landileigh's little world

Sorry this took so long, but real life loves to interfere!
I gave everyone a # for the random.org generalizer


1       Cara
2       Erin
3       flmgodog
4       Gaelyne 
5       George
6       Gina
7       Herlinda
8       Jaimie
9       Jenny
10      Jill
11      Joanie
12      Julia
13      Kim
14      Landileigh
15      Rachel
16      Raquel
17      Scott


I will NOT give myself a prize!


The winners of the Jazz Meters by AgaMatrix are:
#2 Erin
#16 Raquel


The winners of the Stick Me Designs Bags are:
#9 Jenny
#14 me (NOT giving prize)
#5 George
#8 Jaimie


Congratulations to our winners! I will make sure that Diabetes Express
and Stick Me Designs get in touch with the winners.


Landileigh

We have been very lucky in that a couple of kind diabetes companies have offered up prizes for our Biggest Loser 'D' Styler's! We will be giving away these prizes at an end of the challenges raffle. For each week that our 'D' Stylers gave full participation to the Biggest Loser program, their name will go into the hat. At the end of the full 14 weeks, names will be pulled and these great prizes will be offered!

Diabetic Care Services is sending all the contestants a free copy of Calorie King.  The book is an invaluable resource, educating diabetics on how to make better food choices,  is a National Top 100 Best Seller and aligns very well with the overall purpose of the Biggest Loser D Style competition. 

In addition to providing all the contestants with the Calorie King, Care Services would also like to present one of our end of challenge winners with a free Jazz Meter and Test Strips!

Rickina Founder | Designer of Stick Me Designs, Stylish Accessories for the Modern Diabetic have offered up these gorgeous bags!

I began thinking of what I could present to the Biggest Loser participants as a challenge for this week, and I realized to myself, this is not just about working on our bodies, but working on our minds, and spirit.

Sooooooooo, I ask all of the Biggest Loser 'D' Style participants, and everyone else in the Diabetes Online Community, to please leave in the comments section the answer to this:

HOW ARE YOU BLESSED IN YOUR LIFE?

and remember:

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS


Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done


When upon life's billows
You are tempest tossed
When you are discouraged
Thinking all is lost
Count your many blessings
Name them one by one
And it will surprise you
What the Lord has done


Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done


Are you ever burdened
With a load of care
Does the cross seem heavy
You are called to bear
Count your many blessings
Every doubt will fly
And you will be singing
As the days go by


Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done


When you look at others
With their lands and gold
Think that Christ has promised
You His wealth untold
Count your many blessings
Money cannot buy
Your reward in heaven
Nor your home on high


Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done


So, amid the conflict
Whether great or small
Do not be discouraged
God is over all
Count your many blessings
Angels will attend
Help and comfort give you
To your journey's end


Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done




- Words by Johnson Oatman, 1897

Congratulations to all of the Biggest Loser participants for making it to the halfway point of this challenge! YOU ALL DESERVE KUDOS!

 The Challenge for Week #6 was to name your "Last Meal"

Cara
Well, prior to my recent trip to Maryland, I would have said Chinese followed by pizza and ice cream.
After my trip to Maryland, and the Blue Moon Cafe, I say Captin Crunch French Toast please. Double order.

Erin
I would not have a "real meal per se".  I'd have to do a complete smorgasbord cooked by my mom and dad! 
Dad's Specialties:
Waffles (with sugar free syrup)
Deep Fried Potatoe "pie"
French Toast
Fried Eggs with Bacon and sausages
Mom's specialties would be dessert:
Apple Pie
Lemon Cheese Cake
Fruit Tart
 
I don't remember not being diabetic (dx'd age 2 1/2), but for most of my life we did not carb count so I ate WELL.  Now, knowing better, I've eliminated a lot of these things from my diet, but I would LOVE a weekend with mom and dad cooking for me!  aaahhhhh....  I might even invite my hubby, kids, brother and his family, and of course ALL OF YOU GUYS too!  You'd LOVE my parents/family : )

Flmgodog
Oooooohhhh... gotta have lots of foo-foo drinks with lots and lots of fruit juice, pineapples, oranges, and marchino cherries.
A dessert buffet with creme brulee, ice cream, banana's foster, cherries jubilee
Lots of pasta and chinese

Gaelyne 
I've apparently already had my 'last meal'.  :-)
When I was back in the USA in 2006, I treated my son and daughter in law to a meal at Tony's, which is a restaurant chain in Michigan famous for their steak sandwiches and other good stuff.  When I told the waitress I'd been away in Australia for the last 10yrs, her reply was 'Oh, so you'll be wanting a steak sandwich then. You bet!!

I had a steak sandwich with cheese and mushrooms, an order of onion rings and an order of deep fried mushrooms. The mushrooms I couldn't finish so as per my habit of years past, I took them home for later.

Back at my kids place, they had a treat waiting for me - a whole bunch of Reece's Peanut Butter Cups.  I was in heaven.

Gina
Ok seriously I dont have to think that hard about this
I would go to Cheesecake Factory
On a saturday because I like their soup of the day only then Creamy Chicken Then I would order The Sushi Appetizer Chicken Costoletta for entree Regular Cheesecake with strawberries
Then I would top it off with one of those Chocolate shake looking things i always see people order and then I would wake up from my dream lol

Herlinda
mexican, italian, chineses foods, and some seafood
everything must be cooked all the way no raw stuff
my mom's roast beef with mash potatoes with lotsa butter, fidello, corn with lotsa butter
oh lotsa fruit such as strawberries, grapes, pineapple, kiwit, melon, apples, oranges, banannas
yoplait yogart and peanut butter

umm, don't have a sweet tooth for desserts

Jaimie
well I'd start w/dessert my grandmas lemon meringue pie, then a giant baked potato w/all the fixings (cheese,bacon,butter,sour cream,chives), and a nice steak or prime rib
close second is all the mexican food ;)

Jenny
Oh my.  Last meal.  I think it would be a bunch of different things.  I would have Sweet corn tamale cakes from Cheesecake factory, Lots and lots of chips.  Spaghetti and lots of garlic bread, apparently carbs carbs carbs!!! I would top it off with a bunch of Daquri ice ice cream from baskin robbins.  OH my goodness I want it all now!!! 

Jill
It would have to be Brunch at Brennan's Restaurant in New Orleans. It would have to included plenty of chocolate, any rice and potato dishes, and hurricanes, and of course, their bananas foster flambe.

If you asked me in my younger days, it would be seafood and chocolate, but now, I just have a hankering to have a lot of alcohol!  :-)

Joanie
TOTALLY easy!
Mexican food.  LOTS of mexican food.  In detail it would be a huge tostada, a beef tostada, with refried beans (made with lard), beef, lettuce, onions, fresh salsa, 1 cup of sour cream (drooling), and another cup of fresh guacamole.  As a side I would have TONS of chips and salsa, a variety of salsas actually. To drink I would have bottomless tequila sunrises.  Can we have multiple last meals....as in just eating until we feel like we're going to die....when that's okay because it's our last meal?  Dang it, now I need mexican food...RIGHT NOW.

Julia
Oh, where to start?  Can I have a stomach that never fills up? Because I think I'd need it for this meal:
Mussels steamed in white wine, garlic and chopped tomato.
Lobsters, steamed, with drawn butter.
Porterhouse stead or ribeye steak, so rare it's still mooing, with sauteed mushrooms & onions.
Baked potato with sour cream, bacon and chives.
Grilled asparagus.
Haricot vert with bleu cheese and crumbled bacon
A bottle of cabernet sauvignon (well, probably not the whole thing, but 2 glasses would be nice).
New York style cheesecake, preferably from Junior's in NYC.
Chocolate-covered strawberries.
And a cup of strong, black coffee.

I could come up with about six other last meals, but this would probably be at the top of the list.  And now I'm hungry, dammit.

Kim
Barona Casino - Oaks Steakhouse
Oysters
Caesar Salad
Filet (Rare of course) with baked potato and sour cream Artichoke with lemon button and aioli Creme Brulee with Rasberries Cheesecake

And since I'll be as big as a house and won't be able to travel far - spend the night at the hotel and have fun at the spa

Landileigh
Mimi's American Bistro (now Stars Bistro & Bar) 2120 P St NW, Washington, DC 20037 I"d order the Steak Diane with the Pear & Cheese Salad and Creme Brulee for Dessert

Rachel
Escargot w/ garlic butter and bread
Oysters on the half shell (half dozen)
Caesar salad
Rack of lamb w/ garlic mashed potatoes
Creme Brulee

Raquel
A Salvadoran tamale (the kind my grandmother used to make) with crusty french rolls and casamiento (refried beans and rice) with fried plantains (sweet and perfect, not green and hard as they often are here) and to drink chocolate made with water (Mexican hot chocolate).  For dessert: any decadent French pastry, better yet! a French pastry buffet with creme brulee, eclairs, fruit tarts, strawberry cake, and decadent chocolate raspberry cake and chocolate croissants.  !! 

Weigh #6 In Results

You may see an added column here... This is the new BMR column for everyone. How many calories per day, if you never got out of bed that you burn.

Landileigh

George

Jaimie

Erin

Kim

Joanie

Rachel  (142)

Jenny

Gaelyne

Jill

Raquel

Landileigh
Anything from Journey gets me moving around the house. I also like the Beach Boys. Hard to keep still with either of those playing!
George
I have a workout play list on my iPod that usually works for me but the one-two punch is I Would Die 4 U and Baby I'm a Star by Prince. On the Purple Rain soundtrack the two songs mix into one mega song and the beat is awesome. If exercise starts with that, I know I am going to be pumped through the rest of it. 

Jaimie
I like a huge range of music. lots of 90's r&b, some country, christian like mary,mary or tobymac and so many others to list.....rock like POD or AC/DC, black crows, ......I don't even know where to begin

some songs on my workout mix ......very small section LOL

new day.. patti labelle
happy .. melani smith
free your mind... en vogue
the way you move ...outkast
rollin'... big n rich
i feel for you ... chaka khan (my bro & used to dance in living room to this when little LOL)
rie y llora.. celia cruz
me huele a rumba ... celia cruz
peaches ... presidents of the united states
lets get rocked...def leopard
is it good to you... heavy D
outstand... gap band
message for ya.. nicole mullen
supersonic ... jj Fad
anything from fergie
youth of the nation... POD
Alive ... POD
Boom.. POD
back in black ... AC/DC
I want you.. .thalia
boom boom .. AB Quintanilla
take me there ... blackstreet
let it whip.... boyz II men
whip it ... devo
golden ... jill scott
september ... kirk franklin
somewhere I belong... linkin park
if you're going through hell...rodney atkins
boomin' ... tobymac
shake yourself loose... vickie winans
dance dance ... fall out boy
 
Herlinda
i have an account with projectplaylist.com this is a sample of the music i listen to when i work out or just want to pass the time enjoy love to listen to music that makes you move or sparks up some sort of energy within you.....hehe
that's all i'm saying
http://www.playlist.com/playlist/1697474059

Erin
Well, I don't own an iPod.  But one song I LOVE is "One More Time" by daft punk.

Flmgodog
Exercise music that I listen to is quite eclectic. I have everything from Norah Jones, Prince, 90's hip hop to El Divo and beyond. depends on my mood and what kind of motivate I need. Recently I have been listening to Womanizer and Single Ladies to get myself in the groove!

Kim
I haven't been listening to music much, too busy.   But when I do I have a mix that ranges from 70's to today music. 

Time of the Season - The Zombies
Freedom - George Michael
Heaven -               Los Lonely Boys
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Forever Young -  Rod Stewart
Walk This Way -  Run-DMC
Better Life              -Keith Urban
It Would Take a Strong Strong Man -              Rick Astley
Kiss -      Prince
Everybody Wants to Rule the World -             Tears for Fears
Somebody Like You -         Keith Urban
Together Forever -              Rick Astley
Never Gonna Give You Up               - Rick Astley
Cream -Prince
The End of the Innocence -               Don Henley & Bruce Hornsby
The Sweet Escape -           Gwen Stefani
Groove Is In the Heart -      Deee-Lite
Trouble  - Lindsey Buckingham
Hung Up                - Madonna
Push It (Remix)    - Salt-N-Pepa
Ventura Highway -              America
Eye of the Tiger -The Band
The Final Countdown -      Lickey Mo'
Someone to Call My Lover -              Janet Jackson
Can't Get You out of My Head -        Kylie Minogue
Clocks -Coldplay
Jump -    Van Halen
Take On Me -       a-ha

Scott
I get pumped with pretty much any mid 90's hip hop.  My favorites are Common, Outkast, The Roots, but those are just a few.

Joanie

Rachel
Anything by ABBA, the BeeGees, or Madonna's upbeat stuff.
Some AC/DC (Back in Black, Thunderstruck).  Some Bon Jovi (It's My Life, Living on a Prayer).  Other 80's rock bands, too.
Then, more obscure heavy metal stuff.  One particular favorite is Small Electric Space by Gardenian.  (I doubt anyone on the list has heard of them).

Jenny
When I'm working out I listen to anything upbeat and fast.  I can't listen to anything slow or relaxing because it does not hold my attention and I get bored of working out quickly!! haha. I downloaded the soundtrack from the movie Across the Universe to my ipod and I LOVE it.  I have only been listening to those songs over and over lately!  Other than that I love classic rock, and have a bunch of that to listen too also.  The only downfall is that I constantly want to belt out all the words!

Cara

Gina
For me music that gets me going is ok don't laugh any upbeat song off the Futuresex/loveshow album by Justin Timberlake, Any album from A Tribe Called Quest, Jet. That stuff really gets me going !

Julia
Well, since I swim, I can't listen to music while exercising. I do like to listen to uptempo music when driving, although this can cause lead foot syndrome. Some favorites are:
Thunder Road (otherwise known as the song at the top of every musical list I've ever made)
Hey Ya - Outkast
Human - The Killers
Spaceman - The Killers
Girls In Their Summer Clothes - Bruce Springsteen
Killer Queen - Queen
Sandstorm - Darude
I See You Baby (Shakin' That Ass) - Groove Armada
Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
Renegades of Funk - Rage Against The Machine
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Rockin' The Suburbs - Ben Folds Five
Battle of Who Could Care Less - Ben Folds Five
Army - Ben Folds Five
How Do You Like Me Now - Toby Keith
The Sickbed of Cuchuilainn - The Pogues
Lukey's Boat - Great Big Sea
One Week - Barenaked Ladies
Jump Around - House of Pain
Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys
Song 2 - Blur

Gaelyne
I have a short 4 song play list of songs I listen to for starting my day:
Get Up by Mike & The Mechanics
Wake Up Call by Phil Collins
It Will be a Good Day by Yes
Ordinary World by Duran Duran

These 4 songs get my head in the right place for the day.  In particular though, I really wanted to share the song 'Get Up' with everyone because it just seems like a great theme song for us. (Well it works for me).

Jill
Wow - I have like 3000 songs.  I have some songs just segregated to an Exercise playlist though.  I have some meditation thing that is one hour long talking me into loving exercise LOL - I have a Tae Bo Workout mix, Wonder Woman mix, a High Energy Workout mix, and a mix from DJ Cool. I also have some Leslie Sansone walking tracks, Kathy Smith and Jane Fonda walking tracks, and Yoga videos.  I usually though just play a shuffle through my regular list when I walk...and heck, that could have Tchaikovsky to Kiss to Jon Mayer to ABBA to anything - I love music - ALL kinds of music.  There isn't any music that I can't stand (some hip-hop and some metal - I must say the ones that are cacophonic are not my faves).

Raquel
I like all different types of music, though I'm basically stuck from the 1990's downward...don't ask me about pop stars today cause I wouldn't be able to tell you anything! However, I don't exercise while listening to music, unless I'm stretching at home.  But there are times when I will put music on and start dancing to it!  I've made two lists:

Music that energizes me (a sampling):
* "Revolution" by The Beatles
* "El costo de la vida" [The price of life] by Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40
* "Our House" by Madness
* "Pressure" by Billy Joel
* "El carretero" & "Amor de loca juventud" [The Wagon Driver, Love of Crazy Youth] by Buena Vista Social Club
* "Mambo en Sax" & "Cerezo Rosa" by Pérez Prado
* "Como abeja al panal" [Like a bee to the honeycomb] & "A pedir su mano" [To ask for your hand] by Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40
*"We Didn't Light the Fire" & "This is the Time" by Billy Joel
* "19 de noviembre" [19th of November], "Volver al Valle" [Return to the Valley] by Carlos Vives
* "Take a Chance on Me, Dancing Queen, The Name of the Game" by ABBA
* "We Belong Together" by Pat Benatar
* "Rio" by Duran Duran
* "Wonder" by Natalie Merchant
*"Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik" by Mozart
* "Creeque Valley" by The Mammas and the Papas

Music for a reflective mood (a sampling):
* "In My Life" by The Beatles
*  "Waiting for the Night to Fall" by Depeche Mode
* "Daniel" & "Rocket Man" by Elton John
* "Where I Go" by Natalie Merchant
* "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel
* "Con Te Partiro" by Andrea Bocelli
* "Testimonio," "Amapola" by Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40
* "Lord I Hope This Day is Good" by Anne Murray
* "Monday, Monday" by The Mammas and the Papas