Posts by joellejello

Hostel for me. We watched it about a month or so before going to Germany, where we planned to visit old castles and dungeons and all kinds of medevil places. So I got to be creeped out by it again when I saw those places that looked like they could have been straight from the movie!

I love my job too! I'm an actuary at an insurance company. It's not for everyone, you kind of have to be a total math geek to like it.

I started out majoring in 'undecided' business. I liked math, but didn't want to be a teacher or a researcher. So I figured accounting or business computer systems. Hated my college accounting class (or just the professor, not sure really), and when I found out about actuaries, I knew it was for me.

It may help you to talk to one of the professors for one of the classes you love. They generally have an idea or two about how their teachings can be applied to real world jobs.

You'll find something you want to do, you may just have to look hard and research it more. My husband is actually trying to figure out what he wants to do when he graduates in just a couple months.

I love this recipe from the New Dieter's Cookbook. It uses fat-free evaporated milk to make a creamy sauce. soooo delish!

I'm an actuary at a large insurance company. I get to play with numbers all day, so it's perfect for this math geek!!

Oh I loved soo many of what's already been mentioned:

Punky Brewster

Fraggle Rock (I wanted to be Red! I had little red pompoms and I would stick them on the sides of my head. hehehe)

Duck Tales (wooo-hoooo)

Tiny Toons (especially Pinky and the Brain)

Small Wonder

ALF

Perfect Strangers (I am a Hallo-ween)

Full House

Reading Rainbow

Saved by the Bell

She-Ra (and He-Man!)

Doube Dare (schnooder, I'm so jealous, it would have been a dream come true for me to be a contestent on that show!!)

Kids Incorporated

Mickey Mouse Show (the newer one)

JEM

Cosby Show

Captain Kangaroo

And my Mom still has that Grover book at her house, The Monster at the End of the Book. One of me and my sisters' favorites ever!

Mine is my middle name with jello tacked on the end because I thought it sounded neat. It's been one of my online names forever. And I thought it was especially fitting for this website.   

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My answer is similar to Sighing, I have an Act II butter bag in front of me. Serving size 2 tbsp (makes 5 cups popped). Servings per bag = 2.5. so it's 5*2.5=12.5 cups popped.

It's 30 calories per cup popped, so it's 30*12.5=375 for the entire bag. 

I think I worked a butter lovers one out to 450 calories once (not sure the brand).

I love popcorn, and if I pop a bag, I'm gonna eat the entire thing. So what I've done is started buying the 100 calorie or the single serving bags. Then I can still eat the entire bag, but the damage is much less. If I want a taste of the buttery stuff, I eat it when my hubby is around, he ends up eating most of it, but I still get the taste. Lucky for me he wants to gain weight :)

What that calculator is telling you is that your body burns 1846 calories on days that you do nothing but get out of bed and basically sit around and do nothing extra all day. Based on that if you eat 1538 calories per day, you should lose .28 kg/week. Any exercise you do will increase the amount you burn, and should cause you to lose faster. Walking a couple miles a day will increase your burn by a couple hundred calories (use the activity log here to get a more accurate count).

You do NOT need to burn an EXTRA 1846 per day to lose weight. But a couple hundred calories would do ya well! I hope that explanation helps. Good luck!

Let's see, my dog chewed up the random shoe, and a remote when he was a puppy, but the worst was one of those pens with the liquid ink wells. I had a spot about a foot long by half a foot wide of black ink on my beige carpet. UGH! It took me about 3 days of scrubbing and 2 bottles of Resolve to get that all out of the carpet. But I did. :)

He's really good now about only chewing on his own toys. Other than towels, he still thinks those are great fun!

We've also been through our fair share of potty accidents, trash can tip-overs (trash is now closed up on the pantry) and jumping on people.

I did OK this Memorial Day weekend, not great, not bad, just OK. Friday I slept in (I took the day off work), and babysat my nephew for about 6 hours. That little 9 month old ball of energy wore out both me and my hubby!! Whew, he's lucky he's adorably sweet! But we went out to eat that night with DH's sister and BIL, they were running late so we ended up having an appetizer while we waited. :(

Saturday I went garage saleing in the morning with a friend, then my DHa nd I dug up rocks for about 4-5 hours. We're preparing to put in a patio, and we're doing the labor ourselves. Hopefully the rest of the utilities will come out and mark their buried lines, and we'll be able to start digging this week.

Sunday we had a few people over for a mini cookout. So I had to clean the house, not much of a workout, but it's something. I had too much chips and dip, but didn't really overeat too badly.

Monday I actually slept in really late :). I did a whole lot of nothing. It was really warm and muggy here, so I waited until 8:00 to head out for a jog with the dog, we did a little over 2.5 miles. yahoo!

Questions I missed:

QUESTION OF THE DAY ... SOMETHING'S FISHY!

What special dieting challenges will you face (or did you face) this Memorial Day Weekend? And what's your plan for dealing with those challenges?

I didn't plan ahead for anything, which is probably why I overindulged. But at least I got some exercise in! They probably evened out.

QUESTION OF THE DAY (MONDAY MAY 26)

Do you have a favorite day of the week for getting weighed?

I weigh every day, but generally record on Thursdays or Fridays. But I feel like I need to see the daily fluctuations to be able to understand why they happen.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: MAY 22

What's one so-called "diet food" that you really detest/dislike/avoid/hate?

MOLLY 

I'm not fond of celery. It's mostly the little stringy things that don't always break off when you bite it. It's like a food that's trying to floss my teeth while I eat it. Now if you chop it up, and cook it in a soup until it's mushy, I'm fine with it.

Also keep in mind that it might take more than two weeks for your body to really start responding to your new healthy eating habits. Keep at it and I'm sure you'll get some great results soon!

Stella, that's great news about your hubby. I can't believe they want him walking so soon after surgery!!

Welcome sharpdust! Hopefully we can provide the support you need.

I'm still on my nifty little plateau. Really trying to break through that this week. sigh

Sorry I haven't checked in. I had my big exam today (I've been locking myself in my office at home for the last several weeks, in addition to studying while at work), so I'm now free and ready to get back to this whole weight loss thing. I jsut couldn't concentrate on both successfully. Luckily, even though I've been eating crap and not exercising, I really haven't gained (a pound or less) so I'm super excited to really throw myself back into counting and exercising and all that.

Hopefully I'll be back to having progress to report by this Friday!!