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OT - What's Your Secret Weakness?
Smoked fish. I can never get enough of it.
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OT - What's Your Secret Weakness?
On Jul 21, 12:52*pm, CatNipped wrote:
Worst Restaurant Food In U.S. Named-Care To Join Me For Lunch? http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/art...43812233&afid=.... A pork belly-topped cheeseburger, a sandwich stuffed with mozzarella sticks, and a 1,540-calorie slice of cheesecake were among the dishes that a health advocacy group singled out on Tuesday for over-the-top fat and sodium content. The Center for Science in the Public Interest unveiled the group of "honorees," including Denny's Corp, Cheesecake Factory Inc, Kahala Corp's Cold Stone Creamery, and DineEquity Inc's Applebee's and IHOP. According to the group, the typical person should limit calorie intake to 2,000 a day, as well as keep saturated fat below 20 grams (0.7 ounce) and sodium below 1,500 milligrams. Each serving of the award-winning menu items nearly reaches, or even surpasses, these restrictions. The dishes are mostly twists on the usual suspects of burgers, dessert and all things fried. Denny's "Fried Cheese Melt," for instance, is a grilled cheese sandwich with four fried mozzarella sticks inside. The entree amounts to 1,260 calories and 21 grams of saturated fat, not to mention 3,010 milligrams of sodium. Applebee's "Provolone Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine" adds up to 1,520 calories and 43 grams of saturated fat. The Cheesecake Factory's "Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake" goes beyond the usual by alternating two pieces of red velvet cake with two pieces of cheesecake, racking up to 1,540 calories and 59 grams of saturated fat. And Cold Stone Creamery's "PB&C Shake" (peanut butter & chocolate) has 2,010 calories and 68 grams of saturated fat. Two out of three Americans are overweight, and such dishes increase their risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks and cancer, according to Bonnie Liebman, the center's director of nutrition. Denny's and Applebee's both said they offered a wide variety of choices. Denny's pointed to its "Fit Fare" menu, and Applebee's to its "Unbelievably Great Tasting and Under 550 Calories" options. Other restaurants did not respond to requests for a comment. People often see dining out as an indulgence and a time when they do not pay much attention to their diets. The U.S. government is trying to push restaurants to disclose nutritional information on their menus. The Food and Drug Administration plans to issue rules requiring restaurants to list nutritional and caloric information by the end of 2011. ================================================== ======================= Mine is ice cream or anything with ice cream in it. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: *http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", *maintained by Mark Edwards, at:http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: *L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net If something is bad for me, I'm pretty sure to like it. Ice cream, yes. And keep it coming. ALas, no, don't. I either have lots of discipline, or none at all. I can't have ice cream in my freezer, because it really doesn't stay in my freezer. But I can't always avoid the temptation of an ice cream cone when I'm out and about on a hot day. I figure at least that way, I do have some built- in portion control. I can leave candy alone aside from the occasional smidgeon of good quality chocolate, but baked goods, never! Potatoes particularly if they're fried or deep fried, and come to the table hot, salty and crisp. Sorry, leafy green vegetables, I know you're good for me. I just find you eminently un-craveable. Melissa |
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On 24/07/2011 3:38 PM, Shiral wrote:
On Jul 21, 12:52 pm, wrote: Worst Restaurant Food In U.S. Named-Care To Join Me For Lunch? http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/art...43812233&afid=... A pork belly-topped cheeseburger, a sandwich stuffed with mozzarella sticks, and a 1,540-calorie slice of cheesecake were among the dishes that a health advocacy group singled out on Tuesday for over-the-top fat and sodium content. The Center for Science in the Public Interest unveiled the group of "honorees," including Denny's Corp, Cheesecake Factory Inc, Kahala Corp's Cold Stone Creamery, and DineEquity Inc's Applebee's and IHOP. According to the group, the typical person should limit calorie intake to 2,000 a day, as well as keep saturated fat below 20 grams (0.7 ounce) and sodium below 1,500 milligrams. Each serving of the award-winning menu items nearly reaches, or even surpasses, these restrictions. The dishes are mostly twists on the usual suspects of burgers, dessert and all things fried. Denny's "Fried Cheese Melt," for instance, is a grilled cheese sandwich with four fried mozzarella sticks inside. The entree amounts to 1,260 calories and 21 grams of saturated fat, not to mention 3,010 milligrams of sodium. Applebee's "Provolone Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine" adds up to 1,520 calories and 43 grams of saturated fat. The Cheesecake Factory's "Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake" goes beyond the usual by alternating two pieces of red velvet cake with two pieces of cheesecake, racking up to 1,540 calories and 59 grams of saturated fat. And Cold Stone Creamery's "PB&C Shake" (peanut butter& chocolate) has 2,010 calories and 68 grams of saturated fat. Two out of three Americans are overweight, and such dishes increase their risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks and cancer, according to Bonnie Liebman, the center's director of nutrition. Denny's and Applebee's both said they offered a wide variety of choices. Denny's pointed to its "Fit Fare" menu, and Applebee's to its "Unbelievably Great Tasting and Under 550 Calories" options. Other restaurants did not respond to requests for a comment. People often see dining out as an indulgence and a time when they do not pay much attention to their diets. The U.S. government is trying to push restaurants to disclose nutritional information on their menus. The Food and Drug Administration plans to issue rules requiring restaurants to list nutritional and caloric information by the end of 2011. ================================================== ======================= Mine is ice cream or anything with ice cream in it. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at:http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net If something is bad for me, I'm pretty sure to like it. Ice cream, yes. And keep it coming. ALas, no, don't. I either have lots of discipline, or none at all. I can't have ice cream in my freezer, because it really doesn't stay in my freezer. But I can't always avoid the temptation of an ice cream cone when I'm out and about on a hot day. I figure at least that way, I do have some built- in portion control. I can leave candy alone aside from the occasional smidgeon of good quality chocolate, but baked goods, never! Potatoes particularly if they're fried or deep fried, and come to the table hot, salty and crisp. Sorry, leafy green vegetables, I know you're good for me. I just find you eminently un-craveable. Oddly, when I was pregnant, green leafy vegetables was *exactly* what I craved. The greener the better! My favourite was 'steamed vegetable' from the local noodle house, which is actually Chinese broccoli stems & leaves, lightly steamed, and served with oyster sauce. But anything green was good! All my old favourites, especially fried food, made me want to puke. No coffee, no tea, no wine or any sort of alcohol. Greasy stuff tasted putrid, anything with a lot of extra sugar tasted burnt. I ate a whole heap of salad when I was pregnant, and put on no weight at all! In the last month, my cravings switched over to dairy products, but still the thought of very sweet or greasy was still nauseating - home made custard (the cornflour variety, not the egg variety) as well as natural yoghurt with a hint of honey, as well as just plain milk, were very popular, but icecream was out because it was too sweet. Once the Yowlet was out and I had full deflated, I'd lost about 10kg! Alas, in the intervening 7years, that 10kg has re-found me, as well as quite a few of its friends. I'm trying to get back down to pre-baby weight. Even better if I get back to just-post-baby weight! And better again if I rewind back to when I met Joel - I was just plump enough to have curves, but I didn't consider myself particularly 'overweight'. Unlike now. (then again, back when I met Joel, I didn't have a car and walked & got public transport everywhere - and lived pretty much in the centre of town so that was an entirely viable way to get around. Now I live in the 'burbs' where it takes me 22 minutes to drive to work, but would take over 2 hours to get there via walking & public transport.) Yowie Yowie |
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OT - What's Your Secret Weakness?
candy
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On Jul 22, 12:45*am, Sherry wrote:
On Jul 21, 2:52*pm, CatNipped wrote: Worst Restaurant Food In U.S. Named-Care To Join Me For Lunch? http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/art...43812233&afid=... A pork belly-topped cheeseburger, a sandwich stuffed with mozzarella sticks, and a 1,540-calorie slice of cheesecake were among the dishes that a health advocacy group singled out on Tuesday for over-the-top fat and sodium content. The Center for Science in the Public Interest unveiled the group of "honorees," including Denny's Corp, Cheesecake Factory Inc, Kahala Corp's Cold Stone Creamery, and DineEquity Inc's Applebee's and IHOP. According to the group, the typical person should limit calorie intake to 2,000 a day, as well as keep saturated fat below 20 grams (0.7 ounce) and sodium below 1,500 milligrams. Each serving of the award-winning menu items nearly reaches, or even surpasses, these restrictions. The dishes are mostly twists on the usual suspects of burgers, dessert and all things fried. Denny's "Fried Cheese Melt," for instance, is a grilled cheese sandwich with four fried mozzarella sticks inside. The entree amounts to 1,260 calories and 21 grams of saturated fat, not to mention 3,010 milligrams of sodium. Applebee's "Provolone Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine" adds up to 1,520 calories and 43 grams of saturated fat. The Cheesecake Factory's "Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake" goes beyond the usual by alternating two pieces of red velvet cake with two pieces of cheesecake, racking up to 1,540 calories and 59 grams of saturated fat. And Cold Stone Creamery's "PB&C Shake" (peanut butter & chocolate) has 2,010 calories and 68 grams of saturated fat. Two out of three Americans are overweight, and such dishes increase their risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks and cancer, according to Bonnie Liebman, the center's director of nutrition. Denny's and Applebee's both said they offered a wide variety of choices. Denny's pointed to its "Fit Fare" menu, and Applebee's to its "Unbelievably Great Tasting and Under 550 Calories" options. Other restaurants did not respond to requests for a comment. People often see dining out as an indulgence and a time when they do not pay much attention to their diets. The U.S. government is trying to push restaurants to disclose nutritional information on their menus. The Food and Drug Administration plans to issue rules requiring restaurants to list nutritional and caloric information by the end of 2011. ================================================== ======================= Mine is ice cream or anything with ice cream in it. -- Hugs, CatNipped We don't like either Denny's (except breakfast) or Applebees, but I'm sure the restaurants we DO like are equally as bad. My weakness is also ice cream. *I have been very bad lately and my current favorite is "Monkeying Around" flavor from Schwann. It's described as banana flavored full fat ice cream, with bits of fudge-coated real banana and a streak of graham cracker running through it. Yum. Last week's favorite was fat-free vanilla with Braum's fat-free hot fudge sauce. I loathe Denny's myself; Louie and I prefer the local joints, which are far more interesting. My guilt food is dark orange chocolate ice cream. Only one place in the area to my knowledge makes it, and they're a bit of a drive, so I do not frequently indulge. My guiltier indulgence, as many of you probably know about me anyway, is premium perfume and make-up, and the local Sephora and Ulta are closer to me than the artisan ice cream shop. To Louie's abiding chagrin. My rationale is that flavored lipstick helped me quit smoking, and now that I'm not spending a colossal sum of money on cancer-sticks I can put it to better luxuries. Blessed be, Baha |
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I'll confess my secret weakness is trashy novels- sometimes I just
want to curl up with something undemanding like the latest Jilly Cooper something low in plot and high in bonking! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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On Jul 25, 6:39*am, BfloPolska wrote:
On Jul 22, 12:45*am, Sherry wrote: On Jul 21, 2:52*pm, CatNipped wrote: Worst Restaurant Food In U.S. Named-Care To Join Me For Lunch? http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/art...43812233&afid=... A pork belly-topped cheeseburger, a sandwich stuffed with mozzarella sticks, and a 1,540-calorie slice of cheesecake were among the dishes that a health advocacy group singled out on Tuesday for over-the-top fat and sodium content. The Center for Science in the Public Interest unveiled the group of "honorees," including Denny's Corp, Cheesecake Factory Inc, Kahala Corp's Cold Stone Creamery, and DineEquity Inc's Applebee's and IHOP. According to the group, the typical person should limit calorie intake to 2,000 a day, as well as keep saturated fat below 20 grams (0.7 ounce) and sodium below 1,500 milligrams. Each serving of the award-winning menu items nearly reaches, or even surpasses, these restrictions. The dishes are mostly twists on the usual suspects of burgers, dessert and all things fried. Denny's "Fried Cheese Melt," for instance, is a grilled cheese sandwich with four fried mozzarella sticks inside. The entree amounts to 1,260 calories and 21 grams of saturated fat, not to mention 3,010 milligrams of sodium. Applebee's "Provolone Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine" adds up to 1,520 calories and 43 grams of saturated fat. The Cheesecake Factory's "Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake" goes beyond the usual by alternating two pieces of red velvet cake with two pieces of cheesecake, racking up to 1,540 calories and 59 grams of saturated fat. And Cold Stone Creamery's "PB&C Shake" (peanut butter & chocolate) has 2,010 calories and 68 grams of saturated fat. Two out of three Americans are overweight, and such dishes increase their risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks and cancer, according to Bonnie Liebman, the center's director of nutrition. Denny's and Applebee's both said they offered a wide variety of choices. Denny's pointed to its "Fit Fare" menu, and Applebee's to its "Unbelievably Great Tasting and Under 550 Calories" options. Other restaurants did not respond to requests for a comment. People often see dining out as an indulgence and a time when they do not pay much attention to their diets. The U.S. government is trying to push restaurants to disclose nutritional information on their menus. The Food and Drug Administration plans to issue rules requiring restaurants to list nutritional and caloric information by the end of 2011. ================================================== ======================= Mine is ice cream or anything with ice cream in it. -- Hugs, CatNipped We don't like either Denny's (except breakfast) or Applebees, but I'm sure the restaurants we DO like are equally as bad. My weakness is also ice cream. *I have been very bad lately and my current favorite is "Monkeying Around" flavor from Schwann. It's described as banana flavored full fat ice cream, with bits of fudge-coated real banana and a streak of graham cracker running through it. Yum. Last week's favorite was fat-free vanilla with Braum's fat-free hot fudge sauce. I loathe Denny's myself; Louie and I prefer the local joints, which are far more interesting. My guilt food is dark orange chocolate ice cream. Only one place in the area to my knowledge makes it, and they're a bit of a drive, so I do not frequently indulge. My guiltier indulgence, as many of you probably know about me anyway, is premium perfume and make-up, and the local Sephora and Ulta are closer to me than the artisan ice cream shop. To Louie's abiding chagrin. My rationale is that flavored lipstick helped me quit smoking, and now that I'm not spending a colossal sum of money on cancer-sticks I can put it to better luxuries. Blessed be, Baha Anyone who has ever quit probably understands that anything that works is okay, when it comes to smoking ceasing for good. What worked for me was Lemon Heads hard candy and bottled nuts (not peanuts, more expensive nuts like cashews and almonds). And when I quit, my only reason was that ciggies were $5 a carton and I thought spending $40 a month on clothes would be more fun than blowing $40 up in smoke! They had only one aid to quit back in '84, and that was that awful gum. Better aids today but some of those drugs sound dangerous to me. I would never be able to live here if handn't quit when I did. If you ever smoked you know it at 6424 feet altitude (it's only a mile at the state capitol steps: big sign, tourists taking pics). I am interested in what brands flavored lipstick you favor from Ulta and Sephora. |
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On Jul 25, 8:09*am, Lesley wrote:
I'll confess my secret weakness is trashy novels- sometimes I just want to curl up with something undemanding like the latest Jilly Cooper something low in plot and high in bonking! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Tabloids. I don't buy them new and up-to-the-minute, have sources for fairly recent issues. Not because I either idolize celebs or are vitally interested in any of their shenanigans, but because I enjoy laughing at strangers and this is a way to do that violence-free, LOL. Even if only part of what they print is true, people with money to do whatever they want whenever wherever and however have no more smarts than the majority....us. |
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On Jul 25, 10:37*am, hopitus wrote:
On Jul 25, 6:39*am, BfloPolska wrote: On Jul 22, 12:45*am, Sherry wrote: On Jul 21, 2:52*pm, CatNipped wrote: Worst Restaurant Food In U.S. Named-Care To Join Me For Lunch? http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/art...43812233&afid=... A pork belly-topped cheeseburger, a sandwich stuffed with mozzarella sticks, and a 1,540-calorie slice of cheesecake were among the dishes that a health advocacy group singled out on Tuesday for over-the-top fat and sodium content. The Center for Science in the Public Interest unveiled the group of "honorees," including Denny's Corp, Cheesecake Factory Inc, Kahala Corp's Cold Stone Creamery, and DineEquity Inc's Applebee's and IHOP. According to the group, the typical person should limit calorie intake to 2,000 a day, as well as keep saturated fat below 20 grams (0.7 ounce) and sodium below 1,500 milligrams. Each serving of the award-winning menu items nearly reaches, or even surpasses, these restrictions. The dishes are mostly twists on the usual suspects of burgers, dessert and all things fried. Denny's "Fried Cheese Melt," for instance, is a grilled cheese sandwich with four fried mozzarella sticks inside. The entree amounts to 1,260 calories and 21 grams of saturated fat, not to mention 3,010 milligrams of sodium. Applebee's "Provolone Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine" adds up to 1,520 calories and 43 grams of saturated fat. The Cheesecake Factory's "Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake" goes beyond the usual by alternating two pieces of red velvet cake with two pieces of cheesecake, racking up to 1,540 calories and 59 grams of saturated fat. And Cold Stone Creamery's "PB&C Shake" (peanut butter & chocolate) has 2,010 calories and 68 grams of saturated fat. Two out of three Americans are overweight, and such dishes increase their risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks and cancer, according to Bonnie Liebman, the center's director of nutrition. Denny's and Applebee's both said they offered a wide variety of choices. Denny's pointed to its "Fit Fare" menu, and Applebee's to its "Unbelievably Great Tasting and Under 550 Calories" options. Other restaurants did not respond to requests for a comment. People often see dining out as an indulgence and a time when they do not pay much attention to their diets. The U.S. government is trying to push restaurants to disclose nutritional information on their menus. The Food and Drug Administration plans to issue rules requiring restaurants to list nutritional and caloric information by the end of 2011. ================================================== ======================= Mine is ice cream or anything with ice cream in it. -- Hugs, CatNipped We don't like either Denny's (except breakfast) or Applebees, but I'm sure the restaurants we DO like are equally as bad. My weakness is also ice cream. *I have been very bad lately and my current favorite is "Monkeying Around" flavor from Schwann. It's described as banana flavored full fat ice cream, with bits of fudge-coated real banana and a streak of graham cracker running through it. Yum. Last week's favorite was fat-free vanilla with Braum's fat-free hot fudge sauce. I loathe Denny's myself; Louie and I prefer the local joints, which are far more interesting. My guilt food is dark orange chocolate ice cream. Only one place in the area to my knowledge makes it, and they're a bit of a drive, so I do not frequently indulge. My guiltier indulgence, as many of you probably know about me anyway, is premium perfume and make-up, and the local Sephora and Ulta are closer to me than the artisan ice cream shop. To Louie's abiding chagrin. My rationale is that flavored lipstick helped me quit smoking, and now that I'm not spending a colossal sum of money on cancer-sticks I can put it to better luxuries. Blessed be, Baha Anyone who has ever quit probably understands that anything that works *is okay, when it comes to smoking ceasing for good. What worked for me was Lemon Heads hard candy and bottled nuts (not peanuts, more expensive nuts like cashews and almonds). And when I quit, my only reason was that ciggies were $5 a carton and I thought spending $40 a month on clothes would be more fun than blowing $40 up in smoke! They had only one aid to quit back in '84, and that was that awful gum. Better aids today but some of those drugs sound dangerous to me. I would never be able to live here if handn't quit when I did. If you ever smoked you know it at 6424 feet altitude (it's only a mile at the state capitol steps: big sign, tourists taking pics). I am interested in what brands flavored lipstick you favor from Ulta and Sephora. I quit in 2000 and while the patch was available, it was very expensive. Now you can get them free from Albany. Neither of my stores of chooice had anything flavored (Now my favorite flavored premium gloss is from Urban Decay, and I buy the ones from Bath and Body Works in bulk.) In 2000 I used either Bonne Bell Lip Smackers, or a Jane lipstick--I think it was called Mega Bites and has been long discontinued. To this day I keep a tube of Bath and Body Works lip gloss in my purse and on my desk, because the craving never really leaves. Blessed be, Baha |
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