Meal Planning

On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:58:20 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
wrote:


He's newly retired from a stressful job situation. I fully understand
how he feels. It took me an entire year to feel normal, but I still
don't want to be out and about as much as I used to do.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
sf wrote:

Wow! Does someone actually understands me :)

I learned to hate people on my job. I worked near the Detroit city limits.
Learned never look at people in the eye, always look down. Violence
everywhere, could here gun fire every night, sometimes fully automatic,
across the infamous eight mile road. As a ham radio operator, I kept a
small portable HT scanner, when a crime occurred, I went in the opposite
direction. When gangs walked in the middle of the street, I would drive
serval blocks to avoid them. Never go outside at night.

It did not always be like that, in the thirty years I worked there it was a
nice place to be. When the housing prices collapsed, this allowed a second
wave of people to escape from Detroit and extend their drugs and the
violence. When I was offered an early retirement - I jumped for joy!.

I saw this coming long ago. I moved out the city when the housing prices
were at max and I moved into the deep country. The city home i bought at
35K sold for 100K in just 20 years of ownership. Ten years after I sold it,
that same home is now worth 20K!. Life in the country is far better! Very
glad to stay out of the cities and that is where the courts are located in
the stinking cities and they can stay there!

The case was murder trial of a white man and a shooting of two others by a
gang of blacks! I wanted no part of it!

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
Cindy Hamilton wrote:

I am going to best to hide!
Especially when the worlds currencies collapse :)

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
wrote:

Information Technology, install and update computers systems.I have a
degree in computer science, the job was beneath me. I was non union, lots
of unpaid over time, low pay and bad hours, but the state benefits were
great. In the end it was worth it. Delayed gratification to the max. Most
of my friends made around 100K a year, where I made about 30K. They made
fun of my job during the time. All three of my friends lost their high
paying jobs in their forties. They lost their pensions, their homes, ended
up in divorces, losing everything. They left the state never seen again.
Grateful I stayed single and stuck with a secure job.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
Nad R wrote:


So you worked for the state in IT? State gov worker?

Sounds like engineering!! I'm engineer and its
starting to that way above as well. Contract based
engineering where every year you face losing your job.

I can relate to you feelings abt dealing with people
after awhile

So you live an off grid lifestyle now?
 
wrote:

I am on the grid, Twenty acres? There is a local school eight miles down
the road. The school is on a paved road, but they ran the lines down my
dirt road as a short cut. Those on my dirt road also have Comcast the only
game here and I am happy about it. So I have power and high speed Internet
through Comcast. Other wise I heat with wood or propane. With half pay I am
getting by and life is good here. Everything is payed for, however if my
twelve year old truck or fifteen year old car breaks down it may be
difficult to replace it. Yes I worked, past tense, for the state.

I have a Masters Degree in A.I., a cool area but few jobs in it. For
research one really needs a PHD. I have now the time to make something a
bit more creative.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
Nad R wrote:


true

there may be a days when many science and engineering
people just "drop out" of society as its no respect and
just plain brutal

engineers are trained to make things, fix things, solve
problems.. but bean counters never let us do the job
properly....crazy
 
"Nad R" wrote in message
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Dieticians do not prescribe just protein shakes. They work at a healthly
balanced diet. They would probably recommend one meal a day w/o meat. Just
don't kill a salad's purpose with a quart of dressing.

Why don't you make two lists: veggies I like and fruits I like. Present them
to your dietician. Then use something like Google to fill in the blanks.

http://www.myfridgefood.com/

This site may help if you fill it in properly.
 
"Kswck" wrote:

I found that in later post. The key words was "Balanced Diet" I was looking
for in the google search. When tried "meal planning" I came up with nothing
what I was looking for. Even searching for "Healthy Diet" just came up with
popular diets. See if you posted earlier this lengthy post would have been
avoided :)

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
"Kswck" wrote:

I did, this post is an old post now. Many have already provided good
solutions.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:11:06 -0500, "Kswck"
wrote:


Thanks for posting that site. I'm spreading the word. :)

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
sf wrote:



sf,

Thanks!

I didn't realize I'd put on all that weight. ;)

Those were some of my more ambitious cooking days, obviously.

Best,

Andy
 
as i see it getting older does suck, but the alternative would suck worse,
since you have identified you food needs, "being full" that is a great help,
now substituting can be acheived by limiting portions in this way as one
option, if you have a reasonable portion of protien, and a reasonable
portion of starch, say a chicken breast and a six ounce baked potato, you r
"substitutions" come in by haveing more volume of lower calorie vegetables,
you can do this by, having a larger portion of broccoli, OR try having a
serving of broccoli and one of cauliflower, this gives you variety and
fullness, Lee
"Nad R" wrote in message
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sf wrote:

Bookmarked
and my EKG were always normal. He did not think a stress test was needed.


When I new wheat bothered me, I tried a gluten free diet for six months. My
triglycerides dropped in half. A tough diet when working and fast food
places everywhere. I got a Mexican cookbook and made my own fresh corn
tortillas. The corn tortilla was my main staple on the gluten free diet. I
felt much better and my skin complexion improved. I did not lose weight
because I filled them up with high fat high protein foods. But I did feel
much better. But over time the diet was pulling at me. I have more time for
researching for better foods now. However my understating almost everyone
that changes their diet will almost always feel better at first...

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
In article ,
Nad R wrote:


Good. Are you pressure canning?


Errr-r-rm, no.


The way things are going there's a better chance that I'd remember THAT
than remember what I did two days ago. :-\




Nice. So, did you find the link to the TLC food plan? "-) C'mon, I
told you I wasn't going to do everything for you! LOL!

BTW, in light of your stated goals in your first post, I stand by
everything I wrote in my first response, others' opinions
notwithstanding.

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Barb
 
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