze dried blueberries from...you guessed it, Trader Joe's...are great in their 2% Greek yogurt.
    Curious fact: the 2% yogurt has more protein than the whole and non-fat.

    Kate@And Then I Was a Mom said...

    NO. Not Alex Lambert! His very name offends me because it reminds me of Adam Lambert and that's offensive, because I LOVE ADAM LAMBERT SO MUCH IF HE EVER GOES STRAIGHT I AM GETTING A DIVORCE. I'm throwing my support behind Andrew, he of the Intriguing Neck Tattoo and Interestingly Diverse Family. Though last night he didn't really do so well.

    Sorry about the Fiber One reaction. We must suffer for our beauty. Or, actually, in this case, others must suffer for it.

    Taryn@innerfatgirl.com said...

    Kim, I can't eat yogurt because the very idea of it turns my stomach. I know, crazy train, and I eat oysters and all sorts of other weird stuff, but yogurt makes me want to hurl.

    Kate, I missed the last Idols since the season that Chris Daughtry was on it. This is because my sister made fun of me so badly that I bowed to her peer pressure. I have never even heard an Adam Lambert song. I think I could pick him out of a line-up from reading dlisted, though.

    I liked Andrew last week, but I have a soft spot for socially awkward underdogs. I blame it on my love of sports movies with soaring soundtracks and obvious moral lessons.

    Kim said...

    Oysters [insert gag reflex here] but not yogurt!?
    Do you like sour cream? Greek yogurt is more like sour cream, not even close to Yo-blech or Dan-noidon'tthinkso. But I digress.

    Those freeze dried blueberries are a yummy snack food, and I believe the serving portion is one (1) whole entire bag of non-guilty pleasure.

    You couldn't make me watch Idol with your eyeballs. Two words - Ryan Seacrest. My feelings about him are = to oysters (or yogurt for you). Slimey and disgusting.

    Taryn@innerfatgirl.com said...

    Kim, I love sour cream. It's a total mental block with yogurt and it's because I read when I was a kid that it was alive and it eeked me out. I know, not normal.

    You need to abandon your hatred of Seacrest and watch Idol! It is so cool to see those kids go from being raw and unstylish to be confident pop stars with paparazzi assault charges and a cocaine problem! The American Dream, live on TV, sixteen hours a week!

    Kim said...

    I watched the first season, and then couldn't do it ever again.
    Ryan Seacrest and Rachel Ray are two of the most over exposed people on the planet. Jesus should have their PR peeps.
    She's even on crackers! I may never eat a Ritz again...wait, that would be a good thing actually.
    If they would just put her on Girl Scout cookies!

    Taryn@innerfatgirl.com said...

    I agree that Rachel Ray is a dark and disturbing creature. Some guy at a bar once told me I looked like her. I murdered him and buried his body in a salt mine.

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