Shit - Does anyone have the recipe for the CI spice cake? I want to make it for NYE, but of course the original link has expired.
[eta: nevermind, I found it. Apparently I emailed it to ita a few months ago when she asked the same question.]
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
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Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Dec 31, 2007 7:53:27 am PST #9945 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
shrift - Dec 31, 2007 7:55:51 am PST #9946 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
She tells me the whole thing about how you stop craving things and you feel full with less food and you have more energy, but I think it's a myth
The only time I stop craving things is when I'm horribly ill. I'd rather not associate mealtimes with deathtimes!
I think "smaller portions" + "more exercise" - "snacking" = "slightly more feasible for me".
Aims - Dec 31, 2007 7:56:11 am PST #9947 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Jessica - is this it? [link]
Well, it's there for anyone else, even ifmy awesomeness was thwarted by Jessica's smartness.
Gadget_Girl - Dec 31, 2007 7:58:34 am PST #9948 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I think "smaller portions" + "more exercise" - "snacking" = "slightly more feasible for me".
ditto.
Jessica - Dec 31, 2007 8:04:41 am PST #9949 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
That's it too! Thanks Aims.
Cashmere - Dec 31, 2007 8:07:15 am PST #9950 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I have actually experienced the mythic endorphin rush. But it's a rare thing.
I will never stop craving sugar or potatoes. Never.
We had a split lip incident. It's amazing what an ice cream snow man will do to alleviate the pain and tears.
tommyrot - Dec 31, 2007 8:19:17 am PST #9951 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cool sterling silver dog tags: [link]
They have a secret compartment that can hold a tiny 2GB USB drive....
Scrappy - Dec 31, 2007 8:29:26 am PST #9952 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I think "smaller portions" + "more exercise" - "snacking" = "slightly more feasible for me".
I lost 30 lbs a couple of years ago on a severe version of this. Tiny meals. I could eat what I wanted to, but the each meal had to be limited to five bites. It was basically fasting with snacks--and it was given to me by my crazy doctor. It worked, though, and once I got to my goal weight, keeping portions small (since I had been used to eating basically nothing for a couple of months) was simple. I gained back 20 lbs since my surgery, so I am going on a modified version of the diet. Very small breakfast and lunch (like a cup of fruit salad), and a normal but healthy dinner. I wants to be back into my size eight jeans by Spring.
Kristen - Dec 31, 2007 8:32:56 am PST #9953 of 10001
She tells me the whole thing about how you stop craving things and you feel full with less food and you have more energy, but I think it's a myth, like those endorphins you supposedly get from exercising.
Cravings sort of go away. Or maybe you just learn to manage them.
Week Two (?) of my diet I was craving pizza. It was the craving that would not stop. I dreamed of pizza. I went online to figure out the least caloric way I could indulge my pizza craving. (A single pizza roll would have been 35 calories. Of course, I would have to have bought a box, taken out the single pizza roll and then thrown the rest of the box away before I even got into my car.)
It took at least a week for the craving to pass as Monique can attest. Since then, I still think, "Oh, pizza sounds good," but I'm not consumed with thoughts of cheesy, saucy goodness anymore.
In fact, my first day on K-Ville, as I was leaving the office, one of the assistants was unpacking dinner (pizza) and he held up a slice -- INCHES AWAY FROM MY FACE -- and offered it to me. Somehow, I managed to back away from it and leave. Perhaps, flee would be more accurate.
This is not to say I'm always good. I've seriously cheated half a dozen times now and unseriously cheated a lot more than that. The serious ones came when I was out in the real world.
I dream of a life in Maintenance.
As for the exercise thing, I think it varies from person to person. Personally, I do have more energy and feel better now that I'm working out. But it's not a "high." In fact, I read a thing the other day that talked about the myth of the high and that most people will never experience that.
ETA:
Very small breakfast and lunch (like a cup of fruit salad), and a normal but healthy dinner.
HA! See, you illustrate the differences between people! I've learned that I need the opposite. I need to front load my calories to have more in the morning and early afternoon and then taper off as the day progresses.
Sue - Dec 31, 2007 8:37:01 am PST #9954 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Happy New Year to everyone! I am off soon for my "country home." (Okay, my friend's home.)
I have had the endorphin high, but only after hours of hiking at a fairly brisk pace. But I am always inevitably in the endorphin high place when I am also in the so tired that you can twist your ankle by tripping on a blade of grass place. So it sort of balances out.