11.2.10: Halloween Food



cheese pumpkins (pretzel & cilantro)

 Saturday: Spent all day w/ a friend making all these Halloween goodies. I found some of the ideas online and the rest were things Ive done before. My Halloween ghost cake turned out pretty cute. I was a bit nervous making it but it worked out. I also made the fondant from scratch and it worked out pretty well too and tastes a lot better than the pre-packaged kind.


Bourban Ball (Eye)balls

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My Halloween Ghost Cake!

My Halloween Cake- Strawberry cake w/ vanilla mousse filling




eyeballs (rambutan, jam, blueberries) and apples




Rice cereal pops- Halloween style




Mummy dogs (hot dogs wrapped in cresent roll strips, mustard faces)




string cheese fingers w/ almond nails & piping gel & food coloring blood






Today's Bargain: One more day to enter my awesome Laura's Wholesome Junkfood giveaway here.





Today's Workout:
-Firm Classic Volume 6-Natural Journey Pilates for Fat Burning (20 min)
*total w/o time 60 min + stretch

Today's Review: The Firm Classic Volume 6- Boomers
Jayne Poteet, 1992

This is a 40ish minute AWT w/o not including the stretch. Jayne leads in the mansion set with a bunch of background exercisers. This w/o was originally created for "boomers" or an older crowd, and its the easiest of the Classics IMO, not that its an easy workout. You will need a variety of dumbbells, a short & tall step, and she uses a optional barbell.

This workout moves right along and the bulk is done standing. The floor work includes a tough ab section, some bridge work, pelvic floor contractions, and pec fly before moving into the stretch.

The standing strength work includes leg press, squatting off the short box w/ dumbbells, squats, hover squats, some bicep work while stepping, tricep kickbacks, double arm row, upright row and other familiar Firm moves. There are no lunges or dips at all in this one.

The standing strength work gets my heart rate up some and she also does some step work on the short box. So overall the cardio effect in this workout is good.

I would rate this as an intermediate workout. Jayne is a great lead and cues well. The moves are all simple, athletic and easy to follow. She moves right along so there is no wasted time but I didnt feel rushed like I do in some of the older Firms. She allows you to go pretty heavy (for a Firm). I like this workout, it works nicely to get some strength work in while keeping your HR up.

Today's Tip: Weight Loss Tip #3- Cook
We all lead busy lives, but the best way to enjoy your food and lose weight at the same time is to cook. It is best to make recipes that can be frozen or saved for future meals, such as a turkey chili, or a low-fat meatloaf. There are plenty of great recipes on the Bulletin Board. Click here for all the recipes shared by other members. More on The Firm Direct here.

Today's Lolz: Deep Fried cupcakes- what has this world come to....