Hi everyone! Thought I'd introduce myself and start posting some here if you all don't mind! I ride dirtbikes and quads so I hope that's close enough. I'm 20 and just hit the 200 pound mark today. Only one more pound till onederland! I'm married and (was) a full time student. I'm taking this semester off b/c we might be moving back to Pennsylvania. Hmm, I think that's it.

Congrats on the new bikes! That's always so much fun. Of course dirtbikes gets all wrecked up so they only look new until the first ride. Hopefully yours all stay nice MUCH longer.

This weekend was Supercross here in San Diego. I ended up having a really good time. I got see my dream man (check the avatar!) even though he came in 3rd. I have the biggest crush ever on the guy. What I wouldn't give to be his wife for Valentine's Day

Well I look forward to meeting everyone and I hope you all have a great Valentine's!

Stacy!

I actually started riding on a dirt bike upteen years ago, we won't talk about how long ago. I am over twice your age just to give you a clue.

Congrats on your weight loss!

Look forward to chatting with you.

Hi Stacy - I've seen you around 3FC - So close to Onederland!!
Harlymom - congrats on getting hubby into a tie...aren't they cute when they clean up?
2Fru - at least yer bike is coming out ahead Good luck with the cookie and chocolate.
My bike is getting a new CDI box - maybe it will be better at sparking when I need it to. The weather is primo for riding right now - sunroof just isn't cutting it at the moment. It should be ready tomorrow nite tho.
Kathy - too cool - what a guy!
Jill - WOO HOO!!! You've been working hard and it shows!
Holly - great to see you back and feeling better. New bike? I, too, demand pics!
Hi Andrea and Star and everybody else!

Hi chicks, I just spent over an hour reading up on old posts...

HarleyMom, I'm so sorry about the passing of your mother last month sorry I wasn't here to give you another shoulder, if needed.

Starr, I hope whatever is going on with you, isn't too bad! thinking of you, girl!!

Stacy, hi and welcome!

Flsunbaked, what days will you be at Myrtle Beach? We'll get there probably late Friday and stay that night, Sat., Sun., then leave Monday.

I would love to give you all our MRO (Motorcycle Rights Organization) website addy; we joined last March and love our group. My husband does their website; so there are lots of pics of me on the site

it's www.unitedmotorcyclists.org

There are a few pages of pics from past events, if anyone has the time to look.

This Thursday will be one week that I've tried to buckle down. I would be so happy to see a one pound loss.

have a good night!

Hope you all had a fab valentines. I lost 2.8 lbs this week. Almost 60 lbs total.

Holly what do you like look? Or give me a clue which chick you are in the pic's. Nice pic's by the way. Love the fire works ones, they are hard to take.

Have a great day chicks!

Good Morning Biker Chickies!

Looks like we have some LOSERS this week! Harley...congrats! 2.8 lbs...boy would I love that!

Looks like everyone survived Valentine's Day and all the temptations it brings. I survived as well....asked HH to NOT bring chocolate into the house....but he brought a bar of 70% cocoa...so he's forgiven

I tried the recipe for SF Fudge....YUCK. I tried and tried to like it, but it just wasn't even close to doing it for me.....so out it went! Have another recipe for brownies made w/ applesauce...will let you know the verdict on that.

Do you guys like Shepard's Pie? It's one of my favorite childhood meals. I made a totally legal version last night that came out great! HH raved about it....I thought I would totally miss the mashed potato topping, but I used mashed cauliflower and after it was browned & bubbly it was wonderful! Just ask if you'd like the recipe

Harley...so sorry to hear about your Mom....it must've happened just before I joined ya'll here. I lost my Dad 3 weeks ago. Losing your parents just SUCKS. I'm an orphan now.

Yes, Holly...which Biker Chick are you? I looked at your web Gallery.....looks kinda like ours! We will probably be at Myrtle Beach the whole week. Our friends have a time-share there, so we're set for accomodations from Saturday to Saturday.

I didn't do my Pilates yesterday...I totally FORGOT! DUH! Am going to throw some chili in the crockpot and get right to it this morning

Better go have some b'fast....all I've done is talk about FOOD on this post!

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Morning Chickies!

Sorry that I've been absent this week. I've had a cold and I'm finally getting over it.

Hi Holly! Good to see you back!
Congrats Harley, ya big Loser! LOL! I am SOOOO proud of you!
Gina- Star, says she LOVES your pic.
flsunbakd- Your Shepards Pie recipe sounds yummy. I've never tried it before.
Stacy- WELCOME!!!!

Dh and I decided to give South Beach another try. We are usually so successful at that plan. I think that the combo of right unprocessed carbs, and lower fat work for me. Since doing it on Monday, I feel so much better already. Lighter, more energetic, even my digestive system is ummm...working better. Now last night, Valentines Day, I was BAD. We cooked steaks on the George Foreman, baked potatoes, and cookies! Not a good South Beach meal, but the I was good up until dinner time. LOL. I told Dh that I'm tired of diet bouncing. So, if we did SB again I need to make it work for life. The past few weeks I have been doing Slim Fast and calorie counting and even though most days I was eating 1500-1800 cals, I was STARVING and not losing. So, hopefully this will work for me again.

Ladies, have a great Wednesday!

Hi Rebel! sorry to hear about the cold, hope you are feeling better.

HarleyMom, let's see - in the collection of pics of the Harley Raffle, I'm in the first pic, I got to sit on the bike before the event, and I'm in the second pic of us in the kitchen, I have that dark longsleeved shirt: in the Club Picnic pics, I have on the pink "Sweet and Delicious Cupcakes" t-shirt (my road name is Cupcake, my license plate is CUPCAK )and there's a pic of me riding my VLX trying to ride the plank, but failing miserably, LOL; and in the Toy Run pics, I'm one of the last pics of that collection; I'm smoking the cigar with two of the "family"

...and CONGRATS on being down!!! Way to go!!

Flasun, that's so great that you get to use that timeshare, and be there for the whole week. I'm SO looking forward to riding there!! we did the same two years ago, even had the same timeframe - left on a Wednesday afternoon, spent the night in NY State somewhere; spend Thursday night in Virginia at a friend's house; and arrived in MB Friday afternoon. I just love the journey, as much as the destination!

Yes, I love Shepherd's pie...do you totally substitute cooked, mashed cauliflower for the potatoes? I think I have heard of that before. Sounds fine!

I decided to risk being disappointed, and did weigh myself today - one pound less! I'm so glad. Now, I need to remember how good it feels to see a loss, and stick to my guns.

Hello to everyone else, and a hug to Star

Bobbi...Rebel...Here's that recipe:

Jill’s Version of Shepherd's Pie

1-1/2 lbs extra lean ground beef
2 medium onions - chopped
Veggies: I like carrots, green beans & corn
(I usually use a can or 2 of wide, Italian-style green beans, a can of carrots and some frozen corn. Or you can pre-cook raw carrots and use those. To stretch this meal....add more veggies.)
Small can tomato or V-8 juice (3-4 ozs)
Small can (6 oz) tomato paste
(You can probably use tomato sauce instead of the juice & paste, but I like the combo so I can better control the consistency.)
A little Splenda to take the "bite” out of the tomato product
Basil, oregano & garlic to taste
Salt
Pepper
Olive Oil

Topping:
About 4 cups cauliflower (frozen or fresh)
½ block of low-fat cream cheese
1/8 cup (or so) spray-on butter

Brown onions in the oil for a bit...then add the meat and seasonings and cook until meat loses pink color. (If meat is sticking to bottom of pan add a little of the tomato juice to loosen bits stuck on bottom of pan.) Add remainder of the juice & the tomato paste and cover and cook for about 10 minutes. Check meat sauce for taste & add Splenda to tone down the tomato paste a little. See if you need more salt, pepper, garlic, oregano, basil.

Cook the cauliflower....Drain. Mash with cream cheese & spray butter, salt & pepper.

Place meat mixture in baking dish. I use a 9 x 13" pan because I add a lot of veggies. Place veggie layer on top of meat mixture. Top with mashed cauliflower. Sprinkle a teeny amount of shredded cheese over top and bake @ 350F for about 45 minutes ‘til bubbly, and top is browned.

Serves 6-8.

Rebel...that pic of you sitting on the Harley is SO CUTE! You should use it as your avatar! Yes...the week at MB will be great. It was a pure fluke that our friends were able to use their time-share for that location & time. I'm with you....I usually love the journey more than the destination!! Sorry to hear about your cold....I've been fighting one too. The good news is that it's 75 here today. YAY!

I made those brownies with the applesauce, splenda, cocoa. etc.....they came out pretty good! More like a dense, rich, chocolate cake than a chewy brownie.....but pretty tasty! Let me know if ya'll want the recipe...they're good with some FF coolwhip or reddi-whip

Holly you are so cute and look really young! If I didn't know I would say you where in your 20's still. Love the Biker name of cupcake, very cute.

Reb glad to here from you wondered how you where. Keeping on track with a program is so important. I hope you find something that really works for you.

Fl Sun thanks for the recipe, 75 that would be riding weather for sure. Enjoy the sun for me because it is cold here today. We are still in winter I guess.

Thanks all for the condolences about my mom. I miss her so much! She was so young (59 yrs old) and it was so hard to see her suffer so and be so sick. She was very happy about my weight loss and told me how proud she was. I have to keep up the good work for her!

Keep on Keep'n on ladies!

Harley....I too lost my Mom when she was just 59....and it still hurts everyday. I will DEFINITELY celebrate my 60th birthday with gusto...because it's kind of freaky to be almost the age she was when we lost her! Just lost Dad 3 weeks ago....he would've been 80 next month. Guess ya'll can probably guess that I'm the Old One here!

very sorry to hear that. It took me a long time for the initial hurt of losing my dad to decrease a bit. I did use money from the sale of his estate to buy my bike, so I think of him always when riding.

HarleyMom - how wonderful that your mom said she was so proud of you. Such a nice memory for you!

You just MADE MY DAY thank you!!

FlaSun, thanks for the recipe. I think I would also like the one for the brownies. It would be nice to have them in the freezer, to take one out for an allowed treat.

Well, I had to make a treat for my older son's birthday (he's 23 today!) and I did have two small cupcakes (but with thick frosting) last night. It's been the first "bad" thing in a week, so I'm not beating myself up about it. Just going to keep on keep'n on, as FlaSn says

Hey, when I changed my weight in my signature, I lost all the other stuff! I'll have to put that back....

Oh, and I'll tell you why I was grinning so hard in that Harley pic - I had just gotten on it, and was admiring it...one of the 'family' asked if I was going to flash, and I said, "no, I haven't had enough beer yet." In a SPLIT SECOND, every guy in the room took a step towards me, holding out their beers

Instantly classic! Looking at those pics I'm not surprised...you do look young (a son who is 23? Ya musta started early)! And what a cool bike!

Jill - BROWNIES................... Are they No Pudge? I haven't made those in a while...The shepards pie looks pretty tasty, too!

Harleymom - almost 60 pounds? You go girl!!!

Andrea - I'm glad you've moved beyond the shakes...that just ain't food. Not long term, anyway..(IMHO) South Beach from what I've seen of it is a nice healthy balance of foods. Isn't it based on a ratio of 40% cals from carbs, 30% from both protein and fat? That's pretty much what I've been doing

Hi Stacy and Star and Kathy!

I got my bike back last night - just in time for a cold snap...we are breaking records for low temps! I guess I should shut up cause our record lows still get to like 55 in the afternoon.
I'm tweaking my plan a little to concentrate more on keeping my calories down and working out a little less...I'm thinking all the working out is making me hungrier...I'm still going to work out 5 days a week - just not quite so hard. We'll see...