This isnt a tuesday testdrive—it’s a shout of love to a blogger who passed this tantalizing treat my way (I dont wanna out you, bloggerfriend, feel free to out yourself in the comments.)
Im compelled, however, to share the fact Im thoroughly smitten.
Mine is a love (blurry, smallbutclickable & cameraphone-depicted below) borne of necessity.
Ive found that [...]

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Ms.Fitarella got to have anything on the menu her hungry heart desired last night…these were her picks:

3 Flutes of Champagne
 
Appetizer 
Lobster and Crab Cake
Lumps of succulent lobster and crab with hints of dry mustard
and red pepper are perfectly paired with fresh, sweet corn relish.
 
Main Course 
Filet Oscar
Our 10 oz Filet Mignon, served with steamed asparagus spears,
colossal lump [...]

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For various reasons I’m going to start exercising August 16th. Someday I’ll go into why that date but for now just know on August 16th I will begin working out again after a long exercise draught.
One of the items on my exercise menu is a spinning class. It appears that if you want to burn calories spinning or [...]

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My wife is an educator.  Tomorrow, she’ll head back to the classroom and our daily schedule will return to normal.  While I’m bummed that she has to go back to work, it’ll be good to have a bit more structure than I had during the summer.
I have decided to join a new gym!  I’m [...]

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I’m thinking about joining a new gym.  My old membership expired a few months ago, and I haven’t felt like renewing it.  But, now that I’m in the mood to workout, I think I’m going to join a new place.  They have an indoor walking track and an indoor pool, for year-round swimming.  I [...]

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Week 3 once again
Today I restarted week 3 of the 100 pushup challenge. This time instead of starting in column 1, I started in column 2. How did it go? Well, I finished. That is about all I can say. I made it through the minimum of each set. I wasn’t [...]

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My carpet isn’t that dirty in real life, I swear. It just looks like it for some reason.

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The winner of yesterday’s SKULLtastic tank? BRITTANY!
email me your info & the shirt shall be on its way.
Also, please to note that I am s-l-o-w-l-y emerging from the dark ages and there is now a feedburner option underneath my lovely caricature.
Im curious to see how many people want that kind o’delivery. Im [...]

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When I read the headline this morning, I did a double take:
Exercise in a pill? Drugs show promise in mice
Say what?
Exercise in a pill, could this be the next big thing that all of us lazy people have been waiting so long for? You just pop a pill and it’s instant exercise?  Here’s what the [...]

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*a big thank you to YAS for today’s over-the-top giveaway.

Continue reading → Monday Facetime: we’re getting all kinds of consistent up in herre.

Ok y’all. We are leaving for the lake in 1o hours. By the time you read this, we’ll have been there for 2 or 3 days already (through the magic of the interwebs). In the process of doing the pre-trip laundry, cleaning, packing, I had a lot of time for introspection (ok, not really time per [...]

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Over the weekend I like to go back and share with you some of the sites that I have visited during the past week. I look forward to Annette’s journey updates and her title speaks for itself Taking Time to Smell the Flowers Juicebox Mom offers us: PART 2 - Injury Prevention for our [...]

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1. *sigh* no PEELER yet (& that’s all I have to say about that.)
B. Renaisance Man hath offered himself up as the tester-dude.
He gave a polite no thanks to the stacked rubberbands idea of mine (shocking, I know.) but was all over YOUR tip of pennies in one pocket and switching the collection to the [...]

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We’re still working on the look but we’ve updated our Greta (on the left) and Kiki (on the right) header.
 Hope you like it so far. My techie skillz are about tapped so it’s slow going. I appreciate the encouragement we’ve been getting as I spelunk through web stuff I really shouldn’t touch.
So how many calories does grimacing [...]

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Congratulations to the winners of my Soap & Water contest, I’ll be contacting you for details on how you can receive your prizes.

There were 3 winners of a bottle of GymSoap and 1 Grand Prize winner of a water filter combo pack from Aquasana.
Congratulations again!
I recommend the Don’t Go Broke Weight Loss eBook
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As Kiki posted yesterday, we’re in the middle of a redesign. It’s kind of like having 25 pairs of black shoes and 20 pairs of flip-flops. We like to change. So we switched temporarily back to our theme from way back in January, when we started this whole crazy journey.
Which got me to thinking…where am I going and where have I [...]

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Continue reading → In Which Greta Waxes Nostalgic…

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We’re currently perking up the look of our blog.  While we undergo our makeover please enjoy our temporary but we think kicky little theme!
Diet humor will continue uninterrupted as Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat sits under the hair dryer and waits for the chemicals to work.

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your catch phrases? beyond my wildest dreams & expectations.
when I slapped (I know. I PUN’Y) the post up saturday morning I didnt think many of you would have the chutzpah to make yourself look like the mo’ron MizFit does on a daily basis.
So thank you.
I really had planned to use the ole random [...]

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MARIANNE!
email me and I shall pass your info. along to the ABmazing owner of Dirty Red Gear.
Tomorrow? The winner from this post shall finally be declared.
(I know, you can barely contain your excitment. cue a mishmashtangle of confetti-words containing all kinds of catchphrases.)
Ooooh and please to notice I FINALLY have a blogroll (thank you [...]

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I hereby commit myself to daily postings here at No. Calories Needed.  For as long as the site has existed, I’ve never really given it - or my weight loss - proper respect.  But, now that school is almost back in session and our family will return to its normal schedule, I can devote more [...]

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I’m teaching!!! I’m teaching!!!!
Granted I’m easing back into it.. 1 class a week BUT THE FACT IS I’M TEACHING I’M TEACHING
*INSERT me doing a flip here*
if you have EVER had something you LOVE to do taken away from you INDEFINITELY and it was returned to you sooner than expected then you can UNDERSTAND my excitement..
I’m [...]

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There are basically two kinds of thoughts - those that disect the past and those that imagine the future.  I struggle to forget.  So, when I eat the wrong thing or fail to exercise, I get depressed, and when I get depressed, I simply eat more and excercise (even less)!  I’m trying to LEARN how [...]

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This past weekend my wife and I went to the Gilroy Garlic Festival. There was some pretty crazy traffic and a pile of people there. The other things of note were the large amounts of arts and crafts and children’s activities - neither of which we were interested. The oppressive heat cut [...]

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The past week I read many posts, all subjects included. Take a look, reminiscing…..
Thank you Claudia for sharing DRAGONFLY DREAMING-Memory Lane….
More posts some very creative —> Bag Lady’s Blather Special Friday “Review” Round-up …
Health related —–>Eat Right Get Healthy What is a Calorie?.. Christine McKinney Eat Right, Stay Well Natural and Organic: Not the [...]

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Fussy is the best friend you could have online! We hope you know that. She helps you fight the frump and so much more. Just a quick heads up that Mrs. Fussy is on our blogroll and none too soon.
Click over to her and scroll around for a while. This is the perfect way to [...]

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Why Your Last Diet Failed You by Charlie Hills is subtitled And How this Book Won’t Help You on Your Next One. This book is funny, Charlie is funny and shockingly men apparently have trouble losing weight too. This is news to Greta and Kiki because their husbands are annoyingly in shape. It makes Greta and Kiki cranky.
Anyhow [...]

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Subtitle: Random Saturday musings up in herre (triggered by lack of sleep thanks to the Toddler Tornado? Who can say.)
To know MizFit in real life is to know she adoreth all things movies.
All things.
Watching them. Viewing the same ones multiple times. Quoting them. All of it (if by all of it [...]

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Continue reading → S.L.A.P. and the Power of Personal Catchphrases.

subtitle: seriously, People, we lucky up in herre.
 
Nitmos was kind enough to answer a few of your running questions from last week:
 
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I had a question about whether those nutrient chews I see in the running store actually work to replenish energy and electrolytes. I sweat a lot when I run, so I want to know [...]

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Continue reading → Mister Feet Meet Street *honors* us with his wizdom.

Now and again you’ve got a family function, sports banquet or reception after the graveside service and they ask you to bring a “dish to pass.” Normally I make a cheesy rice casserole or a cheesy potatoes that tastes great, everyone likes, and forces even the skinny girls undo the top button of their jeans. Greta makes apple [...]

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(cue drumroll & kettlebell shaped confetti)
Lora!
Email me your mailing address and Ivan Liftink will be on his way!
You guys *so* made my day yesterday with all of your funny and creative answers.
Thanks for playing along.

Continue reading → AND THE KETTLEBELL WINNER IS:

“Salmonella, Salmonella, night and day it’s Salmonella.”
To the tune of Cinderella
The latest warning by the U.S. government is to avoid jalapeno peppers. They could be the source of the salmonella outbreak that previously had everyone avoiding tomotoes.  This news comes at the same time the jalepeno peppers I grew my own self are ready to pick. 
All month I’ve [...]

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Don’t get mad, but I’m going to have to push the Fat Acceptance article off until Monday on GroundedFitness. Its a big peice, I’d like to spend a lot of time on it, and i didn’t know this, but over at b5media, they have theme days every month. This month is “Independence” (for July, [...]

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Sophie is gone Estelle Getty passed ya’ll..
she was my FAVORITE golden girl and that was a show I watched RELIGIOUSLY and actually still catch it now.. this definitely makes me bump them up on my box sets to purchase..
I loved me some Sophia.. she was so funny and her snide remarks PRICELESS!
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USATF CEO Douglas Logan has written an open letter to President Bush urging him not to pardon Marion Jones for her illegal and unethical activities over the past decade.
I can not agree with him more and I plan on writing to the white house with my thoughts on the matter. Marion Jones broke [...]

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As I mentioned before, I’m creating a food budget.  As part of my plan to lose a pound a week, I need to establish my daily caloric intake.  (My goal is to find out just how many calories my body needs to maintain its current weight, and then eat 500 calories less than that, everyday, [...]

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As always, I started out the year with the best of intentions. Kiki has reported that since starting this blog, she has lost 13 pounds. Woot! I, unfortunately, have ended up with a net gain of about 6 lbs. She’s lucky I’m contractually required to think she is awesome.
 Ok, but my vacation starts [...]

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What’s good family.. I’m BEAT.. no EXHAUSTED is more like it.. although I was on “vacation” for the last 10 days, I’m still exhausted.. Nationals wore me out and it doesn’t stop there..
I’m recharging my batteries.. I’ll be back by Wednesday..

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Given the success of my goal setting last week I decided I would try again this week. In yesterday’s update I mentioned my schedule was a little turned around this week with a travel day but I was only talking about my work schedule - I completely forgot that my wife and I are going [...]

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yada yada yada you’re all winners in my book.
Email me your mailing addresses and I shall connect you with yer benefactors! (and I caint lie to you, People. I only halfheartedly checked to see if you are all US residents—-so let me know if you’re not.)
The Locker Room Diaries: Suzanne

Carrington Flax Packs: TB

Clean Eating magazine:

Viv
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My pedometer died today.
It was a long time coming. The hinge was broken and the battery kept slipping out. i went to the bathroom today, decided to check and see my step count, and when i opened it up, its fpoor little blank face was was staring back at me. The battery was gone [...]

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I’m visiting at Crabby’s house today, and I brought freshly cooked stuffed bell peppers too! You can check out the recipe on my guest post.
Then I’m flying off to see my sister perform in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat this weekend!  Woo-hoo! 
(I do have the song going through my head… “Go, go, go Joseph, you know [...]

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Here we go, more gadgets! Some could even be useful. Have a look!
Home HeartBeat
New and innovative way to increase your home awareness by giving you vital information about the essential systems in your home (Gas, electric, water, temp, windows open? etc.). No matter where you are the system delivers the information you want about [...]

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In the on-going low carb versus low fat diet war the latest round goes to Atkins or Meditteranean style eating. That’s a link to the Wall Street Journal article on this big diet news. But here, look at this Googliciousness if you want further evidence of this diet news.
Still if you tell someone you’re low [...]

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Continue reading → Atkins Wins New Losing Study

I havent noticed a change in my rearEND.
First, Nitmos from the ever HILARIOUS Feet Meet Street has agreed to swing by & answer a few of your running queries from tuesday.
While he claims he has no qualifications as a running “expert” or coach of any kind—-methinks that’s precisely the kind of (fingerquote) expert (unFQ) [...]

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Track coach Trevor Graham has been banned for life from any competition sanctioned by USATF, IAAF, or the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Graham is the person that broke open the BALCO scandal by mailing a syringe of “the clear” to USADA. Numerous athletes that he has coached have been caught doping or have admitted [...]

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I’ve decided to step it up.
All this talk of maintenance got me thinking.
Am i happy with where my body is physically? Yes (as much as can be expected from a woman)
Am I actively trying to lose weight/gain strength? No.
Have I made the transfer from white knuckling and forcing my healthy lifestylke on [...]

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Continue reading → Its Go Time