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Christmas Wishes
Nov 30 2008 08:59

:)

I went to the mall to eat at Ztejas, and I found the tree! Ya know the one with the tags of childrens christmas wishes? I picked a 12 month old little girl that wants a glow worm and musical toys. It was the glow worm that made me know that I should be her christmas angel. I remember my glow worm! This program is through the salvation army. Some of the tags made me want to smack children :) MP3 players? oi. It was the little ones with baby dolls that reached me. I might get this gift, bring it to the station, and get another tag for a little boy that needs something this year. Aw this is what makes me enjoy christmas. I can't do much, but I can do what I can. Ya know?

Give someone a wish this year. Someone that needs it. Whether its through your church, or off of one of these trees. Everyone needs the experience.

Halloween Candy!!!
Oct 23 2008 08:08

How bad am I? I've been fearing bowls of halloween candy around the office. Now who ran over to target yesterday and picked some up? Heh. ME! I just had to. The reason being is that I wanted a few halloween treats on halloween. I couldn't buy the mini bags and have them at home, so I share them with everyone. You must understand that there are 4 guys I work with who grab handfuls of the stuff, so I'm sure it will be gone before the weeks end. Here are the treats I pulled for myself:

6 recees pieces (mini cups)

4 3 muskateers (mini mini ones. not the fun sized ones)

1 pack of candy corns (these were left over from when I bought the bag of candy corns)

and I think that's it? I was really eager to try a recees peanut butter cup since I hadn't had one in YEARS, so I broke one of the minis in half and really took my time to uncover what made it so great.

Recees: Really rich and creamy. I can taste more peanut butter in it now than I used to be able to. Like a stronger peanut taste. I think that might just be me tho. The chocolate is really fatty and milky, I can taste the texture, and it leaves my mouth raw. I dunno, I wasn't as impressed as I thought I'd be. It was kind of sad.

I also ate half of a mini mini 3 muskateers. I think I'm more fond of these. It's just SUGAR straight to the mouth. They're harder to savor tho. Tasty, I'll admit. But before dieting I was never a fan of this candy. ???

I also uncovered that candy corns when paid attention to have a strong dye flavor to them. That food coloring tastes chemicaly. Wasn't aware of that before... but I do want them as a treat on halloween still :)

Yesterday I saved 150 of my calories so I could share a chocolate chocolate old fashioned donut with Ezra. I actually got to eat an entire HALF donut for that. I took each piece: bread. frosting. bread with frosting. It's all amazing, isn't it? But I sat back, sighed, and fingered the donut piece by piece until it was gone. Every second relaxed me :) Ezra was done with his half quick, and I told him it was too bad he didnt take his time because I can still taste mine :)

Scale is back down to 120.0. :) Hopefully it stays! Stay put pounds. We have a Friday Free Day to attend :)

Thanks Gallbladder - I Now Hate You
Oct 11 2008 07:19

So I found a list of foods that should and shouldn't set off my gallbladder.

Foods I CAN'T eat:

Eggs, pork, onion, fowl, milk, coffee, oranges, grapefruit, corn, beans, nuts, in that order.
Trans fats
Hydrogenated, partially-hydrogenated oils
Margarine
Fried Foods
Saturated fats
(even coconut oil until feeling better)
Red meats
Dairy products
Coffee, regular or decaf
Chocolate
Ice cream
Black tea
Alcohol, beer, wine, liqueur
Fruit juice
Carbonated water
Tap water
Raddishes and turnips
Cabbage, cauliflower
Colas and all sodas
Oats (for some people)
Wheat
Barley
Rye (although the sour German ryes seem to be less troublesome)
All legumes (beans) as they tend to increase the cholesterol in the bile.

Avoid all artificial sweeteners, sugar, preservatives, refined and bleached foods (like white flour)
Many steamed greens like collard, mustard and kale, also brussel sprouts and broccoli seem to be a problem for some people.

So, basically thats my current diet. I can eat chicken? Greattt!

Foods I CAN eat:

Beets
Cucumbers
Green beans - are NOT the same as dried
Okra
Sweet potatoes
Avocados - a good way to get needed fats directly from food
Vinegars all types
Garlic and onions help with liver cleansing but not processed types like flakes or powder. But some people have trouble digesting them so pay attention
Shallots
Tomatoes - ripe
cold water fish
Lemons (lemon juice in the morning with hot water helps to clean the liver)
Grapes and fresh organic grape juice
apples, berries, papaya, pears
Omega 3 oils like flax or hemp. Use these with fresh lemon juice or vinegar on your salads. DO NOT COOK flax oil.

In green is what I DO like out of that list. I don't eat fish, not a fan of onions, or tomatoes. I'm going to have a hard time figuring out food :(

Ideas?

I went out and had a jerk chicken salad with some corn bread last night. Figured if it killed me, it killed me. I stayed away from the chips I really wanted to order. Had a cookie after my meal while walking around the mall. Came home SO nauseous and sick I just went to sleep. In the middle of the night, I woke up with gallbladder pain. Today, my stomach is just 'off'.

Ah I want more sleep.

Pancakes!
Oct 05 2008 08:16

Delicious pancakes. I made them all by myself. You must be proud. The pancakes I was previously making were coming out dense, but I FINALLY figured out how to make these ones all big and fluffy for right around 200 cals. I don't know how to calculate some of this stuff.

Here's the deal:

1/2 cup minute oats (150 cals)

2 tablespoons wheat flour (??? cals)

2 tablespoons egg beaters (??? cals)

3 packets Splenda (0 cals)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp Cinnamon (0 cals)

2 tablespoons Skim Milk (??? Cals)

3/4 cup water or just enough to cover oats (0 cals)

Mix! Here's the secret. Microwave mixture for 20 seconds. Stir. Microwave for another 30 seconds (the edges may get kinda thick). Mix all the mixture together. It should be batter like. Add in a tablespoon of baking powder. Stir. It should start fluffing up!

Pour on a lightly sprayed pan. Cook like regular pancakes. mmm. Eat with sugar free syrup if ya want. But these are my new favorite low cal Saturday/Sunday morning breakfast.

I got my donut
Sep 10 2008 12:37

*sigh* I feel like I robbed a bank or something. Maybe more like buying condoms for the first time. Excited, but you know the sex isn't going to be THAT good, but it's just something you NEED to do. Dang donut.

So it's sitting here. It doesn't smell as amazing as I thought it would, or should. It smells really buttery, and I picked the one with the most chocolate.

69 cents for such a sinful breakfast. The lady asked if it was "all" I wanted. Yes. I told her I woke up just wanting a donut. She said "well good for you!" Not sure what that was supposed to mean. I wonder what kind of people normally walk up and buy donuts. Normal people I'm assuming.

Maybe I'll take a picture of it before I eat it, to remind myself that this probably won't be as good as I'm anticipating.

Apartments. Oi!
Sep 02 2008 07:52

It's been a busy/non busy weekend. I'm sore from head to toe (not just from exercise but mostly from MOVING) and exhausted both mentally and physically. I didn't manage to get my box spring and 2 couches with me to the new place. We're still in the middle of moving everything over. We might need to find someone with a truck, or rent one, to get the rest of my things over. Other than that, I have a TON of little things that I still need to keep, but they don't have a defined spot. They've just been up in closets or in drawers.

*humph*

I'm really enjoying the new place, the ONLY thing I don't like is that the people that live above us have an abusive relationship. It was about 12am when I heard a girl screaming "dont touch me, let go of me" all loud, and then some stomping, a door slam, and a car engine take off. Oi oi oi! Then I guess the guy decides to come back at around 2am to where you hear bickering, more stomps, and then it finally got quiet. Ah. Man. I hope they don't fight too much. That was the first time that happened. Sunday night (as expected due to labor day) there was a get together on the other side of our wall with girls laughing and whatnot. No biggy with that one. That's pretty standard.

It's so weird living in such close quarters with other people. I grew up in a house house. Then to a fourplex. I'm getting used to the walking above, but stomping is a litttttle hard to ignore. I'm also getting used to hearing the AC come on in other peoples apartments (you can hear the wa wa noise) and others water running for showers because the pipes are in the walls. I'm not saying the walls are thin, just that this one particular couple is not having a good time :)

On the scale front, I'm up 4-5 pounds since last Friday. Meh. Life happens. I enjoyed myself and had a really good chicken sandwich and fries from Red Robin, shared coldstone with Ezra, and the night before (after hardly eating anything all day mind you) had chinese food with about a cup of white rice. mmm rice.

But I figured I moved around enough to counteract it. I went up and down those stairs at least 15 times a day, and the stairs at work. My body is purely exhausted.

Alright gotta run. People are rolling in here ;) Time to learn something new.

HAIR! - A new beginning, a new style
Aug 11 2008 18:24

Ah I just got my hair chopped off ;)

It's cute, but it's def something I'm going to have to get used to. Wee.

Brownies
Jul 28 2008 13:24

Okay so Little Debbie was my friend for many many years until we had a fight back in July of 2005, and our friendship was over.

When I saw these boxes of  100 calorie brownies, I thought our love could be re-kindeled. Little did I know LITTLE debbie was not lying.

Are you serious? 100 calories for a waxy piece of brownie that is THAT small?

Needless to say I trashed the box. I'll stick to the good stuff called guaradillis ;)

5pm
Jul 11 2008 08:19

I'm sleepy, I feel sick, and I'm at work.

Is it 5 yet?

Happy 2 years to me!
Jul 09 2008 08:18

Ah back down to 122. We're getting there. I told ya I'm like a camel. I soak up tons of water when I over eat on the weekends. Alcohol especially.

Alright gotta get back to work.  Big brother is watching.

PS: Today, July 9th, marks my 2 years of calorie counting. <3 awww.