5:40 a.m.

This is what time I have been getting up to work out.  The particular workouts I have been doing are the fabled P90X workouts.  Now I know you have seen the commercial for it and thought wow, they make it sound very easy.  It is easy.  It is easy to almost shit on yourself while trying to do pull ups at 5:40 in the morning because you forgot to do your usual morning bowel workout.  It doesn't help that the guy leading the workouts is basically doing pull ups with his toes.  It does feel good to be working out again even though I can't bend my legs right now.







Thought about buying one of these but not too sure if it is actually exercise euipment.  Safeword not included.

Peace, Love and Ping-Pong

A lot has happened in the past week  As one can see on the Matrometer, I only have 65 days left until the big event.  Here is what has been going on.  Over the weekend we went to visit my fiancee's real father and her stepmother whom I've never met.  We had a very nice time with them in between meals and snacks and more meals and more snacks.  It was not a very good diet weekend but the Saturday afternoon marathon margarita session made me forget all about that. 










Definitely calling this guy next time I need a margarita and the kids have a hankering for a slushy. 

Monday was a holiday and I had a full schedule ahead of me.  I spent the day playing ping-pong and poker.  My friends and I have become ping-pong nuts.  I don't know what it is about the game that we enjoy so much.  It takes skill and good coordination but you can also play it with a beer in your hand completely blitzed.  I have perfected the one hand serve.(please re-read the following sentence to figure out why)

         




We take our ping-pong seriously.  Always go for it!


















Even my fiancee gets in on the pong action.

The life force is strong in this one.  I can do this after a few beers.

This last one is my favorite.  This guy looks likes he learned this serve in a German prison.  I think he should call the Margarita Man.

Black Bean Quiche

If you are like me than you are a nut for Mexican/Latin flavored dishes. I could eat tacos con carnitas every day. Unfortunately as I mentioned before, I am on a diet, so no carnitas for me. For people that are not familiar with carnitas, it is slow cooked pork goodness. I like to mix mine with a salsa verde. But I digress, I will have to give those recipes out at a later date. This black bean quiche recipe has all of those flavors as well, minus the pork obviously.  My fiancee found this recipe online.  It is a good way to get a quick south of the border fix without all the calories.

6 eggs
1 medium size poblano or anaheim pepper (roasted and chopped)
1/4 cup spinich ( fresh or frozen, if using frozen thaw before adding)
1/2 of a white, yellow or purple onion, chopped
1/2 cup skim ricotta cheese
1/4 shredded jack cheese (optional)
1 can of black beans (rise before adding)
pinch of cumin
salt and pepper to taste
chopped cilantro for garnish

Grease an 8 x 8 square glass baking pan and pre heat oven to 350 degrees

Mix all ingredients well

Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until edges are slightly browned and center is firm. A knife inserted will come out clean.
Cuidado!The center is very hot!

This is the way that I made it but if I make it again I will add some garlic. I also recommend a little Valentina on top of it.

TIP:

Roast your pepper on the eye of the stove at about med-high. Use the stem to turn it. Put it in a plastic bag for a half an hour then run it under cold water. The skin just falls off!

72 days till I get married

So as the title states the clock is ticking on my "you can get out while it is still cheap" part of my life. I am going to keep anyone out there that might be reading this, updated on the details of my march to marital bliss. By march I mean run because I also need to lose some weight as well, so I will also post some of my favorite healthy recipes. So if you have stumbled upon this blog by going through the countless other blogs that are probably very similar to mine, than please come back and read it again. My mom always said that I was funny.