Do you use instant rice or long cook?

When I make my Chicken Fried Rice I use one can of broth to 1 1/2 cups uncooked instant rice.

I don't think the Egyptian Rice is supposed to have leftover liquid. I think maybe I better just do the one can of broth and 1 1/2 cups of instant rice.

Jim is already making faces about his new recipe. When we were in the pool he smelled someone's grill. I said "I gave you a chance to say what you wanted to eat. We could have had steaks on the grill!". He laughed because he knows I'm right. We'll just have popcorn if the meal stinks!

Yeah, Kathy. I just reread your post. The recipe, though, says 4 cups (2 cans) of broth to one cup "raw" rice. My measurement are closer to yours.

Here are the shelves. Judd just took this picture:

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Kathy, tell Judd GREAT job. I have some like these in my basement and I wouldn't know what to do without them!

The shelves look really nice. Can he come do our garage next? :lol:

Vickie, I made the Egyptian Rice, and it turned out OK. It wasn't spectacular, but it wasn't gross either. I guess the word for it is plain. Of course, I had to leave out the mushrooms, so maybe that didn't help...

We did something kind of fun for leftovers Sunday. I took all the leftovers out of the fridge, and put them on appealing little plates. Then we had an "auction." I showed the item, and if you wanted it, you'd raise your hand, and you got it. Anything I knew would be popular (leftover pizza, for example) I cut into enough pieces to share. I also made sure everyone got at least one main dish and one fruit/veggie. The kids thought it was fun, and felt like they got exactly what they wanted, and I got rid of leftovers!

Angela

Angela, you are so fun!

Did you remember what kind of rice you used and whether or not you used both cans of broth? I don't want it to be soupy. I'm also adding some garlic since it sounded bland.

I used long cook rice, and followed the recipe exactly. I think for instant, I'd use the liquid/rice ratio the package suggests. Mine turned out the consistency of rice pudding, which is right, I think. You definitely don't want it soupy! Garlic would help, as would some kind of vegetable in it...

I also forgot to mention, the other day I made those ff cool whip/peanut butter things. Wow, were they good!

Angela

kathy, i have the same problem you do except i'm not at an acceptable weight. one night out of dining, etc.... and i have a big gain, too. ain't it the pits?
i used to weigh 228 so even 192 is better than that--but it's not a good place to be comfortable--and it isn't!!!! your shelves look great. tell judd "he done good."

angela, what a fantastic idea for leftovers. i'll have to do that with the grands sometime they're over.

vickie, let us know how the egyptian rice came out.

i need to go water the plants. "into the west" will be on shortly and i want to see it.

have a good evening. i'll prob be back later.

Bless you guys for helping me out! I'm going to go cook now. I'll be back later.

Hey Kath if we had a pound for every time we said that we'd be at our goals...again. Angela thanks for the understanding.....it's so hard, an everyday struggle...I am bound and determined, dag-nab-it...I have got to gtet the weight off.....it is that important to me....I am thinking I have 6 months till Christmas to accomplish this. Geez Mem Day to 4th of July to Christmas Eve....that should do it...
Angela I will tell you even though you probalby know......staying there is soooooo much harder...but hang in there....you'll do fine.....seems like you are right there with Kath and me...and probably Cher too. ..so although a awful feeling we are not alone.....we are all strugging at one point or another....again whether it is 1, 10, 50 or 100 lbs it is an everyday battle...............
and Kathy YES.......if I COULD lose a pound for every time I have said that I'd be at MY goal. I am soooooo mad at myself, having screwed up for months...and WHY????? who the :devil: knows....I should have been back to goal months ago.....but again I have a new resolve and I AM going to get there again!! I have to keep reading and reading all posts to know that I am not alone......why in the **** is this soooo hard.....ok, ok, Vickies' words..."this is how I eat" , "this is how I eat" I still plan on staying 100% all week, YES, all week in order to bask in the shear pleasure of Cold Stone Creamy's 4 pt Ice Cream Saturday Julyu 2nd.
I am bound and determined to report a LOSS Saturday....I am planning on walking on the Treadmill we have at our Clubhouse fitroom 3 times this week. Did I mention that to you all?? I forgot we had it until we all got together Friday night and it came up!! I have packed my sneaks and walkman alreay for tomorrow. As you all know the WORST time for me is coming in the door after work everyday, so my plan is to go directly to the Clubhouse Treadmill, do not pass GO, do not collect $200.00!!!!!
Ciao for now.....Linda

Kath-Judd did a GREAT job on the shelves....looks sooo good
Angela-now I cant wait to try the PNB thingys...but tonight it's your smoothie recipe
Vickie - I thought you did the Egyptian Rice already, I think I mentioned that someone else commented on it!!
Ciao for now....Linda

kathy - looks like you have some extra room on those shelves. Can I bring some stuff over??

LOL! You can't see what's still piled on the motorcycle trailer, waiting to go on the shelves! We could probably use three times that amount!

So dinner is over. I'm a little disappointed. I don't like pork chops but for some reason, I always think that THIS time I will! But I don't! So everytime I make them, I eat a bite and say yuck. Don't you think I'd learn? :lol:

Tomorrow is a new day. I must somehow get across to myself that I have no choice ... this is what I must do. I could have been to my goal months ago if I had been diligent. Now I need to figure out why I'm working so hard to sabotage myself.

Hey, everyone! Linda, I hadn't tried the Egyptian Rice before tonight. We ate it but I didn't save the leftovers. Something I hardly ever do. I added fresh mushrooms and a bunch of garlic but we still didn't like it very much. I'm so disappointed because I was trying to find an entree that didn't have tomatoes in it. My next new thing to try is Twice Baked Chicken with FF ricotta. Has anyone tried that?

Linda, Kathy, Angela, you are all doing an amazing job so just keep at it. You'll conquer those last 10ish pounds. The moment you stop caring or paying attention is when the problems will begin. I've lost the weight before and didn't keep it off. You are now dealing with the hardest part of weight loss. It almost doesn't matter which plan you pick as long as you do whatever it takes not to gain alot and to eventually lose the rest of the weight. Linda, I'm desperately trying to convince myself that this is how I eat. That's why it's better for me to stay on Core. I used to fool myself on Flex into saying that I could eat anything I wanted as long as I weighed/measure/counted. Problem is that I'd stop weighing and measuring and counting! Don't lose faith. You are all amazing and have already accomplished so much. I need you all to succeed to give me hope!

Kathy, I'll eat porkchops for you whenever you want! I'm a good little Austrian girl raised on pork! I eat porkchops about once a week, broiled, and love them.

Vickie, you are always so encouraging. I think I'll go to bed in a little while with a tablet of paper, and try to figure out what's going on. Whatever I decide to do, whichever plan I switch to (and you know I'll be switching to SOMETHING!) ... I think I'll keep it to myself for a while until I see if it'll work. Maybe you guys aren't tired of me, but I'm tired of myself. :lol: I have never been wishy-washy in my life until now.

I'll need you all to do the same for me when I get there!

And you know we will. It's the very least we can do ... my goodness, I can't imagine how I'd get thru the days if you weren't right here with constant, unconditional support.

Ok, I'm really hormonal today. You'll have me crying in a minute! I'm going to go shower now and have some popcorn. I know you'll figure out what will work for you.

OK. All this talk of being almost to goal has got me thinking. I've changed my ticker to reflect my official WW weigh-in weight, which is approximately 4-5 pounds heavier than my home scale. This way I have a more accurate weekly idea of how I'm doing.

Here's what I realized. All through my 20's, I was around 165 pounds. Now that I'm around 125, I think I'm doing great. However, my WW range is 109-131, which means I'm at the upper end of the range. I set my WW goal weight right at 131, so I'd have some "wiggle room." But I'd really like to be OFFICIALLY at 120. I think I can do it, if I can just get back that new member enthusiasm and be strict with myself again. It's like if you permit yourself just one little cheat, another one sneaks in, then another, and pretty soon you're doing it all the time without any thought at all.

I'm a little scared to try doing Core 100% again, but as I look at it, I'm more scared of how much I've slipped away from it already. So I think my challenge for this week is to pretend I'm a new member again, and be very careful about what goes into my mouth. I KNOW the program, I KNOW my weaknesses, I did it before, I can do it again.

There. Now, I need you guys to help hold me to it. :D

Angela

You said it with that "if you permit yourself just one little cheat, another one sneaks in, then another, and pretty soon you're doing it all the time without any thought at all...". And who has total control of what goes into my mouth? Only me. It's not like this is something that's being done to me, but rather something I'm doing to myself.

Hey guys. Boy you sure have been chatting without me. :D All this talk of goal-reaching makes me feel ashamed for how I've eaten this weekend. I have eaten really, really badly! But tomorrow is another day, right? As always. Maybe I should just come to terms with the fact that I am a cheater, and weekends are the times that my cheating heart goes full force. :lol: So at least I am aware, right? But I've already got my lunch and snacks packed for tomorrow, and chicken for dinner in the crockpot. I'm feeling pretty organized and ready to go. Well I'll feel like that until tomorrow I guess. :rolleyes: I am trying not to allow myself to dread going to work tomorrow.
Oh by the way, Sandra, I made the pudding pie with banana flavor and everyone seemed to like it. They all had a little piece of cake and a little of that. So it was good. Thanks!
I've got to head to bed chicks. I'll see you tomorrow.

okay, we've had a lot of beatings going on here today, haven't we? it's time to stop beating on ourselves and just keep on with the program. (easy for me to say, right?) i know. i know. i'm a big hefty so why am i giving advice? i just think we need to be proud of ourselves and to think of ourselves as winners. look at all that we've accomplished already. would a loser do that?

so what do we need to do? i don't have any secret formulas to share. i will tell you that i put a photo of what i looked like at goal on my fridge. i can see it from my place at the kitchen table. it's not there to spite me. it's there to give me focus. so far that's helping.

also, i'm writing this statement every day. "i love the way i look and feel in my size 10 clothes!" (right now i'm in 18's.) i'm programming my mind to accept the fact that i can be smaller. sometimes i think my mind doesn't want a "new me." this way there is no "new me" cuz in my mind i'm already there. does this make sense? (i got this idea from lanny bassham, an olympic gold medalist rifle shooter in his book a mental management: with winning in mind. i didn't come up with this on my own. programming our mind is about 99% of the battle.

what are the rest of you doing to help keep you motivated and heading to goal?

vickie, i made the twice baked chicken. i could taste too much egg in the ricotta cheese, so i wound up scraping it off and reheating the leftovers with bbq sauce. you might like it, though. it just reminded me too much of some of my atkins' recipes. i got totally burned out on eggs when i did atkins.

kathy, there is no way that i'm tired of you. i completely understand what you're going through. you'll figure out what's best for you. you're a smart woman and you're strong, too. there's no stopping you. from your posts here tonight i'm seeing a new dedication and "steel." you're on your way.

angela, i can feel your determination. i applaud you. that's a good idea pretending to be a new member. you'll get that spark back and lose those pounds. i am proud of you. you're very creative.

melissa, you're not a cheater. you're making a lot of really good choices. you and i weigh about the same. what do you say we get to goal together? i need your help for that.

okay, my little "cheerleader" is jumping up and down on my weight tracker. i need all of you to help me get her to the 180's soon. she's tired of jumping on 192. she's been there long enough. it's time to make a move.

have a good evening. i'll be back later to read of your successes. thank you for inspiring me to do better. i appreciate all of you soooooooo much!

I just started board #22 - let's all meet over there and keep up the great chatting. :)

Angela