Mike' Make Over Madness!

[Lesli54]

Congrats on the extra lbs. gone! What a great feeling. What a great month you have had. I agree with you that the cravings are gone when you eat well balanced and well portioned meals. So...........I am taking some inspiration from you and going back to my Dr. Phil cookbook for the two week menu and during that time, I will begin to gather recipes out of my Cooking Light magazines. It's a lifestyle change, right? I need to change the way I go about preparing food. Your dinners always sound so good.

Keep up the great work and keep the under control.

 

[lillygator]

Hi Mike - you "loser"!!! Congrats on the loss and a huge thanks for starting up the August challenge!!

 

[Mykelogan]

Congrats on the extra lbs. gone! What a great feeling. What a great month you have had. I agree with you that the cravings are gone when you eat well balanced and well portioned meals. So...........I am taking some inspiration from you and going back to my Dr. Phil cookbook for the two week menu and during that time, I will begin to gather recipes out of my Cooking Light magazines. It's a lifestyle change, right? I need to change the way I go about preparing food. Your dinners always sound so good.

Keep up the great work and keep the under control.

Hi Lesli!
Thank you!! Going to back to the Dr. Phil cookbook sounds good, you will have to share anything that sounds good! hehe!
We are definitely making life changes here!!

As for keeping this one, , under control... where's the fun in that??!! hehe!

Have a great day!
Mike

 

[toystoryduo]

When will I get work done today???!!! hehe!!

Work! Who needs work? DISing is sooooo much more fun! (As evidenced by the pile of laundry in my house. )

I want to congratulate you on your new clippie Mike! You have done an excellent job! Weigh 2 Go!!!

I also wanted to stop by and thank you for starting the August challenge.

Here's to a wonderful August! (Water of course!!! )

By the way.... Did you have a chance to finish your trip report? I haven't been over there in a few days and I don't want to miss it!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Mike - you "loser"!!! Congrats on the loss and a huge thanks for starting up the August challenge!!

Hey, I will wear that tag of loser proudly!!!
You're welcome about the challenge! I am excited for it!

Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Work! Who needs work? DISing is sooooo much more fun! (As evidenced by the pile of laundry in my house. )

I want to congratulate you on your new clippie Mike! You have done an excellent job! Weigh 2 Go!!!

I also wanted to stop by and thank you for starting the August challenge.

Here's to a wonderful August! (Water of course!!! )

By the way.... Did you have a chance to finish your trip report? I haven't been over there in a few days and I don't want to miss it!

Hi Tracy!!

I am hoping to get some more done on the Trip report this weekend, I did another day or two and then fell behind again! I will finish it soon! hehe
Thank you for your support! I am excited about a new clippie too!

Good luck to you (and all of us in the August Challenge!)

Mike

 

[kardiebelle]

Mike, Your the MAN. How do you do it. Your great. Congrats! Way to go! Lets see what August will bring us. Have a great weekend make sure to take time for yourself. You deserve it. Get a small popcorn and save me a handful.

 

[kardiebelle]

I think the Dancing man is WEIRD

 

[keenercam]

Hi, Mike! Just had to stop in and admire your new clippie! You are definitely the nicest BIG LOSER I "know". Just joking, of course. But not the part about being nice.
Hope you find homes for those freshman women! I'm sure that if they knew you, they'd be grateful you are on the job. I know you'll take good care of them!
Your dinner last night sounds fabulous!

Thanks for starting the August challenge. Maybe I will actually lose 5 pounds in one month after so many months of slow losing!
BTW, you'll have to tell us what you think of Charlie. We saw it last Friday night and DS saw it a second time on a camp field trip this week (when the heat index was over 110). I am curious to hear your "take" on it.

Have a great weekend!

 

[Mykelogan]

Mike, Your the MAN. How do you do it. Your great. Congrats! Way to go! Lets see what August will bring us. Have a great weekend make sure to take time for yourself. You deserve it. Get a small popcorn and save me a handful.

Thanks Kardiebelle!! I agree, the dancing man is weird! He makes me uncomfortable! LOL

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Cam!

Glad you're on board for the August challenge!! I hope it is a good for you!
I will definitely let you know what I think of Charlie if I get to see him! hehe.

Thanks so much for your continued support! I hope that you have a happy & healthy weekend!!

Mike

 

[DisDon]

Wow, another clippie, outstanding!! Excellent work!! Bananas for you!


Heading over to sign up for the August challenge. Haven't looked in on the 300 club for a while either. All work and no play.
Keep on scootin'!!

 

[Mykelogan]

Wow, another clippie, outstanding!! Excellent work!! Bananas for you!


Heading over to sign up for the August challenge. Haven't looked in on the 300 club for a while either. All work and no play.
Keep on scootin'!!

Thanks Don!
Glad to see you poking your head in! Sorry to hear that work has kept you away! Hope to see you in both the August challenge & 300 Club threads if you get the time.

Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Time for me to report in on the potpourri that today was...

* Day started with my boss (who's leaving) telling me she had to go a lunch today for the new boss that the school was providing... an hour away!! So she basically says "I know today will be busy as we are down an office worker today but I will be gone from about 11:30 to 3:30pm." Begin my lound growling....

* I want to pay off this week a computer I bought and financed through Dell a while back. So I emarked the $400 I believed was left to be paid when I did my bill planning this morning and then made contact with Dell to get a pay off quote... I only owe $275!!! hehe Found money!! LOL So I thought, it could go towards Disney or ....

* I decided I wanted to buy another "toy" to help me in my progress. So what better toy to buy than something to encourage me to keep my walks going on campus... I bought an IPOD mini! Silver, very cute, and a nice lime green leather pouch to protect it in honor of the DIS!!! I can't wait until it gets here!!! hehehe

* I discover this afternoon that there are even more glitches in the paperwork my exiting boss has handed over to me... GRRRRR!!! Resulting in me learning I gave someone wrong information (ie. told them they had housing when they already knew they were not getting it!) and it is causing major problems. When she was back she said, "Don't feel bad, it is a mistake anyone could have made..." It took all the strength in my body not to tear her head off and scream, "Mistake I made!!!!! UP YOURS LADY!!! If you hadn't screwed up sooooo much of this paperwork I would have been able to give the correct info. But because you 'forgot' to update the roster properly, I am in this mess!!! SO get the <beep> out of my face!!!" but instead I just smiled and said, "Well actually I did not make a mistake. I gave the information I was given. There was nothing else I could have done." and walked away to take a breather! hehe

* I told another co-worker about my progress!! She came over to me mid-day and asked if I wanted anything from Dunkin Donuts and I said "No thank you!" and she walked away, so I called her back and had the same convo as I had with my other co-worker. hehe! She said she was soo jealous of me and was excited for me.

* Peapod delivered a perfect grocery order tonight! No substitutions or missing items! Woo hoo!!! Will make dinner tonight much easier to plan! I kind of want mini-cheese burgers, sauteed mushrooms, salad and some low carb toast with Peanut Butter and sugar free jelly. Mmm we will see!! Did I mention I am trying a fun low carb recipe this weekend, a Cherry Garcia dessert! hehe I feel safe trying it now that I have found that Splenda does not give me the headaches that aspartame has in the past. hehe! I still only have the Splenda stuff once or twice a week, and at my RM but it a good way to get a sweat treat and lets me use my carbier portion on other things.

* I am super psyched for the August challenge! The list of challengers grows! Yay!!!

* The 300+lb Club is picking up steam! Yay!!!

* I am hopefully going to the movies tomorrow, yay!!!

That's all for now, until later stay happy & healthy!

 

[Cruise04]

Wow Mike - way to go on 2 more pounds gone!!!! BRAVO!!!!!! You rock man - good job!!!!

Sorry to hear you are still having problems with your departing boss - sounds like it's a good thing she's, well, departing!!!!!!

Keep up the good work - I'm psyched for the August Challenge!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[pearlieq]

Wow, what a roller coaster of a day! To bad you couldn't Fastpass right to the good stuff!

You handled yourself really well, it sounds like. Great job!

I thought of you today at the store when I bought my first carton of Kosher salt. Between you an Alton Brown I've been convinced to jump on the bandwagon!

Your dinner sounds great and you simply must, must, MUST share the Cherry Garcia dessert recipe.

Have a great evening!

 

[Mykelogan]

Sorry to hear you are still having problems with your departing boss - sounds like it's a good thing she's, well, departing!!!!!!

It is sad to me that she is leaving because she is a great person... but... there seems to be a reason why she was in the supervisory role on an interim basis. She is just not cut out to supervise.

Such is life I guess!

 

[Mykelogan]

Oooh a Kosher Salt convert! yay!! Funny you mentioned Alton Brown, I just realized that there was one big thing that happened today at work... they are adding the Food Network to the campus cable! yay!!!! hehehe I have been lobbying for this for years! haha... maybe not always for the right reasons! (Can we say food porn?? Some of their shows are not good for us heavier folks to watch! LOL)

Here's the recipe:
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Faux Cherries Garcia
Makes 5 -1/2 cup servings

1/3 cup whipping cream
1 1/2 tsp. each Splenda and Canadian Sugar Twin or
2 Tbsp. Splenda
1 1/2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
1 1/2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

1 - 4 serving-sized package sugar-free cherry flavoured Jell-o
8 oz. cream cheese, cut into small cubes - a 250 gr. package will do
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water

Heat the whipping cream to a boil and remove from the heat. Stir in the sweetener, then add the chocolate and butter. Stir until the chocolate melts. Stir in the vanilla and pour into a small pan. (Lining the pan with parchment will make it easier to remove the chocolate.) Place in the freezer until hardened, about 1/2 hour.

Place the Jell-o in a bowl and add the boiling water. Stir until the Jell-o is dissolved. Add the cream cheese and let sit for a few minutes to soften. With a blending device, (hand blender, electric mixer, whisk, food processor, or blender) mix until smooth. Add the cold water and mix again. Return to the bowl and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, until the Jell-o is the consistency of softly whipped cream.

Remove the chocolate from the pan and chop into small cubes. Fold into the Jell-o mixture and smooth the top. Chill until firm, about 4 hours.

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One of the posters on the forum I found it on said she froze the individual servings in paper muffin cups and it was a rich creamy frozen ice creammy treat. Not necessarily low fat with the cream cheese, but I am sure you could use fat free!

I wish I could Fast Pass August all together!! too much work to do!!! Did I mention that in addition to the placement work I am doing I am also coordinating our 10 day student training and updating our resident student handbook?? hehe!! In addition to my regular duties! lol Summer is over!!!

Have a good one!

 

[pearlieq]

Can we say food porn??

Yeah, let's call an apple an apple. Totally food porn! I'm am such an Alton Brown devotee--if Bill Nye had a cooking show this would be it. It's just so darn educational--I learn so much from him--ingredient selection, cooking techniques, history, chemistry. I do have to be having a good day in order to watch it, but I TiVo them and store them up. We've got a couple on the agenda for tonight.

The Faux Cherry Garcia sounds awesome. I can't wait to try it!

Your August does sound crazy! I hope it all goes well and that you treat yourself to something nice when it's all over!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Pearlieq!

Alton Brown does do such interesting things on his show. I can't wait to have the Food Network again! LOL Especially with their newer healthier cooking shows.

Your August does sound crazy! I hope it all goes well and that you treat yourself to something nice when it's all over!

I think for now the iPod will be my treat! hehe Those little buggers are expensive!!! hehe!

Have a good one!