O.T.R. sleever

before I volunteer. you are female, Right?

Have you ever pondered on that little things that can change so much in your life over time?
Well I was having my Soup tonight, I have always used a Tablespoon for Soups, cereals etc, Why? Well my grandfather did it. Well Why did he? cause he was older and shaky and it helped him get some to his mouth unlike a teaspoon he would loose most of it before it reached his mouth.
So I was thinking how so many things are like that that changes how we eat and don't even realize it.
The Bigger plates that we fill heaping at times. Bigger cups. Larger Serving sizes.
The fast food restaurant on most corners, so when your driving home from work and tired and still got to go home and make dinner, makes it easy to drive through and grab those fatty unhealthy choices for dinner.
The kitchen appliances that that grind and chop that we some times use for more convenience,yet burn less calories then chopping or preparing by hand.
The apple or potatoes peeler you pop in pop out, or make fries with and drop in a deep fat fryer that's faster then baking.
The bread machine that makes all that bread we love homemade. Yet don't have to need and work at, not much calories burned there.
The frying pan, with grease to fry supper fast instead of baking and heating up the house.
We live in a disposable world where we can throw away our dishes and to-go bags.
We have the dishwasher that helps cut our cleaning time (therefore less burning of calories).
We live a world of preservatives and more fat in foods.
My Grandfather had bacon, eggs, pancakes and toast with jelly every morning for Breakfast all his life, and lived on pork, beef and potatoes, and I don't know if I ever seen him eat a green salad. He had huge deserts or pie or cake or ice cream most nights for desert. He drank 2 six packs of real coke everyday. He was the skinniest man I knew at maybe 120 lbs for his 5 10 height.
The difference was he was a farmer, and he may have at all that for breakfast, but he was up and had feed the chickens and pigs, feed 100 head of cows, milked 2-6 cows, changed the Water in two or three fields, all before he had that breakfast.
Don't get me wrong, I am not wiling to give up many of life's pleasures in my life either, but we must put more responsible choices of talking a walk cause we have more time since that dishwasher is doing what would burn calories
We let the little things like a spoon in our lives become something that can change so much. I need to move back to the regular size spoon.
Pretty soon I will be told to use the baby spoon with my meals.
For me, its time to think about the little things like the spoon that I have allowed to get me off my path, change it, and get back on that path for a good healthy life

before I volunteer. you are female, Right?

I see so many threads about "I don't want anybody to know". Have tou ever stopped to think about the other side of the coin? When people are secretive about things if you enquire, don't you then assume the worst case scenario? In an office environment the rumors are always so much worse than what is really going on.
My suggestion is to tell them what is going on. You don't have to go so far as to disclose everything. But give them enough to relax their curiosity or concern.
For example. Do you have diabetes? Tell them you are undergoing a procedure that will hopefully cure your diabetes.
Do you have sleep apnea, heart issues? Tell them you are getting a procedure that will cure ore minimize these conditions.
All of these would be true, and once you've had the surgery, you can go back and tell the rest of the story if you so chose.

Ha ha ha. Skinny people would never understand this one.

This thread is bringing back so many memories for me. I was an Army brat, dad was air defense so I have so many fond memories of El Paso & Tacoma areas. Anybody care to throw in Würzberg, Hanau, or Wertheim? Oh yeah, if your in El Paso and need automotive work, my dad's shop is Jerry's Automotive on Dyer st. That's my shameless plug.

You had me till Miracle Whip. Ewwwwww
I wonder how turkey bacon would work.

Ha ha ha. Skinny people would never understand this one.

I agree, the swelling has reduced. Keep in mind, liquid really won't make you feel full now. But if you give it a few minutes after drinking a protien shake the protien should satiate your hunger.

OMG people! I just busted my lip raising up my knee to tie my shoe.
I am in my office chair and I leaned forward slightly raised my foot off the ground to be able to reach my foot to tie my lace, and I raised my knee so high I smashed my lip!
No belly in the way, so it just kinda "wham"...sooo happy no one saw it here, yet had to share...I take them where I can get them!