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Final 4 Biggest Loser

Well, it looks like we are down to the Final 4 as of this week.  Is it just me or is it slightly ironic that here we are again with 1 pink team member and two brown team members in the final 4?  It’s almost a repeat of last season!  I wonder if the Pink will bring Amanda the luck she’ll need to stay and compete for the final prize.  I’m predicting already that Danny will win.

I also believe that they will show Max Morelli from last season as well.  He’s lost a considerable amount of weight since then on the Fitness Ridge.

Keep in mind that there is roughly a two month buffer between last nights episode and the finale even though it’s a week for us.  In fact Season 9 is almost finished filming from the twitter messages I’ve seen from Jillian.  It starts in January!

Who was your favorite person from last year and who is your favorite person from this year?  Tara Costa?  Mike Morelli?  Ron Morelli?  Amanda
Arlauskas?  Rudy Pauls or Danny Cahill?

I know the girl who wasn’t picked by America got a Biggest Loser Fitness Program so I’m curious if we’ll see her as well.

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Small Update

Well waking up this morning on day 3 of healing from the 10 mile walk and I can wear shoes again! I’ve been in sandals the last few days because my feet were so swollen.

I’ve been using an application for the iPhone called Lose it! It’s a very good calorie tracker but I wish it could sync to a space online that I could import into wordpress. Add this to the next release!

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Calories for 7/17/09

BREAKFAST 8:30AM
170 cal – 5 clusters of True North pecan and almond clusters
1 small orange
275 cal – 1 20oz Mountain Dew

SNACK 10:30AM
350 cal – 1 Oscar Meyer Deli Combination (cheese, crackers, meats)
1 Medium Sized Plum

LUNCH 12:30PM
260 cal – Lean Cuisine Chicken Ceasar Bowl
170 cal – Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt

SNACK 2:30PM
170 cal – 170 cal – 5 clusters of True North pecan and almond clusters
1 Nectarine

DINNER
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Interview with Max Morelli Next Week!

Max Morelli, Son and Brother of the Brown team from the Biggest Loser has been kind enough to do an interview with me over email.  I’m in the process of coming up with questions for him, so if you have any post in the comments.  I should have this done and up next week!

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Typical Food in the day of Tara from Biggest Loser (for you ladies)

Breakfast
5 egg white omelet with spinach, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, peppers (nonfat spray for the pan)
1 bowl of multigrain cereal        1.5 cups  with  1 cup almond milk
 360 calories

Snack
Clementine (or tangerine)  with pre-packaged trail mix she makes herself with different raw unsalted nuts and a few carob chips for something sweet                                                                                       140 calories
 
Lunch
3 Whole wheat tortillas
Grilled bell peppers, onions, with shrimp or chicken (4 oz. of chicken or 13 shrimp)
with nonfat Greek yogurt (1/2 cup)
Lettuce and diced tomatoes
Seasoned with no sodium spice blend
370 calories
 
Snack
salad with nonfat dressing and cut-up veggies like mushrooms, tomatoes, onions and hardboiled egg.
150 calories

Dinner
Salmon fillet or orange roughy or tilapia, 5 or 6 ounces
Steamed broccoli  1 cup
Steamed butternut squash, mashed  1 cup (buys it bagged) seasoned with salt and pepper                       

360 calories

Snack, if she wants something cool and sweet after dinner
Almond Breeze chocolate milk (45 calories per cup)
Ice cubes
Little bit of sugar free chocolate syrup
Whip it up in blender
45 calories
Drinks 3 liters of water a day.

Daily total of about 1420 calories

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Tara’s Turkey Mini-Meatloaf

Biggest Loser season 7 all-star Tara Costa’s favorite ranch recipe.

Per Meatloaf: 110 Calories, 1g Fat, 25mg Cholesterol, 180mg Sodium, 6g Carbohydrates, 16g Protein, <1g Fiber

Yield: Serves 9

Ingredients

  • 1 small yellow onion, coarsely chopped
  • 1 medium carrot, peeled and coarsely chopped
  • 1 stalk of celery, coarsely chopped
  • 2 canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
  • 1 (20-ounce) package JENNIE-O TURKEY STORE® lean ground turkey breast
  • 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
  • 2 egg whites

For Topping

  • 1/4 cup fat free and sugar free ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon chipotle pepper adobo sauce
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar substitute (such as Splenda® Brand)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. In the work bowl of a food processor, combine onion, carrots and celery. Pulse until finely chopped. Add chipotle peppers and pulse until just combined.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the ground turkey with the pepper and vegetable mixture. Add egg whites and oats; gently mix until combined. Place about 1/3 cup of the prepared meatloaf mixture into 9 wells of a standard size muffin pan that has been lightly sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Bake for 20 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile, combine all of the topping ingredients in a small bowl; set aside. Remove meat loaves from oven and spoon the topping over each meatloaf. Return meatloaf to the oven and continue to bake for an additional 5-10 minutes or until meatloaf is firm and the internal temperature registers 170°F. Let meatloaf stand for 5 minutes before serving. Makes 9 mini loaves.

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