tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.comments2021-05-02T10:17:11.657-07:00Webby ~ by P'cessP'cesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05415797747259254688noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-78151892443357813502021-05-02T10:17:11.657-07:002021-05-02T10:17:11.657-07:00I found this on internet and it is really very nic...I found this on internet and it is really very nice.<br />An excellent blog.<br />Great work!<a href="https://mybkexperience.website/index.php/mybkexperience-survey/">mybkexperience</a>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17233929365210893335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-35865069527216975342020-07-23T16:59:13.014-07:002020-07-23T16:59:13.014-07:00I just found your Choose Your Own Ending Shawl, bu...I just found your Choose Your Own Ending Shawl, but am having difficulty knowing what to do since the number of stitches on the Setup Rows totals 13 (not 15) and all following rows would then be "off." Don't know where to place markers nor do I know if final design will be correct. Can you help?charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555790307479036103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-89038333563316186572013-06-14T08:41:19.911-07:002013-06-14T08:41:19.911-07:00Hi Carol Lynn;
You didn't leave any contact i...Hi Carol Lynn;<br /><br />You didn't leave any contact info so I hope you come back to read this.<br /><br />PM means Place Marker and SM means Slip Marker.<br /><br />The first page has each 'section' written out and the second page has the instructions for the shawl, including the Cast On amount (7 stitches). I had to put instructions for each section in so that when people were choosing their own combination they could refer back to how to complete each of the garter, stockinette and eyelet sections.<br /><br />You can knit until you run out of yarn, so you can use as many skeins of yarn that you like.<br /><br />Hope this helps!<br />Darcy<br /><br />P'cesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415797747259254688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-71343449030589083242013-06-14T05:10:15.514-07:002013-06-14T05:10:15.514-07:00I've done a fair amount of very straight forwa...I've done a fair amount of very straight forward knitting and wanted to tackle something different. This looks very lovely but on reading the directions I don't understand why there isn't any cast on stitches. Am I missing something? Are you starting with the point? What does PM and SM mean? This only takes 1 skein and if I find the yarn suggested can I use another? Lots of questions I know but it is lovely and I would like to give it a try. Thank youCarol Lynnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-49798014007907109242013-03-27T13:25:01.560-07:002013-03-27T13:25:01.560-07:00Also, welcome back to the “club” of not having ton...Also, welcome back to the “club” of not having tonnes of free time to sit about and eat shit food and drink! You’re likely too busy making dinners, shopping, planning menus, making lunches, packing your gym bag, going to bed early for the gym. Sounds like a horrible, dull and time consuming life…..unless you love it and believe in it! When you do, the thought of sitting around for hours on end drinking 750 calorie frappucinos and eating butter chicken poutine while achieving nothing productive or respectful is too wrong to contemplate! Now that you’re in “the club” again, you remember what it feels like to earn a reward or a rest!Shannonhttp://www.fittyvsfatty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-55739263999635679072013-03-27T13:20:32.179-07:002013-03-27T13:20:32.179-07:00My advice would be not to spend too much time tryi...My advice would be not to spend too much time trying to "manage" their reactions. If your relationship with them served a purpose for them and you and you now no longer require that sort of interaction, it's possible that you have to let the relationship go and let it evolve (or disintegrate) into whatever it will.<br /><br /><br />Shannonhttp://www.fittyvsfatty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-65754633148774181362013-03-27T07:55:37.875-07:002013-03-27T07:55:37.875-07:00HUGE pat on the back and BIG congratulations for d...HUGE pat on the back and BIG congratulations for doing this! It's such a great accomplishment and you should be very, very proud of yourself! <br /><br />Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933483263685885023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-71920933487951365362013-03-26T17:03:56.620-07:002013-03-26T17:03:56.620-07:00PS. I don't think it would be stronger of you...PS. I don't think it would be stronger of you to learn to be a different sort of person, I think the strength comes from knowing who you are and conducting yourself accordingly to achieve your goals. Shannonhttp://www.fittyvsfatty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-84981428637871119702013-03-26T15:12:49.881-07:002013-03-26T15:12:49.881-07:00Oh, HAHAHAAAAAAA…..I’m a total abstainer! I can t...Oh, HAHAHAAAAAAA…..I’m a total abstainer! I can turn down anything at any time and I do really well that way! For example (convenient timing!) I’ve had a chocolate Lindt bear in my desk for a month. Untouched. Bit a teeny bit of his ear 15 minutes ago and now he’s naught but a foil wrapper in my garbage can and I have a gut ache and sugar-high headache! Shannonhttp://www.fittyvsfatty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-64657719068977408602013-03-12T13:37:27.702-07:002013-03-12T13:37:27.702-07:00THIS! This is what it's all about! Redisoverin...THIS! This is what it's all about! Redisovering and remaking/remodeling yourself. It's happening to you! I'm excited for you because I know how good it feels. Keep going and you will take on the world!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933483263685885023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-78633470092076373042013-03-12T10:23:05.302-07:002013-03-12T10:23:05.302-07:00Your hobby served you well and I can totally see h...Your hobby served you well and I can totally see how even wearing some of the things that you knit during terrible times would be difficult, while beautiful I can only assume that they are associated with times that were very rough and dark. It’s great to read this post and hear that you are going to take some of the time that you used to spend creating your knitting and change over to use that time to create yourself, your life, your heart, your happiness and your health. That’s not sad at all! Shedding the shawls and scarves is good, too, sort of like laying down the gauntlet….setting yourself free to do the work and reap the benefits!Shannonhttp://www.fittyvsfatty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-17164489570532140202013-03-11T08:22:17.582-07:002013-03-11T08:22:17.582-07:00God is always ready for the wounded sheep to come ...God is always ready for the wounded sheep to come back to Him. :)<br /><br />His,<br /><br />Strong By Choice Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-84874644721923146442013-02-25T11:50:31.483-08:002013-02-25T11:50:31.483-08:00Having done two Whole30s I think this is such a gr...Having done two Whole30s I think this is such a great thing to do for one's self and I do wish you great success!<br /><br />Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933483263685885023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-63128242346770856702012-11-26T15:14:24.694-08:002012-11-26T15:14:24.694-08:00I'm following you on Instagram now if you want...I'm following you on Instagram now if you want to request to follow me (I'm private). I'm holtomwaddell.<br /><br />planningdoesntworkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-10570840172132398162012-11-14T08:07:04.837-08:002012-11-14T08:07:04.837-08:00I know the feeling of impending change. It's ...I know the feeling of impending change. It's kind of exciting, yes?<br /><br />Good luck with figuring everything out and your new endeavor in January.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933483263685885023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-4452534363261747202012-11-09T10:44:22.599-08:002012-11-09T10:44:22.599-08:00Everything is better with a pom pom ;) But serious...Everything is better with a pom pom ;) But seriously, the hat looks great on its own, and your lacy shawls are lovely!Susanhttp://withpointedsticks.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-2843847244846706492012-09-20T10:30:04.680-07:002012-09-20T10:30:04.680-07:00The food guide is just that - a guide. It's a...The food guide is just that - a guide. It's a suggestion, which we all have to alter in order to make it suit our personal ways of eating.<br /><br />Case in point, its based on a daily intake of something like 1800-2000 calories per day (for women). Most of us do not burn that many calories in a day, so we should not be consuming that number. They also 'suggest' that we get 2 1/2 hours of "moderate to vigorous activity" each week - most of us don't do that either (Shannon is probably the exception!). <br /><br />It doesn't matter what WOE you choose to follow - ultimately, it all comes down to calories in vs. out. You have to use up all the calories you eat, otherwise you gain weight - so either we have to do more exercise or eat less food. Aside from that, its just a matter of where you choose to get your daily requirement of calories - you someone could eat nothing but doughnuts and still lose weight, provided they made sure that they ate fewer calories than they burned. They'd just spend most of the day starving, because those 3 doughnuts wouldn't be very filling.<br /><br />Eat whatever way makes you feel good. Personally, I'm sticking with my peanut butter sandwich.Glendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11558275006947231705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-25416156026940356692012-09-18T18:31:33.747-07:002012-09-18T18:31:33.747-07:00If I had to figure out what I was going to have fo...If I had to figure out what I was going to have for dinner every day on the way home from work I'd never make it. I do as much as I can when I have a bit of extra time on the weekends. Usually Sundays I designate some time to shopping and prepping - although I don't do a solid meal plan for the week. I just make sure I have lots on hand and try to wing it the best I can. <br /><br />A spaghetti squash cooked on Sunday will stay good in your fridge for over a week. Shred a cabbage and put it in ziploc bags. Pull one out anytime and sauté it up quickly (only takes a few mins) in some coconut oil. <br /><br />Leftovers are great too. Cook up a double batch of whatever you're having for dinner (it's no extra work) and have the leftovers the next night. <br /><br />If you do a bit of extra work when you have a bit of extra time, the meals through the week can be a bit easier.<br /><br />Hope this helps. You can do this. You totally can.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933483263685885023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-54465140019219477772012-09-18T11:47:32.197-07:002012-09-18T11:47:32.197-07:00See, all your ideas sound like good ones and ones ...See, all your ideas sound like good ones and ones I can get behind... with a list and a plan... I will spend some time this weekend making a plan and a weekly recipe meal plan so that I know what I want to eat and what I have to do to prepare it.P'cesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415797747259254688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-48487961122968087032012-09-18T11:29:43.305-07:002012-09-18T11:29:43.305-07:00You wanted to go back to the days where you just a...You wanted to go back to the days where you just ate cupcakes and grilled cheese and not care. But those days got you to where you are now and clearly that didn’t work. There is definitely a certain amount of time commitment involved when you choose to take a healthier approach, there’s not a lot you can do to get away from that. For sure there are things that can help though. Rice a big head of cauli on Sunday and eat for your sides all week. Par-steam some green beans and keep in the fridge. Douse in boiling water to revive them and eat for sides. Buy the $4 bag of prechopped broccoli from Costco and chuck that into a pot with a smidge of water in the bottom and steam them. Roast an entire butternut squash (in wheel slices) one night and eat that for the week. Pierce a yam and chuck it into your oven and roast it (tinned foil underneath though or you’ll have a sticky mess!). Or don’t eat sides. Make the meatballs and have 6 instead of 4 with a quarter avocado. Throw a can of spicy tuna into some cottage cheese with ¼ avocado and eat. <br /><br />Spend some time thinking of the things that you like to eat and then coming up with a quick and easy pre-prep way to cook them or have a cooking day during the week/weekend.<br /><br />Grain free is not a miracle cure for weight loss nor is it easy. The simplest way of eating (whole, clean) is not necessarily the easiest, not at all. Commit some time every night to feeding yourself properly.<br /><br />Oh…and get some exercise, that changes everything! ;)Shannonhttp://www.fittyvsfatty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-80922998622715690332012-09-18T10:56:57.084-07:002012-09-18T10:56:57.084-07:00I realize that it sounded like I was having a carb...I realize that it sounded like I was having a carb craving... what I was having was an 'easy food' craving. When I got home I had no interest in carbs, I didn't sit and think about them, I didn't wish I was having them... Once I came up with my meal and cooked and ate it, I was perfectly fine again... I let myself get too hungry and then irritable and wanted easy food... well easy food is also carb food... I wanted to go back to the days where I would eat cupcakes or grilled cheese and not give a shit... <br /><br />I am not doing the Whole30 thing right now because I need to figure out a proper breakfast first that doesn't include my smoothie and I don't think undertaking something like that while I'm in this irritable state of food obsession is a good idea... talk about making a bad situation worse... I have given up booze for the time being (altho I drink very very little most of the time) and I've given up my dark chocolate and ice cream... the only thing I have left is the dairy in my morning ritual... So hopefully that helps a bit until I can figure out a smoothie replacement.<br /><br />I think your idea of compiling a list and recipe book of things I like to eat/make is a good idea... and the recipe planning... I have tons of frozen fish, chicken, pork and ground beef in the freezer and not a single idea of what to make with any of it... It's like I have a mental block... I've made yummy things before and now I can't think of anything... a list may help!<br /><br />The other part of my problem is sides... I really deep down in my core hate cooking and the more things I have to cook the crankier I get, so sides is a real issue, but I can't see continuing to eat this much salad...<br /><br />Your meatballs sound yummy! Also the chicken wings sound yummy too! These are things I could make!<br />P'cesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415797747259254688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-75312325642170082842012-09-18T10:38:40.911-07:002012-09-18T10:38:40.911-07:00I think that’s a fairly good plan….but I think you...I think that’s a fairly good plan….but I think you’re avoiding what the real issue seems to be and that’s that you said you’ve done the grain free thing for two months with little results and that you’re having carb cravings. I suspect you definitely had a massive carb craving so again I highly suggest you phase out/wean off any sugar, starch, booze etc for awhile.<br /><br />The menu planning thing. Hahaha…the absolute bain of my fucking existence! I HATE Sunday mornings. Sunday is when I sit down with Ray and we figure out what our meals are going to be for Sunday through Thursday (I don’t cook Fridays and we wing it on Saturdays). Since we tend to rotate pork, chicken, fish, beef, pork, chicken, fish, beef and on and on, when I ask him for suggestions and he says “How about chicken?”, I want to punch him. Yes, obviously we’ll be having chicken, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT?! It definitely gets hard to be creative week after week of eating meat and vegetables. Hence the stuffed squashes the other day!<br /><br />I prefer to make my menu a week in advance because at that time I also know what the weather is going to be like, any other appointments or commitments that we have, what shift Ray is on and in general how I’ll be feeling. And then I plan the easiest meals for the busy or hot days and the more complex ones for when I have extra time on my hands. I fully advise spending some time making yourself a recipe book with various achievable recipes that you’ve printed off from online as well as the ones you’ve come up with. People post recipes with the full intention that other people are going to steal them! Flip through it on a Sunday and decide what you want to make then make your week’s shopping list (leftover dinner for lunch the next day) and then post your planned menu on the fridge. Each night when you’re cleaning up dinner you check the map and take out to defrost whatever is up for the next day.<br /><br />Last night I made baked meatballs…a pound each of gr turkey and beef, two eggs, garlic & onion pwdr, paprika & cayenne. Rolled and placed in a greased baking dish. Covered with jarred sauce (not Whole30 but then I’m not) and baked it for around 40 minutes. Served it over riced cauli that I had leftover in the fridge. Made 30 large meatballs, you could definitely freeze that! That’s around 7-8 meals. Change it up with a shrimp cocktail from Costco every now and then or scrambled eggs or a can of oysters and an apple or make chicken wings with approved ingredients (bread in parm and spices and bake). You could declare one day a week No Cooking Day and either fast or go somewhere that you know is on the approved list. <br /><br />Making a long list of interesting but easy recipes is definitely a key to the success over in the Pilon-Canaday house. I can help you make your list anytime, just let me know. I have quite a few 20 minute or less prep dinners.<br />Shannonhttp://www.fittyvsfatty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-36008603121264735682012-09-17T20:30:06.763-07:002012-09-17T20:30:06.763-07:00I felt that way last week, my dear friend. I was ...I felt that way last week, my dear friend. I was on the edge of the edge and felt like I was ready for the damn to break - barely holding back the carb and crap cravings. I had been "carb creeping" a bit and was seriously thinking about things that would blow the doors off all of it. What I had been doing wasn't helping me lose weight (opposite) and I was frustrated and upset and depressed. <br /><br />Take a moment to think this out. Reassess. Retweak. Try to find an answer that will work for you and bring you peace and contentment. <br /><br />Like Shannon, I am here if you want to talk. Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933483263685885023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-60095100709308802092012-09-17T20:17:26.764-07:002012-09-17T20:17:26.764-07:00Holy Christ. Ok, settle down, that's a mad car...Holy Christ. Ok, settle down, that's a mad carb craving you have going there!<br /><br />Obv you're not going to eat any of those things because you know how toxic that they are, individually let alone in a big binge like that. <br /><br />Tink of the sugar straight to your blood stream, the instant inflammation to your intestines and how none of that is fair to your body. <br /><br />I suspect, based on an earlier post of yours where you'd said you were still eating ice cream, dark chocolate and alcohol, that your recent endeavor to start Whole30 started a big carb withdrawal for you. <br /><br />Since you KNOW that this is the right way to ear and you KNOW that you have the pounds to lose, you have to assess and reassess and constantly modify what you're doing in order to find hat works best for you. Not what seems to work for me or what Tara has decided to do.....what works the best for your physiology. Maybe it's higher protein and lower fat. Maybe it's elimination of dairy. Maybe it's fruit or dense carbs only before 10am. <br /><br />Grain free, primal and paleo are all only guidelines, you have to find your own limits within the guidelines. <br /><br />But for Chrissakes, stop the booze and sugar immediately!<br /><br />I'm here if you want to chat!Shannonhttp://www.fittyvsfatty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3638162773847650074.post-81759980134399253882012-09-12T20:41:59.353-07:002012-09-12T20:41:59.353-07:00Our "food guide" is infuriating. Hard no...Our "food guide" is infuriating. Hard not to laugh except that it's really not that funny!Shannonhttp://www.fittyvsfatty.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com