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Yoda the Cat
They say cats have nine lives, but this one has four ears.:noway: A genetic abnormality gave Yoda, of Downers Grove, Ill., four ear flaps instead of two. Ted and Valerie Rock first spied the little guy in 2006 at neighborhood bar on the South Side of Chicago before a Bears game. He was the last of a litter of eight put up…
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You know you are a MFP addict when...
You are trying to go to a site other than this one and you automatically come to this site!!!!!! haha *Click Click* and I'm here. "Wait, I wasn't going to this site!" :laugh:
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Fiber Article
Dietary Fiber: Turbo Boost for Your Bowel and Overall Health Are fiber supplements beneficial? by Dr. Rob for MSN Health & Fitness Q: I’ve been told by my doctor to incorporate more fiber into my diet. Is there any harm in taking fiber supplements in addition to eating fruits and vegetables? A: Here’s the harm: Taking…
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Helpful Tips
:flowerforyou: Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little "stringy things" off of it. That's how the primates do it. Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster. Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. They will…
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~*~Girly Question!!~*~
Has anybody tried sugaring? I hear it's supposed to be better than waxing. I have been waxing my underarms for a few weeks now,(shaving T-Totally irritates them) but lately it's been irritated and I have found a recipe to make sugaring: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-and-Use-Body-Sugaring-Paste I thought that I would get some…
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WD-40
I found this about WD-40 that I thought I would share! :flowerforyou: I had a neighbor who had bought a new pickup. I got up very early one Sunday morning and saw that someone had spray painted red all around the sides of this beige truck (for some unknown reason). I went over, woke him up, and told him the bad news. He…
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RIP Bernie Mac- Age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50. Publicist Danica Smith says Bernie Mac died early Saturday at a hospital in the Chicago area of complications due to pneumonia. The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of…
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Find the # 1 song on our birth date!
Copy and paste this link http://www.joshhosler.biz/numberOneInHistory/selectMonth.htm and click the month, then the date and then scroll to the year and you will see the song! Mine is: "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley What's yours!!??:bigsmile: edit// I meant "your" on the subject!!
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Attn: New Yorkers!!
In Sept. my family and I are taking a trip up to Stamford, CT (12 hr drive from where I am) because I am being a bridesmaid (and the dresses aren't ugly!, yay! go me!) in my cousin's wedding. On one of those days was a mention of going to the Renassaince Faire in Tuxedo, NY. I found the website to the faire, but I wanted…
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Home Cures for illnesses??
Guess they couldn't hurt anything! Another set of home cures that work, not near as expensive as store bought items: *Did You Know that drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately-- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain relievers." *Did you know that Colgate…
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Food Detectives
Did any one catch the new series Food Detectives, it's on the Food Network Channel??? I have to say, it was rather informative.:smile: First off, the only thing to relieve the "pain" from spicy food is milk. Soda and Beer and Water being the worst and bread was 2nd choice. That is why they put dairy products such as sour…
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Diet Myths
I saw this on the Today website today, thought that I would share...:drinker: Myth: Eating late at night is bad With today’s crazy schedules, people often do not get a chance to eat until 7 or 8 p.m.. It's a myth that the food stays in your stomach all night and then turns immediately to fat. Your body does not turn off…
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Teaspoon
Is a regular spoon actually measured out to be a TSP? For instance, when people would put medicine on a spoon and take it from there when the directions say to take a TSP. "spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down" I was actually wondering because say something is measured out in TBSP but you don't want to pull the…
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Breakfast Ideas
I tend not to eat that many calories for breakfast because I eat most of my calories during dinner. Right now I am trying two pieces of ready to serve bacon which only comes out to 35 calories and then I have 4 peanut butter crackers around 10am which is about 140 cals. I need something easy to make in the morning so I can…
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Egg Beaters
Has anybody tried Egg Beaters before? I was planning on trying the Egg Whites for my breakfast. I think about 1/4 cup is roughly 50 cals? Liquid Egg Whites Serving Size 3 Tbsp. (46g) Amount Per Serving Calories 25 Calories from Fat 0 % Daily Value * Total Fat 0g 0% Saturated Fat 0g 0% Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 0mg 0% Sodium…
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Upping Calories
*This may or may not go under Food & Nutritrion* I remember reading a post here about how some people upped their calories. I see where you can do that if you do it manually, but my question is, how do you figure up your sugar/sodium and others intake? I.E. MFP said that I should eat 1200 calories a day, I am thinking…
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Low Calorie Parfait
I am looking to make a low calorie parfait using probably vanilla yogurt, nuts or granola and some type of berries. How would you make yours? Suggestions? Thanks!!!:smile: