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Yesterday I tried to make pigs-in-blanket with GF Bisquick. It hadn’t worked in the past, and it almost worked this time, but it always generates a dough that is too thick and doesn’t form thin sheets very well. There was too much batter around the franks, and the kids hated it.

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A year and a day ago I posted Losing Weight — Introspective. It hasn’t felt like a year has passed since I leveled out between 235-240. Other than vacation and a couple of weeks off because I pulled or hurt something, the routine has been going fairly well. I’m still in that 235-240 range.

Last year I was working with 3-lb and 5-lbs weights; now I regularly combine a 5 and 10. There’s one exercise where I put both 10s in one hand. I should get the 15s.

I upgraded my DVDs to Tae Bo: Ripped Extreme and Tae Bo: Insane Abs. I’ve gotten some definition on the biceps and especially triceps from the Ripped Extreme, but the abs are visibly different due to working with the second DVD. Jackknifes used to be impossible, but now I can do them. I’m on the lookout for more intense DVDs that, again, don’t cost as much as P90X or Insanity. Tae Bo master Billy Blanks is putting new movies out, too. I probably ought to start working on chin-ups and/or pull-ups somehow.

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