What did you do today?

[ebinmaine 69,943]

5 minutes ago, Pete D said:

six grams of protein with every meal 

Six per meal so six times three equals 18 total? That's actually nowhere near enough.

[Pete D 284]

16 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Six per meal so six times three equals 18 total? That's actually nowhere near enough.

 

I'll have to see what's in the collagen.  Maybe it's 60 x 3 meals.

[ebinmaine 69,943]

20 minutes ago, Pete D said:

 

I'll have to see what's in the collagen.  Maybe it's 60 x 3 meals.

 

Lemme know.  I'm super curious.

[Pete D 284]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Lemme know.  I'm super curious.

 

10 grams/scoop.  I use 3 scoops to meet the requirement my nutritionist told me.

Here it is.

 

https://a.co/d/7X3Dz1h

Edited Tuesday at 10:56 PM by Pete D
Stupid autocorrect!

[Ed Kennell 39,902]

On 2/24/2025 at 1:17 PM, Ed Kennell said:

 

Had my recliner vacation 2-3 weeks ago.     Super snotty sinus and a upper resp. cough.    I'm back to work this week.   Cleaned the chimney and wood stove this AM and heading to the woods now to drag in a blow down for firewood.

I'm back on the recliner vacation.    Thought I had this thing whipped, but it came back full force last week.    All the test were negative for covid, flu A and B.  

I did fell better this AM and managed to take a walk around the farm and clean out 8 bluebird boxes.

[953 nut 56,933]

8 hours ago, Pete D said:

I need to get six grams of protein

Give these a try, 10 grams of protein and taste great. Only cost about $ 0.50 each.

[ebinmaine 69,943]

3 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

Give these a try, 10 grams of protein and taste great. Only cost about $ 0.50 each.

 

 

Those are a 40 gram bar with a mere 10 grams of protein. The other 30 (75% of the product)  is sugars and other sweeteners with fillers and  preservatives.  

 

 

As with many things available for purchase nowadays we have to be VERY AWARE of what we're buying. 

 

Unfortunately the "protein industry" has become a HUGE market due to

A. The ever increasingly large general population wanting the standard quick fix with little to no actual "fitness" being involved. 

B. PHENOMENONAL marketing and advertising.  

 

I read just yesterday that at least 90% of the protein bars and other products in the current market are NOT GOOD FOR NUTRITION.  

 

 

Please be cautious.  

 

 

 

[Blasterdad 2,840]

8 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Please be cautious.  

 

[Pete D 284]

Yep, most granola bars are thinly disguised candy bars.  Even fruit is high in carbs & fructose.

I cheat & have a slice of cheese bread (open faced grilled cheese) for lunch a lot.  My nutritionist wants me to eat "high quality protein" instead, but I don't usually have steak laying around!

Edited yesterday at 12:50 AM by Pete D

[Beap52 1,074]

One of my family members decided to go on a diet. It's a "drops diet" whereas you place drops of magical liquid on your tongue a few minutes before eating and follow a diet of  a specified calories per day.  (I don't remember caloric intake figures but they were pretty low.)  I got to reading because I was told these drops contained in the two bottles were homeopathic--google that.  One bottle's main ingredient was grain alcohol.  The other was a bunch of stuff like dandelion flowers,   that and that roots, just a whole bunch of stuff that was so minuscule there was no percentages or amounts listed.  These special drops only cost $75 a month!  I found the website of the company and after much digging, found the "testing" was on 25 individuals hoping to loose from ten to 50 or some such poundage.  19 folks completed the program and then participants who took placebo only lost 2 lbs than those who took the drops!  Scams are coming at us from all angles.

[953 nut 56,933]

I know the proline bars aren't prefect but they taste great and curb the apatite between meals. Much better choice than crackers or cookies. 

I bought a ceramic coated skillet that allows me to fry up eggs or a chicken breast and vegies without any oil and the clean-up is very easy. Good way to reduce the unnecessary fats in my diet.

[Ed Kennell 39,902]

Did you guys forget ....It's Fastnacht  Day.    I like my Amish made doughballs fried in lard,  pumped full of cream, and rolled in powered sugar.

Just finished the last one.

[ebinmaine 69,943]

11 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

 curb the apatite between meals. Much better choice than crackers or cookies. 

14 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

unnecessary fats

 

 

 

Herein lies the struggles with the modern food intake. 

 

There is NO need for food between food. 

Until relatively recently there was no such thing as snacks. 

 

One of many downfalls of modern consumption.  

 

 

Fats.. don't make us fat (er).

 

Sugars. Simple carbs. Processed foods. 

The true enemy. 

 

While there are several different types of fats, modern research is showing that  ALL of them are better than ANY sugars or ultra processed "foods".

 

 

[Pete D 284]

2 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

Did you guys forget ....It's Fastnacht  Day.    I like my Amish made doughballs fried in lard,  pumped full of cream, and rolled in powered sugar.

Just finished the last one.

 

My wife had a doughnut today, not an actual lard-laden fasnacht.

I had 1/4 cup of oatmeal with about 1/4 cup blueberries (bloobs!)

 

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Sugars. Simple carbs. Processed foods. 

The true enemy. 

 

While there are several different types of fats, modern research is showing that  ALL of them are better than ANY sugars or ultra processed "foods".

 

I'm STRUGGLING with the bowl of jellybeans on the counter. 😥

 

I admit it; sugar is my drug of choice.

Edited yesterday at 03:50 AM by Pete D

[ebinmaine 69,943]

5 hours ago, Pete D said:

 

My wife had a doughnut today, not an actual lard-laden fasnacht.

 

Modern research shows the NATURAL lard is BETTER for you/ us than the ultra processed garbage we're consuming daily. 

 

Lard is fat. 

Fat of most types is good in correct amounts. 

 

 

5 hours ago, Pete D said:

I had 1/4 cup of oatmeal with about 1/4 cup blueberries (bloobs!)

 

Oatmeal is another food that's making us into misled victims. Research that one.  

 

 

5 hours ago, Pete D said:

 

 

I'm STRUGGLING with the bowl of jellybeans on the counter. 😥

 

The way to eliminate the struggle?

THROW. 

THEM. 

AWAY. 

 

 

5 hours ago, Pete D said:

I admit it; sugar is my drug of choice.

 

You are far more accurate than you realize. 

Sugar and many processed foods release very similar sensations in our bodies to addictive things. Bad things. 

Sugar IS addictive!!

That's why there's do much in our available convenient mass produced food. 

Ethanol. Bad for engine. 

CORN ANYTHING. Bad for body. 

Yes even real whole fresh corn 🌽  should not be consumed often. 

 

When creating a food the cost is of course a huge consideration. 

Profit. Number one. 

 

Think:   sugars cheap, protein expensive. 

 

Keeping the general population addicted to sugars is an INCREDIBLY powerful way to keep money rolling in.  

 

 

[Ed Kennell 39,902]

5 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Keeping the general population addicted to sugars is an INCREDIBLY powerful way to keep money rolling in.

We should certainly add the other legal addictive substances.    alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine

[SylvanLakeWH 26,739]

35 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

We should certainly add the other legal addictive substances.    alcohol, nicotine, Wheel Horse tractors and caffeine

Fixed it for ya... 

[ebinmaine 69,943]

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

We should certainly add the other legal addictive substances.    , nicotine, 

 

That's a special one. 

 

Tied closer to food than most people are aware. 

In 1950 the scientific community had irrefutable proof that tobacco was taking lives and causing sicknesses. 

The sheer power of the major tobacco companies prevented a negative label being placed on their packaging for well over 40 decades. 

Marketing and Lobbyists did a great job. 

Back in the mid to late 80s there were two companies going around buying up food manufacturers.  

Phillip Morris and R. J. Reynolds.  

 

Now why do we suppose our food is a problem..............

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 69,943]

This is the bathroom door downstairs in the new mommaapartment.

It was a worn-out regular swinging one.

Trina decided to rearrange the layout of the kitchen a little and replace the door with a new slider.

Now the swinging door isn't in the way. 😀