Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

[debbatx]

Yeah, DH and I used to pack the food down. I finally realized that one serving was a reasonable WW points number, but eating half of a recipe for 4? Notsomuch. Now that Reid is really starting to eat "big people" food, I give myself a serving, he gets about half a serving or less (depending on what it is), and it's up to DH to figure out how much he's going to eat. He's a grown-up. I can't control what he eats, or how much of it he eats.

[Magic Microbe]

ooooh i made a good pad thai recipe! you can use it as a starting point http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=14784.0

my DH can eat a whole cheesecake, like a COSTCO one and not gain a lb. I look at it and i gain five. I do not even really care for cheesecake, yeah it is yummy, but birthday cake is where it is at

Interestingly that is pretty close to the one I used. Mine had vinegar (I used cider vinegar), sugar, fish sauce, and chili paste in it. It just tasted nothing like the pad thai I can get at a restaraunt.

[onawhim]

Interestingly that is pretty close to the one I used. Mine had vinegar (I used cider vinegar), sugar, fish sauce, and chili paste in it. It just tasted nothing like the pad thai I can get at a restaraunt.

needs tamarind

[merigayle]

Interestingly that is pretty close to the one I used. Mine had vinegar (I used cider vinegar), sugar, fish sauce, and chili paste in it. It just tasted nothing like the pad thai I can get at a restaraunt.

i would use rice vinegar.

Meri- did we get an update on your bloodwork?

yep, i sat in the lab for an hour and had to leave, i have an appt tomorrow to go. i almost passed out from the fasting and cried the whole way to work on Friday

[Magic Microbe]

i would use rice vinegar.

I used some but I ran out. 

[Magic Microbe]

needs tamarind

That is what I saw in most of the recipes but it is not something I have.

[Run Amok]

That is what I saw in most of the recipes but it is not something I have.

It's the key flavor that you are missing. You can usually find it at health food stores or a specialty asian store. You might even be able to find it in the asian section of your regular grocery- my safeway sells it.

[hally]

Stuff like that I leave to the people that know how to make it. The Thai restaurant.
I love those spicy noodles but they are freshly made and you can't really store them.
I asked where they got them and they told me they get them every day in Elmhurst (neighborhood in Queens) fresh.
It's cheap enough to order from them.

[Ice Cream]

needs tamarind

yes, the key ingredient.  I had to drive 60 miles to find some.  Here is rural no man's land, forget it.

[debbatx]

Asian-marinated flank steak tonight for dinner, with basmati rice and some veggie stir-fry. Yum! One portion was just fine, even though I probably could have eaten the whole thing.

Oh, and a glass of red wine.

[merigayle]

today was just ok. DH brought home locally made ice cream and him and DD (who i told him i did not want to eat dairy!!!) ate two bowls each. I had two tastes, and that was it. It was beyond delicious. Tomorrow is the bloodwork, god willingly, and i cannot get the results fast enough. Gotta also make my appt at the midwife for my annual. I just could not bring myself to eat a salad for lunch today.

[Ergonomic Mouse]

...and I'm sick.



I kind of felt it coming on the last day or so...head cold. I am cramming vitamin c in hopes that it will go away. I am sniffling and coughing. (hopefully it is just a small cold.)
fuck

[Run Amok]

noooooooooooooooo

[debbatx]

Oh, no! Feel better fast, Mouse - can you get your hands on some Cold-Eeze? I swear that stuff helps.

[Run Amok]

Good god. I am one big fat craving tonight! 

[debbatx]

Awwww.  I'm all hormonal, but I'm also having allergy issues (eff you, oak trees!), and that's keeping me from being too hungry, I think. But my boss's boss had her tonsils out just before spring break and she was whining today (in a nice way, I like her a lot) about not being able to eat anything because she doesn't like sweet stuff and has a hard time with dairy, so she couldn't have ice cream, and she doesn't like popsicles, because her teeth are cold sensitive... so in the week and a half since her surgery, she's lost 18 pounds.

I was like, I'd GAIN 18 pounds if I had an excuse to eat nothing but ice cream and popsicles, and wait, maybe I need to just get my tonsils out instead of a lap-band or gastric bypass...

[Run Amok]

Has she never head of a smoothie!?

[Bolloxd]

Mouse - I really hope the weather holds out for you and the cold stays at bay!
meri - I hope you have no problems getting the blood work done tomorrow. 

So, I decided I'll definitely be sticking to my current weight and NOT bulking up again.    I went clothes shopping today and it was very successful!  I got both kids their entire summer wardrobe - since it has been in the 80s and none of us have summer clothes!  I *may* have gotten 5 pairs of shoes for Rachel...    I couldn't resist plus they were on sale.  I also got quite a few clothes for me, so I can't gain the weight back!  The best part is they were from a consignment shop or marked down at TJMaxx.   

With all the shopping I missed my run again.  Urgh.  Really, honestly, will do it tomorrow... I think.

[debbatx]

Has she never head of a smoothie!?

Hah! Probably not - I am in no way judging her, since I'm in the same boat, but she absolutely has 18 pounds and more to lose. I wouldn't be at all surprised if a smoothie had never even occurred to her. When I'm not focusing on what I'm eating, they don't occur to me, either.

[seattlegirl]

I had a pizza-related victory - we ordered in, and we made a HUGE salad to eat before we had pizza, so the pizza portions were small and not out of control.