In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Just listened to some music with my hearing aids on and my left ear was working. 
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Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I can't eat chicken or pork because of my teeth until I get the dentures. Steak is out of the question too :(. The only way I can eat it is if it's ground to the consistency of baby food. My brother makes these great pork things that he starts by putting pork chops in a slow cooker, but by the time it's all ground down there's more butter in a single serving than I eat otherwise in an entire year. They're amazing, but they're so bad for you. Eating a few of those sandwiches makes you want to hibernate.
(It only now occurs to me how difficult it is going to be for me to eat with others, even though it's such an uncommon occasion).
I actually don't use any cooking oil right now. Should I be? I'm sure it would make the meals I make taste better, but for me I'm happy just filling my belly with anything that isn't outright disgusting. I actually just throw a bunch of vegetables and rice in a pot or a pan and boil them, then I throw on some cayenne pepper. I heard that you can loose nutrients from vegetables by boiling them, but I've gotten real good at using the right amount of water and what the rice doesn't absorb gets boiled out and I'm not actually dumping out any water by the time I eat it.
Bummer to hear about the white rice. I was a little worried about that when I bought them. I was eating some brown rice I had sitting around from god knows when, but that's a lot more expensive since it's much smaller boxes. I couldn't find any brown rice in bulk bags today for some reason. Maybe I'll have to look online for them.
I think I went years without any potassium. Not even joking. I don't know how I'm still alive. I'm sure I was getting some incidental doses here and there. Not sure if there's any in skim milk or not. Do vitamins count, now that I'm taking them?
So... you liking those hearing aids yet Brenda? Are you hearing instruments in music that you forgot were even there yet?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Vitamins do count Jack and they will help repair the damage you did to yourself.
You can eat bad things once in a while as a treat. I eat ice cream and "hot" apple pies from A&W every so often.
I didn't hear anything that wasn't already in the music but I was hearing as I was meant to hear it. *L* And on the flip side. My ears aren't that tired today.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Vitamins do count Jack and they will help repair the damage you did to yourself.
You can eat bad things once in a while as a treat. I eat ice cream and "hot" apple pies from A&W every so often.
Well if vitamins count, then without looking at the bottle I'm pretty sure I'm getting my daily dose of pretty much everything I need. Part of me still thinks they're just made of sugar and sand, but who knows. I'm sure it's better in any case to be getting the nutrients from actual food than vitamins, but there's no way I'm going to be eating a "perfect" diet. Right now it's at least far better than I was eating.
I don't really need to treat myself. I still smoke, and that's kind of my "treat", since I have no plans on quitting that habit. I suppose once I start getting this all under control that my "treat" could be to just not worry about what I'm eating if I'm out with other people who cooked or at a restaurant. I'm sure something against my current diet won't kill me if I'm not gorging on it. I'm not actually gluten intolerant, at least like people who have severe cases of it anyway. My brother's friend absolutely had to get off of gluten for medical reasons. She was becoming extremely ill and that was the reason for it. Generally speaking I feel better now than I have in years and that was probably just quitting the booze and losing all the weight and just being a lot more active. I don't think the gluten was killing me or anything.
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I didn't hear anything that wasn't already in the music but I was hearing as I was meant to hear it. *L* And on the flip side. My ears aren't that tired today.
Yeah. That's what I meant. I bet you're listening to some of them oldies right now and hearing parts of the songs that you've forgotten were even in there. I was amazed listening to my favorites the first time I treated myself to a decent pair of headphones. I can only imagine what it would be like to be listening for the first time while wearing a device that restores hearing.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Vitamins do count Jack and they will help repair the damage you did to yourself.
You can eat bad things once in a while as a treat. I eat ice cream and "hot" apple pies from A&W every so often.Quote:
Well if vitamins count, then without looking at the bottle I'm pretty sure I'm getting my daily dose of pretty much everything I need. Part of me still thinks they're just made of sugar and sand, but who knows. I'm sure it's better in any case to be getting the nutrients from actual food than vitamins, but there's no way I'm going to be eating a "perfect" diet. Right now it's at least far better than I was eating.
Getting vitamins from real food is better. Diet doesn't need to be "perfect" just right for you.Quote:
I don't really need to treat myself. I still smoke, and that's kind of my "treat", since I have no plans on quitting that habit. I suppose once I start getting this all under control that my "treat" could be to just not worry about what I'm eating if I'm out with other people who cooked or at a restaurant. I'm sure something against my current diet won't kill me if I'm not gorging on it. I'm not actually gluten intolerant, at least like people who have severe cases of it anyway. My brother's friend absolutely had to get off of gluten for medical reasons. She was becoming extremely ill and that was the reason for it. Generally speaking I feel better now than I have in years and that was probably just quitting the booze and losing all the weight and just being a lot more active. I don't think the gluten was killing me or anything.
Don't mind me saying this Jack. But you can do with out the smokes. I know that is a hard thing to kick but you have already gotten out of the alcohol trap and I'm sure you can get out of this one. Like I said before whatever Your diet looks like is what is right for you.Quote:
I didn't hear anything that wasn't already in the music but I was hearing as I was meant to hear it. *L* And on the flip side. My ears aren't that tired today.
Yeah. That's what I meant. I bet you're listening to some of them oldies right now and hearing parts of the songs that you've forgotten were even in there. I was amazed listening to my favorites the first time I treated myself to a decent pair of headphones. I can only imagine what it would be like to be listening for the first time while wearing a device that restores hearing.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Actually what I am watching on YouTube right now is an old tv show called "Hec Ramsey" starring Richard Boone. I used to watch this on the late show at around midnight when I just hit high school.
I'm hearing this clearer that is true.
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Quote:You can cook pork shoulder roast and chicken thighs until they are fork-tender, if you want. But not necesary if you don't want to bother. Still recommend canned salmon and/or tuna once a week, think tuna salad (tuna, minced onion and celery, mayo).
Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I can't eat chicken or pork because of my teeth until I get the dentures.
Quote:HAHAHAHA!!! That's like Indian food, you get these tiny bowls of lentil curry or spinach (palak paneer) but they're like butter-bombs!
Eating a few of those sandwiches makes you want to hibernate.
Quote:absolutely. There are some oils that your body doesn't make that are essential for producing sex and anti-inflammatory hormones, they are alpha-linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid) and linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid). Peanuts are an excellent source for many good nutrients, but not linolenic acid. Flax seed is, but if that doesn't sound do-able then walnuts and canola oil are good alternate sources.
I actually don't use any cooking oil right now. Should I be?
Quote:Sound great! Just throw in some canola oil!
I'm sure it would make the meals I make taste better, but for me I'm happy just filling my belly with anything that isn't outright disgusting. I actually just throw a bunch of vegetables and rice in a pot or a pan and boil them, then I throw on some cayenne pepper. I heard that you can loose nutrients from vegetables by boiling them, but I've gotten real good at using the right amount of water and what the rice doesn't absorb gets boiled out and I'm not actually dumping out any water by the time I eat it.
Quote:Well, nobody's diet is perfect. Don't sweat it.
Bummer to hear about the white rice. I was a little worried about that when I bought them. I was eating some brown rice I had sitting around from god knows when, but that's a lot more expensive since it's much smaller boxes. I couldn't find any brown rice in bulk bags today for some reason. Maybe I'll have to look online for them.
Quote:Vitamins don't have enuf potassium to make a difference. I recommend beans, again. Good source of protein (incomplete, but rice makes up the difference) and many valuable nutrients as well as fiber.
I think I went years without any potassium. Not even joking. I don't know how I'm still alive. I'm sure I was getting some incidental doses here and there. Not sure if there's any in skim milk or not. Do vitamins count, now that I'm taking them?
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I HATE AIRLINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ruttin' strike by a Canadian company and I may have to cancel my plans to go out to Edmonton next weekend.
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DAMN.... Forgot to buy Canola oil after work! Oh well. I had my first 10 hour long shift and was in so much pain that I wasn't really thinking straight at that moment.
Good news, I did run out after work and pick up some pretty expensive Dr. Scholls "shock absorption" pads that I'm going to try out next week. I don't expect them to end the pain altogether, but maybe it will make it slightly more bearable.
Now that I got the ants out of my house, the mice are back. Been a few years since I've seen one of those. Got me some of those nice reusable Jaws traps, so they should be taken care of by the end of the week.
Also got me some outdoor bait traps, although after looking at the initial ant hills that had started on my patio I think I might have killed them all already using the poison pellets last week. Can't hurt putting them out though.
Also bought about 5 different sprays for weeds and insects. Once it stops raining we're going to have a big 'ole poison party outside.
Rent's due, bitches.
I'm taking my house back, baby. 
(I'm going over to my bro's house this week. Won't be having my Niece over while all of this is going on).
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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I wish you good luck with all you got to do next week Jack. Hope you can get rid of the mice.
Had to deal with one mouse in an apartment one time. Pain in the butt but he was nailed dead.
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Hey jack - what was that you used for the ants?
As for pain - do you have a bathtub? maybe a good warm soak would work.
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