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__________________ ![]() My starting weight was 235 lbs and I'm trying to get to 130 lbs. 1st mini goal: 145! 2nd mini goal: 140! 3rd mini goal:135! 4th mini goal: 130! I drink coffee. I drink when I am thirsty. I am just a low carber. Not on Atkins at all!!! He has everything to do with my weightloss and nothing to do with it, depending on who you ask. |
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| Blender. Could not live with out I think Oh and mircowave (but maybe that one is not a gadget)
__________________ Journal: Living and Learning Startdate: November 18, 2007. Female 5'2" November 2009 Challenges Push-ups 240/300 Abs: 1250/1500 Squats 1050/1200 Strength: 800/900 minutes Running: 68/75 kilometers 2 Years on Atkins ![]() |
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| my scale, I never weighed things before, now I have a postal scale on my kitchen counter. I just like to check my weights now and again [ie cheese] - just to make sure! I'm getting pretty good at cutting an ounce.
__________________ 50/F/5'7" ANA Start 2/1/09 ADBB Start 9/2/09 My Journal http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...s-journey.html My Weight Loss Afghan http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ss-afghan.html November Challenges: Squats - 945/1500 Situps - 950/1100 Pushups - 188/300 WiiFit - 120/900 Virtual Climb - 300/360 flights 6wec #57 beg wt 228, total 291" Mini-goals: 240lbs - 4/9/2009 230lbs - 9/24/2009 220lbs - Size 16 - BMI 30 - Get Wedding Ring off finger ! ![]() 11/1/2009 Fitday Body total 213 - Approximate inches lost = 10 |
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| Food Processor with grating disk (cheese, cauliflower) and my crock-pot (whole chickens, soup, etc). Silicone baking mats - oopsies come off fairly easily. I also found a use for my carrot peeler I don't know if you noticed, but Linda's site has a whole page on kitchen gadgets...
__________________ Julie__________________F/37/5'2"__________________Start April 15, 2009 Milestones:ozers6p4 240 - University grad weight - Met July 29, 2009 213 - 50% of the way to goal - Met October 21, 2009 Onederland 180 - High School grad weight buy an "XL" top in a "regular" store______ |
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| I lived 21 years without a blender (I'm 21 and a bit I love my coffee grinder too. I use it to make flax meal, nut flours, ground spices (e.g. I make my own mustard from mustard seeds).
__________________ "The truth is that temptation lurks everywhere, unless you deny yourself a social and working life and the attendant pleasures of eating out. I believe that the best way to overcome temptation is not with willpower, which is so often in short supply, but with our brain power, a potentially unlimited resource. Imagine that you're doing great, losing weight, feeling better than ever, thrilled with yourself, hearing compliments from friends and acquaintances---and then it happens! Despite all your good intentions, you're mightily tempted by a food you're not supposed to have. What to do? I'll tell you this: You'd better have a strategy ready!" (Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, Chapter 19) |
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| Microwaves COUNT! I've even got that one. Okay some of the paint chipped off last cleaning and I had to stick electrical tape over the exposed metal, but its still working. My oven needs a $249 part. I am hopeing to get a used one that's only slightly defective instead. I ordered a small convection oven that claims it can rotissere a chicken. I went to fire up my crockpot last night and when I picked up the lid, the plastic handle broke right off. The pressure frier still works but has a large chunk missing from the handle you tighten down the lid with. My scales have children's handwriting on them and the battery seems dead. My kitchen is DOA! So somethings didn't pay off, like the pressure frier. Too much spent to not get parts for anymore. A big pot and time work for me. I did see a juliane peeler and a potato ricer and some stuff like that to try with veggies. Are food processors worth it? I had one once but never wanted to use it cause I'd have to clean it then.
__________________ ![]() My starting weight was 235 lbs and I'm trying to get to 130 lbs. 1st mini goal: 145! 2nd mini goal: 140! 3rd mini goal:135! 4th mini goal: 130! I drink coffee. I drink when I am thirsty. I am just a low carber. Not on Atkins at all!!! He has everything to do with my weightloss and nothing to do with it, depending on who you ask. |
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| For me: sharp knives.
__________________ ~Megs~ 242/141/160 (130) dress size 26/10/8 5'4", Female, May 2, 2003 http://www.geocities.com/not2latespage http://mformiscellaneous.blogspot.com/ |
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| I use the microwave, my new range/oven (gave up on the 35-year-old one because I couldn't get the burners fixed anymore). I'm for the sharp knives, too. I have a good set of Chicago cutlery and a really easy to use and handy knife sharpener. Digging through storage, I unearthed a multitude of food processors and am in process of experimenting with all of them since I hate scraped knuckles when grating jicama. The best one, a really uptown Kitchen Aide is left to try. I suspect I'm going to like that one best and I already know its parts and pieces are really easy clean. That one is expensive, however, and I only have it because it came with daughter who moved back in a few years ago. My most favorite tool I have actually purchased since starting Atkins must be my food scale (Who knew what a small amount of lettuce is actually a whole cup?). If anyone is looking for a new one, this one is awesome for ease of use, accuracy and for doing just what it is advertised to do. I could go on about it, but the reviews on Amazon tell it all. Amazon.com: EatSmart Precision Pro Digital Kitchen Scale, White: Kitchen & Dining |
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| I have this V-Shaped Mandolin Slicer - i use it almost everyday for slicing vegetables. My husband calls it the guillotine - it's really sharp and has a tendency to cut fingers really badly, but if one is careful it's a great, versatile tool, and easy to clean. Quality sharp knives, my microwave, my cast iron omlet pan and my really old pressure cooker are also mainstays in my kitchen.
__________________ Female November Challenges: Abs: 2000 Squats: 700 Water: 96 oz/day Starting November 15 - 6 week exercise challenge: 4 days/week Flights Challenge: DONE: 662 flights completed! Climbing Petronas Twin Towers, Malaysia 173/193 flights |
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| For Atkins I could not do without: my cup measures, my salad spinner (no more watery salads!) and my vegetable steamer which is just a stacked up pan one that goes on the hob. The stand-alone grill (lean mean, fat reducing blah blah) is pretty useful too, but dull to clean. |
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