UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish’s Comments (group member since Feb 24, 2010)

UniquelyMoi ~ BlithelyBookish’s comments from the Happily Ever After Cafe group.

Here's the thing about dieting. Most everyone will tell you it doesn't work because when you diet, it's temporary. It's making long lasting life changes you can live with that will work.

My husband, skinny bastard that he is, thinks being skinny means healthy. WRONG! You still have to eat the right foods to be healthy!!!

I have a son, Pamela, who sounds like your daughter, but his foods are chicken nuggets, peanut butter sandwiches, cheese pizza, steak, shake and bake pork chops, corn on the cob and bacon. That's it. Try to feed him anything else and he looks at you like you asked if you could microwave his penis.

I've had that problem too, Ann. I've started making a list and sticking to it. I mean, I'd rather not have to be responsible for what I eat, but my body just doesn't work that way so I had to make changes, know what I mean?

Ann, I know what you mean, but for me, I can't stand up long enough to cook. When I know I'm on my own, I'll have roast beef sandwiches. I love those with wheat bread! Roast beef, lettuce or alfalfa sprouts, tomato, a little mayo and pepper... sometimes some swiss cheese... those are my healthy standby meals. Also, I've added some of the Lean Cuisines to my freezer and if I've waited too long to eat and I'm starving, I nuke one of those really fast rather than eat things that would be far less good for me.

Carolyn! LOL I always say I want a little potato with my butter and sour cream! LOL So see, it's the same for me, it's the whole butter/sour cream to potato ratio... and by having less potato and eating the skin which I love the most and is healthier for me too, I'm still getting what I like the best!

That's how I used to eat too, Carolyn. Potatoes and breads are my weeknesses... all starches! I started buying more fresh veggies that I like and eating them first. That starts me filling up. Then the protein, and lastly, I still get some starchy heaven, but in lesser quantity!

And I love baked potatoes, especially the skin. BUT, I love them slathered in butter and sour cream, so what I've started doing with those is that I scoop out half of the potato flesh and then I can still have a good bit of butter and sour cream on the skins and I'm saving about 1/2 because I'm not also having the same on the flesh of the potato. Make sense? LOL

And one thing I've noticed besides the weight loss is WHERE I'm losing it. In the past when I just cut out fat and sweets, I lose it on top. But when I started eating this way, I started losing it on my bottom first. I read that different people gain weight in different places based on what they eat. Maybe just a coincidence, but just yesterday my daughter commented that we need to take in the waist band on my pants. Several pair, in fact.

My body is so messed up that anything I do hurts. But I've lost about 20 lbs in the past 3 months by eating better.

At home, I always take a double portion of veggies and eat those first, then the protein then the starch. When we're eating out, like fast food, I always get chicken salads or hamburgers, flame broiled, no mayo or cheese. It seems to be working! Maybe if I get enough weight off, I'll be able to move easier, with less pain.

I found a great office chair at Costco. It's sturdy, nicely padded, and has a seat big enough to accommodate my fanny and the "wide load" sign that goes with it!

Thank you, Pamela! What a great idea!!

Please enter me in the drawing as well.

I hope your shoulder feels better soon, Pamela!!! *hugs*

The story is seeming very familiar to me. I bet I read it before, too.

Ann wrote: "it has been a while since I read it but I liked it."

Carolyn F. wrote: "Me too Ann, I looked at my rating to see what I thought about the book and I gave it 4 stars."

Are you talking about I think part of my problem is I can't focus with all the distractions going on here.

Carolyn F. wrote: "That's why my library books are sticky! I'm going to start wearing gloves.
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Good thing I didn't tell you what else I do with them, isn't it? LOL

I know what you mean though. I've gotten library books with those plastic covers on them and brought them home and clorox wiped them. LOL

Me too, Pamela! I love the feel of a book in my hands and the ability to lick the cover if the model is extremely sexy. I'd worry about damaging the screen if I tried that with an ereader.

Ann wrote: "does anyone have a Kendal? I'm thinking of getting one but not sure."

Do you mean the Kindle eReader?

I'm struggling through

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! That's great!!!

A woman and a baby were in the doctor's examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby's first exam.

The doctor arrived, and examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little concerned, asked if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed.

"Breast-fed," she replied.

"Well, strip down to your waist," the doctor ordered.

She did. He pinched her nipples, pressed, kneaded, and rubbed both breasts for a while in a very professional and detailed examination.

Motioning to her to get dressed, the doctor said, "No wonder this baby is underweight. You don't have any milk."

"I know," she said, "I'm his Grandma, but I'm damn glad I came."

We can all use a good laugh from time to time so if you have a good joke, feel free to share with us!

I just finished and now I need to figure out what has to be read next for the challenges.

Ann wrote: "you are so lucky, all my grand kids are in England."

Oh, I'm so sorry. I can't imagine what it would be like not to have my grandbabies so close. *hugs*