Posts by kutiepi555

trendstudent: I'm glad to know that the video was your favorite gift because I am making my father the same thing.  A montage of video footage of my brother and me when we were little.  I really hope my dad likes it.

Every gift I've gotten from Santa... my mother... has been wonderful.  Especially the years right after my father and mother got divorced.  We were on the edge of poverty, but my mom always made sure Santa brought exactly what I asked for.  Even though they were just things (American Girl Dolls, ect.), the thought that she put her children before herself just brings tears to my eyes.

I found Jesus Camp to be horrifying as well.  It made me throw things at my TV.  Not really, but I did end up yelling a lot and my boyfriend got a little annoyed.  I also liked Thin.  Transgendernation is quite interesting.  It was a series of documentary type shows.  I liked The Buisness of Being Born.  Deliver Us From Evil made me want to vomit, but it was a good documentary.  For the Bible Tells Me so is wonderful.  I am a big documentary person.  I can barely get through a movie, but put on a documentary and I'll watch the entire thing.

I am absolutely in love with Edward... in the book.  I thought the movie was terribly cheesey.  But that's because the book is cheesey, it just doesn't seem like it when the words are in your head and not on the movie screen.  I thought that the acting was terrible and the lighting was awful.  I really hope for the second movie someone big will pick it up.  I am still planning on seeing the next three, simply because Edward is my husband.  ;-)  Part of my problem may have been the fact that I was watching the movie at 1am.... but I thought it was terrible.  I did, however, find myself wishing the whole entire time that Edward was real and I give them props for sticking mostly to the story. 

Well, I can't help you with the subway question, but as long as it fits in with your calories and you still have a deficit, it shouldn't hurt you at all.

Now sushi is my very favorite food.  I could eat it night and day.  The white rice is empty calories, meaning it doesn't have much nutrition, plus sushi rice has a lot of extra sugar mixed in.  To make it healthier, I make my own.  I actually prefer it over resturaunt sushi.  That way I can control how much sugar goes into the rice and how much rice goes into my rolls.  Then I load it up with the good stuff (vegetables, fish, shrimp, ect.) and I'm good to go.  My favorite thing to do with friends is have a sushi party.  But, I've lost 30 lbs and I eat sushi like a madwoman!  :-)  And you can eat the tempura and still lose weight as long as it fits into your calories.  Good luck!

PS- Making your own sushi is A LOT cheaper than buying it.

I hope somebody challenges it.  It's so close!  52-48!  I cried when I got up.  It doesn't even effect me and I cried.  I am just so saddened by all of the people who are devastated by this.  I know plenty just at school today who will be completely upset.  It's not fair.  We're all humans, we all deserve to be treated like a human, no matter who we love or what we look like.

So we voted for a Black man but we can't possibly give homosexual couples their rights?!?!  Baby steps I guess.

I'm with you, I don't want to go to bed until I find out how it turns out.  It looks not so good right now.  At least four is losing.......................  BOOOO California!  I'm upset with you right now.  Thank you for voting for Obama though.  I knew we'd do that!

I've only lost 30 pounds and I am terribly cold all of the time.  Last night I was at a friend's party with about 25 people in the house and I was wearing my peacoat and scarf the entire time while everyone else was saying "You've been bundled up this entire time, aren't you hot?"  Hahaha, no, actually, I had goose bumps.  I think a large part of it for me is my blood pressure.  It is terribly low (90/60 generally).  I am always wearing 4 or 5 layers and even then, I NEVER get hot.  It is probably the most annoying thing in the entire world.

PS- I also use a space heater and the boyfriend gets really angry about it.  But I can't help it, it's freezing!!!

I was wondering because I get migraines a lot and the way I for sure know I am going to get one is that I get a sharp pain on the right side of my head.  It lasts about 1-2 seconds but it's so bad that I have to stop what I am doing and hold my head.  Sometimes if I move my head too soon, I'll get another pain.  I, like you, am a major hypochondriac, so I thought it could be a brain tumor.  I looked it up and apparently they are called "ice pick" headaches because it literally feels like you are being stabbed in the brain with an ice pick.  All of the stuff I read said it was common and people with migraines usually suffer them the day before they get one.  Once I read that I was curious and sure enough, every time I get that sharp pain, the next day is hell. 

I was just wondering if maybe that's what you have, because it certainly isn't life threatening.  I'm in your shoes.  Every ache and pain I think I am going to die.  It sucks.

That is exactly how tall I am and exactly how much I weigh.  I am ten years younger than you.  I'd say you are an awesome weight and you are in no way, shape, or form ROUND.  If you want to tone up, use the harsh words as motivation to go to the gym, not to start eating less.  I'm sure your mother didn't exactly realize what she was saying when she said it and I'm sure she probably felt extremely embarassed/upset after she said it.  I'm sure you are beautiful and please do not resort to an eating disorder!

I know I overeat fruit.  The average person eats 8 lbs of grapes a year.  I swear I can eat 8 lbs of grapes a week.  They are my biggest weakness at the moment, so I am going to finish the two bags I have in my fridge and not buy anymore.  I am trying my hardest to limit fruit now because it bloats me.  It's going to be the most difficult thing yet!

Original Post by nassira:

any suggestions on what to eat salsa with?

A spoon? ;c)

I was going to say that I just eat salsa with a spoon sometimes.  I thought that would make me sound weird.  I'm glad I'm not the only one!  ;-)  But seriously, I love salsa on pretty much everything.

Original Post by josielynn:

I'm more of the constantly needing something in my mouth type and meat doesn't fulfil that need.

Anyone know why I developed that? I was never a smoker, so it seems weird to me! I'll chew on straws and water bottles if I don't have gum or food around!

I am exactly the same way.  I've never smoked either, but I did suck my thumb until I was nine.  I believe I have an oral fixation and I think it came from sucking my thumb for so long. I spend A LOT of money on gum just so that I don't shove food in my mouth constantly.  I find I always need something in my mouth or I don't feel right.  I chew straws, waterbottles, plastic cups, ect. if I don't have gum or am not eating.  It's terribly annoying.  I just thought I'd let you know that you're not the only one.

Back to the OP-- I have found that meat has disappeared from my diet as well, except about once a week.  My boyfriend is a huge meat eater, but I find I like the taste of tofu better than meat, I'll even eat it plain.  But since he is a huge meat eater, I will have meat about 1 or 2 times a week.  I, however, never crave meat, so I can't really help you.  It took me about three weeks to get over my cravings for sugar, so give it a couple of weeks.  Or just have meat once a week, that should kill off some cravings at least!  Good luck!

Original Post by 1christi:

 ...would also add grapes to the list. I could eat a bag a day.                          

Grapes are my dangerous food.  I pretty much do eat a bag a day.  Bad, bad, bad.  And fruit salad.  Keep it away from me!

You are supposed to wait 24 hours before doing any strenuous exercising.  I worked at the Blood Bank for a year, so I know all these weird things about donating blood.  But, do what you want.  If you start to feel strange, stop.  One time I donated blood and then had to run a half a mile (this was, however, about 3 hours after I gave blood, not 24) to the bus stop so I didn't miss it.  When I go on, I felt like I was going to die, and there was nowhere for me to sit, so I had to sit down on the ground in the middle of the bus otherwise, I'm pretty sure I would have passed out or thrown up on the public bus.  Neither would have been a good thing.  I just say, try to work out and if you start to feel strange, stop.  Listen to your body.

The only sugar I eat now is in fruits.  I'm like snotbubblez and have not eaten candy, cake, ect in over a year.  I don't even want it anymore.  I think I would die of the sweetness.  I cut candy from my diet and lost 10 lbs doing absolutely nothing else.  Not even cutting ice cream, so there's a lot to be said about that I think.  It really is a state of mind.  When I first started not eating sweets I would think to myself, "Are the calories swimming around in your body really worth the 2 seconds of pleasure you get from the taste?"  One hundred percent of the time the answer was no.  Now, vegetables and fruits are sweet enough for me.