Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
What are you doing/eating today? Memorial Day! - No seriously...we can be accountable today. Really! I'm about to go out and take a walk around the lake. I love living in this neighborhood! After that I'm going to clean up ...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
It's not in my stomach. It's in my HEAD. - So I've posted over the last few days I've been dealing with a stomach bug. It is in these moments that food addicts become most keenly aware of the inner workings of their addi...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
Miranda's Big Phat Adventure Episode #29 -  If you thought the ending to last week's episode was disturbing, wait until you read this week's episode. There's cause for concern, real concern. This is a "you pick what happ...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
What's for dinner - Thursday!!!!!!!!! -  LJ will love this one as we may be having the same dinner. To document the oft-frowned upon meal that I love…shrimp and eggs, I am having it for dinner tonight. Look fo...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
Poll: Vets...do you defy convention? - This one is a bit of a strange question when you think about it but I think it’ll make sense as people answer it. I don’t expect a huge response but for those who do re...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
Maryland folks - are we still meeting this weekend - Planning out my weekend and am wondering. Are we still meeting up?

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
OT - Feeling grateful for family today - When my mom died, one thing I wondered about is the relationship with my stepdad. My mom and stepdad were married 6 years and in that time we bonded, but you never really know what...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
Why I love "haters" - This is yet another “things my mom/grandma taught me.” I said this in response to another post but I wanted to say it more widely. This was in response to the blocking/b...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
My "kick arse" vegetarian chili - This idea isn't exactly original but I think most folks think when you make something vegetarian, the protein suffers as a result. While I took ONE measure to ensure my chili has l...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
OT - Murdering your realtor in your head isn't ill - This house just will. Not. Go. AWAY!!! So my realtor…let’s just call him Joe Idiot. So Joe Idiot emails me this morning quite perturbed that the mortgage company ...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
So what's for dinner? - Right now I am sitting in my dining room, which is the only fully furnished room in the house, typing those note to you. As I am doing so I am trying NOT to fume over the fact that...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
What are you eating/doing today? Tuesday - Me? Probably not much. I got a 24 hour stomach bug and so the worst is over but my digestive system is clearly not happy. Today I am at home and resting. Yesterday was HORRIBLE....

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
The definition of "empty calories" -  Per Google, but I find it to be a good, easy to understand explanation: " Calories derived from food containing no nutrients." So...when your surgeon says protein shakes are...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
What's for dinner - Friday! - Starting the thread early because I'm leaving work early today. I'll explain why in a sec.  So...this has been a good day. Let's just review, shall we: 1. Didn't get into thi...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
A lunch so pretty I have to share... -  In a photo. But believe me if I could teleport you all this salad I would. It's THAT good! From the Thai place down the road. I needed a nice, relaxing al fresco lunch. So that's ...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
Super Random Poll o' the Week - I am bored as HELL! Neither of my supervisor's is here today. There are no emergencies happening in the world (thank God...well there is a food crisis and drought in West Africa bu...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
Where's Charlie? - Ok, this is just randomness, but Charlie I was thinking of you and didn't see you yet today. I hope you are off baking something yummy, which is what I am imagining you are doing. ...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
What's for dinner - Thursday!!!!!!!!! - Tonight…FOR ONCE…I know what I am eating for dinner. Let me just say that I have a dinner “mind block.” It’s not that I don’t believe in the me...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
OT - Who do I know in Dallas? -  I've been looking at the Obesity Action Coaltion Conference in October. Looks pretty informative. I still plan to come to OH Conference in the beginning of the month BUT the semin...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
Cool info-graphic: what is really making you fat -  From:  http://blog.massivehealth.com/infographics/tale_of_two_meals/  

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
What's for dinner - Wednesday! - I am soooooo ready for life to feel normal. I’m working on it, peeps. I’m working on it! So dinner tonight. Not sure. We don’t have a microwave so up unti...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
For Paul and other runners - I get all sorts of fun assignments on my job. Today's challenge is helping one of our staff members named Paul. Paul is an ultra-marathon runner. His latest run will be the Gobi Ma...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
The point of this surgery/process -  Even you new-newbies, no doubt, have more sense in your pinkie finger than I had in my entire being when I first started this process, but I just thought of another thing I wish s...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
OT: Exciting news!!! - My mom's Bassett Hound gave birth to her puppies last night! I don't know a lot of the details as this all came via a phone call from my stepdad in the middle of the night, but whe...

Cleopatra_Nik posted a discussion topic 12 years, 5 months ago
What's for dinner - Tuesday! -  What. The. ELL!!!! (no, that wasn’t a typo)   I am hella-supa-dupa-SUPA hungry today! Yikes.   I got so hungry this afternoon that I did something I rarely do. I tappe...
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01/08/2008
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