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one big mac 'll give you a heart attack ..
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burger king , tastes like kerosene .
cantaloupe , is soylent green .

aerosmith should have hired me as a lyricist . the poor sob ' s sing about sleeping bags and love in elevators for cris'sakes ..
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a jicama is a freakin 6 legged tree lizard . im old and dont care about facts -- you cant change my mind on that ..
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i can explain the negativity -- a ten week ongoing dull headache . two weeks of hepc treatment left . maybe ill celebrate with one of those flame broiled whoppers from burger king that taste like kerosene .. he he
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I like simple recipes. Now all I have to do is Google what a jicama is... Don't mind me, there's a lot of food names and ingredients I've never heard of when you all discuss what's for dinner.

Lastnight, I missed out on a free takeout dinner. Baby bro's girlfriend offered to drop by for a visit with dinner. I didn't see her text until 1am this morning...
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i like a good fruit salad jeanne but it seems so many fruits are preserved by irradiation or something nowdays that they come to maturity and rot , having never ripened . unripened cantaloupe comes to mind . hard , sour , apples . pears thatll take your eye out if you try to stick a fork in it .
ive ruined big macs and fruit salad , whats next ?
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Last night I took a cooking class by a chef from Mexico. I learned a simple and refreshing salad, which I had tonight.
1 jicama, peeled and cut into bite-size chunks
1 cucumber, peeled and cut into bite-size chunks
juice of 1 lime (or 2 if they are small)
coarsely ground salt, to taste.

That's it -- just place is a bowl and mix.

When I got home I found a very similar recipe in a Mexican cookbook, but it used lemon instead of lime juice and included orange segments. I'll try that sometime, too.

With the simple salad we had stir-fry chicken in cilantro sauce, over linguine. Good stuff.
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I seem to have missed all thes delicious posts. I don't seem to get notified most of the time. Right now I am being investigated for swallowing difficulties probably due to a food allergy so have lost lots of weight and don't have the slightest interest in food. I know I am lactose intoerent so have ordered a book to teach myself how to make vegan cheese. I do miss the dairy. I still have to do the allergy testing but it takes as long round here to get a specialist appointment as the VA. I wonder if they have secret wait lists for Medicare patients.
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im having a nap for dinner . got up and off to ednas and the va at 4 ; 30 am .
ive learned something useful from
" lillium " up there . shes an asian american gal and rather young . the son of a gun has a beaming , terminal smile . im thinking the rest of us should try it too ..
were all going to die .. yay .. take today and run with it ..
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ASSA please tell me you put loads of melting cheese on your Shepherds Pie gosh i can almost smell it!! peas and carrots too and a dash of Yorkshire relish im bloody starving now ooh ooh just remembered some prawn cocktail in the fridge needs to be eaten soon Yahoo sometimes life dosnt seem so bad afterall! I need help maybe i have worms!!!
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Susan cut down on salt and drink more water and walk more i had this "water retention" its awful but i found water tabs help? I dont actually drink enough water sometimes none? i have to remind myself to do this. but i know salt is a nono
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Shepherds pie. And I remembered to turn the oven on this time!!
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bahahahaaaaa Kazzaa!! That's too funny!

I have a hereditary condition (thanks a lot, Dad) that causes me to retain water and have edema - BIG TIME. My legs are the worst. I take medication for it, which sends me scurriying to the bathroom 5 times an hour for about 4 hours, but if I take it as prescribed, I start experiencing side effects, so I take it when the swelling gets *really* bad, like it did today. I felt like the Goodyear Blimp floating around the house, bumping into things and feeling squeezed into my clothes.
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I sent off to Amazon for a Yoga DVD ive sat here with tea and cookies watching it twice now! Ok im getting there ok so next time ill watch it without the god d*mn tea! LOL
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You girls are so funny, you too captain! Got some left over chicken in the frig so me and my dogs will share that, and I'll make a baked potato and open a can of corn. I scored canned corn for 50 cents a pop recently! Just me and my dogs & cats so I cook in bulk and freeze in portions.

Old friend coming from far away for the weekend so I'm busy cleaning, scraping up dog hair, washing drapes, shampooing rugs, the whole nine yards but I'm tired so supper for all of us and plop in front of the tv for a while.
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You ladies are hilarious!!! The only exercise I get is from my part time job. I walk back and forth alot and up and down the bakery deli dept which is very large at this store. I hear you on the weight gain or "shifting of gravity" to places we don't want it.

I am forced to cook healthy meals because my hubby had a stroke last September. Of course, I can do it on my days off since I don't get home until after 9pm and taking care of mom in the process, does not give me time before I go to work.

This week I am off 3 days, so today I am finally making the chicken I posted about marinaded in lime and chipolte, home made pico de gallo salsa, a small veggie tray from the grocery store. I am making a large batch so we can make tacos/burritos tomorrow. I have lots of decluttering to work on so don't want to spend hours cooking everyday.

I look like a pear with a spare tire in the middle. Because of my belly, I lose my pens at work, LOL!!.. when I bend over, my tummy pushes the pens out of the pocket on my apron, Hahaha!!
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-------- slowly raising my hand. I too, look and feel like a giant puffer fish, cept no spikes, just PUFFY. Feels like I gained 25 lbs in a nano second. Yes, around the waist, boobs, butt, arms and now, thunder thighs. wtf happened? Stress... causes cortisol which causes weight gain especially in the mid d*mn section. Add stress to a very long winter... POOF!

This is just another one of those vicious cycles. Can't exercise/walk everyday cuz it's cold, rainy or snowing. Still have to feed everyone so comfort food in the winter it is. Get fat and lazy... summer arrives, too fat and lazy and blah that I look like a beast with blonde hair, so now I don't even want to go walking. Even if I did go, mom walks s o o o o o o o s l o w I barely need to breathe. LOL, it's just easier some days to lay on the couch with an arm flopped off the side... swinging back - and - forth waiting for the clothes to get dry. Oh joy...
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Well look at the positives we will get so big that we will not be able to look after our parents and they will be taken into care!!!!! HAHA AND now i want mongolian chicken i used to make it but i cant get "muffins" outta my head im going to see if i have a quick recipe d*mn this site for making me fat!!!!
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lmao here.....hahahahah...I know it's not funny....but love that the mustard or lack thereof caused such a panic as that sounds just like me....only it was the ketchup here...haha.....and thanks for bringing up muffins.....and as I sit here, I am now thinking of some mongolian chicken from my favorite little chinese restaurant.....oh the sodium, the sodium......followed by that thing that chinese always does to me...big nap time..... kazzaa you're killing me....
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I cant eat carbs i bloat and i mean bloat! I didnt think it was that noticeable to others until my mum and i went to a flower show.........on the bus i was offered a seat twice?????? THEN an old lady said i could go to the loo before her as she "remembers what its like to be pregnant and needing to pee"!!!!!!! Now the worst thing i couldve said on both occassions was "im not flippin pregnant im bloated" that would have been just too embarrassing for all of us!!!!!!!!! LOL
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My aunt and cousin took photos of me with my camera OH MY GOD i thought who is that fatty it was ME? that was it there and then i was going to lose weight that was last saturday? the thoughts of a strict diet are making me eat even more! But i have to ask THINK what the ONE THING i can change here well my weight i guess? Its the only thing that dosnt cost anything and that i can control the rest of my life is a mess so i have to get my head around this eating. Im just lucky im tall but like you say its all around the "bingowings" and "muffin top" shit did somebody say MUFFIN...........
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Ever get that feeling that you wish JUST ONE THING could go right?
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S.T.R.E.S.S????? just cooked my hotdogs got my lovely buttered buns toasted WTF no MUSTARD! Instead of keeping a cool head and walking to shops to get some i burst out crying why is life so d*mn unfair! Carerburnout? even the mustard is out to get me!
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You ladies are killing me here...another one of those "separated at birth" things.

I'm right there with you. I started working from home 3 years ago, and working 60+ hours a week on my butt in front of a computer for the most part started showing very quickly. I'm bigger now than I've ever been, and I hate it. I try to get out and walk when I can, try to get Mom out to ride along with me on her scooter (only successful with that once), and I keep telling myself I will start making use of the exercise videos available on my Roku....but....
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haha....I tell myself the same thing...and those hotdogs are sounding mighty good too...hahaha....thing is, I got used to cooking full meals for two for quite a while, then, just like that, Mama went to eating nothing but the ensure....trying to keep that interesting for her has been a challenge...and the thing that makes ME eat more than anything else is S T R E S S .....need I say more?? for me, anything BAD is good right now....and carbs are my weekness...especially McD's fries...I could just dive into a large vat of those....the weird thing is...while i have gained weight, it is the PLACES where it is that is bugging me...all around the waist and my upper arms...blech.....I love sleepless tops and such and now won't be wearing those this summer....and the waist....I feel like one of those little kids at the beach holding the inner tube around their waist....only it's permanently attached.....sadly...meals are one of the few "releases" around here anymore....that and my flowers...and all it does is rain lately so can't get out in those...and so I nibble...nibble...nibble.....and grow, grow grow....
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Hope im sorry!! hope you enjoyed it!! am having hotdogs tonight i will get around to eating better soon right now im eating for two and not even pregnant im so bored i just eat and smoke very bad way to be but the sun may come out tomorrow? then ill get motivated again?
Hotdogs with mustard pickle and what the heck cheese!!! I keep telling myself not to worry i can lose weight quickly????? ive been saying that for ten years! LOL
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I'm the same about drinking water. I feel like throwing it up. I had mentioned this to my previous doctor. She said to try drinking bottled water. It sure made a difference! I can only drink water if it's bottled and cold. Otherwise, I have a queasy stomach. Ensure milk is too sweet. Maybe try watering it down a bit? Toast - maybe too dry? I prefer my toast to be a little to the white side. I think you mom may need to be a nibbler. If she can nibble something throughout the day, it would lessen the big nausea side effects.

I can survive with 1 small can of iced coffee. I used to take hot green tea (tea bag) just before bedtime. Until I started remaining wide awake. Difficult to find a caffeine-free green tea. Does taking out the caffeine cancel out the positive effects of the green tea?
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Coffee used to do it to me for acid reflux. Used to have two cups a day, now one cup of green tea instead.
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Bookluvr, thanks for your helpful suggestions. Mom has been modifying her diet and tries to stick with simple things that won't upset her stomach but even bland foods like toast or ensure drinks make her throw up. Doctor has her on promethazine and omeprazole but she still continues with an upset stomach. She only drinks maybe a cup of water per day and I think some of her problem is related to dehydration but no matter what, I can't get her to drink more. Will keep trying.
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Sherri, maybe with your mom, it's the tomatoes in the spaghetti sauce. I have acid reflux. So tomatoes and anything sour (may also include the salad dressings if it has vinegar) would upset my stomach. If I happen to be very hungry, I try to avoid pizzas, lasagna and spaghetti. Because of an empty stomach, I end up with severe reactions to it. However, if I was nibbling food throughout the day, I can eat the pizza or spaghetti without any major side effects. I think with your mom, maybe try to give her samples of bland food and see how she reacts to it.
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