The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[iammissruth]

Good Job with finding something legal AND being able to enjoy it while eating out.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

[jskm]

Thank you both for the well wishes and thanks Mike for the suggestions. Next time I'll have a couple more options.

[jskm]

Personal vent to follow. Please do not take any of the following statements seriously nor feel any need to report any of the following to the authorities. Thank you.
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Oh gods of parental wisdom please grace me with your knowledge and tell me why oh why does my child feel compelled to project every item of each and every meal as far as humanly possible and onto every object within range of his tiny arm?????? Please tell me there is a purpose. Please don't tell me he's just having fun or trying to get my attention or some other common or probably correct explanation. Please tell me it's because he's likely to be a world class olympic shot put champion, or a world series baseball pitcher, or a superbowl champion quaterback, and he needs to practice his skills early so he can someday earn me millions of dollars and each time I break my back picking his meal up off the floor I am investing in my own retirement. Please tell me that each time I scrub his splattered dining delight off of the walls and all of the furniture he could possibly hit, it is because he is destined to be some kind of artist and he is learning at an early age to express himself and that someday his works will earn me millions and again I am investing in my own retirement by killing myself cleaning this crap up. Because if I have to clean up one more splattered breakfast, lunch, or dinner off my walls I'm afraid the next thing splattered on the wall might be my child!!!!!!!


Ahhhhhhh. That's better. Thank you.

[iammissruth]

Hey Brooke, is Jack still throwing food around everywhere? It might just be a stage that he is going through and if so I hope that he breaks it soon. Patience is the only think that I can suggest to you. I am going through a stage where Makayla likes to take a bit of food and pull it back out with her hands and then put saucey handprints on everything. (I was holding her one night while (her highchair cover was being washed) dh fed her. She kept doing the pull out the food and getting her hands dirty. I said something to her and she turned around and started trying to walk up my chest. As she did, she left spaghetti sauce hand prints on my t-shirt... That was fun to clean up.....
But Jack is a little older than her and should know that he *shouldn't* do that. So I have no real suggestion for ya. I'm sorry.
I know that you had asked about the LC for crackers and what not, so here is the link.
http://www.makemethinner.com/forum/view ... hp?t=10541
and this is a link to modify it to make tortilla's
http://www.makemethinner.com/forum/view ... hp?t=11672

I hope these help and I hope that you are still with us. Sorry I haven't been around much the last few days. RL has been a little hectic. I hope that you are still going strong on MF and talk to you soon.
oh, btw, do you like the cream of brocc soup? I've tried it twice and it's too liduidy without chunks, so I'm not really enjoying. If you like it, do you want mine?

[jskm]

I'm still here! I've had a hard time getting ds to let me on here. He's suddenly decided I'm not allowed on the interent during the day, so I'm limited to nap time and after he goes to bed, and I've had an actual mission looking some stuff up for my sister the last few days. He's busy playing right now, so let's hope I can get away with a few minutes.

Funny you posted about the crackers--I just made them last night. They were good, I used the second recipe with the oats, but they took FOR-EV-ER to get crispy. I finally got impatient and turned the oven up to about 400. But they turned out very yummy! Thanks for mentioning them!

You said the soup is too liquidy without chunks--I used to have that problem, I didn't know how to mix the creamy soups. I finally stumbled onto a really old thread on here where someone (Nancy I think) told how to mix them and I have liked them so much better. These aren't her words exactly but this is how I took it and this is how it works for me: You have to add a tiny bit of water, mix it up like crazy till it's a smooth paste, then add a little bit more water, smooth paste, little bit more water, smooth paste, etc. Then once you have all your water in and it's all smooth (no lumps even before cooking), cook it, but make sure it doesn't boil! If it boils, it "cooks" the soy protein, and it will develop into slimy lumps into your soup--very gross. If you like the taste of the broccoli soup just not the consistency, this should fix it for you.

If you still want to get rid of the soup, you should totally try to trade it and get yourself something for it! I really don't eat the soup, but I'm keeping it. I found this recipe that I want to try with it, maybe you might like these too:
Broccoli Quiche Cups

1 Packet Cream of Broccoli Soup
3 egg whites
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 C steamed broccoli

Place egg whites, soup and baking powder in mixing bowl and beat well. Divide steamed broccoli equally into 3 muffin cups and pour batter over the broccoli. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes. Counts as one MF meal, 1/4 lean and 1 green serving.

[jskm]

I have to start SHARING. No really, my dh is starting Medifast! He only has about 20 lbs to lose; he really only needs to lose several inches off his waist measurement for his fitness test. Still, it will be fun I think, and a lot easier in my house around meal time!!

Although my MF will start moving a lot faster now. That's ok for now though; he will only take shakes to work, and I've been turned off shakes for awhile now, so I was wondering how I was going to get rid off my huge dutch chocolate stash. That should be no problem now. He'll go through almost a full box per day on a work day now. They should be gone in no time.

Here's to double trouble!

[jskm]

Confession time. I had an off plan deviation. It wasn't intentional, but could have easily been avoided with the smallest amount of looking up information before hand.

I was holding off on posting about it to see what the damage was going to be. It hasn't turned out to be *too* bad. I didn't really gain anything (nothing that stuck anyway), but it cost me a few days' worth of loss.

Anyway, a few days ago--I think it was Thursday--I cooked ribs. I had bought them the last payday for dh, and they were to the point where I had to either cook them or throw them out. So I cooked them. They had no visible fat on them so I figured they were probably okay to eat. That was my mistake. I didn't put any sauce on them, at least I did that right. Anyway, long story short, they weren't okay (not lean).

So, I learned this later after I woke up the next morning two pounds heavier--from 158.2 to 160.1. I woke up expecting my usual half pound loss and instead had gained. I freaked out and wondered what I did the day before, looked up everything I ate and figured it out. I tried to remain calm, told myself there were no carbs involved, just extra fat, so try to flush it out, you know. So I drank a lot of extra water all day Friday and lo and behold when I woke up Saturday I was back down to 158.2.

So I should consider myself lucky. It was a mistake that I should never have made, and since I did I'm lucky I didn't gain anything out of it. All I did was lose a couple days where I could have been losing. It's a good lesson. If I haven't had something before, I will CHECK THE LIST before I eat it. EVERY TIME.

[Sojourner]

Personal vent to follow. Please do not take any of the following statements seriously nor feel any need to report any of the following to the authorities. Thank you.
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Oh gods of parental wisdom please grace me with your knowledge and tell me why oh why does my child feel compelled to project every item of each and every meal as far as humanly possible and onto every object within range of his tiny arm?????? Please tell me there is a purpose. Please don't tell me he's just having fun or trying to get my attention or some other common or probably correct explanation. Please tell me it's because he's likely to be a world class olympic shot put champion, or a world series baseball pitcher, or a superbowl champion quaterback, and he needs to practice his skills early so he can someday earn me millions of dollars and each time I break my back picking his meal up off the floor I am investing in my own retirement. Please tell me that each time I scrub his splattered dining delight off of the walls and all of the furniture he could possibly hit, it is because he is destined to be some kind of artist and he is learning at an early age to express himself and that someday his works will earn me millions and again I am investing in my own retirement by killing myself cleaning this crap up. Because if I have to clean up one more splattered breakfast, lunch, or dinner off my walls I'm afraid the next thing splattered on the wall might be my child!!!!!!!


Ahhhhhhh. That's better. Thank you.

jskm ~ you asked if there really was a purpose...YES, there is! Babies are little scientists...they're learning all about the world they live in. They do different things at different developmental stages in their lives. Your child is doing the "let's drop or throw things from the highchair, and see what happens to them!" thing, right now. It could very well mean that he'll be a pitcher or QB (he's presently checking out the trajectory of things), or an artist (color combinations), or.........lots of things! It's all a matter of perspective. Think more in terms of marveling and being grateful that your child is following normal developmental stages. His brain is making all kinds of new neural connections that will serve him throughout his lifetime. Cleaning up after him is a small price to pay for that, isn't it?

Yeah, okay...totally studying the brain this semester...but still! It's true, isn't it??

That's great about "sharing" with your DH! What you're really sharing is health, so YAY! (just keep the "good stuff" to yourself!! )
And the ribs..........well, consider it a lesson learned, eh? Check the list!

[jskm]

Thanks so much for the baby perspective--I read so much stuff about development this and that, but with all the info coming in and all the caretaking going out, I don't have time to put it all together. I never make the connection, as dumb as that sounds, that that was what was going on!! Duh! Wow, thanks. It actually seems so sweet now! Thank you!

[jskm]

I just traded in my car. Ugghh. Somehow, no matter how I do, I ALWAYS come out of a car dealership feeling like I got SCREWED. Are there any car salesmen on here? I feel like I need a big hug and someone to tell me I did ok! We went from an 05 Pontiac G6 GT to an 07 Hyundai Tucson.

We really needed to lower our payment, and we did, but at the same time we needed something bigger. So I guess we did that and that's all that matters. I mean, we still have a good interest rate and decent terms so we couldn't have done terrible, right? RIGHT?

Why do I always feel like I just made the biggest mistake of my life after I walk out of one these places???????

[lifelovinaries]

jskm, bottom line is you accomplished the goals that you set out to accomplish when you went to get a new car. NUFF SAID!! Don't feel screwed, that's how salesmen/women make us feel. That's because we have this preconceived notion that they are out to screw us. Even if you got screwed a little (price wise), ask yourself

1. Did you lower your payments? yup
2. Did you get a larger vehicle? yup
3. Do you like the car you now have? i'm sure you do

Therefore, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!

Oh yeah, invite sojo over to clean up the "color palette" that your little picaso has painted<img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_13_6.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_13_6/image.gif"> , tell sojo to run deep when your little peyton manning is ready to throw the "pass" <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_7_1.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_7_1/image.gif"> , tell sojo to come catch the "curveball" of brett myers <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_7_3.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_7_3/image.gif"> . After she has done all of that let her put him down for a nap and enjoy a MF bar!! YOU HEAR THAT SOJO!!! Development my butt!! Only kidding, jskm like she said, be happy that he is on the right path...

[jskm]

Thanks for the encouragement Erica! It was a much needed pat on the back!! And yes I do like my new car.

Well today the stall finally broke!!! I had been holding at 158.2 since last week. I had that oops with the ribs where I gained two pounds overnight, went heavy on the water and lost it back overnight, but then the scale was frozen at 158.2 for daaaaaaayssss. I kept telling myself it will pass it will pass it will pass. Finally, today, it did! It must have been all the high blood pressure yesterday at the dealership forcing all the extra water or something out of my body.

Anyway, today woke up to 156.1. Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am *THISCLOSE* to the 20# club and I'm only three days away from 30 days on the plan. I was so hoping to be one of those 20lbs in 30 days stories!

[iammissruth]

Brooke that is AMAZING! I am so giddy with joy for you. Keep up the good work.

[lifelovinaries]

Well congrat! and you still have the chance to be one of those 20# in 30 days! My 30 (calendar) days will be on 11/20. That gives me 7 days to lose 6.8 lbs. That's an aggressive goal that im not going to try to force myself to uphold. But good luck to you and i'm coming up behind you!

[jskm]

Well I got my PB2 in today. Mmmmmmmmmm..... good stuff. I only ate 1 Tbsp though.

I made some defragged brownies Monday. When they said they were a cross between no bake cookies and brownies, I thought they meant the taste, but I think they mean the consistency. They set up kind of sticky and chewy. Good. But not exactly what I thought. Tasty, but very very rich. I only used half the peanut butter too. I could technically eat two a day, but it's definitely not a problem to only eat one a day, in fact today I only ate half of one. Way too rich I think.

Dh and I also have tried cookies and pancakes in the last few days. Both big hits for us.

The broccoli soup chips a favorite in our house; dh wanted to try tomato soup chips--NOT A GOOD IDEA. That soup does NOT cook well. I took one bite and threw those out. Gross.

Let's see, anything else I want to record.....nope, I think that's it.

Oh wait, I'm getting showed up by dh--so not fair!! He's been doing this six day (started last Friday) and he's lost...13lbs! Why does it come off the men so fast? *sigh*