Gribbish

The desert for the dinner I am bringing my wife for valentines day today is called a "Triple Chocolate Terrine" (whatever the heck a terrine is), so yes.

I used to take classes back in my college days. It's been 20 years now, but I enjoyed them back then... enough so, that I maintain some practices, to this day, that keep my flexibility up. For example, I sit at my computer, on my chair, in a full lotus position, whenever I am not in the field... sometimes for hours at a…

Wife and Kid have strep throat, I'm going to be grocery shopping (extra fluids, chloraseptic, kleenex etc.) and the pharmacy for their prescriptions, then have to get home quickly (faster they get it, less time I have to play nurse). Not going to have time for exercise, per se.... though I suppose grocery shopping has some…

at 60 calories for a Thick-cut slice, (and less than that for lean cuts, or thin-sliced) I'll always eat at least one. heck, I'd eat 4, and skip my granola bar anyday :P

Yeah, I've been surprised by the TONS of calories are in some healthy foods. (various nuts, especially.) Avocados are pretty much nature's candy bar :P I'm mainly looking for things that are lower in cals than they look/taste like they should be... the other way around would come up with a list longer than I am tall. I…

Potatoes. Last time I made roast with potatoes, I ate way too many (was before this diet) I figured out later that it was about 12 servings. (At the time, I just called it 2 servings... shows how far off my idea of portion sizes was)

Assuming you have a decently stocked spice drawer (nothing esoteric, just fairly standard stuff) I like the following: Toss chicken breasts in a baking pan (like a casserole dish) sprinkle on garlic salt, dried onion, white pepper, black pepper. bake at 350 for 10-20 minutes (depends on the thickness of the chicken) Turn…

personally, I make extra of something that I like and is a lot cheaper to make at home than buy pre-packaged... for example, I make spaghetti, drain it, mix in the sauce of my choice, and then portion it out in these nifty little microwaveable 1.5 cup rubbermaid containers. Toss em in the freezer, ready-made frozen food.…

Yeah, some of us can get out-of-control on the sweets, my personal kryptonite is Brach's chocolate covered peanut clusters. Last time I bought a bag (before I joined here, and wasn't dieting at the time) it lasted about 40 minutes... lessee here, (looks up calories) .... 2318 calories .... damn. that's scary. note to self:…

I live in west outer hicksville.... population: 50,000.... if you count the cows. otherwise, it's 6,000 :P To walk around my "Block" is a total distance of 5.2 miles (gotta love farmland) Fortunately, I work in a moderately active job, so exercise isn't a huge problem for me.

I got a copy of Batman:Arkham Asylum (PC version of the game) and plan to play it through this weekend :) With the graphics available to them, and the terrific plots and awesome voice acting (I love Mark Hamill's portrayals of the Joker) It's pretty much an interactive movie :)

Statistics say men lose weight faster. this is mainly due to a higher average muscle mass, as well as size in general (bigger takes more calories.) For example, to lose 1.5 pounds a week, (according to this site) I can eat 2580 calories a day. 3100 would keep me at my current weight. (I'm 6'3", 317 lbs, was 325 on the 1st)…

Roxy: your "took only stairs" comment reminds me of when I made the decision that I would do that, to help get exercise. Later that week, I had a meeting on the 17th floor of a high-rise, and the only parking was in the 4th sub-level. I arrived at the meeting (suit and tie, plus 22 flights of stairs later) gasping for…

1. Drank nothing but water. (it's amazing how many calories are in various drinks... and I don't need caffeine/alcohol anyway) (nod) 2. Told my boss that if he wants morning doughnuts, to send someone else, cause if I go to the bakery, I *WILL* find something there that I have to eat. :/ 3. joined this group :happy:

I'm a bit phobic about pictures... I look like the crazy old mountain man in cliche'd movies :P As a result, I have maybe 4-5 pictures of me in the last 15 years... and they're all group shots, where I am standing in the back (since I am 6'3", they always move me to be back) and between that and my bushy beard, you'd never…

I *think* the exercise I get during the day is more than sufficient for maintaining health/weight, as long as I control my intake. I do work out in the field, primarily. My new pedometer says I walk an average of 3.2 miles during the workday (min 1.6, max 5.7 so far) and there's a moderate amount of exercise involved…