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Originally Posted by showgirlaz
I hope other people like the recipes too. I know my teriyaki is more in the category of authentic Japanese (a sweetened, seasoned, soy) and not the thick style. It could be thickened but I need to find out if we are allowed to use arrowroot powder or agar powder on this plan. It is also possible to thicken with frothy egg whites which makes it stick better if you are barbcueing/grilling but it is a bit trickier and has to be done just before you put the sauce to the meat.
Sounds like a nice weekend! I hope you have a great week! I weigh in tomorrow morning. I am not too hopefully only because I started my monthly and it always causes me to weigh heavier for about 10 days. This is going to be effected and maybe next week a tiny bit. OH WELL. It is just part of it I guess!
On the positive side.... I got into a dress today that I haven't been able to slide over my hips, neither up nor down, for 10 years!! OMG! That felt so good! I remember the day I bought that dress and I felt so large then. It is a size 14. Just this summer I was wearing size 20! It is amazing to be back into things from so long ago. It was my dress for my sisters wedding, I almost didn't go because I felt so very fat and ugly and unable to find anything suitable. At the last moment it was found, it is classicly tailored and I felt comfortable. I have hung on to it because I knew what I weighed back then and hoped I could get back there one day. Today was that day and it was such a relief, a giant sigh, a giggle, and tears all happened at once. It is weird to feel like you are "unwrapping" yourself!
That is so awesome that you were able to fit into that dress. And just think, in a few weeks it'll probably look like a tent on you!
I just started a box of clothes to donate because they're too big for me, which now has 6-7 pairs of pants in it, two of which I got from Goodwill as "transitional" pants. I tried on a pair that was starting to get a little snug on me at Thanksgiving, right before I started IP... and I seriously felt like Jared from the Subway commercials, pulling the front away from me and seeing how much space there was!
This week is "rush" week for the pharmacy fraternities at Mercer, so Friday night I went out to one of the parties at a sports bar. I did break down and have a drink, but it was just a dirty martini and I took a carb blocker right before. They had some amazing looking spinach and artichoke dip, chips and guac, chicken tenders, grilled veggie wraps... I hadn't eaten since lunch before going, so I just took a few of the veggie wraps and threw out the tortillas, and scraped the breading off of a chicken tender. I got a few confused looks, but the compliments I received on how good I looked while dancing totally made it worthwhile. You know something's changed when straight guys in your class actually come up to you to ask if you've lost weight!