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Karma is a....
So last night my mother in law takes my husband, brother-in-law, and me out for a combined birthday dinner. (We're only 12 days apart) She took us to Wildfire, which is amazing food. I had eaten very good all day to make up for the extra calories I was bound to eat at dinner. Before I left the office I looked up items on…
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Kentucky Grilled Chicken
So on the Today show this morning they mentioned that KFC is giving away a single piece of their new "Kentucky Grilled Chicken" to each customer today. I'm going out to dinner tonight, so I didn't even have option to go a try. But it did make me curious as to what the calorie count on this stuff is. So I went to website:…
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Great Ice Cream Substitute
Seeing as though its 80 degrees in Chicagoland today, my mind went straight to one thing: Ice Cream! My DH and I are lucky in that we live exactly one mile away from an old drive in ice cream shop, and there is a bike path from our house to the ice cream shop. So on warm summer nights we put the dog on a leash and take a…
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Annoyed with Subway
So there are 3 Subways within a 5 mile radius from my office, and none of them ever carry the apple slices. No matter what day or time I go to any of them they always say "they're out". I'm pretty sure that all three locations are owned by the same guy. I am beginning to think that he just doesn't order them. Which is…
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Living Gluten Free... BOO!
So I've suffered from stomach problems most of my life. I attribute it to some bad water I drank on a back packing trip when I was 16. For a long time I didn't eat beef because that seemed to trigger one of my "stomach attacks" as I like to call them. After three years of living beef free - but not attack free - I ate a…
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Butternut Squash Question
So food that is orange freaked me out when I was a kid. I just began eating sweet potatoes. So what does butternut squash taste like? I'm assuming it must have a sweet taste to it like other orange veggies? I've seen a few recipes lately for squash. I know my mom is obsessed with it, but it would probably give her a heart…
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First Anniversary
Today is my first wedding anniversary!! We're going to the Greek Restaurant where we had our wedding reception at for dinner tonight. And the top tier of our wedding cake is currently defrosting in the fridge. So sorry MFPers... I'm going off diet tonight! Mmmmm.... YUMMY!:love:
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Halloween Costumes
What are you guys going as? I finished making my costume this weekend. I wanted a "naughty" costume, but I didn't feel like spending $50 - $80 on it. So I went to the fabric store, bought a pattern and all the fabric/notions/etc... and made mine for $30. My husband was impressed with my mad sewing skills. lol So I'm going…
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Baby Freak out
Okay, so I've been married for a year now and of course my biological clock has begun ticking. I'm 26 and my thought process has always been that it will probably be easier to drop the baby weight when I'm younger rather than waiting till I'm in my 30's. I've battled weight my whole life, and I'm finally within sight of…
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Mullets and Mall Hair
Okay, fess up. What is the one completely dated style that you still try to wear/do? Everyone wore Doc Martin shoes when I was in high school. Maybe its because I bought all 6 pair of mine with my own money (they are $100 a pair!), but I just can't throw them away. And I'm wearing them today. There is a high school down…
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I beat the caffeine addicition!
Its amazing to say, but I have finally beat my addiction to caffeine. I started drinking coffee when I was 11 years old. That summer my mom (a teacher and TOTAL coffee addict) broke her ankle. Every morning I would help her get up and dressed and out to the kitchen table, and then would make her a pot of coffee. It didn't…
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10 year reunion
My husband is being inducted into his High School's athletic hall of fame at their homecoming game tonight. This year is his 10 year class reunion as well. I have to say I am more excited than him because I'm MORBIDLY CURIOUS to finally meet all the girls he always had crushes on, or turned him down for dances and such…
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Healthy Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya
Ingredients: 1.5 cups Uncle Ben's Original Converted Rice, uncooked 1 tbsp. olive oil .5 lb. chicken breast cubed .5 lb. Jenny O Turkey Kilbasa 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium onion, chopped 1 medium green bell pepper, chopped 3 stalks celery, chopped 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth 2 tbsp. low sodium cajun seasoning 1…
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Networking makes me fat
Ugh! So I'm in a very male oriented industry. So when I go to morning networking meetings (twice a week) we of course eat at places that serve nothing even mildly healthy. The best I can do is order egg whites and a side of fruit, to which the others in the room laugh and rub their bellies and say things like, "That…
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Total Downer
So my BFF's wedding is in 6 weeks and of course I am a bridesmaid. Our dresses are okay, but just typical tea length bridemaids dresses. (Although she insistes they are SOOOO CUTE and that we'll be able to wear the again. Blah blah blah...) She picks them out at Priscilla of Boston, and with taxes and shipping they come to…
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So Sore!!
Sooo.... I've been using the Jillian Michaels website for the past week for my meals and exercise. I like logging my meals which is why I am on here too. But I am a huge fan of the Biggest Loser and I always say "I wish Jillian could be my trainer!" The meals thus far are good, but man, the workouts are kicking my butt!…
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Fell off the wagon
My grandma died last week and I hosted Thanksgiving dinner. Given the circumstances, Thanksgiving dinner came off fantastic. Unfortunately I stuffed myself thursday through Sunday. I'm afraid to get on the scale. I think I just undid everything I had accomplished before Thanksgiving. :cry:
