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FROSTIERACES
1/25/2012 8:52AM
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Sounds good!! If we weren't juicing right now I'd start making soup this very moment! I have found that even the juicer makes excellent veggie broth! like EXCELLENT! I have a couple new recipes I'm writing a blog about. I love cooking and discovering new creations!
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MEADSBAY
1/24/2012 9:10PM
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I have GOT to make more soups- I love them!
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MSSNOWY
1/23/2012 9:44PM
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Sounds really good. I made a vegetable curry the other night with sweet potatoes, diced tomatoes, onion, chickpeas, and celery. Added a little fresh cilantro and had a dollop of plain yogurt on the side. To die for.
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PENNYAN45
1/23/2012 9:02PM
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That's the best kind of cooking: using what you have in the house. And of course, this soup sounds delicious - especially on a snowy day. Cross- country skiing is so much fun! We have tried snow shoeing too. Great exercise! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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TRYINGHARD1948
1/23/2012 4:36PM
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Isn't soup just the most wonderful invention.
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NANCY-
1/23/2012 7:56AM
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Your soup sounds delightful and comforting. Enjoy! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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SALSIFY
1/23/2012 5:41AM
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Sounds yummy - I haven't put quinoa in a soup before. I'll have to try it! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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FREELADY
1/22/2012 9:24PM
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I like to cook this way. You are very inspiring. You come up with variations I wouldn't think of. But they always turn out to be good. Thanks for helping me be a more adventurous and mindful cook! (I always like your wordplay as well!!) Report Inappropriate Comment |
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DDOORN
1/22/2012 9:18PM
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Yum! Sounds great! I made up a big batch of black bean hummus to last me through the week for my fresh veggie lunches. Have a little quinoa sitting on the shelf in a bag...might have to try that combo sometime...nothing like home-made soup and you're right, between the black bean and quinoa you've got some great protein going down there! I've ALWAYS got dried beans around for my home-made hummus, but this is most definitely SOUP season! Don Report Inappropriate Comment |
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_LINDA
1/22/2012 9:14PM
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Sounds awesome! I have been working on some black bean vegan chili Mom made for me, with extra spice of course :) The product I use is called Spot Shot and can be found at Wal*Mart or Canadian Tire, it positively amazing. There were some pretty old, gross stains on the club carpet that had been carpet cleaned over and another product used to no avail, but this stuff took it right off! The neat part is it takes very little effort, you just wipe it up, no need for vigorous scrubbing! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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CMRAND54
1/22/2012 7:22PM
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It sounds delicious!
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KIM--POSSIBLE
1/22/2012 7:07PM
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That sounds really good! I have most of those things in my fridge/cabinets. May have to try something similar! Thanks for sharing.
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PHEBESS
1/22/2012 5:43PM
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Sounds yummy - and filling!
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Following up from my recent blog about identifying our central life metaphor (the answer to the question, "I'm a ______________"; the prism through which we refract all of our life experiences . . . and whether it's really "central" or shifting/multiple) I've been thinking hard about the issue of choice with respect to metaphors. And in particular, the issue of choice with respect to out-moded metaphors we don't want any more.
While thinking about all of this, I've been struck by DDORN's recent blog ( "Don") in which he writes about swing dancing . . . and his persistent shyness about asking partners to dance. Here's the blog:
www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_jo
urnal_individual.asp?blog_id=4688743
And here's my response to his blog:
"Don, you are clearly just a very very nice person (and also handsome I could add) that it's impossible for me to believe people would not welcome your invitation to dance. Really!! "
Don responded
"Thank you for swinging by my blog and getting me to blush...! Thing is while I *know* in my head that I would never be turned down at Swing Dance, *I* hold myself back with all the old, critical baggage of yore which is still alive, kicking and holding me back...if I allow it! "
And: my response to Don:
"I totally get that "old baggage" thing (and did not mean to make you blush, sorry). One of the "central life metaphors" that many of us formerly obese people find most difficult to shed is . . . yeah. The "I'm an overweight unattractive person that repulses everyone". Years later, we're still shocked looking in the mirror. . . and look over our shoulders to see who is attracting the attention . . . and find ourselves still heading to the XXL section of the clothing rack . . . and: like that!! "
It is so difficult to stop seeing ourselves as the "fat person". To stop assuming we'll be patronized and rejected . . . and to deal with the anger we experience because it wasn't "fair" to reject us because we were fat, and it's not "fair" to assume we're totally different people now that we're not. So: very mixed emotions. Sure, it's so nice to be approved of. But equally, it's sure not great to be approved of simply because . . . . we're not fat. Any more. The conditional nature of the approval . . . well, it's enough to drive a person to . . . if not drink . . . potato chips!! Ice cream!!
I'm thinking that the "old central life metaphor" thing is a challenge for maintainers in particular. After all . . . weight creep only corresponds with the image we're still carrying around. It's familiar. It's (at some level) comfortable.
Shedding the pounds, that's one thing. Shedding the other baggage: not so easy.
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TEENY_BIKINI
1/22/2012 9:31AM
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Great topic, gorgeous. I love the exchange between you and Don. I will also add it is simply hard to unlearn the learned social behaviors that it took decades to build, in that, even though you no longer "see" yourself in a certain way one is still left the quandary of learning new skills - which includes everything from social to emotional to spiritual skills - that are more inline with our new life and lifestyle. It's all very interesting. And all very doable but can be daunting at times. Totally insightful blog. Cheers. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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SLENDERELLA61
1/21/2012 3:23PM
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You nailed this one, Ellen! It truly is difficult to give up that prism of "I am the fat girl" coloring or distorting all my life experiences. But you are one of the positive forces in my life that is helping me create a new metaphor and to search for a glass without distortion through which to view my life! -Marsha
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TRYINGHARD1948
1/19/2012 12:00PM
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It is very difficult to stop that small voice that repeats and repeats in the mind. Firstly we have to recognise it is there and then we have to hear what it is saying. Then, we have to question why it is saying that. Once we discover how negative it is to our well being, we have to change the record to a positive recording. Unfortunately, beautiful people do have an easier ride through life. Our ideas on beauty change with time and today's version is slim and youth. To be happy with ourselves we just have to keep working on being the healthiest we can be and realising how amazing, we, as humans are, Thank you Ellen, another thought provoking blog. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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DONNACFIT
1/19/2012 9:31AM
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This makes me think of 2 things..one is from Tut messages from the universe..their motto..thoughts become things.choose good ones. and 2..I'm doing my friend's Beauty is Soul Deep 2 program and part of this week's assignment is look in the mirror, what do you see? Powerful stuff 
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PHEBESS
1/19/2012 8:35AM
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Ellen, I just wrote a spin-off blog - first as a response to your blog, but realized it was really more a blog of my own. Point is, I've never felt the discrimination that some people feel as a large (fat) person. I've disliked my reflection in the mirror, but that's ME - not coming from outside of me. So while I understand what you're saying, some of it (the dislike from outside) I don't understand. Haven't experienced. Anyway, yes, we all still see our fattest selves in the mirror. Standing in back of (sometimes in front of) our current selves. You know what I do? I take my tightest fitting pair of jeans, close the front, put them on the bed. Next to my baggiest, loosest, still fitting pair of pants (or shorts). And I remind myself that that skinny pair of jeans fits. I look at how small that now looks, compared to the baggy pair. Which is still much smaller than the at-my-biggest pair that I wear when tiling the murals at school, which looks like a skirt on me, which could sub for a flag! And looking at that skinny pair of jeans, I can seriously see how much weight I've lost. How much smaller I am. And that fat reflection in the mirror subsides for a while. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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KALIGIRL
1/19/2012 8:25AM
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Here's to letting it ALL go...
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DDOORN
1/19/2012 8:17AM
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Oh-so-TRUE! There isn't a SINGLE THING in that dancing environment that I could hang an excuse on for holding myself back. People of all sizes just dancing the night away! *I* am my own worst enemy...and in that environment the ONLY enemy that can hold myself back from fully engaging and joining in with the fun. And that is the greatest challenge to overcome when I head out for weekly Swing Dance: check the old paradigm at the door! Would that mindsets could be changed as easily as clothes! Thank you so much for the support and helpful nudges! :-) Don Comment edited on: 1/19/2012 8:18:29 AM Report Inappropriate Comment |
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NANCY-
1/19/2012 8:05AM
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Ah the baggage! Our mindset is our responsibility. Fortunately we choose how we think,,, so we CAN change how we think. Transitioning from one mindset to another is challenging, but can be done. You know who you are in your heart.Take a good look at yourself. Is what you think you see the truth? I am working toward being healthy and fit. My actions reflect my belief/goal. I had to convince myself that I do not smoke. sure it would be easy to slip back, but that is not who I am. Besides I was born a non-smoker so I knew I could be one again. Believe and get comfortable with the you, you really are. Report Inappropriate Comment |
such a saliva inducing blog Ellen. 
