The tricky part is finding a diet that we can stick with because it fits our lifestyle and doesn't leave us feeling totally deprived.
Exactly. And that was my own problem in the long run with Atkins - there came a point where I wanted that ice cream, hungry or not. Knowing I could have one if I wanted to save the calories for it is a huge factor for me when it comes to the psychology of the diet thing. It makes it easier to do without because it is my choice to do without, if that makes any sense.
The body would be happier and healthier with real non-processed foods.
Oh, hell yes. There are no words to express how much I am looking forward to farmer's market season starting up again.
Cutting down on carbs makes me quite literally go insane. If I don't eat enough starch, I think about food all the time, have the attention span of a goldfish with ADD, and become cranky and irritable like my PMS has been turned up to eleven. I tried it for a week, once, and after about day three I was ready to kill someone and use their skull as a rice cooker. There was really no amount of weight loss that would have made another day of feeling like that worth it.
The thing that's made the most difference in the way I eat recently is breastfeeding, because Dylan reacts much more strongly to changes in my diet than I do. I can tell when I'm not getting enough protein (or too much) by the way he acts, which forces me to eat a very balanced diet.
(And being poor because all my money is going towards daycare has forced me to cut down on processed foods because all I can afford to eat for lunch these days is tuna fish sandwiches that I make myself. Every now and then I'll splurge and put cheese on one.)
Does anyone know if I can take tums if I'm already taking perscription prilosec? I have to be somewhere today and my stomach is a mess.
It's okay, sj. Prilosec is an acid-production blocker, but apparently it's not blocking enough. If this happens often, you might want to ask your doctor about increasing your dosage. Mine had me go to two a day for a while.
Grrrrrrr. The kids have a habit of closing the French doors between the family room and the living room. This doesn't bother me. It drives DH insane for some unknown reason.
He came in and said, "They only shut these when you're around. They leave them alone when they're with me."
Me: "Um. Yeah. Why does it bother you if they're shut?"
Him: "I don't know. It just does."
Me: "Does it hurt to have the doors shut?"
Him: "No. But I'd appreciate it if you would discourage them from doing it."
Me: "OK. I'll do my best."
So I'm supposed to correct the kids for SHUTTING DOORS?! WTF?
If he feels that strongly about it, maybe he should look for some doorstops to prop them open and discourage them that way. Or else just get over it. Either way, I'm not sure why you're involved.
Oh yeah, one of my personal non-favorites. Stand with me in parental solidarity even if you don't agree! I try and pick my battles, alas they are usually not the same battles that DH would prefer to pick.
I read once that french fries were the worst food that Americans eat. I don't know, but yeah, potatoes are not great.
I can believe that, with the nutritional value (or lack thereof) and the fat they're cooked in. That's why they should be cooked in duck fat.
I was ready to kill someone and use their skull as a rice cooker.
words cannot express how much I love this statement.
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That's why they should be cooked in duck fat.
This may just be the best idea EVAR.
Oh yeah, one of my personal non-favorites. Stand with me in parental solidarity even if you don't agree!
I think that's what he's trying to do. In his mind, she's not standing with him because she's not telling the kids to keep the doors open.
