txfire76’s BodyBlog

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye… and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 3 large heirloom tomatoes, chopped into 1/4- to 1/2-inch cubes
• 1/2 medium cucumber, julienned and cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
• 3 tablespoons fresh basil, torn into large pieces
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• Sea salt
• Coarsely ground black pepper
• 1/2 whole-wheat baguette, cut into 8 1/2-inch-thick slices
• 8 basil leaves

Preparation

Toss first 6 ingredients in a bowl; season with salt and pepper; let stand 30 minutes. Drizzle 1 tablespoon liquid from mixture over bread; broil each side until golden; top with 2 tablespoons tomato mixture. Garnish with basil leaves.

Broiled Tilapia Parmesan

Ingredients:
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon and 1-1/2 teaspoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon celery salt
1 pound tilapia fillets
 

Directions:
Preheat your oven’s broiler. Grease a broiling pan or line pan with aluminum foil.
In a small bowl, mix together the Parmesan cheese, butter, mayonnaise and lemon juice. Season with dried basil, pepper, onion powder and celery salt. Mix well and set aside.
Arrange fillets in a single layer on the prepared pan. Broil a few inches from the heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the fillets over and broil for a couple more minutes. Remove the fillets from the oven and cover them with the Parmesan cheese mixture on the top side. Broil for 2 more minutes or until the topping is browned and fish flakes easily with a fork. Be careful not to over cook the fish.
Makes 4 servings.

Serving Size: 1 serving

can be made even healthier with the versions of the ingredients you use like ff, low-sodium, etc.

First of all I want to point out what a jerk this officer was to begin with, so freaking rude the way he talked but anyway. So this was the deal….I was taking my kids to school and we were close to the circle drive there was an old lady in a car in front of us pulling into the drive, where other cars already were, of course she comes to a dead stop and is still in the road. I am behind her I stop, completely, I made a comment about her looking around like she was lost and my son said "that’s my science teacher." She pulled into the drive a little but was still partially in the road but enough for me to go by. I pulled around her from the stop and went about 5 yards, the cop said he clocked me on laser doing 32 in a school zone!! There’s no freaking way my mini van went from 0-32 in 5 yards! I told him "there’s no way I was speeding I was at a dead stop, I had to pull around that lady in front of me because she was stopped in the road," he said "I know but I got you on laser ma’am, and I saw you weaving in and out of traffic" WHAT?!?!?! Seriously, because my front tire went over the freaking middle line by a foot or 2? Seriously?!?! This is some bs! I never speed in school zones, and when people do it ticks me off so why would I be? There were people pulling out from the drive and taking off, I saw 2 cars put their brakes on really fast so I can guarantee it was one of them not me. I am so mad, that’s a $207 ticket. UGH!!!

Apparently last night when we went out to eat the chicken I had gave me food poisoning! I know because it’s happend before and I went to the dr. Anyway, does anyone know what I can do to make myself feel better??? I’m weak and shaking and can’t function very well today! HELP!!!

Man!! Have I let myself go BIG TIME!!!! I knew I had put on weight since my new job started in March of ‘08 but I did not realize HOW much weight until I posted these new pics! I am so disappointed in myself. In Jan 2008 I was starting to get a nice stomach, now there are just fat rolls everywhere….so gross! Crazy how much I have changed in a year! Posting these pics are humiliating! Maybe this is what I need though, to stop hiding the real me and face it, deal with it, accept it enough to change it. I don’t want to look like this anymore, I want better for myself, my family deserves better, my health means more. Time to change, not subtle but drastically. No more excuses, no more laziness, enough is enough. I am not accepting this of myself anymore!!

Why is it that the people we need and want support from the most don’t seem to help but are quick to criticize? I hope no one else has to go through that because it really sucks! You would think that someone you are married to who likes to workout hisself would be on board with you doing it right? Not my case, not my husband, he criticizes me, tells me I’m lazy, tells me I’m not trying hard enough, makes fun of the videos of P90X and Tony Horton while I’m in there doing my best to do them while he sits on the couch and laughs and pokes fun at everyone on it. It’s so frustrating!!! Does he really think this is motivation or does he care, is he just being a jerk? I have got to where I don’t even want to go to the gym at the same time he’s there and I definitely don’t want to workout at home if he’s there. If I am at the gym and he shows up I quit working out. I just can’t stay motivated to be there. He gets to go to the gym everyday, it frustrates me because we have four kids at home and most my time is focused on cleaning, cooking, and doing stuff for them when I am not at my full time job so when I do get to workout I dang sure don’t want someone being so negative about it. Then he goes and buys shakes at the gym, orders supplements and things but when I go and buy me some protein powder and some Hydroxycut Max he wants to jump all over me about how much money I’m spending on something that’s not even going to benefit me because I don’t try to lose weight. I go to the gym when I can and do the P90x at home, I’ve changed my eating habits, I have lost weight and inches within the last month but does he notice that? He doesn’t even know what I’ve been doing because I try to do what I can when he’s not around, he doesn’t believe that he says "oh whatever, you don’t do crap!" Seriously, why is he being like this? Where’s the support and motivation? He knows I entered the Hydroxycut contest and he just says "I don’t know why you are just wasting time and money you aren’t gonna win" That’s fine I probably won’t win but at least I’m trying. Why would someone be like that to their wife? Am I the only person dealing with this crap? I really hope so because I hate to think someone else has to put up with someone like this everyday it sucks!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the dirty laundry, I just had to vent I’m so frustrated!!! I want encouragement not discouragement!!

So I get a lot of nice compliments on my pics and I do appreciate them but I have to admit they are 2 years old! I don’t look like that anymore. I keep them up to remind me of how I USED to look so it’ll motivate me to change myself back.

I have been working at a desk job for a year now and it has taken it’s toll on my butt, hips, and thighs. I don’t get to go to the gym very much and don’t have time or equipment to do anything at home. I am not trying to make excuses just stating the facts. I have not improved but gained, gained a lot, and I realized just how big I truly was when I took my before pics for the Hydroxycut max contest. Which I now have to post in my profile!!! UGH!!!!! This is going to be ultimately humiliating. I can hide myself in my clothes but these are bikini shots, no hiding it’s just all out there, literally. It’s disgusting.

All you who have seen my profile and commented on how great I look are probably going to be sorry you ever said that, I’m sorry. It’s not that I was trying to fool anyone because those pics are really me, just the me I wish I still was. I was even brave and left makeup off in the new ones! I had to do this for myself, I had to take them to see what I really look like because all too much I have been lying to myself. That’s why I joined the contest not to try to win anything but to show myself I HAVE to change. I started it weighing in at 199.8, I refuse to gain that .2 pounds and hit 200!!!

I’m married so I didn’t get on here to meet anybody anyway and the pics were up for me, not anyone else. Sorry if anyone gets mad or thinks I’ve been lying or trying to trick them, not my intention. You are about to see the real true me, fat and all. No hiding, no holding back. Help wanted and needed, advice? PLEASE!!  

Thanks for reading!

after some debate it has been decided to make another bodygroup of sexiness for everyone. I have seperated the Sexy Ladies of Bodybuilding group to be a ladies only group and started another that is Sexy Men and Women of Bodybuilding….however, it has no members yet Please check it out and join we’d love to have you!

Check out the new group guys, "Sexy Ladies of Bodybuilding", there’s a link on my profile. We need some men to show us their support!!!!!!!! Wer have some gorgeous ladies in there already and more joining everyday but we don’t have many men stepping up…..where y’all at?!?!?!?!