Ky's Korner

[bethy]

Yeah, but was this mat guru bald or have a little goatee? Because ever since you said that thing about your neighbor's brother I've been picturing you hooked up with Mr. White from Breaking Bad. I tried to switch over to Greg Butters from Ally McBeal, the night he sang "treat me like a fool" in the bar, SaWOON!. But Mr. White just keeps poppin back in there.

What I want to know is Why is Buffalo Wild Wings called BW3? They called it that in Louisville, they call it that here, and if I remember correctly, YOU called it that. Any fool can see there are 2 W's. Why isn't it called BW squared?

I just stuck my nose in one of my daughter's second string mats. I get it now. I'm having my transition wine right now. I may be back.

[Kyan]

OK, you made me google it.

According to the FAQ section of their site...

When we opened our first location in 1982, our original name was "Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck" - thus the BW-3.
We're sure this poses another question? What the Heck is a Weck?? A Weck is short for kimmelweck, a Kaiser roll seasoned with special toppings. These tasty rolls are popular on the East Coast and were served at our restaurants when we first opened. In 1998, we officially changed our name to Buffalo Wild Wings Bar & Grill.

Man you people on the east coast have it ALL! Wecks! Who'd a thunk?

The mat gurugermaphobe had OODLES of hair and NO goatee - so he is a no goatee for meeee! Not that I mind hair all that much. But he looks lots younger than me and I am not really the cougar type.

Glad you could experience "the mat" up and close and personal like! Now imagine sticking your nose into it for downward facing dog over and over! Plus I'm sure you get dozens of people's sweaty feets posing where your nose eventually ends up.

Everyone should buy their own mat. Great investment!

[SBMike]

I used to get their weck in Cincinnati. A great roll with roast beef and dripping au jus. Yum. It was the only thing on the menu my wife liked. She wrote to the company when they took it off the menu and they responded nicely but firmly that it was not popular and too expensive and eat the damned chicken wings and be grateful.

I still like their wings. Which is the second W. And not part of P1. sigh.

[bethy]

I've never been to BW3 and why I never thought to google it, I just don't know cause it's been baffling me for 4 years. I called the Brony in here and told him the answer. It'd been bugging him, too.

My son used to couldn't remember "downward facing dog". Now we all call it "Long dog down" because he did. He learned it from the actual dog. Daughter used to be a yoga instructor, so there's vinyasa people all around the DC area doing long dog down, I reckon. I can't do it anymore but I've been thinking about that candlelight class because this writer, James Hannaham, published a funny list on McSweeney's Internet Tendency called "Advanced Yoga Poses for African American Beginners". The list was WAY funnier than Mike. My favorite was "dhisain rhelaxin". I wish I could post the link but I'm scared to. I know I read something about not posting links somewhere.
I'm still thinking about that cole slaw (NOT with tuna). That glass of wine is giving me cole slaw fantasies (not the same as cravings). In georgia, we put cole slaw on hotdogs. tuna goes on melba toast. In Louisville, because of the closeness to Chicago, they put slices of cucumber and Celery Salt on hot dogs. Celery salt TRANSFORMS hot dogs. Like I'm hoping Jin's garlic salt is going to transform boiled eggs.

[Kyan]

The only time I really eat hard boiled eggs is around Easter time when my kids dye them... and the white yoke is a kind of purplish or greenish or orangish or reddish color. I don't really like the white part much. I can't see garlic salt helping the taste all that much, lol.

I was going to say something about deviled eggs at this point but I'm afraid my sister might read my journal someday, so I will nicely refrain. My son-in-law checked out my journal last weekend but he already knew I was pretty strange.

Back to BW3's.... Mike, have you ever eaten their nachos with the pulled pork on top? OH MY Gawd...... they are sooo awesome and they must have about 3500 calories!!! I never eat the wings when I go - that Wing place I talked about the other day is SOOO much better... but those nachos are incredible! I kind of like their weird potato wedges and coins or whateverthehelltheyare... but they are deep fried and oh so bad for you! I don't think there is hardly anything we can eat at BW3's that is healthy!

This would be a good time to talk about what we CAN eat at fast food/restaurant chains. Um... besides freaking side salads! Doesn't ANYONE get sick of SALADS besides me?? There is chili at Wendys.... and there are quite a few dishes at Panda Express... no rice or noodles of course. Avoid the steamed (BOILED?) vegetables - it's like eating chewy water. Totally tasteless! Chipotle is a GREAT option - now I DO like their salads. They also have grilled onions and peppers and BROWN rice! I used to get their burritos and then open up the tortilla and eat everything out of the inside of it. My boys got mad at me because I am wasting a tortilla, lol. I did that because I didn't want all that lettuce... but I think I might have ended up eating too much rice that way. Their steak is SPICY - my mouth just burns - but it's oh so good! I also like steaks from the Outback - but their steamed vegetable "medley" is also pretty damn tasteless.. and while their grilled asparagus (for a dollar more) is good - they give you a whopping 5 stalks!! Also their sweet potato fries are awfully sweet - I am suspicious that they sprinkle them with sugar water or something UN-Beachy so beware!

Ok - now what are some other things that you know that we can eat out?

[Chris55]

I get really frustrated eating out. Luckily due to budgetary restrictions, we don't do it very much. I live where takeout is rare, so that helps. The thing that bugs me the most is the prices they charge for the salads and the fact that it takes no effort to throw it together, yet they still manage to be lousy. I can open a bag of lettuce and throw some chicken on it myself. And why not add some nice cooked veggie dishes to a menu? Even if there's a "vegetarian option", it usually involves pasta and high fat cheese. I usually stick with chili and a salad, love Wendy's for that, but also fall back on that at pubs. Usually I try to stick to seafood places where I can get some broiled fish (just what you love, Ky!), or our favorite Chinese place where at least I can get a simple stir fry and brown rice. I know there's a lot of oil thrown in, but I refuse to go out and eat steamed vegetables. Yuk!! Going to check out Chipotle's menu/nutrition info- they just opened one in Portland near our mall.

[Kyan]

Hey Chris!!

So you agree with my opinion on restaurant steamed veggies! NOT very good! What did you find out about Chipotle? So far I can't see any negatives with it!

Last night I didn't feel good so I canceled my training session. Cleaning the kitchen was the most I worked out.

This morning I weighed myself and I am halfway to my next goal! WOOOHOOOOO!!!

So I checked myself out on the BMI calculator to see where I now stand (but I had to add a half pound of weight since you have to have even numbers):

BMI Categories:

* Underweight = <18.5
* Normal weight = 18.5–24.9
* Overweight = 25–29.9
* Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

My BMI is FINALLY down to 24.3
I am no longer considered overweight but I am at the high end of normal weight. Teetering on disaster if I give in to temptations or go back to my old ways of eating.

I still look pregnant though.

[SBMike]

I still look pregnant though.

Not to worry, Kyan..... so do I

[Kyan]

<sniff>

So when are YOU due? I need to start thinking of names.....

(We WILL get through this!!! .... eventually...)

[bethy]

You got a goal weight? I thought this book was "The Kyan Twins and The Missing Goal Weight."

Chipotle is my favorite road food. My son doesn't say a dang thing, too busy eating my tortilla. That spicy steak is something I'd like to learn how to cook.
Honestly I hardly eat out anymore. Where I'm living it's just chain chain chain.
I go to red lobster of all places, when I visit my dad. The man used to eat well and has turned me on to many good steak houses (Ruth's Chris, in Atlanta omg) and now he's all "let's go to Olive Garden" I think his taste buds wore out.
I've always thought of red lobster as a nasty place. But it turns out they CAN boil crab legs without poisoning people. And the broccoli is good with lemon, firm and very dark green and really pretty tasty which makes me suspicious too, but the waiters say "it's just broccoli".
There is BW3 right in my face almost every day. And I've never been tempted. Not with Five Guys Burgers and Fries right there next to it.

Kyan, I was thinking about you on my way to sleep last night. About the mountain oysters and the no good feta. I always pictured Colorado as being all ski-lifts, and people trying to get their minds right with little pieces of quartz, and big glass A-frame houses full of nice beams, and movie stars, and UGGs boots, and grizzly bears and, of course, Yoga. But movie stars in ugg boots go hand in hand with fancy cheese stores, and I bet Kurt and Goldie don't eat those ball things. There must be two parts to Colorado. So then I got to thinking about abandoned mines, and the words "gulch" and "ghost town". Which part do you live in? Ugg's or Gulch?

[Chris55]

This journal is turning into a comedy routine! I need a good laugh for therapy, so will be checking here often!

I checked the chipotle online menu and nutrition. Seems relatively OK depending on what you order. I'm assuming you get to choose fillings for the most part - I've never been there. A tiny bit high on fat, 6.5-8g for proteins (and cheese), sour cream and guac are higher. I'd love them to just build me a dish with pinto beans, fajita veggies, and some chicken or cheese. YUM! I may do that myself at home tomorrow if I get motivated to cook!

One advantage of living in the boonies is that there is so little take-out that it's the furthest thing from my mind when I'm hungry. We have lousy pizza, so bad that frozen stuff is better. Then there's the supermarket sushi or rotiss chix and fried chicken at the small grocer's deli. My son worked there this summer cleaning the deep fryer, so I really don't even want to think about eating that stuff. Then we have a small Thai place that does take-out, which my husband doesn't like. The lousy Chinese take-out closed last year. I had eaten their food once or twice when someone else bought it and was unimpressed. Oh, and a very tiny Mickey D's. Haven't eaten there since the kids were small and they had $1 Happy Meal Tuesdays. And I got breakfast there once a few years ago when we were without power and heat overnight and I wanted hot breakfast that I didn't have to make on my camp stove. We do have lovely sit-down restaurants, though, but I'm too cheap right now to go to them - the joys of a one-income family. There's even one with a separate vegetarian menu, but everything on it that I like has cheese that I'm pretty sure isn't low fat. This is a place that once served me a rib eye steak with a glob of butter on top!

[Kyan]

Wow Chris - you really ARE lucky.... although I wouldn't have said that before I was on the Beach! Colorado is the leanest state of the 50 states, and I seriously wonder how long it will stay that way! We have WAYYYYYY too many restaurants and fast food places!

I have to fight the temptation to get take out every single night almost! I'm just too tired to cook at night - not to mention I HATE to cook! Then you have to clean up the freaking kitchen! ugh ugh ugh UGH! "Nothing but work work work work!" <<< Said in my best Wesley voice from The Princess Bride!

When you go to Chipotle you tell them exactly what you want and how much you want! I usually get a salad and ask them to use the lettuce by the guacamole - I hate those huge honking tough lettuce pieces in their other lettuce supply! lol Then I have them put on the fajita stuff (grilled peppers and onions) and I choose the grilled chicken. Then their tomato bits which is their mildest salsa... and then guacamole. I used to come home and put my own sour cream on top, but I'm over that now. They also have pinto beans, black beans, and brown rice.

Last night my twin with the seizure disorder had a massive break-through seizure. I was sleeping - they were up late because it's spring break and they all have this love affair going on with their computers. His two brothers came and woke me up - blood was gushing from his nose and they were freaking out. Not much you can do - he laid down on the kitchen floor until his nose stopped bleeding... then he and his brothers played some cards for awhile to make sure he was ok - and I went back to bed. This morning I took him in to see a doctor (not his doctor - naturally she was off today!) and other than testing his hand/eye coordination and whatnot, there was nothing they could do, either. They note it in his chart and we just watch to see if he has any more. Personally I think it might be because he is sitting in front of his computer for umpteen hours every day during this spring break - but the doctor was pretty unconcerned about it all. He was more concerned that he drank caffeine.

ANYWAY...... to make a long story short (which I never do)..... they had this nutrition table set up in the waiting room and we checked it out. They had empty bottles of drinks and taped to the bottle was nutrition facts... and they had poured sugar into the empty containers to show you exactly how much sugar is in each item. Surprisingly, SOBEE had the most sugar!! Mountain Dew was second and Gatorade (or some sports drink) came in a very close third. They had all kinds of cards talking about fast food places.. and they had CHIPOTLE!! A simple burrito was 1300 calories and they didn't list that many ingredients - it sounded a lot like what I get except for the sour cream and cheese! (And tortilla!) Discouraging! Food sucks. You have to eat to live, but most of it is either fattening or tasteless!

Because of last night's drama and also because I haven't been feeling very good, I didn't go to candlelight yoga. Now I am going to be sorry for the entire week that I missed it. I love that class! Dinner was greek sloppy joes and kale. I'm on a kale kick.

[bethy]

I need to clean my kitchen floor. It would give a person having a seizure and a nose bleed a heart attack.

[bethy]

your date's here.

The recipe is confusing me. It says thinly slice the chicken, then flour it and cook it and then put a slice of cheese on each breast. but, the breasts are all sliced up in thin pieces, so how do I do that? Do I slice it horizontally, so each slice has the same surface area as the breast? and, if so, how do I fit them all in a pan?

[Chris55]

Hey, Ky! Your thread just got spammed by the same post multiple times. I've reported it, so hopefully they'll be gone by the time you see this.

What a night you must have had! Is he normally away at college? If so, you must really worry about him all the time. Yikes!

You'll have to check out the Chipotle site and add up your calories. I didn't really look at calories, just fat content. If you're skipping the tortilla and having brown rice or beans instead and skipping the cheese/sour cream, it shouldn't be bad. The guac may be OK unless they mix in other fat, but I don't know why they'd need to. I may do some calculations and see if I want to try them next time I'm in Portland.

My good news is that I'm down 4lb, which is really surprising, more than I'd hoped for. Just goes to show what crap I've been eating lately Time to log off now, I'm procrastinating hauling out the Total Gym, which I MUST do today!