Posts by iyamkristin

Original Post by fredajones:

Quorn explains what it is made from on the packaging, so it is hardly a secret. 

 

Personally, I've been eating Quorn regularly since it appeared some 15 or 20 years ago and I'm not sick from it yet.

 I wasn't implying it was a secret (except for the part about people reportedly getting sick), but I do feel it is relevant. The part about it being extremely processed is also relevant considering they make it sound like Quorn is the most natural thing in the world on the packaging.

Antibinge, since you're eating it for taste you may just want to weigh the pros and cons between Quorn sausage and the real thing. I don't know if I'd want to know what parts of the animal go in "real" sausage either, and the nitrites and nitrates found in traditional sausage are not the best. Despite this, I still eat it! haha

Personally I've been doing a lot of sauteed spinach with garlic and mushrooms, as well as butternut squash. I cheat and buy the pre-cut butternut squash at the store because cutting it up is an ordeal in itself!

Zephyr mentioned veggie chips and kale is great for that! It' super easy, too..just get a bunch of kale & break it into large bit-sized pieces (it will cook down.) Mix the kale in a large bowl with a splash of olive oil, kneading the oil into the kale with your hands. Then sprinkle a bit of salt (I prefer sea salt) & optional apple cidar vinegar. Spread the leaves out on a large, flat baking tray and make sure none of the leaf edges overlap. Bake at 315 degrees for 12-15 minutes and enjoy!

Good luck =)

Original Post by sybil878:

Then take a look around you at the local walmart or mall. At a size 13/14 you are NOT bigger than everyone else, you are at an average size in America. So, from here on in you'll be smaller than everyone else :)

Congratulations!

 Those are some true statements, right there! I don't know if this is your first time losing a significant amount of weight, alexstability but trust me when I tell you the "aha! moment" will come. Notice I mentioned the "first time" losing weight because from my experience, it wasn't until I lost weight and gained back that I could look at pics from my loss and recognize how far I had come. Don't let this be you! You have done something most people will never do, and the Calorie Count community is proud of you. Keep at it, and congrats!

When I had lost a good chunk of weight (in the past), a male customer at work said, "You look so great now that you've lost weight!" I actually was not offended because (1) His first language was Russian and I already knew about the language barrier and (2) Who doesn't like being told they look great? Though I was not offended, my male coworker was and he snapped back, "She's always looked great, buddy!" It was ironic that a male was more sensitive to the comment than I was. I think trisha801, kariqk, and kathrynallison all make good points about men's reaction to the controversial topic of a woman's weight...I think it's a subject they'd rather not touch! 

Original Post by pgeorgian:

i believe you. there's one on my floor who has chronic diarrhea and her OCD won't allow her to flush twice (this is my explanation for the pooh dregs in at least one stall at least once daily. i don't actually know who does it or why).

this is spite of some past office admin who made helpful signs for the stall doors which say: 

look behind you before leaving this stall. clean up after yourself. re-flush if necessary.

and of course the clear directive:

flush the toilet!

 I am sorry you must suffer through this, but glad you shared the hilarity with the forum!

 As for my office pet peeves, I work in an insurance office--take your pick! My pet peeves are not as much with my coworkers as they are with the wacky clients. Some of the insurance claims people file are mind-boggling. No, your dentures falling in the toilet are not covered by your policy, and NO, a squirrel climbing down your chimney and eating all your food isn't either, and YES, these were both claims that were really filed by customers.

1. What is Your Screen Resolution Size? 1280x1024 and I had to look that up...

2. Do you like your hair color? The red undertones give me an excuse to have a temper & use sarcasm freely, so yes!

3. Innie or Outie bellybutton? Outie

4. Colorful socks or just plain white/black ones? I wear lowcut socks that don't peek over my shoes so it doesn't matter, but for the record I'm wearing white ones right now =)

5. White bread, brown bread or neither? Avoid bread at all costs! But if I must then wheat it is.

6. Boom or bam? Men invented the bing and the bam just to get to the boom.

7. MLIA or FML? o.O IDLA=I don't like acronyms!

8. If you could have one wish, what would it be? (could be a new car, grow taller, etc.) I would wish health and longevity upon all of my friends and family so we could all grow old together!

9. Eeenie meenie miney mo catch a rabbit by its toe OR Eeenie meenie miney mo catch a tiger by its toe? Tiger

10. Hehe or Teehee? Definitely hehe, because teehee sounds a lil too Justin Bieber AKA pre-teen

11. How violent are your sneezes? (the quiet kinds that no one hears or the ones that interrupt people in the middle of their sentence and cause them to stare at you/walk away/both or something in the middle) I avoid sneezing at all costs because it is the opposite of quiet. It is so loud and booming that it almost sounds like a cough!

12. Which colors luckiest: red or green? Hmm, red is for lucky "red letter day" and green is for "money," but it also represents "envy." I'll say red--it's a power color!

13. Are you still bored? :p Nah

Original Post by despinamb:

I avoid looking at other's screens because I don't like people looking at mine, although it makes me laugh if they do - like, Honey, you're 28 and skinny as a rail, I'm an overweight middle-aged broad - what's up?  But I have to admit that I have on occasion been motivated to try a little harder or add some resistance if I see someone else doing something that I haven't had the nerve or the motivation to do. 

At the cleaner gym of the two gyms - the guys frequently fail to re-rack their weights - it is a huge pain in the butt to take 4- 45 lb plates off of a bar sitting up on the squat rack.  What is the deal here - you lifted all that at once, you can't lift it all separately?

and thank YOU for the laughs...=D

Original Post by hcannon23:

I got one now. G.T.  For Gorilla Toes.  I have beautiful toes but my husband thinks they are freakishly long or something.   Oh well, I got my nickname, darnnit!

 OMG I feel you on that one...I've been called "toe banger before" yikes!

Others are

1) Disney, because I used to work at Disneyland.

2) Klinch because it's a horrible combo of my 1st and last names

3) Chi-Chi, which sounds like either a stripper or a yappy pomeranian to me!

It's an open source platform so there's gotta be at least one techy out there willing to create one! I cannot wait for this dream to become a reality.....

I've done the protein shake thing before with a program called the Velocity Diet. I was cutting weight last Halloween for my Jessica Rabbit costume. =) By day 3 of only shakes, I was ready to eat anything just as long as it was solid! It was weird... I found myself fantasizing about broccoli and other not so sexy things. It definitely gave results (I also incorporated weight training and cardio) but I'd recommend including solid food in your diet, as well. For the "light" version of the protein shake plan, drink shakes for breakfast, lunch, and snacks and have a sensible dinner such as chicken breast and a vegetable. Otherwise, it's just no fun! Good luck!