Mike' Make Over Madness!

[DisDon]

Dude, nice recovery on the dinner, hard to stay OP in situations like that. The night with no A/C sounds rough, sorry about that! Hope all works out, be strong on the caffeine, get a nap if you can. Good luck!
(Those are the energy wizards, they'll keep you going)

 

[Cruise04]

Way to go Mike - not bad on the dinner actually!!!! Two pieces of pieces is hard to do when you have good pizza like Papa John's. And with me I can't eat their pizza without that garlic sauce - I'm gonna have to learn to not use that when I order it. It must have been pizza week here at the WISH - too funny!!!

Sorry about your power problems. Hope your day gets better!!! We are expecting storms today - hopefully. We really need the rain (campus meteorologist said we are down 8" now) but we don't need it in the form of bad storms!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Mike!!!

Thanks for the recipe - it looks phenomenol! I am loving vegetables, finally!

You said you're favorite book right now is the Disney Chefs one...is that the blue one?? If so, have you made the Le Cellier soup yet? I found that if I substitute guar or xantham for the flour (not cup for cup, but I'm sure you know that...ick!) and pick a lower carb beer, it tastes the same and is so much lower in carbs...YUM! My own little "taste of Disney" at home.

I haven't been in a soup mood lately with the hot weather, but I made it last Christmas Eve (with the Artist Point Berry Cobbler..um...) and it was wonderful.

Hope today continues to go well!

Jenn.

Hi Jenn!

I have made the soup before and it is yummy!!! Oh my it is yummy!! haha!! Since my plan doesn't necessarily count carbs just restricts certain carbs to one meal a day, I could make the lower carb version but because of the beer I would need to have it at the meal I could have the regular one at anyway but I love your ingenuity and I will have to try it out soon! That is awesome! I have recently discovered a low carb/lunch safe Cheddar broccoli soup recipe that involves Broccoli, cheddar, cream, water, cayenne pepper and a few other things that looks yummy. I want to try it soon! hehe!

Oooh! I made another discovery the other day you may know about all ready that I was amazed at. Pepperoni chips!! You microwave sliced pepperoni between layers of paper towel for 50-60secs. The grease drains all away and you are left with very very crunchy chiplike pepperoni. The flavor intensifies too, they were delish and would be great with a low carb dip or sprinkled over a salad. I will have to watch myself with these! hehe

Hope that you are having a great day!!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hey Mike!

Your recipes do sound very, very good! Have you ever thought about being a chef? Seriously... you could open up a restaurant! I know!!!! You could call it "Chef Mikey's!!!! Get it?!?!?! Chef Mickey's/ Chef Mikey's??? I would definitely come to eat and what a great way to raise money for WDW!

I hope you have a happy and healthy day, Mike! Take care!

Hi Tracy!

I have thought about culinary school a good deal actually. I would love to open a little cafe which of course would serve healthy choices and the occasional Mickey waffle! hehe. I like the name too! hehe. One of my fave things to do for dinner is pick five ingredients and then see what new ways to prepare them I can come up with. I am sure most of what i do has been done by someone before but it is fun to discover new things! A recent success was putting sauteed spinach and mushrooms in a chicken breast with a smidge of parm cheese then grilling it on the George Foreman. Sooo yummy! Just have to be sure to not over stuff or press the grill down hard! hehe!

Hope that you are having a happy and healthy day!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

HI Mike,

How is your day going so far? I watched BB last night and WOW!!!!! I can't believe what is going on. I really think that Michael is gone after all that.

Anyways! I hope you had a wonderful evening.

Keep up the good work, have a great, healthy day!

I missed it!!!! We had no power so no TV!! Oh my it was bad! We did have one outlet in the lobby that worked but we get no TV signal without cable and with no power to the campus the cable was down!
I knew James was not gonna use the Veto but what else happened? anything juicy?? hehe!

Hope you have a great day!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm I'm with you mike...LOVE THOSE ONIONS!!! ANYWAY they come!

just popping in to say LOVE your ticker! and hope you have a SUPER FAB DAY today...I was down another pound this morning and I thought about you! Here's hoping you're down another pound too!!!

hugs and remember JUST KEEP

Jen

hey Jen!!

Glad you like the Ticket, I thought it was cute too! hehe.
Congrats on another pound gone that is awesome!!! I actually weighed in today to see how I was now that I was off of the cold medicine and after last night's dinner and was very happy with what I saw but I am not sure if it is fair to count a way in on an "unofficial weigh in day"? What do you think? Anyone else have an opinion? hehe!

so proud of your loss so I will say again to JUST KEEP SWIMMING! You will be as slim as Dory in no time!

Have a great day!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Dude, nice recovery on the dinner, hard to stay OP in situations like that. The night with no A/C sounds rough, sorry about that! Hope all works out, be strong on the caffeine, get a nap if you can. Good luck!
(Those are the energy wizards, they'll keep you going)

Hey Don! It was rough so I appreciate the wizards, I will need em to get through this afternoon! I am hoping to get out of here early and go take a catch up nap this afternoon, we will see!! I did stay strong though, if I didn't mention it the pizza I ordered was a small and I ordered bottled water not soda/juice!

Thanks for all your support!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Chris!!

Way to go Mike - not bad on the dinner actually!!!! Two pieces of pieces is hard to do when you have good pizza like Papa John's. And with me I can't eat their pizza without that garlic sauce - I'm gonna have to learn to not use that when I order it. It must have been pizza week here at the WISH - too funny!!!

Isn't that evil garlic sauce yummy! haha! In the "old" days I would love to just call and order their regular breadsticks with extra cheese sauce and extra garlic sauce as a snack. Soo good! hehe It does sound like it was pizza week! The funny thing with me is in the middle of the blackout I got my grocery delivery and the one item they were out of was the single serving cheese pizza I had ordered to have later in the week with my own veggies piled on. So I was like, the universe is saying resist the pizza!! And then hours later I find pizza as my only option! haha! If only Papa Johns would add salads I would have been even better hehe.

Sorry about your power problems. Hope your day gets better!!! We are expecting storms today - hopefully. We really need the rain (campus meteorologist said we are down 8" now) but we don't need it in the form of bad storms!!!!!

Thanks! I hope you get the rain too! The bad part about the storms yesterday was that it was incredible lightning and rain for 30min and then it was sunny, hot & HUMID again. So it got pretty nasty! hehe I love a long storm, especially in a blackout, I am just weird that way but having the sun back and no power is the pits! hehe

Hope that you have a great day!!
Mike

 

[keenercam]

Mike -- Great recovery on dinner in a difficult situation. Isn't it great to know you have the strength of will to deal with any situation you are thrown into?

Keep up the great work, buddy!

 

[joelyfaithsmommy]

I actually weighed in today to see how I was now that I was off of the cold medicine and after last night's dinner and was very happy with what I saw but I am not sure if it is fair to count a way in on an "unofficial weigh in day"? What do you think? Anyone else have an opinion? hehe!

if you're down, OF COURSE IT COUNTS!!! lol, i gave up on a 'weigh in day' weeks ago because i can't stay off the dang scales!!! lol...sometimes i'm disappointed, other times i'm not, but one things for sure, i keep a tab on when the lbs come off

KEEP SWIMMING MIKE...you're doing it!


hugs,
Jen

 

[eeyore25]

Hey Mike,

Yes it counts!!!! Even if it is not on your weight day! So how did you do?????

You did great with your dinner choices. Pizza, (and ice cream) are two large weakness of mine!!!

BB last night was pretty good. Michael was mad because Eric was telling him and everyone else that how Michael was acting was sexual harressment. Eric and Michael almost got into a fight, like a fist fight. BB broke that up and made those two go into seperate rooms. Kaysar and Ivette were having a conversation and Ivette started going off on him. Then told him that he didn't respect women and Kaysar got up and looked mad. He just stood there staring at Ivette. BB then broke that up too. Everyone was told to go to different rooms and wait. They were all pulled into the living room and everyone was given a warning. Eric apologized to Micheal and almost started to cry. Whew!!! it was pretty good. I have never seen it get that bad. I was wondering, by the way James was talking, if he would use the veto! But I am glad that he didn't. I don't know if I like Micheal. He made a bad situation much worse (the sexual harrassment)

Well I better get going. I could ramble on and on about BB!!!

Hope you have a wonderful, healthy evening.

Keep up the good work, you are doing fabulous!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Jen & Jamie!!!
Thanks for you messages supporting me counting the weigh in! I think I will actually wait, Monday is not far away and who knows what else I might lose by then?? I will say that if it is accurate, I will earn a new clippie and be well on my way to another one! hehe! How's that for a tease??

Thanks for the BB recap Jamie! I was psyched to just find that CBS has posted the whole episode on their website!!! So I can catch all the drama for myself. Sounds like there was plenty!! hehe! I am not happy now though because apparently the lightning affected our campus cable/satellite so guess what channel is not working??? CBS!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

I am going to make dinner instead of focusing on missing my shows! hehe!!
Have a good one all!
Mike

 

[kardiebelle]

It's been a while since I visited anyone. I'm sorry. I have been so busy. But mike you seem to be doing great. Papa Johns is so good. I actually got coupons in the mail today for papa johns. On tuesdays a large 1 topping is 4.99 how great is that. The breadsticks are to die for with the cheese sauce.
I do usually pull out the scale only once a week because I see bigger results. But for anyone who weighs themselves more often and sees results who cares. If it works for them go right ahead. Make yourself happy. Have a great day tomarrow. smiles kardiebelle

 

[toystoryduo]

Hey Mike!

Happy Thursday! It sounds like you handled the thunderstorm and power outage very well! You did a great job with the food from Papa John's! Two slices of pizza and wings during a somewhat stressful time is awesome Mike! Way to gooooooooo!!!!!!!!! You are doing a wonderful job, Mike!

I hope you have a healthy and happy day today! Keep those recipes coming!

 

[Mykelogan]

It's been a while since I visited anyone. I'm sorry. I have been so busy. But mike you seem to be doing great. Papa Johns is so good. I actually got coupons in the mail today for papa johns. On tuesdays a large 1 topping is 4.99 how great is that. The breadsticks are to die for with the cheese sauce.
I do usually pull out the scale only once a week because I see bigger results. But for anyone who weighs themselves more often and sees results who cares. If it works for them go right ahead. Make yourself happy. Have a great day tomarrow. smiles kardiebelle

Hey Kardiebelle!!!
No worries about getting busy. I definitely understand!! When I hit training/opening here I will probably be lucky to get on my Journal once a day for a quick update, if that.
Well the funny thing for me is I am not a big fan of Papa Johns actual pizza, I have to let it sit for 10-15min so the cheese solidifies a bit hehe! I do have a friend who becomes Papa Johns crazed when she is upset, at the worst moments she will call and say "Order me the breadsticks and a Sprite, I will be over in 15min to tell you everything!" hehe!
I think I might count the weigh in as I checked again this morning and verified it was pretty consistent hehe... so watch below for news!

Have a great day!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Hey Mike!

Happy Thursday! It sounds like you handled the thunderstorm and power outage very well! You did a great job with the food from Papa John's! Two slices of pizza and wings during a somewhat stressful time is awesome Mike! Way to gooooooooo!!!!!!!!! You are doing a wonderful job, Mike!

I hope you have a healthy and happy day today! Keep those recipes coming!

Hi Tracy!!
Thank you! I think I did pretty good too and the scale reflects it at least! hehe! I hope that you are doing well and had a good anniversary yesterday, I am going to check out journals soon so I guess I will see!

Hope you have a happy & healthy day!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Ok, so I have changed my mind as I reweighed this morning and have verified that the loss I saw yesterday is at least steady for two days! hehehe! So if I gain 8 lbs on Monday's weigh in, we'll know why! I will have jinxed myself, of course I could just be jinxing myself by talking about this jinxing!!! hehe!!

But as of this morning I am down 3 more pounds!!!! Which means since June 20th I have lost 31 lbs! On my way to my Summer challenge of 40lbs gone and knocked down for the count the Five for July! I am off to claim my new clippie and check out journals!

Have a happy & healthy day everyone!!!
Mike

 

[joelyfaithsmommy]

GO MIKE GO! I'm jealous of that GOLD!!!

SWIM SWIM SWIM

35# clippie here you come!

CONGRATS!!!

Jen

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Jen!

I am sure you will have some gold of your own soon!!!

Mike

 

[pearlieq]

Gold is a very good color on you, Mike!!!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!