~*~" Waist'ing Away" with CLA/GLA in 2008~*~

[jimzgrl]

Everyones pics are so great!! You are all so pretty!

MG-I have told my dsh before that I think I have body dysmorphic disorder. I just still see the old me when I look in the mirror. I really need to take some new pictures of myself, maybe that will make the difference?
I wanted to tell you too, when you posted the thank you to me the other day I thought maybe you were mistaken on who had posted something Then I finished reading and figured out what was going on!! It took me a long time too, to realize that losing the weight slow wasn't the worst thing that could happen, NOT losing the weight at all was the worst. And I was losing! We can get to our goal, we just need to believe in ourselves!!(oh, and my "back boobs" are going away too!!!)
NOW YOU JUST STAY IN REMISSION LADY! DO YOU HEAR ME!!!!
Have fun with your guests! I love having a full house-maybe that's why I had 6 kids?? Can't wait for LOTS of grandkids!!

Okay my accountability for the day-
60 min yoga, 10 min @4 mph/treadmill, still going to do 30 min weights on stablility ball.
B-tea w/cream, LC custard
L-crackslaw
S-don't know yet
D-grilled chicken diced over romaine w/cucumbers, onion and avocado-creamy italian dressing

Off to do my weights now. You all be good now and quit picking on Phil!!

Kathy

[kycowgirl]

Nothing yet. he said it would take 4-5 days so I dont expect to hear anything until next week *sighs*. Glad you had a nice visit with your friend. I have very few friends, but the ones I have are long time true friends. I dont get to spend as much time with them as I would like though. When we go to Florida, we plan to meet my oldest friend from grade school for lunch. She moved there last year and isnt too far from Toms parents.

[RealFoodLiving]

Hey guys,

I made these {my tweaked version} today and they are yummy!!


* Exported from MasterCook *

GOLDEN FLAX ROLLS -GARLIC AND CHEESE


Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 large eggs
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 Tablespoon Parmesan cheese
1 cup organic Golden flax seed meal

Beat eggs and other wet ingredients well. Add dry, mix to combine. Let the batter sit for about 5 mins. Spoon into 12 greased muffin tins, bake @ 350- for 15 minutes.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 130 Calories; 11g Fat (71.6% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 4g Dietary Fiber; 71mg Cholesterol; 197mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

[michelemomof2]

Good evening.

MG - Those garlic and cheese flax rolls sound good. I may have to give those a try soon. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us.

Trish - I so wish I had a country line dance tape to exercise with! Where did you get yours? Was it a homemade tape? I hate exercising but I love to dance.

Chic - I am so happy you had a nice visit with your friend. 9-11 is a day I will never forget as long as I live.

Kathy - I didn't know what crack slaw was until earlier this week, when I finally emailed my friend (she is on LCF site, too) and asked her what the heck crack slaw is. She at me and couldn't believe I didn't know what it was. She then emailed me the recipe. I love that gal.

I made the chicken thighs for dinner and Cabbage and Sausage Stuffing (I halved the recipe since it was just DH and I and I used a 2 qt. caserole dish). Here is the recipe. . . it was really good:

Sausage Stuffing

1 pound sausage -- seasoned
2 large onions -- finely chopped
3 stalks celery -- finely chopped (3 to 4)
2 tablespoons butter -- (2 to 4)
1 head cabbage -- finely chopped
15 ounces chicken broth -- canned
3 eggs -- beaten
Seasonings

How To Prepare: This has all the taste of real
stuffing, without the bread. You won't miss the bread
and can "stuff" yourself as much as you like.

Saute your onion and celery in the butter. Add sausage,
brown, crumbling the sausage finely. Let the oils
and butter brown on the bottom of the pan to get that
great carbonation flavor. Add seasonings you like
such as thyme, oregano, pepper, salt, to taste. My
sausage was preseasoned, so I just added pepper. Add
cabbage and continue cooking. Add chicken broth
to moisten as dish starts to get dry. I ended up using a
whole can. Cook until cabbage is cooked and
tender. Put in a 3-4 qt baking dish and add the
eggs. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20-30 minutes.
Actually we didn't have an oven when I made this and
we cooked ours in the microwave for five minutes.
You may need to adjust some things to get it the
way you like dressing.

[kycowgirl]

I got my tapes at "Boot Country" western store back when line dancing was still the thang . I see alot of them on ebay still. Mine are all VHS

I'm off to work, seeya all tomorrow

[michelemomof2]

Thanks, Trish. I'll have to look them up. Have a good night at work.

Don't know when or if I will check in tomorrow. I will be taking MIL to the hospital for some tests (her heart is enlarged and she is short of breath).

Have a good evening everybody.

[smileyface]

Originally Posted by lisabinil

Morning Peeps! I have noticed a difference in my "back bumps"-those lovely bags of jigglypuff fat over and under the back of my bra. You gals know what I'm talkin about. I bought 2 cheapie double layer t-shirts from Walmart yesterday and tried them on and was looking in the mirror at my sideways reflection and went whoa, somethings different! My back bumps are definitely smaller! Belly and thighs-can't tell the difference but boy am I ever diggin in my closet for some shirts I thought looked really bad!

Wow-o-Wow that is soooo cool isn't it !! I told the trainer at the gym that that was one area that I needed help on. I hate that part on me.
A big to you Lisa

Deanna

[smileyface]

Originally Posted by MountainGirl

Hey Guys and Gals,
Before pics.

The first ones are from July 07
Next from November 07
and most recent from Dec 07

Congrats to you, you look great !! A big to you. I love your pics !!!
And ohhhh boyyyy, 9 children. I only have 1 son. I don't know that I could take the noise. (I'm sure that I could)..

Deanna

[smileyface]

Originally Posted by michelemomof2

Good evening.

MG - Those garlic and cheese flax rolls sound good. I may have to give those a try soon. Thanks for sharing the recipe with us.

Trish - I so wish I had a country line dance tape to exercise with! Where did you get yours? Was it a homemade tape? I hate exercising but I love to dance.

Chic - I am so happy you had a nice visit with your friend. 9-11 is a day I will never forget as long as I live.

Kathy - I didn't know what crack slaw was until earlier this week, when I finally emailed my friend (she is on LCF site, too) and asked her what the heck crack slaw is. She at me and couldn't believe I didn't know what it was. She then emailed me the recipe. I love that gal.

I made the chicken thighs for dinner and Cabbage and Sausage Stuffing (I halved the recipe since it was just DH and I and I used a 2 qt. caserole dish). Here is the recipe. . . it was really good:

Sausage Stuffing

1 pound sausage -- seasoned
2 large onions -- finely chopped
3 stalks celery -- finely chopped (3 to 4)
2 tablespoons butter -- (2 to 4)
1 head cabbage -- finely chopped
15 ounces chicken broth -- canned
3 eggs -- beaten
Seasonings

How To Prepare: This has all the taste of real
stuffing, without the bread. You won't miss the bread
and can "stuff" yourself as much as you like.

Saute your onion and celery in the butter. Add sausage,
brown, crumbling the sausage finely. Let the oils
and butter brown on the bottom of the pan to get that
great carbonation flavor. Add seasonings you like
such as thyme, oregano, pepper, salt, to taste. My
sausage was preseasoned, so I just added pepper. Add
cabbage and continue cooking. Add chicken broth
to moisten as dish starts to get dry. I ended up using a
whole can. Cook until cabbage is cooked and
tender. Put in a 3-4 qt baking dish and add the
eggs. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20-30 minutes.
Actually we didn't have an oven when I made this and
we cooked ours in the microwave for five minutes.
You may need to adjust some things to get it the
way you like dressing.

Michele, the receipe sounds good. Copying it down so I can make it soon. It sounds delicious.

Deanna

[RealFoodLiving]

Hey Michele,

OK, I'll bite, WHAT IS CRACK SLAW?????

Thanks for that Sausage stuffing recipe, it looks heavenly! My kind of dish! I have some organic turkey sausage in the freezer and some cabbage in the fridge! Whoo hooo!

[smileyface]

Originally Posted by kycowgirl

Paula, @ that pic

MG, I hope you Dr. adjusts your meds and the headaches go away. We got a dusting of snow last night too, but its gone now. More coming today, but rain after that so it wont last. Bitter cold in the single digits coming this weekend yikes !!! Isnt that silly the first mention of snow the stores get wiped out lol. How much longer do you have to do the chemo??? Have fun with your friends. Sounds like a good time coming . The pics arent showing for me

chic, Phils been around for awhile and he has a very good sense of humor . Have a nice visit with your friend

Marsha, I'm with you there *shudders* at speedos !! That was a visual I did NOT need . Reminds me of another story...(TMI Warning !!!) when my daughter was young, a friend and I took her and my friends nephew to the public pool. we went to the kiddie pool and were sitting on the edge watching the kids. My friend leaned over and said OMG, look across the pool. I did, and OMG there was an adult man sitting on the other side of the pool with his legs wide open and his sack hanging in the water !!! ew ewww ewwwww !!! He had to have been a perv doing that in the kiddie pool. No way did he not know his jewels were dangling with that cold water lapping at them !!!

Deanna, don't you love it when people loved the "dreaded" LC foods? lol.

Dani, I remember those days. My vacation started when the kids ended and they went back to school lol. On the western shirts, just do a search for mens western shirts and his size and save the search, you will get e-mail updates when some are added. Or do a search for wrangler, panhandle slim, roper and different western shirt brands. If I think of any more, I'll let you know

Lisa, thats called backfat :blush:, and I agree, this combo really got rid of that for me last time, I was amazed !!

Michele, I'm with your hubby, I only like white meat. We used to have a Coyotes here years ago, and me and my friends went and took line dance lessons too. It was so much fun and such great exercise. They got caught selling booze to minors with fake ID's and had to close . What I liked was most people were there to dance (not to get drunk, except the youngins) and most were drinking water. Some of those dancers were like Dancing with the stars !!

Oh yeah !!! I have been telling my friends at work all about low carbing. They can't believe what I'm eating. I eat soooo good. I got most of my receipes from this website. Take care and have a good evening.

Deanna

[RealFoodLiving]

Evening Y'all!

Checking in before I retire and go watch CSI. (my FAV show!)

Michele: I pray you MIL gets a good report. Please let us know how she's doing.

Deanna: Thank you for your kind words about my pics!

Kathy: Yeah, it REALLY helps to post the pictures, or at least upload them to your picture site. Some people use PhotoBucket, but I like Flickr. Both are free and you can make them private to where only YOU can see the pictures. OR, you can share them here with all of us. It really helps the BDD.

Here's what I had to eat today and I'm done for the day:

Breakfast:
Whey Protein shake w/ organic flax seeds

Lunch:
Organic raw baby spinach
Roasted wild salmon
Sour cream
olives

Snack:
Golden Flax muffin and organic butter

Supper:
Oriental stir fry veggies and organic ground beef

Snack:
Whey Protein Shake w/ organic flax seeds

G'night all!
Our friends are coming tomorrow evening and spending the weekend with us!
And YES Deanna, the noise is much different!

[jimzgrl]

Look here for crack slaw- Sesame oil/Crack slaw ?

It's really good and there are different variations to it. HTH!

[luckiangel]

Just a quick fly by to say hello!

MG you look so awesome in those pics!!!!! what an inspiration!!!!

I've had a pretty busy week and am glad that tomorrow is friday. I have to work over the weekend tho but i am hoping that i be able to get some other things done. I am slowly able to get my office weeded out! Well just wanted to say hello.

[iabowhunter]

Checking in for the day.

Another busy day. The brakes are acting up on my wifes van. They felt like they need bled, so I bled them. Still spoungey feeling. Now I am thinking its the master cylinder but I am not sure. I have some reading to do about it, maybe some online searching. Isn't the internet a great source of info?

Got my Netrition order today.

Eating has been clean!

Hope you all are having a great night.

MountainGirl...Congrats on your loss! You look great. OUTSTANDING WORK my friend!

Phil


BTW....where did y'all find that picture of me in a speedo? Warning to all. My sister-in-law is a professional photographer and a photo shop freak.

[Justachic]

Originally Posted by iabowhunter

By the way....where did y'all find that picture of me in a speedo? Warning to all. My sister-in-law is a professional photographer and a photo shop freak.

Oh boy.....This could get interesting....

[Justachic]

Lucki Angel.....I'm freaking out! I just noticed your location, do I know you?

Okay....I'm not recognizing your face from your picture so I just checked out your "myspace" and saw that Douglas isn't your hometown so you must have moved there sometime fairly recently???

[jennpleez]

hello ~ newbie here.

I just got home with my CLA/GLA combo from wal-mart and I'm excited to start it tomorrow! I just wanted to check with you experienced folk and make sure I've got the right stuff and the right plan to take it, etc.

Here's what I got:
Spring Valley Borage Oil 500 mg softgels

The CLA was under the "C's" and is labeled as CLA. The brand is Rexall, but it says Tonalin off to the side as well so I'm pretty sure it's the same stuff.
Those are 1000 mg softgels

As far as I understand it I should take 5 of the CLA and 2-4 of the GLA.
With food.

Thanks in advance for your help. I hope this is the right place to post my questions!

[luckiangel]

Originally Posted by Justachic

Lucki Angel.....I'm freaking out! I just noticed your location, do I know you?

Okay....I'm not recognizing your face from your picture so I just checked out your "myspace" and saw that Douglas isn't your hometown so you must have moved there sometime fairly recently???

well if i hadn't found you in chat i would have REALLY wondered what you were talkin about!!!! Did you request me as a friend while you were there???
Talk to you later......

[Justachic]

Hey Luckiangel!
I just sent you an email....It was really great chattin with ya!
Take care now.......

[luckiangel]

Tag! You're it!!

[BerlinBear]

MG - YOU ARE ONE HOT MOMMA!!!!!!! I love the dress you have on. You look fantastic keep up the good work and keep the faith my friend cuz you are truly one of the chosen ones.

Trish - thanks for the shirt manufacturers I will search ebay. I used to have to wear them for work now I just love them. Also thanks for the exercise video suggestion, I will search those out too.

Phil - you may want to check the brake lines, may have a crack or small hole. Dad was mechanic for 35yrs.


Michele - that recipe for the cabbage and sausage stuffing looks awesome, can't wait to try it on Monday. Will make a little rice for my son to have with it. Also good luck w/ your MIL, my dad has an enlarged heart and pace/defib so I can relate.

Sorry if I missed anyone - Clean Eating to All!!!!!!!

[lildragonfly]

Morning All! lol I am not a morning person....

Hope everyone is doing well and gratz to everyone with losses!!

B: egg on cleo rolls, coffee w/ creamer

L: Not sure yet was in hurry forgot to pack lunch

D: low carb pizza

I am going to shoot for 100 ozs of water today!!

Ill be back in a bit,need some more coffee to get my eyes open.

[metqa]

Aaahhhggg! I've been taking the CLA each morning this week without incident. This morning, I invited my DBF over to have some cabbage soup with me( I'd taken the five capsules about 10 min prior) and immediately upon finishing my soup I got a terrible stomachache. How embarrasing:blush: I don't usually eat breakfast so early and I had taken the others with milk,(or bacon) I think the early Breakie/CLA combo did me in!

Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ROFW: Rolling on the floor whining
!

[SueMc]

I am such a lurker, but wanted to say hello to all. I follow this thread since I have been taking the combo for about three months now. I've been bad about recording measurements but noticed changes in my clothes during Dec even though there wasn't much weight loss. All of your stories and photos are very inspiring and very helpful when times get tough. Thank you.
Sue

[Brownie]

I bought Tonalin CLA 1000mg and Borage oil 500mg at Walmart yesterday.

My question is if the the recommended daily dosage of CLA is 3400mg am I still suppossed to take five 1000mg capsules of CLA?

Also, do you take both the CLA and Borage Oil in the am at the same time?

And my last question is if you decide to up your dosage of Borage Oil to 4 caps instead of 2 do you split this up or take all four at once?

Sorry for all the questions, I'm sure that some are redundant but it's hard to find the answers throught the search feature because CLA and GLA are in almost all of the posts! :blush:

[FreeingMyself]

MG- You look AWESOME!!! What a difference!

OK and for the sad news. I have somehow gained 2.5lbs in 2 days? Maybe TOM? Maybe not enough calories? Maybe no more combo???

I am really not sure. I am first going to up my calories(they were between 12-1300) to 15-1600 and see what happens. If nothing then I will patiently await TOM. If still no change I will run to the computer screaming at myself for not buying double doses of my CLA/GLA when we had the money Then I will wait again until we get paid and buy 5 of each CLA and GLA so I will not run out if this is what will happen.... I haven't changed anything major in my diet, but I did run out of combo. I am not sure what my body is doing, but I was so close to the 160's I could spit and hit them...uggh...
onward and upward I guess

[mikkimouse]

Hi Guys....... to all of you!!!!


Guess what? huh? huh? can ya guess???? I lost 3 lbs this week which puts me at 185. 43 pounds total!!! YIPPPIIIEEEEEE Woooooo Hoooooooo

Imma go to Arbys for their low carb turkey bacon ranch wrap today and some ice tea....


Have a great day i will bbl.....

[lisabinil]

For the doses of the combo you have to read what % of the 1000 mg is actually the CLA-it should tell you on the bottle. The brand I bought this time is 2 capsules or 2000 mg of which 78-84% is actual CLA. So I round it to 80% or 1600 actual mgs of CLA. This means I need to take 4 capsules for 3200 mg or 5 capsules for 4000 mg to meet the daily recommended requirement of 3400 mg. Here's a good link about how to take CLA
Le Magazine, October 2002 - Q & A: Cla Dosage; Perilla Oil Or Gla/Dha?, Plus...

[Justachic]

Another congrats to you Mikki!!!

Free....I'm betting it's just water retention due to that jerk TOM! I think that is the main reason I don't way myself very often. My main way of measuring myself is by clothes sizes. Don't do anything drastic now...just keep going forward with what you are doing.