Diet soda

(The Queen of Cans and Jars)
wrote:

It's a pain in the ass and it's taking me forever, but it's totally
worth it. At least so far.

Agree

I'm 48..... work 40 hrs week.... and took 9hrs worth of
classes last spring

Was hard. Time consuming

Have any idea whet degree you are working on?

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(The Queen of Cans and Jars)
wrote:

It's a pain in the ass and it's taking me forever, but it's totally
worth it. At least so far.

Agree

I'm 48..... work 40 hrs week.... and took 9hrs worth of
classes last spring

Was hard. Time consuming

Have any idea whet degree you are working on?

I wouldn't be going to school if I didn't.

(The Queen of Cans and Jars)
wrote:

Have any idea whet degree you are working on?

I wouldn't be going to school if I didn't.

What degree?

I'm undecided

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(The Queen of Cans and Jars)
wrote:

Have any idea whet degree you are working on?

I wouldn't be going to school if I didn't.

What degree?

Art history.

Nunya B. wrote:

"The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote:
Nunya B. wrote:
"The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote:
wrote:
Binky wrote:

I've been hearing such awful things about HFCS I starting trying to
expunge it from my food wherever possible and it's turning out to be
bloody difficult-

yes I agree!!

It is VERY difficult to keep from consuming HFCS as its
in EVERYTHING now days!

I have to avoid corn because it's a migraine trigger for me, and I
don't
have any difficulty at all avoiding HFCS.

But then I'm not too lazy to make my own food from scratch 99.5% of the
time, either.

I'm not too lazy either, but come Sept/Oct I'll be lucky to set foot in
my
kitchen because it's the height of school volleyball season and I am
completely booked for matches and tournaments. I will be living on Lean
Cuisine and Subway.

Most of which I can't eat, because most of those prepared foods have
some form of corn or msg (another trigger) in them.

I work full time and go to school part time and still manage not to
resort to fast food or convenience foods; I still manage to eat "whole"
foods 99% of the time. That doesn't mean I think I'm better than anyone
else, it just means that I know what I have to do and I find ways to
make it work because I don't have a tenable choice at this point. I had
a headache almost every day for three years before I finally got them
all straightened out, and I'm not exactly looking to lose any more of my
life to them. For me, it's much more convenient to take five minutes to
make my own tuna salad than it is to lose a day or two to a migraine.

If my schedule gets more strenuous, then my planning ahead becomes more
rigorous. That's just the way it has to be. Lean Cuisine is not an
option for this little red hen. (It's also not an option because I
don't have a microwave, but that's a whole 'nother story!)

I get it. If I had allergies I'd have the same problem though I'd probably
just live on tuna and cottage cheese forever. It's my mainstay when I don't
lean cuisine. When I was working a vb tournament a few weekends ago I lived
on instant oatmeal for breakfast and grapefruit and carrots through the day.
I didn't notice because I was too busy to care.

I do rely on several basic staples, just like you do. When I say I make
my food from scratch, I don't mean that I'm spending hours in the
kitchen whipping up five course meals or anything. The household
consists of me and three-quarters of a cat, so that would be kind of
silly. I eat a lot of chicken or tuna or turkey salad on Wasa, egg
sandwiches, veggie salads, peanut butter, yogurt - stuff like that.
There are a few pre-made things I keep on hand for when I'm super-busy,
but they come from either Trader Joe's or the health food store and the
ingredient lists are short.

Bottom line: it's not very difficult to avoid HFCS. (Yes, I had to
scroll back up to figure out why we were talking about this.) Anyone
who thinks it is just isn't trying hard enough. There's a lot of food
out there that doesn't have it.

The Queen of Cans and Jars wrote:
The household
consists of me and three-quarters of a cat, so that would be kind of
silly.

Speaking of (possibly) kind of silly... what happened to the rest of that
cat?

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"The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote in message
. ..
I do rely on several basic staples, just like you do. When I say I make
my food from scratch, I don't mean that I'm spending hours in the
kitchen whipping up five course meals or anything. The household
consists of me and three-quarters of a cat, so that would be kind of
silly. I eat a lot of chicken or tuna or turkey salad on Wasa, egg
sandwiches, veggie salads, peanut butter, yogurt - stuff like that.
There are a few pre-made things I keep on hand for when I'm super-busy,
but they come from either Trader Joe's or the health food store and the
ingredient lists are short.

Bottom line: it's not very difficult to avoid HFCS. (Yes, I had to
scroll back up to figure out why we were talking about this.) Anyone
who thinks it is just isn't trying hard enough. There's a lot of food
out there that doesn't have it.

I couldn't agree more. I avoid it too with the exception of my frozen
entrees. With those I just stay away from the ones with pasta or rice.
--
the volleyballchick

That is the most absurd statement I have ever heard from any human being.
YMBN

"The Queen of Cans and Jars" I do rely on several basic staples, just
like you do. When I say I make
my food from scratch, I don't mean that I'm spending hours in the
kitchen whipping up five course meals or anything. The household
consists of me and three-quarters of a cat, so that would be kind of
silly. I eat a lot of chicken or tuna or turkey salad on Wasa, egg
sandwiches, veggie salads, peanut butter, yogurt - stuff like that.
There are a few pre-made things I keep on hand for when I'm super-busy,
but they come from either Trader Joe's or the health food store and the
ingredient lists are short.

Bottom line: it's not very difficult to avoid HFCS. (Yes, I had to
scroll back up to figure out why we were talking about this.) Anyone
who thinks it is just isn't trying hard enough. There's a lot of food
out there that doesn't have it.

--

W. Wells wrote:

That is the most absurd statement I have ever heard from any human being.

You don't get around much, do you?

Kirk Is wrote:

The Queen of Cans and Jars wrote:

The household consists of me and three-quarters of a cat, so that would
be kind of silly.

Speaking of (possibly) kind of silly... what happened to the rest of that
cat?

He got hit by a car (two years ago this month, actually) and lost one of
his hind legs and his tail. It was pretty traumatic at the time, but he
pulled through like the champ he is and has completely adapted to his
new situation.