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7368. alistairConnor - 7/29/2008 7:32:24 PM Hmm yes I can relate to all that... nuts, olive oil etc.
Last night I had a steak and steamed green beans, thought I was pretty clever leaving the carbs out, but felt a bit unsatisfied. Not enough fat?
Course, I'm having a beer, which negates my good intentions... My girlfriend lost four kilos recently, mostly, it seems, by giving up alcohol. We would typically share three bottles of wine per week, and perhaps three beers each... very nutricious, unfortunately. 7369. thoughtful - 7/29/2008 11:15:43 PM No need to eliminate carbs, but control them and opt for healthier ones than not...whole grain bread not white...starchy vegetable vs. cookies.
And beer is one of the worst! You can lose weight by cutting the alcohol. But rather than skip the wine, have a wine spritzer...less calories, less alcohol, but dog gone it if the bubbles don't make it hit you faster! 7370. wonkers2 - 7/30/2008 3:34:59 AM Ten things to scratch from your worry list 7371. arkymalarky - 7/31/2008 1:04:28 AM I was disappointed in some of the stuff that wasn't on that list that I evidently have to continue to worry about. ;-)
I did my Ear/Nose/Throat thing yesterday, and it was pretty uninspiring, though he did give me a couple of otc nose sprays for re-moisturizing and blocking irritants and easing some of my more unpleasant symptoms without being addictive. They don't clear your nose, they protect it from irritation. He said no saline spray, which I had thought was a good thing.
The good thing is my allergy test this morning: after four years, even though I quit the treatments during graduate school, my allergies are way down. I was highly allergic to 37 common things when I was first tested. This time it was four. And a lot of things, like dust and cats, I'm no longer allergic to at all. I also talked to my superintendent the other day and he said he was on shots for several years and they helped a lot. I'm thinking by the next time I'm tested three years from now I will be off the program. I hate that I wasn't able to maintain it and I might be off now, but that's just the way it goes. So no nasal surgery, at least not now, but the allergies are getting under control.
If my nasal issues continue to bother me after trying all the recommendations, I'll ask to see a different ENT. This guy was really pretty lame. If he had suggested surgery I'd have had to excuse myself and fun for another clinic. No way I'd let that guy shove sharp implements up my nose. 7372. robertjayb - 7/31/2008 8:50:22 PM An exercise pill...
NEW YORK — (AP) -- Here's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat?
Scientists reported today that there is such a drug — if you happen to be a mouse.
Sedentary mice that took the drug for four weeks burned more calories and had less fat than untreated mice. And when tested on a treadmill, they could run about 44 percent farther and 23 percent longer than untreated mice.
Just how well those results might translate to people is an open question. But someday, researchers say, such a drug might help treat obesity, diabetes and people with medical conditions that keep them from exercising.
7373. robertjayb - 7/31/2008 8:50:49 PM toys
7374. thoughtful - 8/19/2008 3:44:59 PM Anyone have any advice for tmj?
I woke up about a week ago and started yawning and while I was opening my mouth heard this odd sound from my left tmj. I spent a week not being able to clench my teeth, though I had no pain. I finally forced the jaw back shut, but it's very odd. It hurts to snap the joint back into place and it will stay there so long as I keep my mouth almost completely shut. As soon as I open it, it slips out of joint again, but with absolutely no sound or pain. But putting it back in again is yow! Leaving it out feels fine, but if I keep putting it back it gets painful and stays that way.
Who does one see for this kind of thing? A dentist? A chiropractor? 7375. thoughtful - 8/19/2008 3:50:26 PM Anyone ever watch "you are what you eat" on bbc america? Jillian McKeith is a macrobiotic nutritionist and she invades the homes of people who are obese and gets them to drastically change their diets. I have to admit that after 8 weeks, these people do look incredibly better...not just less weight, but their skin looks better, their energy levels are better, their confidence and happiness is way up there.
One of the things she does is gets them to keep a food diary for a week and then lays out everything they've eaten on a single table. No surprise when you see nothing green or nothing raw and very little that's home cooked.
But one show, the woman ate the most disgusting snack I've ever seen...white bread slathered with margarine and then folded over a bunch of steak fries. Ugh!!! 7376. judithathome - 8/20/2008 6:32:32 AM I watch that show a lot...it's amazing what those people eat in a week! I doubt I eat as much in a month or two and certainly not the same sorts of things.
I'm at a plateau now and have been for a few weeks...32 pounds down. Isn't worrying me at all...I'll eventually drop another pound or two. And then some more...I'm in no hurry. 7377. thoughtful - 8/20/2008 2:14:06 PM Good attitude!
There was an interesting piece in yesterday's health section in the NYT about how weight is one thing, but fitness is really more important in determining how healthy you are. So slim people who are not fit are worse off than those who are fit but carrying extra pounds. Fitness they judged by the length of time you could stay on a treadmill while they gradually increased the speed and elevation.
I really think my father's body lasted as long as it did despite his years of severe body abuse due to smoking and alcohol and later diabetes was due to the fact that he was incredibly hard working and was always incredibly strong due to all the physical labor he did. 7378. Wombat - 8/20/2008 9:15:38 PM Thoughtful:
My daughter did a header off her bicycle several years ago and landed on her chin, which brought on TMJ. You need to look for a cranio-facial pain specialist. Her treatment included heat, electric stimulation, perfusion of anti-inflammatories, exercises, and day and night appliances to bring her jaw back into alignment. She is pain-free now, but it was an expensive and drawn-out process. Our insurance is kicking our claims back and forth because they are unable to figure out that it is a medical, not a dental, condition.
Good luck! 7379. thoughtful - 8/20/2008 10:04:41 PM Thanks for the input wombat. Wow! that sounds incredibly painful and a real annoyance to go through (pain both from the injury and the insurance cos!) ...maybe I'd just better 'walk it off' or in this case, 'talk it off'!
7380. anomie - 8/21/2008 1:30:55 AM Thoughtfull, you gave me a chuckle and nudged a memory of a lesson I learned when I first went to England. Fries on bread is called a "chip butty". I once tried to order an order of chips in pub and couldn't do it unless I got the "chip butty". I even tried the Jack Nicholson thing..."bring me a chip butty and hold the butty", to no avail. I got a french fry sandwich. 7381. anomie - 8/21/2008 1:45:48 AM Chip Butty:
img =src"http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1434/810314406_af73415740.jpg"> 7382. anomie - 8/21/2008 1:46:39 AM Oh nevermind! 7383. anomie - 8/21/2008 2:30:12 AM 
7384. anomie - 8/21/2008 2:30:46 AM Hey! Hey! A chip butty! 7385. thoughtful - 8/21/2008 1:28:52 PM Somehow, anomie, naming it doesn't make it any more appealing...a heart attack in the making!
7386. thoughtful - 8/21/2008 1:30:49 PM Piece on npr health this am remarked on study showing TM is effective in reducing blood pressure.
What bothered me the most about it was that this was done at UMass, the home of Jon Kabat Zin who spends a lot of time working on pain management and the mind/body connection and has been teaching tm for years...why this cardiologist seemingly took an independent route to the subject is beyond me. Don't academics talk to each other? 7387. thoughtful - 8/21/2008 2:11:41 PM I've tried it and it works pretty well. Homemade sorbet from canned fruit.
Take a can of canned fruit (peach slices, pear slices) and freeze it. Once frozen, put the contents into a food processor. (This takes work..I've tried running hot water over it, cutting out both ends, and pushing, but I seem to end up with a fork and digging it out.) Then puree. You can add whatever strikes your fancy. I've tried frangelico which is good, but you could add whatever strikes your fancy...fresh mint, almond extract, other liquors. It makes a cold slurry that's very tasty. For company I'd serve right away. For myself, I then divide into single portions and refreeze. The refreeze stuff is not so smooth and sorbet like, but it still eases my craving for cold and wet like ice cream but at minimal calories and maximal nutrition.
I've since bought some canned mangoes and mandarin oranges to experiment with.
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