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Then you missed out on my favorite foods. I love soups, casseroles,
chili, stews, etc. On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 08:22:24 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: one thing that is a good thing/bad thing about not being able to see what I eat, I can now eat things that I had trouble eating when I could see it, when I could see it, I could eat nothing that had a preowned look, no soups, chili, or casseroles, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . If the marshmallows get browned on top, they don't look so bad. But if the marshmallows are just melted and gooey but still cloud-white, the appearance is indeed unappetizing, in my opinion. -- Linda P On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 05:30:56 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: and from what I remember the way the potatoes looked when cooked this way are not altogether attractive, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . I think it's the marshmallows that trigger the gag reflex. It's at the top of a very short list of sweets that I can leave alone. If I want something warm and laden with fat and sugar, I'd rather have pie or a warm cinnamon roll. On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 02:32:58 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: I even like them fixed like that, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . Me too. Just finished eating one with dinner. It's one of my favorite foods. As a kid, though, I hated them. Mom always fixed them for Thanksgiving and Christmas, using the canned variety and topping them with butter, brown sugar, and marshmallows. Even the thought of that old recipe makes me gag. -- Linda P On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:07:53 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: I love sweet potato made just about any way, Lee Fred wrote in message .. . It does allow individual flexibility and adaptions. Of course, this concept only works if you know the older RANGE program. It worked for me quite well. (oh, baked sweet potato is wafting up this way.... (g)) On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:18:22 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: that is interesting, I like the idea that everything is fixed and that I am reducing food to x amount of food, I had horrible times saving up for extras, now on flex I rarely use more than 1 or 2 points until the last day of my week, that is just too cool how we each can adapt the principles of the program to suit our individual needs, Lee Fred wrote in message news I'm sure you recreate it (G) I know -ME-. I am really glad I joined when Winning Points or whatever was the program. I would have been critically impaired (G) by being told I had to eat 24 points each and every day. Even having those flex points out there would not have been good enough. It would have been this rigid, inflexible objective each day. NO WAY. That is just not my style. Saving "excess" points was more of my style. Also, frankly, my exercise level does not lend itself to eating all activity points as/when earned. I still find that the next day I need more. Altho, I think that I did learn in Europe (well, after) that I should have been eating more each day to counter the extreme hiking each day. I think I was TOO driven by "can't gain weight/have to control input" when I could have used more fuel. I get this feeling that may be what is driving the "broken switch" now. Or that's my excuse anyway. Well, almost off to WI..... (yikes!) On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:50:10 -0600, Prairie Roots wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:32:26 -0800, Fred wrote: I still never did alter to the ONE POINT VALUE per day, perferring the less anal/rigid/unforgiving daily range Ah yes, the old Winning Points program in which you earned your extra points instead of being given them at the beginning of ea chweek.Hm. I've still got a spreadsheet from those days. I might try to dig that out. Oh wait. Over the weekend I had to reformat my hard drive. That's one thing I didn't back up. |
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Then you missed out on my favorite foods. I love soups, casseroles,
chili, stews, etc. On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 08:22:24 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: one thing that is a good thing/bad thing about not being able to see what I eat, I can now eat things that I had trouble eating when I could see it, when I could see it, I could eat nothing that had a preowned look, no soups, chili, or casseroles, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . If the marshmallows get browned on top, they don't look so bad. But if the marshmallows are just melted and gooey but still cloud-white, the appearance is indeed unappetizing, in my opinion. -- Linda P On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 05:30:56 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: and from what I remember the way the potatoes looked when cooked this way are not altogether attractive, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . I think it's the marshmallows that trigger the gag reflex. It's at the top of a very short list of sweets that I can leave alone. If I want something warm and laden with fat and sugar, I'd rather have pie or a warm cinnamon roll. On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 02:32:58 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: I even like them fixed like that, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . Me too. Just finished eating one with dinner. It's one of my favorite foods. As a kid, though, I hated them. Mom always fixed them for Thanksgiving and Christmas, using the canned variety and topping them with butter, brown sugar, and marshmallows. Even the thought of that old recipe makes me gag. -- Linda P On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:07:53 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: I love sweet potato made just about any way, Lee Fred wrote in message .. . It does allow individual flexibility and adaptions. Of course, this concept only works if you know the older RANGE program. It worked for me quite well. (oh, baked sweet potato is wafting up this way.... (g)) On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:18:22 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: that is interesting, I like the idea that everything is fixed and that I am reducing food to x amount of food, I had horrible times saving up for extras, now on flex I rarely use more than 1 or 2 points until the last day of my week, that is just too cool how we each can adapt the principles of the program to suit our individual needs, Lee Fred wrote in message news I'm sure you recreate it (G) I know -ME-. I am really glad I joined when Winning Points or whatever was the program. I would have been critically impaired (G) by being told I had to eat 24 points each and every day. Even having those flex points out there would not have been good enough. It would have been this rigid, inflexible objective each day. NO WAY. That is just not my style. Saving "excess" points was more of my style. Also, frankly, my exercise level does not lend itself to eating all activity points as/when earned. I still find that the next day I need more. Altho, I think that I did learn in Europe (well, after) that I should have been eating more each day to counter the extreme hiking each day. I think I was TOO driven by "can't gain weight/have to control input" when I could have used more fuel. I get this feeling that may be what is driving the "broken switch" now. Or that's my excuse anyway. Well, almost off to WI..... (yikes!) On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:50:10 -0600, Prairie Roots wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:32:26 -0800, Fred wrote: I still never did alter to the ONE POINT VALUE per day, perferring the less anal/rigid/unforgiving daily range Ah yes, the old Winning Points program in which you earned your extra points instead of being given them at the beginning of ea chweek.Hm. I've still got a spreadsheet from those days. I might try to dig that out. Oh wait. Over the weekend I had to reformat my hard drive. That's one thing I didn't back up. |
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one thing that is a good thing/bad thing about not being able to see what I
eat, I can now eat things that I had trouble eating when I could see it, when I could see it, I could eat nothing that had a preowned look, no soups, chili, or casseroles, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message ... If the marshmallows get browned on top, they don't look so bad. But if the marshmallows are just melted and gooey but still cloud-white, the appearance is indeed unappetizing, in my opinion. -- Linda P On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 05:30:56 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: and from what I remember the way the potatoes looked when cooked this way are not altogether attractive, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . I think it's the marshmallows that trigger the gag reflex. It's at the top of a very short list of sweets that I can leave alone. If I want something warm and laden with fat and sugar, I'd rather have pie or a warm cinnamon roll. On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 02:32:58 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: I even like them fixed like that, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . Me too. Just finished eating one with dinner. It's one of my favorite foods. As a kid, though, I hated them. Mom always fixed them for Thanksgiving and Christmas, using the canned variety and topping them with butter, brown sugar, and marshmallows. Even the thought of that old recipe makes me gag. -- Linda P On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:07:53 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: I love sweet potato made just about any way, Lee Fred wrote in message .. . It does allow individual flexibility and adaptions. Of course, this concept only works if you know the older RANGE program. It worked for me quite well. (oh, baked sweet potato is wafting up this way.... (g)) On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:18:22 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: that is interesting, I like the idea that everything is fixed and that I am reducing food to x amount of food, I had horrible times saving up for extras, now on flex I rarely use more than 1 or 2 points until the last day of my week, that is just too cool how we each can adapt the principles of the program to suit our individual needs, Lee Fred wrote in message news I'm sure you recreate it (G) I know -ME-. I am really glad I joined when Winning Points or whatever was the program. I would have been critically impaired (G) by being told I had to eat 24 points each and every day. Even having those flex points out there would not have been good enough. It would have been this rigid, inflexible objective each day. NO WAY. That is just not my style. Saving "excess" points was more of my style. Also, frankly, my exercise level does not lend itself to eating all activity points as/when earned. I still find that the next day I need more. Altho, I think that I did learn in Europe (well, after) that I should have been eating more each day to counter the extreme hiking each day. I think I was TOO driven by "can't gain weight/have to control input" when I could have used more fuel. I get this feeling that may be what is driving the "broken switch" now. Or that's my excuse anyway. Well, almost off to WI..... (yikes!) On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:50:10 -0600, Prairie Roots wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:32:26 -0800, Fred wrote: I still never did alter to the ONE POINT VALUE per day, perferring the less anal/rigid/unforgiving daily range Ah yes, the old Winning Points program in which you earned your extra points instead of being given them at the beginning of ea chweek.Hm. I've still got a spreadsheet from those days. I might try to dig that out. Oh wait. Over the weekend I had to reformat my hard drive. That's one thing I didn't back up. |
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Nope I didn't, ate them just fine, err too fine, after I couldn't see them,
Lee, who loves them all now Prairie Roots wrote in message ... Then you missed out on my favorite foods. I love soups, casseroles, chili, stews, etc. On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 08:22:24 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: one thing that is a good thing/bad thing about not being able to see what I eat, I can now eat things that I had trouble eating when I could see it, when I could see it, I could eat nothing that had a preowned look, no soups, chili, or casseroles, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . If the marshmallows get browned on top, they don't look so bad. But if the marshmallows are just melted and gooey but still cloud-white, the appearance is indeed unappetizing, in my opinion. -- Linda P On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 05:30:56 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: and from what I remember the way the potatoes looked when cooked this way are not altogether attractive, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . I think it's the marshmallows that trigger the gag reflex. It's at the top of a very short list of sweets that I can leave alone. If I want something warm and laden with fat and sugar, I'd rather have pie or a warm cinnamon roll. On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 02:32:58 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: I even like them fixed like that, Lee Prairie Roots wrote in message .. . Me too. Just finished eating one with dinner. It's one of my favorite foods. As a kid, though, I hated them. Mom always fixed them for Thanksgiving and Christmas, using the canned variety and topping them with butter, brown sugar, and marshmallows. Even the thought of that old recipe makes me gag. -- Linda P On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:07:53 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: I love sweet potato made just about any way, Lee Fred wrote in message .. . It does allow individual flexibility and adaptions. Of course, this concept only works if you know the older RANGE program. It worked for me quite well. (oh, baked sweet potato is wafting up this way.... (g)) On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:18:22 -0800, "Miss Violette" wrote: that is interesting, I like the idea that everything is fixed and that I am reducing food to x amount of food, I had horrible times saving up for extras, now on flex I rarely use more than 1 or 2 points until the last day of my week, that is just too cool how we each can adapt the principles of the program to suit our individual needs, Lee Fred wrote in message news I'm sure you recreate it (G) I know -ME-. I am really glad I joined when Winning Points or whatever was the program. I would have been critically impaired (G) by being told I had to eat 24 points each and every day. Even having those flex points out there would not have been good enough. It would have been this rigid, inflexible objective each day. NO WAY. That is just not my style. Saving "excess" points was more of my style. Also, frankly, my exercise level does not lend itself to eating all activity points as/when earned. I still find that the next day I need more. Altho, I think that I did learn in Europe (well, after) that I should have been eating more each day to counter the extreme hiking each day. I think I was TOO driven by "can't gain weight/have to control input" when I could have used more fuel. I get this feeling that may be what is driving the "broken switch" now. Or that's my excuse anyway. Well, almost off to WI..... (yikes!) On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 21:50:10 -0600, Prairie Roots wrote: On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:32:26 -0800, Fred wrote: I still never did alter to the ONE POINT VALUE per day, perferring the less anal/rigid/unforgiving daily range Ah yes, the old Winning Points program in which you earned your extra points instead of being given them at the beginning of ea chweek.Hm. I've still got a spreadsheet from those days. I might try to dig that out. Oh wait. Over the weekend I had to reformat my hard drive. That's one thing I didn't back up. |
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