Posts by monosuki

I try to eat clean when I can and I have a couple of Tosca's books.  I haven't made anything from them though.  Everything seems to be so high in calories.  Which is great if you are figure athlete and lift weights all day long.  But I don't do that. 

I do agree that eating clean is the best way to go!

Congratulations!  I recommend contacting Whole Foods about making you a wedding cake.  People usually pick one up for me whenever I have a birthday.

Good luck!

I read one time that there was an actual law that set the age limit for this.  Don't know if it is set by state or it is even an actual law.  At 10 I think they should be able to do it on there own but then again why does it really matter?  They aren't in the stall with me while I am peeing so I don't really care if they are in the bathroom.

My husbands step-sister had a son about a week before my daughter was born.  They are both two.  When we got together for Christmas her son picked up the doll that my girl recieved as a Christmas present.  The grandfather practically screamed at the boy and said he wasn't allowed to play with it.  I don't understand this attitued.  It is natural for children to want to do things that their parents do, like feed or dress a baby doll.  Some people are just silly. 

I saw the commercial on TLC and was really shocked.  I have also seen their adds popping up on Calorie Count.  I think that HFCS is horrible.  I can't even believe they are trying to spin it.

Me too!  I am 5'3'', 111 pounds.  I am so bony on top.  You can see all my ribs and my breast bone.  But the thighs and bum are so not bikini ready.  I have been cutting back on my cardio and focusing more on strength training (lunges, squats, and dead lifts).  Some of my family are commenting on my weight but I really don't know what to do.

Some theme parks have healthier options now.  I know that King's Island now has a Subway.  So I'd say keep your eyes open and you might find a healthy option.   Maybe you could check their web page to see if they have anything.   But I would pack a meal just in case. 

Bob's Red Mill makes vital wheat gluten.  I have never bought but I think it has a recipe for making seitan on the side of it.  I found it at Earthfare with all the other strange flours.  I doubt that the wheat gluten flour is the same but I don't know. 

I used to work in a movie theater and would snack on the popcorn until one day when I was cleaning the butter dispensers.  The plastic tube that the butter flavored oil flows through gets clogged with fat deposits that remain on the tube.  Then the oil can't get through.  Made me think about what all the fat was doing to my tubes.  Yuch. 

Even if you don't get the butter we put so much oil and salt into it.

I worked in a movie theater for several years.  We made the popcorn with a ton of oil and butter flavoured salt.  So, very bad :) 

I recommend skipping it.  I don't even want to know how much weight I gained snacking on popcorn during my breaks.

I am a mostly clean eating vegan.  One thing that I thought was neat, this might sound silly, was that after a few weeks my taste buds seemed more able too pick up the more delicate taste of veggies and other food.  Usually food seemed bland since I was used to over processed sugary crap.

I also want to recommend the new magazine Clean Eating.  They do use some processed food but have a lot of recipes for simple healthy food.

I am obsessed with baby carriers.  I highly suggest a sling.  My daughter lived in one for the first 6 months.  She was really needy and always had to be held.  I have a Peanut Shell that I really like.  They have really pretty fabric.  And I have a Karma Baby mesh sling which is great for hot weather and wearing your baby in a pool or ocean.

I recommend getting a more structured carrier once they are older though.  I absolutely love Beco carriers.  I have found it to be the most comfortable.  I also have a hand made Mei Tai and a Mypouch.  I like them both pretty well.  I had an ergo but hated it! 

Beco's are more expensive but my daughter is 21 months old and I can still carry her in it.  If you are interested in getting a carrier I highly recommend going to babywearer.com.  They have a for sale or trade forum where you can buy used carriers.  I got my Beco for about 70 dollars and they are usually about 120.

If you have a health food store near you they will sell vitamins that are specially formatted for vegetarians.  If you can't get to a health food store there are many on-line stores that cater towards vegetarians and vegans.  I like to order through veganstore.com. 

Good luck!

and bags of it mixed in with the dried beans.

Hello.  I am living on a base in South Carolina.  My husband is still here but away at school most of the day.  I have a lot of trouble getting motivated as well.  I keep making friends that I go out with and then they move away. 

I have heard a lot of the guys my husband goes to school with say there must be something in the water here because the wives move here and they are slim then they gain tons of weight.  That has been a bit of a motivator for me to not become one of those women.

This base has a fitness center where they offer a wide variety of exercise classes like yoga and pilates.  As long as I take my ID with me the classes are only $1 .  I have also started going to a stroller strides exercise class.  Have you checked to see if you all have any?