{"id":20443,"date":"2011-07-16T20:24:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T03:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=20443"},"modified":"2011-07-17T10:14:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T17:14:25","slug":"the-bbq-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=20443","title":{"rendered":"The BBQ Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend we had planned on going for a 50 mile bike ride on Saturday but lo and behold the weather in Oregon was gray, rainy and humid. Yuck! Where is our summer?\u00a0So Saturday morning I went to the gym instead. I got on the stairmaster–the machine I used to love–and lost myself in the climb. I only planned on doing 20 minutes on it because I haven’t done it in so long (didn’t want to injure myself) but I got lost in the monotony. And I got lost in “Confessions of a Shopaholic.” Before I knew it, 50 minutes had passed.\u00a0I finished up with weights and my free weight routines, then did abs and stretching.<\/p>\n

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Gym Stats:<\/strong>
\n Time: 1:27<\/strong>
\n Calories Burned: 730<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday afternoon we went to some friend’s house for a BBQ. It was their daughter’s first birthday. There were tons of babies there but luckily they were all happy babies. The babies all played together and were painfully adorable (repeat: I do not want a baby right now. I do not want a baby right now. I do not…).\u00a0<\/em>There was tons of food. I made a green salad with lettuce from our garden with sliced strawberries, red onion and gorgonzola. Yum! I also brought freshly sliced watermelon (a hit with the toddlers who like finger food apparently).\u00a0They grilled up yummy burgers: beef with blue cheese and thyme in the meat. My burger had a slice of Havarti cheese too.<\/p>\n

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I sampled all of the salads that everyone brought. I used my tried and true method for tackling potlucks: just getting ONE SPOONFUL of everything. That’s usually enough food. Sometimes I’ll go back for seconds of things I really liked but often I don’t need to.<\/p>\n

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This time I was too full after eating the burger and one spoonful of the various pasta\/potato salads.\u00a0I did enjoy a Bridgeport India Pale Ale. Luckily by the afternoon the weather was nice and warm and we got to enjoy the sunshine outside.<\/p>\n

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After a bit Kat and I made drinks that we’ve been drooling over for weeks! Watermelon Martinis<\/a>! \u00a0They turned out to be more Watermelon Slushies but they were good.<\/p>\n

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\nKat had already frozen cubed watermelon so it was super simple and fast to make.<\/p>\n

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\nBecause the watermelon chunks were still pretty frozen, ice wasn’t really needed at all.<\/p>\n

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Watermelon Martinis<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Gina’s Weight Watcher Recipes<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

Servings:\u00a04\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Size<\/strong>:\u00a06 oz + 1\/4 cup watermelon\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Old Points:\u00a02 pts \u2022\u00a0Points+:\u00a03 pts<\/span>
\nCalories:<\/strong>\u00a090.3\u00a0\u2022 Fat:<\/strong>\u00a00.5 g\u00a0\u2022 Carb:<\/strong>\u00a011.6 g\u00a0\u2022 Fiber:<\/strong>\u00a00.6 g\u00a0\u2022 Protein:\u00a0<\/strong>0.9 g\u00a0\u2022 Sugar:\u00a0<\/strong>7.6 g<\/span>
\nSodium:<\/strong>\u00a02.6 mg\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n