It's probably fine - just more aged that the beef in the store. But, to be on the safe side, you could go ahead and cook it now and reheat it later. That's what I do when I've ended up with too much defrosted meat around . I'll cook it even if I can't eat it right away. That way, it stays wholesome for a few more days.

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start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.

Gregg:

My Dad was a butcher. He said that the meat that isn't as red is actually better because it is aged. Of course, he also came out of the depression and I found that both of my parents tended to save things longer than they should have!

But, I never got sick, and the meat was REALLY good. So.........what Teel said is probably the best bet.

Still straightening up around here putting things back in place since the carpeting went in. Also, getting reacquainted with DH. Had a bit of a tiff last night so things are getting back to normal . Taking a snow day today. They predicted 6-12 inches, but it is only rain so far (1:50 pm). So, I have tomorrow off too! Yay! This was an intense week with a pancake supper with all the families with small kids on Tuesday night and all the Ash Wednesday activities last night. Glad to have a break. Getting the old hair dyed and cut this afternoon. Then a long night of knitting ahead!

Peace, Peg

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Rainer Marie Rilke

Atkins since 2003
5'8" 206.4/197/175
65 years young

Lol Peg! Thanks for the tips on the steak TB and Peg. I have always been really catious about meat. Probably overly so. I vaguely remember a post about aged beef but can't remember much about it. (I have my senior moments too BC)
I thought about you yesterday Peg when I heard the forcast for the NorthEast. You poor kid! We have 30 and sunny today!

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Hey, kids!
Peg, glad DH is home; I know you're so much happier now. I had to laugh, though....my DH is about the same about noticing things, and thank goodness they love us no matter what! Enjoy the new 'do!

Donna, LOL!!! Happy to share another fine addiction. I've really been enjoying my dead muppet production, and am going to try a hat soon. That involves increasing and decreasing, and either circular or double point needles, so it will be a big step in learning.

And yes, Teel, it has worked wonders to keep my naughty little fingers out of the snacks in the evening. The other intesting thing is that once you get in a rhythm it becomes quite meditative. Crochet is easier, but I find that it's harder on my wrist--I crochet left handed. Knitting is more challenging but English style knitting doesn't require a great deal of hand movement. In fact, one needle can even be held under the arm or propped against your leg or stomach. "Stitch 'n *****" by Debbie Stoller is one book that's started a lot of people knitting. It's a kind of fun, irreverent read, too.

Peg, what are you knitting????

LOL Gregg, you are so much like my DH. I practically need the birthdate and passport of any meat that gets cooked around here

Judy, nice to hear from you. I know you're busy with the troops, but it'll be nice when you can post more...

I just got all the tax stuff together today for the accountant. I always do them myself, and we generally get a small refund, but with my new little business, I have absolutely no clue what will happen--or if to the IRS my business will turn out to be a business or a very expensive hobby, LOL!

Lauri, and everyone, HI!!

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BC
LC Since 1998
Highest Weight 172
Current 104-108

You know the switch that we have discussed many times in the past......... I think just my night light is on. I may need to get a kick in the butt toward the overhead switch before long. Someday when I have more time I'll have to tell you of my adventures in shopping last weekend.

Come on spring, come on daylight savings time, heck, come on baseball!

Oh my gosh...... I just used an obscene word in front of DH ..... PAINT! Bad reaction!

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Judy
Goal = <135, Current status = RIGHT ON TARGET!
Never give up. Never never never never give up -- Winston Churchill

(oh, oh... pant, choke! you have ~no~ idea how funny that sounds to me)

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~~~Teelbee
Back to GOAL!!!
start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.

Yup, Teel, I had exactly the same reaction to Judy's statement!! LOL!!!!

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BC
LC Since 1998
Highest Weight 172
Current 104-108

I wish I was getting a tax return this year. My hubby and I own a business plus I work at a full time job so we have an accountant do the business return and our personal returns. I finally got a return last year. First time in I don't know how many years. Then last week I get a revised return in the mail and I owe them $72.00. Figures! Then my daughter gets a revised return and she owes, and my hubby gets one too. I think they are picking on us!! So, I'm not counting on getting anything back this year.
Last night I finally got back the pictures from my grandaughter's 5th birthday party. I was really looking forward to this cause I'm the one who always takes the pictures. This time my daughter grabbed the camera cause she wanted me in some pictures too. I wish she hadn't. I look awful. No wonder everyone is saying I'm too skinny. I look like I just came from a concentration camp! I have a sunken face, my arms and legs are like toothpicks. Some of the problem could be that it's winter and I'm so pale, and I'm not a spring chicken anymore so my skin doesn't have the elasticity that it used to have. But, they say pictures add 10 pounds to what you really look like. If that's the case, I must look worse than I think. Now what? I'm not ready to start eating like a pig just to gain a little weight cause I know I'd never be able to stop. Or maybe it's all in my head and I don't look that bad? Never though I would be having this problem.

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238.5/173.4/150
I will see my goal weight again

Oh, Donna - that must be so frustrating for you. Maybe some muscle building exercise would be the key. That should increase circulation to give you a better color. And, in time, your limbs should fill in a bit with muscle mass rather than fat or water.

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Back to GOAL!!!
start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.

Hi All: Just a quick drive by while I take a break from puttering. Brenda: I am knitting dead muppets. I got a new pre-spring boiled wool sweater, so I knitted a dead muppet to go with it. Now I'm starting a new project. I have a scarf that I started months ago still on the needles. When I started it, I discovered that the thread sheds big time, and it is itchy. So, I kind of lost interest. I've got a ton of dead muppet thread, so I'll probably just start another one of those. The one I just finished is a little narrow (10 stitches). I think I'll try one with a few more stitches. I also want to try a prayer shawl. It's called that because you are supposed to pray while you knit, and then give it to someone who is sick to use around their shoulders. The pattern is K3, P3. But, I don't know how many stitches to cast on or how big to make it. The last one I tried was the first thing I had knitted in years, and, in Brenda's terms, it is full of "buttonholes." It's also not big enough for anyone who is over 3 feet tall!

DH is home and cooking! Sigh!!!! I keep saying, "I'm SO glad you are home." He thinks that I am just giving thanks for his presence (which I am, for sure), but what I really mean is that he is cooking! Yay! I have no idea why, but I seem to have avoided a big gain even with the way that I have been eating with him gone. I'm still above 175, but below 180. Drinking my water today. Installed a "instant hot water faucet" for DH while he was gone, and it is a good way for me to get in green tea too.

Good to hear from all of you. Judy, so glad that you stopped by! Can't wait to hear how it's going.....That switch is pretty much totally OFF for me. Though I will admit that I am not going hog wild. I didn't even do that when DH was gone. So, I have learned SOMETHING about this WOL.

Donna: As one who spent most of my life until 45 skinny, I can relate to what you are saying. For me, I have always avoided pictures of myself. When I did see a picture, it showed me a true image of myself. It was always a shock to see that I looked, skinny or fat or great. Maybe you need to adjust how you perceive yourself? (Perceive is different than see, at least for me)

Ha! Last time I got a refund I was in my 20's!

Peace, Peg
205/177/165
5'8"

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Rainer Marie Rilke

Atkins since 2003
5'8" 206.4/197/175
65 years young

Peggy, I've heard of the prayer shawl ministry--there's even a book about it, but I suppose you know that Anyway, I think this is the pattern you're looking for:

Prayer Shawl Pattern



My next muppet will be a k3p3 with two yarns on size 15 needles---which I already bought, but, gee whiz they sure looked like new chew toys to Token.....$15 bucks of bamboo needles!!!!!!!!!!

Donna, I don't know about you, but "before", when I imagined what I'd look like when I finally lost all my weight, I imagined something quite different than reality turned out to be. It took a while for me to accept that, hey, I was in my 50's, things were gonna bag, sag, and wiggle. Do remember that the fat "fills us out" including puffing out the wrinkles and the natural shapes and contours we have underneath (and may not have seen in years). Having said that, though, I think that sometimes our bodies need a period of time to adjust to ourselves, and the more weight we lose, the more time it takes. I do agree with Teel that building muscles really, really helps, mentally and physically. And like Peg, pictures for me are almost always an unpleasant shock because I, like so many, still have an unrealistic expectation that split second before I befriend reality. If you are happy with your weight, feeling healthy, eating nutritiously, and have energy, don't let anyone tell you that you're too skinny. If one of the above isn't true, then that's what you want to address. Am I making sense?

Where, oh where, is that switch???? Well, I for one, am still kicking the wheel, if you know that analogy.....

Hope to hear from you all over the weekend!

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BC
LC Since 1998
Highest Weight 172
Current 104-108

BC (and Peg, and Teel, and everyone else), when you find the switch, tell me where it is. Like I said earlier this week, the night light is on, but somehow I can't get the overhead burning brightly right now. This week has been an upswing (141.5) this morning. I keep catching myself doing edgy things like eating too many tortillas or LC baked goods or stretching the amount of marginally acceptable foods. I don't go off on binges of bread or sweets -- in fact I still avoid them like they are the poison they are. But, I don't seem to have that focus that I once had. That's the trouble with maintenance --- the focus changes and you have to change, too. I still think that losing another 5+ pounds would be nice, but I CAN'T GET MOTIVATED TO DO IT.

I promised to tell you about shoppping last week. This story sort of goes along with the statements above. I'm sure you all remember the joy of buying increasing smaller sizes. I'm easily a 10 and sometimes an 8. Why can't / couldn't I stick with this until I was easily an 8? However, wearing a 10 made me feel pretty good, ......until I was shopping a few days ago. A girl looking through the same rack as me turned to her friend and said, "I guess I'll have to dig through these big butt 10s." I looked at her like she had just slapped me. I don't think she got it. Now, I'm beginning to wonder if it isn't time to reset the mental picture, get the focus going again, and get solidly into an 8. Of course there are some $$$ reasons for this too. My friend said I could have her $900 size 8 dress to wear to DS"s wedding if I wanted it. That's a pretty good incentitive in itself. I darn sure don't have $900 to spend on a one time dress.

......... I need to get up and go to exercise -- something I blew off for most of the week, clean house, and spend about half a day working on school stuff so that I will be ready to go for the next week or so. The good news/bad news is that we have three days off next week for a winter break. Good News --- I need the break, and everyone need to get over the flu, etc. Bad news --- most of my kids are going to be out of town and we really don't need to lose the study and prep time. Ok, enough rambling for the morning.

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Goal = <135, Current status = RIGHT ON TARGET!
Never give up. Never never never never give up -- Winston Churchill

Wow, Brenda!! Thanks for the pattern. Now, I have to go and buy some yarn. I have some of those fancy bamboo needles too. But, I like the ones that are connected by plastic.

It's 2:30 and I have been on the phone with daughter#3 for an hour and a half. Now to do some writing.

I'll check in later, or tomorrow. Hope the weekend is good for all of you!
Peace, Peg

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Rainer Marie Rilke

Atkins since 2003
5'8" 206.4/197/175
65 years young

Judy, I'm struggling, too, and boy, I can just imagine how it felt to hear those two girls. Ack! I suppose you could have told them to remember that statement in 20 years........But I keep telling myself (and you, too!) that at least we are mostly aware of where we are, what we are doing. We haven't given up, we haven't lost hope. As long as we can keep some awareness, without punishing ourselves, I know we will come around to the "taking action" part sooner or later.

As for me, I've had to order a couple of pair of jeans in a larger size, to avoid embarrassing myself, and it feels really, really crummy. They came today, and unfortunately, they fit just fine.....I wonder sometimes if I still should even be a moderator here, since I hardly feel like a role model. Still, I know how common it is for us to look only at the negatives, instead of how far we've come, how much we've learned, how much better we feel....sigh......

And contrary to logic, it is only when I truly accept myself as I am in the moment, that I find the ability to change. What a conundrum.

Peg, glad I could help with the pattern.

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BC
LC Since 1998
Highest Weight 172
Current 104-108

LOL! I can see we all are trying to move from neutral into gear! I'm just holding, holding... If i do lose a pound or two, it only seems to last about 4 to 6 hours - I'm just barely avoiding an emergency run to the second hand shops for some "temporary" winter pants.

I'm just a nutter! That's the current situation - too many nuts slip past my lips. That, and my exercise options are limited. Well, hang on ... one day at a time, one hour at a time.

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~~~Teelbee
Back to GOAL!!!
start weight: 176/goal range: 137-134/now: 138
Reached goal in Aug. 2003 - 4rd year of maintenance.