tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810930756182668268.post2374649575880503964..comments2023-10-28T09:12:41.009-04:00Comments on Chocolate Makes My Clothes Shrink: I didn't eat the flower (for you , Rivka)SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622752453387709815noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810930756182668268.post-6500260264804555452008-12-16T21:57:00.000-05:002008-12-16T21:57:00.000-05:00Frances, I will tell all at the office tomorrow. A...Frances, I will tell all at the office tomorrow. And I am certain you are glad that you missed work today because there were donuts and munchkins and cake (and it was a crazy busy day). The one advantage to keeping kosher :)SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622752453387709815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810930756182668268.post-13345034774341231812008-12-16T19:38:00.000-05:002008-12-16T19:38:00.000-05:00What did the Chief Rabbi say? What kind of flower ...What did the Chief Rabbi say? What kind of flower did you pass up? Tell me more! What else did you besides eat with your family? <BR/><BR/>What food that your mom cooks that you too can prepare?<BR/><BR/>I did bake over the weekend. Much butter, with choclate and nuts and spices. Even coconut balls. The best were cookies with fresh pecans. But there was that vegetable soup and fresh tangarines and pears- then a taste of each cookie! Now all those cookies to give away! They have mostly lost their allure. <BR/><BR/>Today in the science section of the New York times - the story I referred to last I wrote! They took it off Pope's blog!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you had a good visit with your mom and dad with extended family. <BR/><BR/>Work for you and me- tomorrow! We will have no flowers or chocolate cake... <BR/>Sigh.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171876901021485404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810930756182668268.post-42914112924231258852008-12-16T09:39:00.000-05:002008-12-16T09:39:00.000-05:00Hi SK! Sorry I haven't commented in a while. I k...Hi SK! Sorry I haven't commented in a while. I know what you mean about going home. In NY I buy what I'm going to eat and I eat it and when I want more food I have to go to the grocery store and buy more. When I'm in Chicago I just open the pantry and shovel it in....Good thing I won't be in Chicago until Pesach! :)<BR/><BR/>Don't forget to keep the goal in mind! And I realize that after all is said and done I don't really like cake all that much. What a blessing. I do not feel like I've missed out when I skip the cake, the twerps or gummies, maybe, but not the cake. Thank G-d for small miracles. :)<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work (and the good posting)!zehavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01709531722602136258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810930756182668268.post-13647644333982887262008-12-16T01:48:00.000-05:002008-12-16T01:48:00.000-05:00sara, i have never posted til now but not for lack...sara, i have never posted til now but not for lack of love, just for lack of thinking you want to hear something i, a serial dieter, has to say. but i will say that this post was HI-larious and seriously made my night :-)<BR/><BR/>i'd love to see you sometime this week...lets be in touch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810930756182668268.post-37247622669649574322008-12-15T22:03:00.000-05:002008-12-15T22:03:00.000-05:00Thanks for the mention. I do feel guilty, by the w...Thanks for the mention. I do feel guilty, by the way, for the whole dessert thing. Even though I know I shouldn't. But you are totally right about the being on vacation thing, that your parent's house is now a "FOOD" house! Nights are the hardest, especially when they are cold and gray....even when I walk into my parent's house - and they live a block away - I walk right to the pantry thinking I will find something magical to fill all my eating desires! And all that's usually there are such pretzels and rice cakes and oreo cakes, which I feel guilty eating, so I walk away disappointed, only to do it again the next time! But hey, you didn't eat the flower and that's the important thing! Also the jacket looked nice, oh and wasn't your mother wearing the same shirt? ;PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810930756182668268.post-2095908034304179542008-12-15T13:01:00.000-05:002008-12-15T13:01:00.000-05:00dang, i just posted a comment and it all got lost....dang, i just posted a comment and it all got lost.<BR/><BR/>i wanted to say b/c i'm behind i wanted to respond to your post about WW not giving you a smiley. i think you should write to them that you were disappointed not to get that kind of reward for your weight loss. it is completely normal and accepted in the nutrition community to lose more than 2 pounds in your first week in a weight loss program. plus, in response to Z, people who are extremely overweight can safely lose up to 1-2% of their body weight per week, which is typically more than 2 pounds. so i think WW would want to know what their customers are thinking.<BR/><BR/>that said, great job over shabbos! when you go on vacation (and really, we are in "vacation mode" when we go home - mendy tells me, shira, do you realize how much you let go when you step into your parents' house (AKA candyland)), it's best to set a goal to maintain weight versus continue to lose b/c it's really difficult to lose weight over vacation, and setting yourself for a goal that is not realistic just works against you. (wow that was a long sentence!) so good for you for not eating the flowers. in my book, any calories saved count!She-nerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062813665487314154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3810930756182668268.post-10764595570856168212008-12-14T23:43:00.000-05:002008-12-14T23:43:00.000-05:00I love that - it is very poetic and can be applied...I love that - it is very poetic and can be applied to so many things. And while it can be critique, it is also important to celebrate the mini victories. While I always take a more liberal approach to just about everything than I necessarily should, I see at least for myself that too much deprivation can backfire too - this is not a setback but a very situational and understandable celebration of a nice time with family, and now you're coming back to Queens (yay!) and you will resume your lean turkey mornings and skinny salmon nights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com