Posts by caverlady

I don't really care one way or another.  I'm not particularly fond of Oprah, but she's always seemed innocuous enough so I never had a problem with her.  I remember when she was just starting out and was working for one of my local Baltimore channels.  I will give her one thing, the few times I watched her, she did good interviews.

Everyone seems to be doing great! I did W1D2 on Wednesday and didn't come anywhere near the rest of you.  I'm doing W1D3 tonight and I'm going to push myself hard to see what I can come up with. 

3. Silent Night

Back in the day, I was very happy at 125 lbs.  My current goal is 135 and it's probably going to be hard to get there at my age, much less the 125 that I'd like to be.

135 is my goal as well.  I started out over a year ago at 200 pounds and lately I've been bouncing around the high 150's to low 160's.  I'm now struggling for every pound and can't seem to break through my current plateau.  I'm happy to try and help you reach your goal.  Perhaps along the way I'll be able to find the way to mine as well!

Original Post by moonikins:

Caver, try this:

My Fabulous Turkey Gravy

Slowly simmer the giblets on the stove top damn near the whole day. Keep letting the water evaporate and add more so the broth will become very rich. Let cool and pick the meat off the neck bones and pulverize the liver so know one knows you put it back in.  I eat the heart as it's my favorite and I want it all to myself. Save the broth.

Use a turkey baster and suck the broth out. Or, better yet, drag a big strong man away from the football game so he can pick up your turkey pan and pour off the broth into a big pan. Put turkey pan back in oven so it can finish or just stay warm.

Add the giblet meat and giblet broth to the turkey broth. Bring to a boil. Add salt, pepper, a little garlic powder and a little onion powder. Mix about 4 Tbs flour in about 1 cup of milk. Add slowly and continue to boil. Keep adding flour/milk mixture until the gravy thickens. Don't make it super thick, but it shouldn't look like broth either. Keep the heat up high as you boil it so that the flour cooks in the gravy. The gravy should be a lovely golden brown color.

Season with additional salt & pepper to taste.

My gravy is so good, I can't hardly make enough so that I'll have leftovers.

I often make pumpkin pie from the canned. I don't even consider that a cheat. If I'm doing pumpkin pie from pumpkins, it's because I took a weekend in October to go to the orchard and then cook. I prepare the pumpkins way in advance and freeze it so it's about the same amount of work as opening a can.

Edit to add: Skim off the fat from the pan broth.

 Thanks!  I copied it and I think I'll give it a try.  I'll keep a can of gravy on hand just in case I screw this one up as well!

I like it better than the home-made stuff.  I think it's a consistency thing, much the same as my dislike for orange marmalade.  I also like Stove Top Stuffing but haven't had it in a very long time.  For Thanksgiving (where we celebrate giving thanks for all that we have), I make my own sausage stuffing.  That's one day I don't count calories (one of the few).

I'm a little late to the party, but thought I'd add my two cents.

First of all, the OP comes across as a little self-conscious and requires the approval of others for her own feeling of self worth.  The problem is that no matter how nice you are, or how hard working you are, someone somewhere isn't going to like you.  That's just how it is and to base your self-esteem on what other people think is setting yourself up for failure.  Your own feeling of self-worth should not depend on the opinions of others.  Now if it looks as if everyone around you is put off by a behaviour of yours, then perhaps it's time to re-evaluate, but a little confidence in yourself can go a long way.

As for the knife incident, yes you're right, I frequently lick the knife I spread my peanut butter with at home and then I put it right in the dishwasher.  I would never think of doing so at work.  People often judge people by behavior that they exhibit in public.  Have you ever seen someone with a messy work space and wondered what their house looks like?  There are behaviors that are fine at home that are simply not appropriate in public and especially not a work.  I suggest that you refrain from licking your knife at work and as for the fruit, I'm certain that you wouldn't want to eat food that had been handled that way by a stranger.  After all, you don't know anything about their  personal hygiene.  I'm sure this was an accident, but I'd suggest that you take a bit more care when handling food that others are going to eat.

Good luck to you and try not to let others get to you.

Original Post by michachu:

 Just count it all, move on, and learn from it.

 I agree with this for the most part.  Alternatively, you could just begin again from there.  That's what I'm doing.  We just got back from 5 days in Key West where we drank to excess every night (not to the point of throwing up though) and I know that I gained a little of the weight back.  I just chalked it up as my diet vacation and got back into my program.  I'll probably wait a couple weeks before weighing myself so as not to get discouraged by some overindulgement. If I were you I'd just get back on the program, not worry about it, and resolve to do better in the future (or not).

Original Post by alaskanmama:

Original Post by alaskanmama:

Original Post by trhawley:

Come on people, don't let the dead threads thread die.

 Sounds like a challenge to me! I'm on it!

 Meh, I never was good at challenges! I'll just hang around in this dead thread.

*could somebody please pass the brainz?*

Dead threads are fun!  How do you like you brainz?

Passes around the brainz

Original Post by shapeshifter:

Original Post by trhawley:

I had something I was going to say but I think I'll wait and post it to this thread next year.

It's a year later trhawley, are you gonna say it? 

 Waiting patiently!

The zombies are heading this way I tell you!

Original Post by fidget84:

absolutely. my dog is Toby and i talk to him probably more than i talk to anyone else. full blown conversations. and yes - he definately talks back

 I used to have a Toby!  He had my whole heart and I still miss him today!

Isn't that the name of the game?

You mean you didn't know that the proper response was "Slowly I turn?"

his shiny new