Posts by travija

i like your post!  I too love dried beans--the cost, the taste and I know what's in it.  However, you don't mention how you cook them!  I buy canned to save hours and hours of prep--I'd love to know your secret.

did you get the Active??  we just brought it home.  I really like it so far.  Are you trying the 30 day Challenge? 

I hope you find someone to compare scores with; I almost never log in here or I'd go for it. 

Since your rides are not consistent, can you walk/jog/run around the block as a source of cardio?  Write all your stuff down.  Or use Google Calendar to keep track.  I think keeping track of stuff keeps me going.

Good luck.  You can do IT!! :)

everybody seems to agree on your point! 

Bread is really really easy to make yourself!  There are several good, easy recipes I'll share right now!  I promise--its way easier than you think. and you don't need a fancy pants machine! :)

Note that homemade bread will not stay soft and fresh-tasting as long as what you buy in plastic baggies.  BUT, you know exactly what went into it (generally, flour, water, oil, salt and yeast). 

here's a link to one recipe:

http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/beginnersbr ead.htm

and here's an even easier, less time consuming recipe link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/dining/211b rex.html?_r=2&ref=dining&oref=slogin

this is from the book "artisan breads in five minutes a day."  you can halve the recipe for two loaves.

I've made both of these (with mostly whole wheat flour instead of white, just use a bit less) and they were FANTASTIC!!!!  really, just try it. 

apple juice, ripe grapes, really squishy ripe pear

ok.  I understand, agree with, and expect you (and me) to follow melkor's advice.  he seems like a pretty knowledgable and fairly friendly dude :)

BUT, I find that sweatsuits are really helpful at keeping an injury warm while working out.  I like to wear plastic shorts to keep my mean old hips warm.  they help to loosen my muscles there a little faster than not wearing them.  I know when I can push through a pain and when I need to back off (good hurts vs. bad hurts) but that comes through intensely attending to my body and how I work within it. 

having recently moved into the paths of hurricanes, I've been thinking about this alot lately.  would we take two cars so we could get everything and the dog?  its nearly impossible to get affordable renter's insurance here so not too much would get replaced...

I think I'd definitely get the computer, monitor, xbox, wii, guns, some pocket knives, a cooking pot, the file cabinet or at least the birth certs and ss cards.  I'd take the tent and sleeping bags/mats in case every hotel is full.  a couple gas cans to fill on the way. a truckload of drinking water.  and whatever food would fit in a single cooler I guess.  obviously the dog and his leash and his food.  I have boxes upon boxes of photos so I'd grab what I could and hope for the best.  and some clothes too.  I'd really hate the idea of leaving books, but I could never choose which ones to take and there are so many.  I hope I'd remember some school books and old notes; I still have the comprehensive exam next summer hurricanes or no!

Oh, I know!  cell phone chargers! altho I imagine that after a hurricane most towers are out, but still, it would suck to have a dead cell phone in weather like that...

hey thats my recipe there plovington!!  :)  glad you liked it!  it is sure damn tasty.

I have LOVED the original lite swiss for a while.  its saves me.  I love cheese.  its not as wonderful as the multitude of artisan cheeses I used to eat, but it works.  its just cheesey and salty enough to really get me through that daily cheese craving. I don't even need the crackers

I just bought the french onion last week.  by itself, I don't like it.  its got a funny chemically aftertaste.  however, I have used it for cooking and its better.  spread on chicken breasts or chopped into a salad its ok.  I won't buy the flavors anymore though. 

corona is pee water gross yuck don't use that in any song

blecth

i drink bud light for cheap and easy beer.  really I prefer pbr, bass, or a fabulous black and tan

Original Post by roj47:

1,200 calories is the minimum to maintain brain function, the heart beat, repiratory system etc...

The only way a lower amount would exist is if the brain was absent (appears to be with some users) or there is no heart (often the case with myself).

:)

hahahaha LMAO 

I don't really ban anything.  but I don't buy anything that is salty and so quick to grab like cheezits, chips, nuts, cheese in blocks, and stuff like that in any larrge quantity.  I don't binge on something until its gone in one day, but I'll eat a serving of good stuff like that everyday until its gone.  a whole week of servings of salty junk is no good!

remember that you will stay happiest. and have the best time. by remaining healthy and to do that you must make time to exercise a little everyday--go out early or after dinner for a half-hour.  and when eating out, remember the grand rules:

baked, grilled, poached, broiled!

dressing, butter and oil on the side

hold the buns/bread/crackers

sub veggies for white carbs

don't eat all of a HUMONGO portion

have clear, broth-based soups or a garden salad for appetizer so you don't go overboard on the entree

HaveFUN!  I am taking the Florida cert test this summer to teach middle school Social Studies, but I'd certainly prefer to TRAVEL!! :)

why not take a class as an elective that gets you moving three time a week?  beginning dance classes, aerobics classes, tennis, swimming, there are tons.  just stay away from underwater basket weaving... thats no fun.

I too lost weight while in college.  I was danced at school, worked full time and walked to every single class.  My first two years I went to a fabulous small school and the cafeteria was wonderful.  they were always open (from like 7 am to 8 pm or something) while they only had meals out at meal time, I was always able to grab fresh fruit or a bagel.  and coffee. 

if you eat out too much, talk your friends into helping you prepare a get-together meal once or twice a week its fun and way cheaper and can be better for you.  you only have a microwave and toaster oven?  look for books online about dorm cooking and microwave cooking, there are tons!  get ONE!

Original Post by stevis78:

The Montecristo sandwich from Bennigan's has to be right up there. Ham, turkey, and swiss cheese, surrounded by a thick, thick layer of dough, deep fried, with powdered sugar on top.

didn't see this the first time around--YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!! with honey mustard and raspberry jelly on the side

well I've only eaten spam once and I didn't care for it then.  I do like fried bologna for breakfast when its cold outside.  its tasty.  and bologna tastes good even when its made of turkey and is low fat...

could you wake up an hour earlier and hit the gym in the AM?