SubJeff on 28/8/2007 at 21:50
Do North American's have a higher sense of body awareness or something? Cuz I've never heard a male say they had "water retention" in RL here, but I've heard it from North American men in print and on the internets. Ascribing feeling crappy to retention is something usually seen in adverts for womens diet food.
Also:
Quote Posted by Thief13x
I was eating a LOT of food
Is that a pink elephant in speedos I see in the corner of the room?
DinkyDogg on 28/8/2007 at 21:51
Quote Posted by fett
Yah - I should have mentioned that he's also allergic to gluten, which is an inherent property of all grains. So no bread, rice, etc. for us. We instead have to use/make nut flour. Can't buy the pre-shelled/bagged pecans, walnuts, etc. because they add (guess what?) starch to keep them from sticking in the bag (also allergic to starch). So we have to buy pecans and almonds in bulk (translated = get anally raped at the health food store) and grind them. Then we add natural honey or peanut butter (translated = get anally raped at the health food store). All that plus fresh frozen veggies and fruit, making our own yogurt (because of the shit they put in store-bought yogurt), and the meat and cheese for a family of four runs about $140 a week. Mind you we never eat out and that includes absolutely nothing out of a box or bag. We buy our meat from a company that distributes to restaurants to avoid that pink shit they spray all over it at Wal-mart and Kroger (starch/alkaline/preservatives).
Flash back two years ago when we were buying for three and didn't worry about it - chips, cookies, cokes, micromeals - We could get away with spending a little over $50 a week with food left over. Now, with just the bare essentials, we get down to almost no food left in the house by the end of the week - spending around $120-$140.
I'm a celiac as well (gluten intolerant), but rice doesn't have gluten. It's a huge staple in my diet. But avoiding starches that are likely to be cross-contaminated and buying real, pure foods really does up the cost of buying food by a massive amount.
As for diet sodas, they're not harmless either. Aspartame inhibits pituitary and thyroid functioning, which causes you to put on weight and makes it difficult to increase bone mass and grow. My family has a history of thyroid disease as well as celiac disease, so I avoid the diet sodas.
Aerothorn on 28/8/2007 at 21:54
Quote Posted by aguywhoplaysthief
No clue what the Hampshire boards are. All that came up on Google was some school.
I agree with Thief13x - I eat healthy, and my food bills are between $35 and $50 a week. Of course, a lot of that has to do with Trader Joe's. If I didn't have that, my food would be at least 50% more on average.
Yeah, it's the school (Hampshire College) - they got some message boards.
And yes, Trader Joe's IS the bomb. They don't have enough necessities or fresh stuff to live off of, but what they have is either really cheap or really good (such as the vegan blueberry-raspberry muffins and the unsalted peanut butter pretzels).
SubJeff on 28/8/2007 at 21:56
Quote Posted by DinkyDogg
As for diet sodas, they're not harmless either. Aspartame inhibits pituitary and thyroid functioning, which causes you to put on weight and makes it difficult to increase bone mass and grow. My family has a history of thyroid disease as well as celiac disease, so I avoid the diet sodas.
So, wait, what? Do you drink the normal full fat sodas?
DinkyDogg on 28/8/2007 at 22:28
In moderation. I'm a skinny guy, I'm not worried about putting on fat. I'm still in puberty, and I figure the suppression of my thyroid is a greater risk than some extra sugar. Not being able to eat wheat products really keeps one's weight down. Those who are worried about their weight really should opt for no sodas at all.
D'Arcy on 28/8/2007 at 23:23
I don't drink them a lot, but between sugar and aspartame in a soda, I'll take sugar anytime.
Scots Taffer on 28/8/2007 at 23:40
Quote Posted by Stitch
The best dinner I probably had was the special of the day from that yuppie Italian place we ate on Thursday, although the copious beer (and cute waitress) might have sweetened the deal.
Nope, it was pretty awesome, so much so that I went back and enjoyed rare Lamb Chops again! :D
Also, the only way I drink soft drinks is mixed with alcohol; that's the cold methodology of a professional alcoholic at work.
Starrfall on 29/8/2007 at 00:49
Quote Posted by Thief13x
Nice, you just spared yourself my supply and demand lecture at the last minute there...
I demand an essay on the effect of food subsidies on Pareto efficiency and the proximate effects on market efficiency overall.
edit: extra points for working coase in there somewhere
aguywhoplaysthief on 29/8/2007 at 04:13
Scots, if you think San Francisco was scary on that score, you should see the rest of the country. San Francisco is a land of Adonis' compared to some of the places that I've been to/lived in this country.
Honestly, I think that the great citizens of Texas were all killed off in a power plant accident and replaced with some sort of whale/human hybrid.
Spaztick on 29/8/2007 at 05:14
Quote Posted by aguywhoplaysthief
Scots, if you think San Francisco was scary on that score, you should see the rest of the country. San Francisco is a land of Adonis' compared to some of the places that I've been to/lived in this country.
Honestly, I think that the great citizens of Texas were all killed off in a power plant accident and replaced with some sort of whale/human hybrid.
What follows is a typical Houstonian. If you are easily offended do not look:
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