Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 1832

phenomshel · 02-07-2011, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

You and me, babe. We'll do it together. Say it... no more cheese... no more cheese... no more cheese...

Under no circumstances are you to even entertain this sort of thinking.

Ack! I forgot about the salt... Oh wait... that's not one I need to stop. It's the eggs, cheese, cheese, cheese, butter, cheese, red meat, cheese...

Quitcher whinin'. At least they gave you three months. I have to go back for another test in two weeks, and was told in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that I need to get those numbers down!

Like I said, you and me! Right after I left the hospital, I ate 'my last meal' in McDonalds. It was wonderful...

Stitchawl

And this is why I absolutely refuse to let them do a complete blood workup on me! They can pry my bacon cheeseburger out of the cold dead hands of my good looking young corpse!

astra · 02-07-2011, 06:04 AM

I stopped adding salt to my food when I was 18. I got Hepatitis A/Jaundice.
In xUSSR they used quarantine you for 18-21-28 days. I didn't realised I was sick until I was half-way through the worst of the illness, so I was quarantined for 18 days. During this period of time you can eat only hospital food. It is a special diet in which salt, anything fried, any spices, any fatty food, any alcohol do not exist. After the initial 18 days, they let you go but warn you that because you are older than 12 years, the illness will have a lasting effect for the rest of your life, by weakening your liver. In order to counteract this effect you must follow a strict died for the next 6 months and a less strict diet for another 6 months. Strict died means all the same restrictions as in quarantine in hospital.

Many changes in my life followed this illness. It was time when a big influx of western literature has been translated to Russian. I read quite a few books about food and diet and our body. Including Paul Bragg's "The Miracle of Fasting"
Before the illness, I didn't know anything about cholesterol, fat, proteins, carbohydrates etc.

I never returned to eating salty food. Since then, I can eat anything without salt.

Ironically, when I moved to Israel on my 8th month of diet, my brother and his wife who are doctors told me to forget about everything they told me in the soviet hospital. Hepatitis A/Jaundice has no lasting effects. It doesn't damage liver. That in Israel, it is no worse than a flew. That I can eat anything I want

Again, ironically, because of the illness I educated myself about food and how it affect our body. What is good and what is bad (on amateurish level of course, but apparently I know a lot more than an average Joe).

However, giving up on red meat....my weekly rib-eye steaks rare? Oh my. Heaven

me.

kennyc · 02-07-2011, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The Super Bowl was yesterday? I didn't even know. Guess I'm not much of a sports guy.

I heard something about it on the news...

FlorenceArt · 02-07-2011, 08:27 AM

I didn't think you could live in the US and not know about Superbowl. Isn't it anti-american or something?

kennyc · 02-07-2011, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I didn't think you could live in the US and not know about Superbowl. Isn't it anti-american or something?

I just don't much care for sports.

If that's unAmerican then so be it.

thinkpad · 02-07-2011, 09:36 AM

Superbowl even made it to the Norwegian newspapers.

Iridal · 02-07-2011, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by thinkpadx

Superbowl even made it to the Norwegian newspapers.

It was in the Belgian newspapers as well. Well, at least the part about Christina Aguilera and the national anthem

kindlekitten · 02-07-2011, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

It was in the Belgian newspapers as well. Well, at least the part about Christina Aguilera and the national anthem

curious about what happened, but not enough to actually watch the clip at CNN

kennyc · 02-07-2011, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

It was in the Belgian newspapers as well. Well, at least the part about Christina Aguilera and the national anthem

Hmmm.....I have no idea...nor do I really care.

LCF · 02-07-2011, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Yay! Then you can come over and ride around here with me and bloke! or if you want more go to Noosa with Marc and ride up and down mountains in 30°C heat with 98% humidity!

With pleasure! I would come to you that is. 30°C heat with 98% humidity sounds a bit too hot and damp for me.

Got the housing, now I only have to connect everything correct...

tubemonkey · 02-07-2011, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

It was in the Belgian newspapers as well. Well, at least the part about Christina Aguilera and the national anthem

OMG, that was painful. The only time that song should be sung is when you're drunk.

kennyc · 02-07-2011, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

OMG, that was painful. The only time that song should be sung is when you're drunk.

Yeah, I broke down and watched too.....bad, but not without precedent....

Also ran across this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=120386

vivaldirules · 02-07-2011, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I didn't think you could live in the US and not know about Superbowl. Isn't it anti-american or something?

I must be anti-American. And here I thought I was just anti-hoomin.

desertblues · 02-07-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Yeah, I broke down and watched too.....bad, but not without precedent....

Also ran across this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=120386

vivaldirules · 02-07-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

I am reading the guff from the doctor.

I failed my cholesterol test and my blood pressure test!

It is almost enough to make me start smoking again.

All my favourite things. Butter, cheese, eggs, salt. OMG

probably corn chips too

Only allowed 150mls of wine.

no prawns

I have three months to get the level down. I could starve

Right! Today I will eat all the rest of the non-allowed food in the house and start afresh tommorrow!

Toss them now. Then find a restaurant that serves lots of veggie dishes (like an Indian or Mediterranean one) and try lots of them in small portions (ask for a sampler platter, if you can). Find some you really like and learn how to cook them and go from there. Embrace them and you will learn to live happily without what you once craved. And save your health in the process. It has worked for me so why not you?

02-07-2011, 06:04 AM	#27467
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	I stopped adding salt to my food when I was 18. I got Hepatitis A/Jaundice. In xUSSR they used quarantine you for 18-21-28 days. I didn't realised I was sick until I was half-way through the worst of the illness, so I was quarantined for 18 days. During this period of time you can eat only hospital food. It is a special diet in which salt, anything fried, any spices, any fatty food, any alcohol do not exist. After the initial 18 days, they let you go but warn you that because you are older than 12 years, the illness will have a lasting effect for the rest of your life, by weakening your liver. In order to counteract this effect you must follow a strict died for the next 6 months and a less strict diet for another 6 months. Strict died means all the same restrictions as in quarantine in hospital. Many changes in my life followed this illness. It was time when a big influx of western literature has been translated to Russian. I read quite a few books about food and diet and our body. Including Paul Bragg's "The Miracle of Fasting" Before the illness, I didn't know anything about cholesterol, fat, proteins, carbohydrates etc. I never returned to eating salty food. Since then, I can eat anything without salt. Ironically, when I moved to Israel on my 8th month of diet, my brother and his wife who are doctors told me to forget about everything they told me in the soviet hospital. Hepatitis A/Jaundice has no lasting effects. It doesn't damage liver. That in Israel, it is no worse than a flew. That I can eat anything I want Again, ironically, because of the illness I educated myself about food and how it affect our body. What is good and what is bad (on amateurish level of course, but apparently I know a lot more than an average Joe). However, giving up on red meat....my weekly rib-eye steaks rare? Oh my. Heaven me.

02-07-2011, 08:27 AM	#27469
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	I didn't think you could live in the US and not know about Superbowl. Isn't it anti-american or something?

02-07-2011, 09:36 AM	#27471
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	Superbowl even made it to the Norwegian newspapers.