Posts by ratinhat88

I'm with eerica: I wish I could just STOP freaking bingeing!  Today is yet another Day 1.  Let's hope it's the real thing this time.  Maybe if enough of us bingers wish we could stop, it'll come true for all of us.

My first Thanksgiving E.D.-free.  I enjoyed everything but kept reasonable portions, and went for a nice walk afterward.  My mom is the best cook ever :)

A tiny bit of roasted chicken (never cared too much for this)
1/2 cup white rice with a little butter
Asparagus and green pea casserole
Squash casserole
Large portion of stuffing, my favorite
Congealed cranberry salad
2 small dinner rolls with butter
Smashed rutabagas and turnips
Sweet potato casserole with pecans on top (to die for)

And afterwards, a small slice of pumpkin pie and a small slice of chocolate chess pie.  (The chocolate chess pie was indescribable beyond words.)

My family

My mom's homemade sweet potato casserole with pecans on top

Mom's homemade stuffing

Buttery dinner rolls

Pumpkin pie

And my boyfriend there to eat about 3 plates of food and then eat all the meat left on the turkey carcass!  (literally he just leaves the skeleton.  My family calls him a human garbage disposal!)

1.  What languages do you know? English, and quite a bit of Espanol

2.  What is something you did as a child that would have gotten you into HEAPLOADS of trouble if you had gotten caught? Does 14 count as a child?  If so, smoking cigarettes and pot (once)... oh yeah, and making out with my boyfriend various places

3.  What is/are your fears?  (Spiders, etc.)  Failure, death (especially my loved ones dying), large vicious dogs, and the dark (lol)

4.  What was the size of the last pair of pants/jeans you bought?  7

5.  What is one sport you think should be an Olympic sport?  (Get silly here!)  Competitive eating... in all seriousness, I would totally win the gold

6.  Look around you right now.  Who do you see?  No one, I am all alone

7.  What is the weirdest concoction you have ever made with toast?  Nothing really with toast, but I've made plenty of strange things with bread.  The most recent one I can think of is bread with mayonnaise, peanut butter, and maple syrup.  Also mayonnaise, bananas, and peanut butter.

8.  Do you have any birthmarks?  Yes, on my right boob :)

9.  What do you look forward to most about Christmas? All the awesome foods my mom fixes... and the challenge of enjoying the holidays this year without the burden of an eating disorder... I think I am up to it this year!

Edited to add: also, spending time with my family, and getting to see my uncle whom I haven't seen in years!

10.  What was the last TV show you watched? Something stupid last night on Fox.  I think it was called 2 and a half men.

Anyone who tells you it won't last forever just because you're young, don't listen to them.  I am living proof :).  I met my bf in high school at 14.  He was 17.  Six and a half years later, we're still together.  We have been through some difficult times but we're doing great.  We live together now, go to college together, and have a very strong relationship.  We will probably get married after college sometime.  So yes, it's totally possible that you and your boyfriend will last, even though you met when you were both young.  Good luck to both of you!

Original Post by huggitbear:

These recent music posts have been fun.  I'd like to hear some of your misheard lyrics--what you thought the words were

The one that stands out in my mind is the one song that sounds like "revved up like a douche"

 You're talking about "Blinded By The Light."  I thought the exact same thing.  As recently as last week, I finally looked it up to make sure that he WASN'T saying "douche."

When I was younger, I thought that in "Always Be My Baby", Mariah Carey was saying "Sean Connery's a feeling me strong" instead of "Time can't erase a feeling so strong" lol

Original Post by bobo1:

Were you binging or just eating like crazy,  ya know therese a diffrence,  but if you were binging for three days sorry,  its been about 5 days since my last bad binge, but i can say it was the first time i ate pbutter anf banana sandwhiches.  i know its common but i thought i was creative at the time,  it was amazing. 

 Trust, me I was definitely binging.  Alone in my house, shoveling food into my face, not hungry, not caring what it was, just shoveling away in an effort to get some kind of emotional release or something (if you want to know the particulars.) I had never struggled with binging in the past, but now that I have recovered from being anorexic, it has become a real problem for me.  I am working on it day by day, though, and I really think I'm doing better.

Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt the thread; I was just answering bobo's question.

Hey, you're not alone!  I love Christmas and country music too.  Johnny Cash is my idol!  And I love the *real* Christmas, not this commercial cash-fest that it has become.  But I agree that I am proud to live in a country as diverse as ours.  What a nice uplifting post.

Breakfast: 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese with bran flakes, sliced bananas, Splenda, skim milk, and sugar free maple syrup (delicious).

Snack: low-cal, high fiber spinach-flavored wrap (12 grams!!) stuffed with a scrambled egg, low-fat cottage cheese, pickles, and a little Hellman's Canola mayo.

Lunch: 1/2 roast beef sandwich on honey wheat with mayo, lettuce, tomato, onions, and spicy mustard; french roll; banana nut muffin.

Dinner: hearty homemade chicken noodle soup and a baked sweet potato.

After dinner snack: bran flakes with skim milk, sugar free Handi-Snacks pudding (vanilla flavored.)

Original Post by sun123:

The stretch marks look like exotic tiger stripes.

 

 You know, the funny thing about that is, 6 years ago I was complaining about the stretch marks on my boobs to my new(ish) boyfriend.  He told me that exact same thing in total seriousness!  That's how I knew he was the one (lol) and we are still together today!

This is amazing!  I didn't know anyone else was as compulsive of a list-maker as I am.  In fact, on my first day in one of my psychology classes, we were supposed to describe ourselves, and I used those exact words: "compulsive list-maker."  I have a lot of nervous anxiety, so making lists immediatley calms me down because it puts everything in perspective.  And some lists are just fun!  I have a bunch of lists saved in a folder on my computer, plus others that I write by hand.  I always shop from a grocery list.  I have a worry/to-do list, a favorite words list, and a list of things that annoy me.  I have a list of ideas for things I want to write about (ironically if I'd stop making lists I might actually write them!).  Oh and let's not forget my lists of meals I want to make, favorite smells, favorite songs, favorite movies, and date ideas for me and my boyfriend in case we run out of stuff to do!  I'm sure there's more but you all would probably think I'm a psycho!

Original Post by bleason:

I start tearing up when I think about what is going to happen to the country when he wins. 

Can't be any worse than what's happened under Bush.

Me, I cried when John Kerry lost, and I'll pretty much go certifiably insane if Obama loses this time, God forbid.  I may not necessarily agree with all of Obama's policies, but the fact is, he's educated, dignified, and humble, and he actually knows what it's like to not have every advantage in life handed to you on a silver platter.  He seems to genuinely have the best interest of the people at heart, regardless of which side you take.  And that's a hell of a sight better than what we've been putting up with for the past eight years.

In no particular order, the fish that I like to eat are:

-Salmon
-Mahi mahi
-Grouper
-Tuna
-Flounder
-Trout

And some shellfish:
-shrimp
-lobster
-scallops
-oysters

I love Boca Burger Original Vegan patties and Morningstar Farms Gardenburgers.

I am a Diet Coke fiend.  And I don't know what I'd do without Splenda in my oatmeal and on my bran flakes.

Oh, and I also love the sugar free Handi-Snack puddings.  They are only 45 calories, fat free, and they don't have any partially hydrogenated oil, which the Jell-O ones do (in a tiny amount).  They come in vanilla, chocolate, and caramel.  I like vanilla and caramel best.

Also PB2 and Smuckers sugar free jelly (especially blackberry) make an awesome PB and J (on store brand lite whole wheat bread for 40 cals a slice.)

Finally for those of us who love our mayo but can't stand the fake crap, Hellman's makes a canola mayo that I swear by.  It tastes exactly like regular mayo, but it is low fat and only 45 calories a tablespoon.  It has no cholesterol and is made with the kinds of fats that are good for your heart.

I just had to post in response to the original OP because my middle name is Avene (very close to your friend's name) and I have never met anyone who had the same or similar name!  I have always thought it was really unique.  It means "love" in Kurdish.  What nationality is your friend?

By the way I'm sorry to hear you are having problems with her.  For me, right now, I'm not particularly pissed off at anyone, so I'll say... THE GOVERNMENT!  We can always blame something on them can't we?