Posts by xue_mei

Wonderful story. ^_^ You've gone an amazing job, kiddo.

(And! Random interjection: I love your Totoro!)

Original Post by pilgrimdude:

xue_mei:

• I took 2 canisters of peanuts and crushed them, putting them in ziploc plastic bag, and crushing them with a dough roller.
• I put a layer at the bottom of my pan
• then I melted a bunch of commercial caramels, adding a bit of water and microwaving to turn into a thick liquid, stirring them in 1 minute intervals
• I put a layer of caramel on the crushed peanuts
• I bought a couple packages of sweet vanilla wafers, separated them in half, and then put a layer of wafers, frosting side up on top of the caramel
• Then I repeated these two layers, making a total of 5 layers thus far.
• Then I made some homemade caramel using dark Carol syrup, dark brown sugar, butter, and a tiny bit of baking soda and put a layer of that on
• I melted 3 large milk chocolate bars, adding some cooking oil to make them easy to turn into a thick liquid and microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring each time and I put a layer of chocolate on
• Then I crumbled up the remaining vanilla wafers and added that and some crushed peanuts as a layer, making 8 layers thus far.
• Then I melted a large dark chocolate bar in the microwave, adding a bit of cooking oil and added that as a layer
• then I added a layer of milk chocolate
• then I topped it off with a layer of crushed peanuts--giving somewhere around 11 layers
• I then put the cookie-bars into the refrigerator to harden for a couple of hours
• The "insanity" part is that there really is no set formula for how many layers or what you put on as a layer--just use some combination of crushed nuts--caramel--wafers--chocolate--and whatever you can think of that might taste good.

If I ever make them again, I will melt additional caramels and make additional caramel and add a couple of layers of finely grated coconut.

That, good sir, is the most awesomely insane recipe I've seen in a very long while.

I think I'm going to tuck that away for a rainy day. :D

Original Post by jcl76:

I've always wondered this. If you have bad acne, why don't you put makeup on to cover it up? If you look tired, why not put on some mascara to make you look more lively? I'm not talking about having a painted face. I wear very light makeup - I only occasionally put on a lot. But there are lot of women who don't put any effort AT ALL into their appearance. I've never understood that. Wouldn't you want to enhance your appearance? 

Note: I don't put on makeup or straighten my hair for others; I do it because it makes me feel more confident. I do it purely for myself!!!!

Frankly...I feel the same way about makeup. :P I'm a 23 year old female. It's something I've never really understood.

I don't wear it because I don't have any desire for it whatsoever. I don't feel like it's tied to my self-confidence in any way.

Then there's the pseudo-feminist side of me that balks at seeing makeup as an "improvement" for women.

And, the most important reason - I'd rather sleep more in the mornings. :P

Original Post by puh8suwrux:

My mother.  I get off the phone with her, and I want to stuff my face with everything, as long as it is junk food, especially anything chocolatey.  Funny thing is, she probably thinks we had a pleasant conversation.

Oooooooh holy crap, I hear you on that one.

I need to move out. -_-

I'm seeing a therapist right now that specializes in eating disorders, and she's helped me so much in two sessions that it blows my mind. She didn't weigh me at all. We just sat down and I started talking and talking about my past and how I was feeling these days, she offered some insight and things to think about.

I'm not sure how it would differ from seeing a ED specialist, though.

I agree with patsy - ask your Dr's office what to expect.

Hang in there. You're doing the right thing.

I need some happiness in my life.

HA.

I hope you still love me.

Original Post by yalediv08:

http://www.katheats.com. Kath was a classmate of mine at Davidson and she is studying to be a R.D. She takes pictures of what she eats (and I mean EVERYTHING) each day and a lot of times includes recipes, and even videos of how she makes things. Enjoy!

Seconded! (Er...thirded?) I love KERF.

I know what you mean. I'm a woman, too, and my arms are so much weaker than my legs.

Keep at 'em, and they should get easier with time. Once doing them with your knees down gets too easy, give extending your legs a shot.

I do them with my legs extended, but I still can't get down more than a few inches when I lower myself down. Otherwise, I can't get myself back up again. :P I started off doing 5, and now I do 15-20 at a time.

On the other hand, I'm not really lifting weights. If you're looking to build your arm strength, that should certainly help.

[Also...I like your profile picture. Shinnnyyyy. :D]

Original Post by sashi83:

My mom just joined this gym and part of the membership included one on one with a trainer. My mom works out often (been bouncing around gyms for a while, 6 months at least), eats okay (not much junk other then dark meat and potatoes) but can not lose the weight she wants. The trainer said she is working out TOO MUCH. Her theory is that when you do cardio more then three times a week it makes a person way too hungry and sabotages your efforts. I've never heard this before, and I guess I can understand it but it seems backwards from what I've always heard. Any thoughts on this?

Hm. I don't know.

The problem I run into when I do a lot of cardio (like today - 35 minutes running, 30 minutes elliptical, 45 minute walk home, some weights), I end up having massive sugar cravings at some point. If the trainer's thinking of that sort of thing, I can understand where he/she's coming from.

Personally, I've found that it's easier for me to maintain a lower weight when I'm doing moderate cardio without weights - but at that point, I'm usually wasting muscle.

Maybe you're retaining some water?

Right now, I lift weights sporadically. But when I start a set weightlifting regimen, that very week my muscles look bigger and my clothing is tighter - even though I know I can't have gained anything significant in that time. I figure that I just retain some good ole H2O.

Edit: stupid me forgot to add - if you're retaining water, it'll go away eventually. I'm not sure how long it takes, but it'll happen.

What mommakitty said! I'd rather have the "regular people's" kind because a lot of the ingredients are closer to natural, but you can certainly do either.

Thanks for starting this post. :) I'm 5'11, m'self, and I've always wondered what sort of numbers other tall people consider healthy for themselves.

gazungas!

Tired and sick or sick and tired.

Christ, I need a job.