Haven’t had anything real exciting happen in the past couple of days. However, I thought I’d document some of my happenings throughout Corvallis. On a sidenote I’ve had two really good days eating. Meaning that yesterday I was on program. Today I snacked a bit, tracked everything, but stopped from binging and will be exercising [...]
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The first Thanksgiving dinner. WOW..so much food..and yet there was another one after this.
The tablecloths were crocheted by my Great Grandmother.
Cranberry sauce. Homemade. Boil 2 c. cranberries, 1 c. white sugar, 1. c. water and boil down. The dish that these cranberries are in have had the cranberry sauce in in for over fifty years. [...]
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Then I went to my other Grandma’s house…rolly polly of food.
Turkey
Gravy. How do you make it so good Grandma? You have to boil down the liver, heart, kidneys and neck. YUMMY!
Scalloped potatoes.
Scalloped Corn. I hadn’t had it before…but it was interesting.
Sweet Potaoes mashed with brown sugar, butter and topped with marshmellows. It’s so sweet.
Stuffing.
Cornbread! Oh [...]
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It’s Thanksgiving and I am sitting here having a bit of a mental breakdown.
I want my life to be MINE. I want to do the things that I WANT TO DO.
As you know, I’ve been struggling with my weight. In the past 10 days, I’ve gone over my points and/or not stayed on my diet [...]
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I went out to lunch today with a good friend to this restaurant called Nearly Normals. They have great food, all vegetarian or vegan. Just damn good food.
Stuff squash with black beans, rice, corn and salsa. With a great salad. I actually enjoyed this food. It was totally diet friendly and amazing.
Engery Tea is what [...]
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Thought I’d continue my documentation of food…by showing the steps for making a pumpkin pie.
Pumpkin Pie Filling
1. Need to bake and/or boil a pumpkin and/or butternut squash. Peel it then mash it down so that there’s no chunks. You can simply fork it, mix it or puree it.
2. There’s about 2 1/4 c. of mashed [...]
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I went over to my Cousin’s house yesterday and hung out with his wife and two little girls. Pretty much his wife is amazing. She is the country wife to the T. She can bake anything, make candy, clean chicken coops, and ohh yes can.
Here are some pictures of the things which you, yes you [...]
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I was making vegetable soup today…a staple when I’ve eaten too much during the day and don’t really feel like dinner. My grandma goes ‘can I have some of your soup?’. To which I responded ‘it’s pretty bland, it’s really not all that great.’ Then she goes ‘food doesn’t need to have all the sparkle [...]
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I have actually lost the plot. I have had the worst week I’ve ever had in my whole entire life of eating. I mean…OMG.
I decided that I would not go to a WW meeting and weigh myself at home. So tonight I dug out my old scale that’s been through it all and has been [...]
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Today was a good day. I didn’t go to sleep until 4am and then my grandma came in ‘Michelle, are you dead to the world? It’s noon, I thought you might want to get up.’ I am glad that she woke me up. Anyways, eating a bit of roast and then piling into the truck [...]
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