That woman isn't normal. I'd be curious to know how much weight she gained and how big her baby was. But as long as they were both healthy, that's what's important. But I did see a picture of her at 36 weeks. Barely a belly. There was a picture circulating around of a womam powerlifter still lifting at 9 months that people were up in arms about and even she had a nice-size belly. But it's this woman's career, so she had an added incentive to get back in shape I guess. All 3 days' time. But she's definitely the exception and not the rule. I gained a minimum of 36 pounds and lost it no problem. The abs separate, no scar tissue and no pain. I still have decent ab control, to the point that 4 weeks afterwards at my doctor's appointment my doctor commented on it. The key for woman is to not go crazy. We really shouldn't gain any weight the first trimester--a couple pounds maybe? I don't remember specifics as it's been a while (my youngest is 12). Cream cheese--you can never have enough. I always ask for extra, but I also ask for extra dressing on my salads, extra mayo on my sandwiches, and I order a side of honey mustard to dip my fries in instead of ketchup. The sloppier my food the better.
Currer Bell, the "what's your excuse" gal countered with her own 1 week post-partum picture. I'd say it is much more realistic on what women will typically look like after baby. I don't care how much you work out, that skin stretches just by making space for an entire other human, and you have to figure it is going to take a bit of time to bounce back. I'd say that this gal is just remarkably blessed in the bounce back capability and is in no way something the average person can strive to achieve. And regarding the norwegian gal, yes, great that she was able to grow a baby. But if people expect that they need to gain a very minimal amount of weight, likely by restricting calories, and work out 6 days a week because the goal is to look like that 4 days after squeezing out a baby, don't you think that could lead to some harm to that baby? There is a line between Jessica simpson (who actually appears to have lost her baby weight) and this chick. But again, why are we talking about it? Because it is yet another way that we get to pressure ourselves that we won't measure up.
Why would you sacrifice the interior of the delicious bagel to make room for more cream cheese? Why not just eat from the block with a spoon? I like a fair amount of cream cheese but you get it on a bagel because bagels are fucking awesome, not because you need a delivery system for the cream cheese. Whether it's too much depends on the location: the Bruggers here puts on too much. The New York deli around the corner puts on the right amount - a lot of it, but without overwhelming their great homemade bagels.
No, sometimes they put WAY too much on... I wanna eat a bagel with some cream cheese on it, not cream cheese with some bagel. The one thing I like drowned in sauce is pork or brisket barbecue. I'll have a bit plain, then slather barbecue sauce on.
I am with #teammorebagel obviously, because I love bread. I am supposed to not be eating it right because lol paleo but I'm definitely craving a bagel now. Also, mya. Who is Maria Kang? I think she is gorgeous.
I am just waiting for Frank to show up and tell us all that cream cheese is the food of the devil and we should all be eating beef tongue. With or without cream cheese of course.
The best cream cheese is that of the Lox Spread variety. But it must contain pieces of smoked salmon. Not just little tiny bits for flavor. This also must go on a sesame bagel with capers and a slice of onion. If you disagree with me, you are wrong...and stupid. A real good bagel shouldn't also be overly huge and doughy. It can be big but it must have bagel skin on the outside that comes from a proper boil. And should be fairly dense. Don't mess.
When I do decide to treat myself to the bagel shop close to work, this is my order: 1) Multigrain bagel with light veggie spread. 2) Sesame seed bagel with nothing on it. Then I go back to my office, scrape off half the spread and wrap it up and put it in the bag with the sesame bagel. Next day I toast the sesame bagel (mmm, toasted sesame seeds) and use the leftover cream cheese to spread on top. So long story short, hell yeah they put on WAY too much cream cheese. But I use it to my advantage and end up with 2 delicious breakfasts for $5.
That's an accurate picture I think. Here is that other woman at almost FULL TERM: I tried to find out how big her baby was or how much weight she put on, but no luck, although I didn't try that hard. Doctor's recommend a minimum of a 25 pound weight gain I believe. This is Maria Kang, who insulted a bunch of women because she got in shape after having 3 kids and posted this:
Disclaimer: Kanye fans on here read no further, but don't bitch if you do. Well, for starters, that is a fact. Jay-Z has Kanye beat there because Jay-Z has a family with a beautiful, talented and world-famous musician while Kanye is married to the biggest fucking whore in America. I repeat: The Biggest Whore in America. Stop defending the bird-brained cunt because she's "easy on the eyes". So are women at your grocery store and they didn't make a porn with a fourth-rate artist and intentionally post it online. Then, we have Kanye: The man. A on-camera, we've-all-witnessed-it open sore crybaby pussy who bawls like a bitch over LOSING AN MTV award. Are. You. Reading. This? I could stop right there because that alone is enough to hate this man. But I won't stop there. Because he's a posturing, over-confident, Napoleon complex, overrated peacocking douchebag using things like his mother's death and marrying a slut as a career boost. I watch Jay-Z in interviews and he is polite, articulate, well-dressed. He laughs and smiles and listens to the questions and listens in coversations. He genuinely seems kind and thoughtful to balance with the fact he's put out pretty much nothing but solid albums since the mid 90's. He has a $600+ million net worth which speak volumes for "Businessman MAAAAAAAANNNNN" and is a great live show. Better live than Kanye because I've seen them both more than once. Now speaking as a DJ, I ALSO enjoy Jay-Z's music more on the level. Better, his latest album may be the first time I've heard a mainstream black hip-hop artist question RELIGION in his songs. I love playing songs like "Can I Get A" or "Big Pimpin'" they whip up the crowd. I just don't plain like Kanye's songs. Many people like his beats and flows and I don't. People rep me "But Touch the Sky is so SOPE, yo!" ....no, not to me. I think "Touch the Sky" sounds like instruments being beaten to death with rocks. Plus, the Lowest Common denominator loves his music and its gets REALLY. FUCKING. ANNOYING when five hundred tone-deaf people are shrieking "Gold-digger". Those are some of my reasons. Nobody has to agree, but they ARE reasons.
My go to bagel sammiches 1) salt bagel lightly toasted with cream cheese 2) everything bagel toasted as fuck with pepper jack cheese 3) BLT on a plain toasted bagel, no mayo 4) Lox, cream cheese, lettuce and tomato on plain toasted bagel. I grew up in Long Island. We do not fuck around with bagels. When A&S bagels burned down, the town didn't stop fundraising until we had enough money to rebuild the whole damn place again. Ps. Maria Kang looks hotter with no makeup.
So: I agree the Kanye West is arrogant and neurotic and kind of annoying in interviews. I do have some specific things to disagree with, though. I haven't seen him use his mother's death as a career boost at all. Everything about it suggests he was deeply, profoundly depressed. As for the Kardashian thing, every album of his has gone platinum. He's sold 21 million records and won 21 Grammy awards. He could charge hundreds of thousands for a beat if he wanted to. I'm pretty sure he doesn't need the boost. To be fair, he was bitching about somebody else losing an award. Not sure if that makes it better or worse. I'm gonna go with weirder. This actually happens a whole lot. For example, that's like all OFWGKTAWTFBBQOMG does. I find Kim Kardashian bashing kind of tiring and hack, but I guess that's what it is. What is probably underreported is the inherent misogyny (and lack of awareness) inherent in actualizing your anti-racist rhetoric by bragging about fucking a white woman, but I suspect that that topic is probably heady for this board (and, for that matter, Kanye himself). So let's just talk about him pouting more.
Herb n' Garlic cream cheese is the only cream cheese I really like. I know, right? Any other cream cheese remind me of mayonnaise and that stuff is the devil's wide money-shot load. Gross beyond anything. The fat person's protein shake. EDIT: Nom, I didn't mean Taylor Swift. I meant when the camera was right on him, he lost, and he threw what was a cross between John McEnroe and Chris Brown being asked a personal (or math) question.
Theres a place back home in Florida where they ship water down from New York to make their bagels with. Its an impressive commitment to the breakfast/brunch food and I respect that. They also make coffee ice cubes for the iced coffee so that you can drink every drop in the cup and it doens't just become brown cloudy water. When you spare no expense to make amazing food, it shows. Granted, its a little more expensive, but life is too short for shitty bagels.
I can't imagine that shipping water is cheaper than just having a sample analyzed and then re-creating it using distilled water + additives. Coffee ice cubes are awesome, though.
Anyway, Kanye is an asshole who makes good music, whether you like him or not depends on which one of those two things weighs more heavily in your mind, both are valid blahblahblah. WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOW IS THIS CRAZY ART SHIT: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/lee-jeeyoung-stage-of-mind-room" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blo ... -mind-room</a> this is not digitally manipulated
I don't know the logistics behind shipping water. It weighs 8lbs per gallon. So enough to fuel a bagel shop must be ridiculous. Or they just have a truck full of water come down and fill a huge tank at the place. Either way, it's really good and they do a hell of a business there.
That looks like my dorm room circa 1989 after ingesting too much of something I really shouldn't have. It was an interesting place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.