Am I the only one here who isn't into cookware?!?
 

For my wedding (almost five years ago already!) I asked for TOWELS. I'm a towel freak. :lol:

Mel - I must admit to being a former QVC junkie... ;) I used to watch it ALL the time...this was around 4 years ago I think. I ordered sooo much stuff...I lived for 9:00 pm when the "Today's Special Value" would first appear (on the West Coast that is). My favorite QVC 'shows': AM/PM Style (do they still have that cute girl - I think her name was Lisa - doing those shows?); Denim & Co.; In the Kitchen with Bob; and those Breyer horse shows (I used to collect those Breyer horses back when I was a kid...no room now :( besides those models cost a mint nowadays!).

Speaking of horses...glad y'all liked the Swayze pic...from all I've heard, he's a great guy (I heard this from my sister and BIL, who met him while he was filming "Letters from a Killer" in Ione - before breaking both his legs...) and his wife Lisa is a super sweetie! Maybe I'll run into him at a horse show one of these days...

There is a rather interesting story behind that photograph...from one of the horse boards I frequent...

So much for crazy Arabian stallions!!

Meek wave!
 

Hello all,

I thought I'd peek in here since I hardly ever post with you guys. You're all such an inspiration. I still such a newbie to the whole weightlifting thing.

Robin - I caught the Director of our Non-Profit (the BIG WIG) stealing my lunch for a VIP that was visiting. I was so livid I lit into her like nobody's business. Her response was, "Well, you're name wasn't on it." My response was, "Did you bring it in? Was your name on it? Then it wasn't yours! Grow up!" I was very angry because I thought I was an adult now and didn't have to worry about people stealing my lunch.

Deb - I'll trade you one wicked step mother for yours. She's 29. Gotta love a step mom only 2 years older than me. :rolleyes:

I think I'm going to start swimming again. I used to swim on a team in high school but stopped once I got into college because I wasn't good enough to compete.

I have a human society walkathon this saturday (I'm even skipping my philosophy class to do it). I'm very excited and one of my dogs is going to accompany me. Woo hoo!

Ahem! Goddess Jessica!
 

Since when do goddesses do anything "meekly?" :lol: Seems to me that a goddess should be imperial or regal or supercilious or something other than "meek" ... :D

Now that you are a Lady Who Lifts, you have to jump up and down and wave your arms over your head to catch our attention (the better to work those triceps, ya know ....)

Meg

Hello girls!! :wave:

Contacts v. glasses Because of the Keratoconus I have, eyes are a very sensitive issue for me.... In hindsight I would never ever tamper with my eyes, whatsoever, whether it is wearing contact lenses or laser surgery (there is NO WAY I would ever get the surgery, although I CAN’T). Eyes are just too sensitive an area to play around with. I presently wear gas permeable contact lenses, not by choice, but because this is the only type of lenses, I can wear, and glasses aren’t even an option because I can’t see with them at all....Here is the link to a site I visit frequently: http://www.kcenter.org/news/what_is_keratoconus.html Don’t read the whole thing but just the first few paragraphs to give you an idea..... It’s truly a disease that is a pain in the butt!! Also in a few years, I will need a corneal transplant... FUN!!

Karen I don’t think the cornea can thicken, but I will ask my specialist next time I see him, I’m curious myself... Karen fear not I am NOT into cookware either, although I love to cook..... I had no idea what All-Clad was either, I was going to ask the question, BUT today I saw some in a specialty boutique my Mom and I went into.... It is really nice stuff, but........ don’t think I would ever spend that kind of money on cookware, but there are plenty of other things I would spend my money on...:lol:
Oh and Karen the Swayze pic..... Yikes!!!

JEC Nice to see you come up for air!!

Paula Welcome!! And Congrats on your new additions, how exciting it is....keep us posted... I’m with Meg... Don’t think about it ... Just Do It!!! ”Lifestyle” is the key word here....

Meg -- Do you have a specific recipe for your BBQ sauce? Tonite I made some broccoli in a way that I haven’t done in ages, and it was delish and extremely easy and quick. It’s a recipe I found in a Prevention mag years ago by Dr. Weil..... I love that guy!

Broccoli:

Bunch of broccoli
¼ c. water
1 T. olive oil
¼ tsp or to taste hot pepper flakes
pinch of salt
fresh garlic cut in large chunks or dry flakes

In a pot bring water, oil , pepper, salt and garlic to a boil, add broccoli and cover tightly, take off the stove, and let sit for 5 minutes.

Try it!! You like it!! :lol:

My friend has a great Marinara sauce, I will get the recipe from her and post it in the recipe section.... she adds capers and black olives I think to hers ....

Adrianna -- I had to get the carpal tunnel surgery on both hands a few years ago... They are fine now but if I used the mouse and click, too much in a sitting I still get achy.... I was to the point that I could not feel the weights in my hands anymore.... Very scary in the gym when you have 35-40 lb and are doing dumbbell presses!!!

Deb Hope the boss give you more hours!! Good vibes going your way on the new job prospect too...

Well I guess I’ve babbled long enough.... Had an EXCELLENT food day, 50,30,20 on the nose almost... and the EDT workout was PERFECT too....

Later all....

Hey guys,

Well this week I thought that I could get more mouse time on here but it looks like it ain't going to happen in the end. My Dad is sick - his cancer has flared back up again and things are tough right now. I may have to go to Melbourne to see him before things get worse. Sorry to be a bummer.....

Take care everyone

JC

JC!! Hope you're Dad's okay!!! I know we're all thinking of you!! :grouphug: :(

Ilene - actually my optometrist didn't exactly SAY it would happen...but I wear (or was wearing :) ) gas-perm lenses which are basically a hard lens...eww...I would love to be able to wear those disposable ones. One of the reasons I DON'T wear contacts more often is having to disinfect and clean those things. Glasses, well, you just take off and polish 'em a bit. Anyway, he didn't hold out much hope, but said it was worth a shot - to wear my contacts as little as possible and see if my corneas improved. I know at least 4 people right off the bat - including my mom and my boss - who have had the surgery and don't regret it for a second! They've been doing it so long that they've got it down (yup, I know there's errors made sometimes...but the success % is VERY high). I remember the first article I read about eye surgery, it was RK back then, where they basically used a scalpel and cut the eye up like an orange...it was an article in Health Magazine about the surgeon in Russia who had like an assembly line going...pretty scary let me tell you! :yikes:

Another PERFECT day...even with getting up at 3 am this morning! But nice and quiet in the gym...just about five other people on the second floor (where I spend most of my time). I can already feel myself fading...

YOU GUYS ARE ON A COOKWARE AND COOKING JAG AND YOU'RE ALL MAKING ME VERY, VERY HUNGRY...fortunately just in time for Meal #5 so I'm going to EAT!!!

:s:

JC - Prayers are with you and your Dad.....

JC -- my prayers for your father and your family during these difficult times.

ILENE -- thank you for sharing your carpel tunnel experience with me. i know a few people who've had the surgery, with different results. i'm nowhere near needing any kind of surgery and i'm going to do my best to keep away from it for the rest of my life :eek:

KAREN -- a 3am workout is incredible dedication !! thanks for the tid-bit on the picture :D

COOKWARE -- uuuugggghhhhh !! i've been cooking for too many people for too many years and the thought of cookware and/or cooking makes me nauseous !! i do like to cook, but who cares what i cook it in? whatever i cook comes out good ;) i'm not sure at all that highly expensive cookware actually makes food taste better; i've got some SUPER expensive stuff in my kitchen and food comes out exactly the same as it does in the super-duper cheap stuff that i've bought at the big markets in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. it's more a matter of the quality of the ingredients than the cookware.


no weights yesterday since the gym was closed. today i'll be doing legs and swimming afterwards :D :D they close early today because of the holiday so i should get my butt in gear here.

food has been great ! i'm happy with the way that i've been able to stick with the 40/40/20 way of eating. it really does work the best for me and it's something that is easy to follow from meal to meal.

hope you all have a wonderful wednesday :

adriana

Good morning! I was so tired last night that I hit the sheets at 8:30 PM! But it meant that I got eight hours of sleep before DH’s alarm went off, so this is almost a record — and it feels great! Note to self: sleep is good ...

Contact lenses: my interesting experience with contacts — I wore the original hard lenses, then gas perms for 30 years. When I started with the trouble reading little print (early 40s), I switched to the soft two-week disposable bifocal lenses. I LOVE them — they are much more comfortable than the gas perms and never accidentally go flying out of my eye. But the interesting thing is that apparently the hard lenses had reshaped my eye (my cornea?) and actually improved my vision because in the four months following the switch, my prescription gradually went from a -7.5 to a -9.5 (which made it **** to be able to see on a regular basis!) My ophthalmologist said that this is not unusual after wearing hard lenses for a length of time So my experience was that my eyes got worse, not better without the lenses. (keep in mind that most people are not as near-sighted as I am) (side note: DH is a –13.5!!! We never should have been allowed to marry and have — yep, you guessed it — very near-sighted children). BTW, Karen, with the two-week lenses, you don’t have to clean and disinfect — just take them out, squirt solution over, and store them until the next day, more solution, and pop them in. (I use a solution called “Complete” that does it all).

I will watch for the future All-Clad sales and let everyone know. They have one sale site at a huge racetrack (Karen can come for the horses!) near their factory in Canonsburg, but also at selected local cooking stores in the area. I would love to have all of you come to Pittsburgh for an All-Clad party! I’m with Sel and would avoid the copper — it is a huge pain to take care of. I originally got the fry and sauté pans with the nonstick interiors, but the regular finish cleans up so nicely that I’m not sure that nonstick is necessary (but they’re great for my egg whites and pancakes etc). I think that if you are into deglazing for sauces etc. you might want the regular finish. I think they’ve come out with a new line: MC2? I don’t have any experience with the Emerilware but it is cheaper.

Tidey — I really like allrecipes.com, too. They have the usual ones that use cake mix or canned soup (snob that I am, I refuse to use either) but they also have some very interesting ones. There’s one for Reese’s PB cup cookies that is one of the best cookie recipes of all time, and one called Cowboy Potatoes (I think) that everyone flips over (mashed potatoes with cheese, jalapenos, and corn). Oh, and the best biscotti recipe ever (Biscotti Toscani). Congrats on eating clean for a day — I think it gets easier as each day goes by.

My abs are totally killing me — I did them with a friend on Monday and he put me through some nasty stuff. Today is chest and abs again(!) and lots of cardio.

Later!
Meg

PS -- another great quote, Sel!

Hello girls!! :wave:

Meg -- My gosh Mel we’re in the same boat.... I too wore the original hard contact lenses for 30 years till 3 years ago when they discovered the KC... Yep my cornea was reshaped by the hard contact lenses too... but would not go back to it’s original shape when I stopped wearing them, this is when they discovered the KC... KC develops in your teens most of the time, but because I was wearing hard lenses, they were chalking up my misshaped cornea to the hard contact lenses, but in turn, the hard lenses were helping me see along because they would flatten the cone... I also attribute the KC to allergies and eye rubbing, I used to rub my eyes after taking my lenses out soooooo much, gosh, when I think about it I cringe... SO don’t rub your eyes girls, I flip-out a bit when the kids rub their eyes.... Hubby and I are both near-sighted too Mel!! DH isn’t that bad but I am terrible, and I can’t remember what my numbers are, but we have a digital clock with 3 inch numbers about 8 feet from the bed, and I cannot see it at all.... D wears glasses and S has perfect vision so far...

Karen -- The problem that I can see with the eye surgery is that they slice off some cornea, and many people at the forum of the site I visit, have had the operation and now they have KC!! Because their doctors didn’t see the thinning cornea, and KC develops after the operation..... I also wonder what will happen with most folks who have had this operation when they are in their 60’s and cataracts develop and they have a thinner than normal cornea. But the technology by then will be so advance that I suppose it will be just fine....
Karen are you almost done CKD? How did it go? Let us know enquiry minds wanna know!!
AND, where are those pics of your new and improved butt and legs??? :lol:

I didn’t go to the gym this morning, the EDT program I am following you need to take a break so I take mine on Wednesday, but I have Yoga tonight and I always enjoy that... Also if the weather can clear up I will go biking...

Later all have a good day...

JC i'm really sorry to hear about your dad. What kind of cancer does he have? My dad had colon cancer, fought it for 6years. Hoping your dad will remain strong..

Mrs. J, YES Lisa is still on the Q. Confession time..on weekends I watch the shopping channels off and on, infomericals and FootNetwork. :) me bad.

Thanks for all the info on All-Clad and other cookware. I'm going to buy a set after I get a few things done on my house, I want to put it on the market and sell it. 'fingers crossed'

day 3 of 13wk harcore eating. So far so good..

You're scaring me! :fr: I rub my eyes like crazy everytime I take my contacts out! I know it's not a good idea, but I can't help it. They're so uncomfortable! How do you stop?

I wore the original hard contacts, too, but not for 30 years. There was a long break in there when I wore glasses. I've worn gas permeable contacts for maybe 5 years. I'd love something more comfortable-like disposables, but it sounds like these are best for me since I'm blind a bat.

OMG....I just got as call from Dept. of Children & Families... think good thoughts! I've got to call them back!

Deb

OMG !! Deb, DON'T DON'T rub your eyes!!! Try cold compresses that relieves the itch sometimes... I use Alcon Tears Naturale Forte, I think the itching is sometimes caused by dryness, before bed I also put some Tear-Gel by Novalis.... I presently wear GP lenses too... I clean my GP's several times/day I cannot tolerate ANY mineral deposits on my lenses... This disease causes EXCESIVE dryness, EXCESSIVE sensitivity to light, even on cloudy days I wear sunglasses... People must think, I think I'm cool or something...:lol: I've even seen myself wear sunglasses at night because the car lights coming towards the car are too bright... BUT I haven't done that in a long time....

OK, I'm gonna go now and SHUT my BIG mouth before I scare you too much.... Just don't rub your eyes...

Later...

P.S. Deb : GOOD LUCK!!

JC, you are in my prayers,

i did NOT know that rubbing your eyes is bad. i am a rubbin FOOL during allergy season, but that stops NOW.

and if I hadn't learned from this site, I would have thought that All-Clad was some kind of support bra.

I worked back and triceps yesterday and for the first time, did SKULL CRUSHERS. I did both arms simultaneously for the warm-ups and then did them one arm at a time with the heavier weight. It was way cool and I did not bust my head.

My mom used to watch the QVC channel but we banned her from buying anything off of TV after a delivery guy showed up with a set of rings she purchased. Y'all know the ones where they say for just 19.95 you too can get this exquisitely cut DIAMANOID and fool all of your friends. Gotta love her!

Tika!!! I thought it was a BRA too....:lol: :lol: :lol: .... TOO funny!!!

Congrats on your new PB !!

Yes I agree this site is great, I learn something every single day here...