Pushing a wheelchair is very hard work!
When Robb broke his back, I realized this. We used to do crazy stuff, like going cycling. I'd ride my bike, and he'd hook his cane around my seatpost, and I'd drag him and his chair behind me.
Thank goodness he has his own adaptive trike now.
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- Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:11 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: A Little Birdie Told Me
- Replies: 59
- Views: 55875
- Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:06 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Jean's new check in
- Replies: 317
- Views: 234153
- Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:04 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Tobiasmom's Journey
- Replies: 485
- Views: 376970
- Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:01 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: SkyKittys Check in
- Replies: 125
- Views: 109049
- Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:52 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: New Strawberry Roan Daily Check In
- Replies: 427
- Views: 353661
- Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:51 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:48 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Mimi's Daily Check In
- Replies: 783
- Views: 861876
- Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:13 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Baking as a hobby and S days
- Replies: 19
- Views: 30311
- Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:24 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Hi
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- Views: 12854
- Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:11 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
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Sunday Another splendid day. We stayed at a bed-and-breakfast last night, and then went for a drive in wine country, followed by a lovely eight-mile bike ride. The entire trail was surrounded by blackberry bushes, and all the locals were out picking berries. We managed to sweet talk our waitress in...
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:29 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Jean's new check in
- Replies: 317
- Views: 234153
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: milczar's check in
- Replies: 1099
- Views: 1467906
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:22 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: New Strawberry Roan Daily Check In
- Replies: 427
- Views: 353661
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:12 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: KCCC's 2011 Check-in
- Replies: 431
- Views: 375052
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:04 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Thtrchic's Daily Check-in
- Replies: 851
- Views: 734770
- Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:44 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
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Earache morphed into another danged cold. I swear, I have the most overburdened respiratory system. Stayed home sick on Thursday and Friday. Ate fine, if a bit blandly. We were booked for a weekend of fun for Robb's birthday. I wasn't sure how I'd manage. We did a five-mile kayaking trip, which was ...
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:54 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: A Little Birdie Told Me
- Replies: 59
- Views: 55875
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 9:34 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Picky Eating... help!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 26358
- Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:23 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Marcie's Check In
- Replies: 34
- Views: 44374
I think it's interesting what you say about sensory food. Warning: the following might be just too weird to read. Reading it might make you think that I'm insane, or that I've ruined cherry tomatoes for you. Warning, Warning, Warning. I remember working with seriously creepy guys who agreed that che...
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:02 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Tuesday Breakfast -- biscuit and loquat jam, latte Lunch -- another beans and rice, guac and cheese salad Dinner -- biscuit, pasta green beans and mushrooms, and half a plum Headache morphed into an earache. Tonight we transferred our two big jugs of plum wine into other jugs, to strain off the sedi...
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:14 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
This was one of those up-and-down days. I'm working on a smelly, tedious project, the dudes (my esteemed colleagues) were abrading steel directly outside of my door, and listening to particularly loathsome techno (seriously? who listens to techno anymore). The bad thing is that the ventilation for m...
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:13 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:01 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How long did it take for your S day's to calm down???
- Replies: 19
- Views: 28773
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:51 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Picky Eating... help!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 26358
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:46 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: How long did it take for your S day's to calm down???
- Replies: 19
- Views: 28773
I never allowed myself out-of-control weekends. That whole idea just didn't make sense to me. I'll have a dessert or two over the weekend. Maybe I'll have seconds at dinner. Maybe I'll do a wee bit of grazing. But eating an entire carton of ice cream at the stroke of midnight? Never. That wouldn't s...
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:44 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:35 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Picky Eating... help!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 26358
I *am* the person who developed life-threatening allergies. In my case, it is to the members of the nightshade family, so farewell potatoes, goodbye eggplant, so long tomatillos, I'm going to miss you peppers and chile, and oh tomatoes.... whatever will I do without you. I *love* all these foods, mi...
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:55 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Picky Eating... help!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 26358
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:58 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Picky Eating... help!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 26358
I suspect that I'm a super-taster, but thankfully it's positive thing for me. I *love* good food, and I live in a part of the country famous for good food. Perhaps you need to eat better food, and cultivate joy in eating. I don't eat any junk food, because I genuinely find the chemical flavor disgus...
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:53 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: It's okay to binge, as long as it's low-cal!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31273
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:55 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: a little help from my friends, please!
- Replies: 191
- Views: 178052
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:52 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: New Strawberry Roan Daily Check In
- Replies: 427
- Views: 353661
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:49 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: It's okay to binge, as long as it's low-cal!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31273
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:45 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Jean's new check in
- Replies: 317
- Views: 234153
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:28 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Thtrchic's Daily Check-in
- Replies: 851
- Views: 734770
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:25 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
A great weekend. Saturday -- latte, slice of bread Lunch -- two veggie and cheese sandwiches, water Dinner -- roasted corn, green beans, followed by two kinds of ice cream that we'd made (rosemary, reisling lemon sorbet, and lemon verbena ice cream). Main Event -- a tour of a beautiful historic orch...
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:17 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: An Icy-Hot mishap
- Replies: 10
- Views: 26924
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:14 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:02 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Getting going and saying hi!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6327
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:01 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Showdown at the Hometown Buffet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16905
- Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:15 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:04 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Leech Block
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7934
Oh, what a relief! I was worried that someone was going to be sharing an article extolling the virtues of using leeches as a dieting aid. (They actually have some genuine medical uses, if I understand correctly. Their anticoagulant properties are apparently valuable at the site of amputation reattac...
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:44 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Thursday Breakfast -- latte, lowfat yogurt with added wheat germ and home made plum jam Lunch -- cucumber and cheese sandwich Dinner -- sauted greenbeans, mushrooms and shallots on rice with feta cheese Worked really late, painting. Surrounded by food, and had a lot of time to wait, wait, wait. Didn...
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:09 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Field of Green turned Red
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18804
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:02 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Wednesday I'm counting this as a fail-day, mostly because of bad scheduling. I didn't eat "bad" food, I just didn't account for timing. Breakfast -- latte, bread and cheese Elevenses -- bread and coffee Lunch -- leftover Thai food Mess-up -- scheduled fruit picking after work, didn't finish until 7p...
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:54 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 30 Days - No Scale - Want to join us?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 54040
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:52 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: It's okay to binge, as long as it's low-cal!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31273
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:55 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: 30 Days - No Scale - Want to join us?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 54040
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:09 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Linguistics Girl's Daily check in
- Replies: 48
- Views: 54524
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:55 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:20 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Tuesday Breakfast -- latte, egg and cheese bagel Lunch -- "virgin" pad thai, very tasty Dinner -- green beans and purple beans from the garden, sauted with shallots and tofu Later -- a cucumber soda, that I knocked over, and sent flying all over the table at knitting night. Amazingly, I didn't dren...
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:23 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Thtrchic's Daily Check-in
- Replies: 851
- Views: 734770
- Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:05 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Gave my self an "F"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17072
- Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:10 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: SkyKittys Check in
- Replies: 125
- Views: 109049
- Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:02 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:16 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:59 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
You are the second person to suggest mashed cauliflower. Is this actually any good? It seems like you'd have to cook it to death. I like roasted cauliflower, because it maintains crunch. You'll never see me on a low carb diet. No way. I'm too much of a starch lover. My lunatic (sadly) mother was all...
- Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:32 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Saturday could have been an N-day. I ate normally, with the exception of four rather stale licorice candies Sunday I came down with a cold. Ate strangely. Breakfast -- half a nectarine, cheese and herb omelet, latte Lunch -- pbj, and several slices of home made bread with our plum jam Dinner -- gree...
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:34 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Tobiasmom's Journey
- Replies: 485
- Views: 376970
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:24 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Roxy is Back and Trying Again!!
- Replies: 832
- Views: 678889
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:15 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Thtrchic's Daily Check-in
- Replies: 851
- Views: 734770
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:11 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: a little help from my friends, please!
- Replies: 191
- Views: 178052
- Sun Jul 24, 2011 1:07 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Camping and No S
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8178
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:27 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
When Robb was paralyzed, a huge amount of my hair fell out, and then it all grew back grey. I was under so much stress! I kept hoping that it would look cool and funky, but it actually just depressed me. I'm very pleased with how things look, and with the fact that I've finally given myself permissi...
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:31 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:25 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Determined's Check-In
- Replies: 431
- Views: 340768
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:23 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Low Hanging Fruit
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22786
If you want to eat butter, eat it separately rather than mixing it in with your dish. Wha-a-a-at???? (I suspect there's an editing issue here, and that he's nit suggesting chowing down on a stick of butter. I also think that the idea that food should be un-palatable is sort of insane. Pick three fo...
- Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:45 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Friday Breakfast -- latte, cereal with added nuts and dried currants Lunch -- cucumber and cheese sandwich, on home baked bread, latte Dinner -- rice with sauted vegetables, wilted arugula, bread I'll admit that over the last few years, I haven't been taking care of myself. On Thursday, I got the f...
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:37 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Wednesday Breakfast -- latte, home baked bread, butter, home made jam Lunch -- two boiled eggs, cheese and bread, watermelon Dinner -- cucumber on bread, lentils, rice and sauted zucchini This is my four-hundredth post. While I'm not a totally orthodox follower of No-S, as articulated on this discu...
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:31 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: kathleen daily check in
- Replies: 23
- Views: 30122
- Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:19 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Struggling in a new job
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23507
- Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:14 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Tuesday Breakfast -- home baked bread, home made plum jam (with fruit from our back yard), butter, latte Lunch -- cheese sandwich, two figs, banana Dinner -- grilled asparagus and an ear of grilled corn, home baked bread, watermelon I met another neighbor, who really inspired me with his beautiful b...
- Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:06 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Struggling in a new job
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23507
Okay, then, this is where I deviate from the herd. I think that equating actually good home made food with feces is crazy and unhealthy. But then, I actually can stop eating when I want to. I started with No-S as a way to get back to my good eating habits, which slipped a bit when my partner was par...
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:23 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Struggling in a new job
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23507
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 4:42 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Just stumbled upon this and think I'll give it a try
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14334
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 4:28 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Thtrchic's Daily Check-in
- Replies: 851
- Views: 734770
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:31 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Thtrchic's Daily Check-in
- Replies: 851
- Views: 734770
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:52 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:47 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
I'm chugging along, staying (mostly) on track. The funny thing is that my S-days are almost the same as my N-days. I rarely eat seconds, almost never eat sweets, and rarely eat snacks. I haven't stepped on a scale, since just after I started this experiment. I've lost some weight in my face, but my ...
- Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:16 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: 3 days in, going well
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6309
- Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:21 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Why do I do this to myself???
- Replies: 26
- Views: 31755
I think the issue is probably American. In much of Europe, lunch is sacred. They think we're barbarians for gobbling down lunch in our cubicles. And they're probably right.
Also:
http://employeeissues.com/breaks_meals.htm
Also:
http://employeeissues.com/breaks_meals.htm
- Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:40 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Just like No S, there's a lot more "during" than before and after.
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- Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:37 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Why do I do this to myself???
- Replies: 26
- Views: 31755
- Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:00 pm
- Forum: Help I'm confused!
- Topic: New @ This
- Replies: 2
- Views: 18647
- Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:59 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Why do I do this to myself???
- Replies: 26
- Views: 31755
- Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:04 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
I haven't been doing daily check-ins. I've been on vacation, which we spent at home. Brewed beer and wine. Had friends over. Went to the beach. Read a lot. Hung out in the garden. Worked on improving my hand-spinning. Worked with our bees. Cooked and ate some yummy meals. Ate well. I think we will b...
- Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:09 pm
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: trying to promote no s is not always easy
- Replies: 16
- Views: 22670
- Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:15 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Ravelry vs Facebook
- Replies: 4
- Views: 23946
- Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:13 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Oh the shame of it all!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12587
- Sat Jul 02, 2011 3:30 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Rubyslippers Tries Again!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 29103
- Sat Jul 02, 2011 3:25 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The 1953 Kitchen
- Replies: 9
- Views: 21669
We only have a tiny porch, and we spend most of our time in the back garden. But it is funny how similar houses of this era are. Tonight, we're making another batch of jam from our plum tree, and starting yeast for brewing beer. All of these things are simple, and date back centuries. I joke that my...
- Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:45 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5272/5885344280_2b48d792d7.jpg Home made plum jam! Our backyard tree drops fruits, and I keep them from going to waste, by cutting off the split part, and freezing them until there's enough to make jam. Three gallon sized bags made a dozen jars of jam. http://farm6.st...
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:28 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:04 am
- Forum: No S Diet General Discussion
- Topic: Is exercise making you fat?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 39336
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:52 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The 1953 Kitchen
- Replies: 9
- Views: 21669
We live in a 1925 house, whose kitchen was last updated in the late '40s or early '50s. We love it. We have a vintage stove, that is fantastic for baking. We cook most of our meals from scratch. Photos, if you're curious, are at my blog: http://howsrobb.blogspot.com/2009/06/jumping-up-and-down-with-...
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:46 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
I haven't been checking in, but that's just fine. I've been eating well. Had another weekend where I never had a urge for either sweets or snacks. I took a four hour kayaking class, and have been scraping the paint off of my house. We made plum honey wine (which won't be ready for a year and a half ...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:56 am
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: Who Me? Checking In!
- Replies: 549
- Views: 502057
Wednesday I forgot that I declared a moratorium on dairy after we planned tonight's menu. Had friends and their twin sons over to pick fruit, and we made pizza from scratch. Breakfast = espresso, plums, bread with honeycomb Lunch = boiled eggs, plums Dinner = a fritatta, and white pizza with homegr...
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:33 pm
- Forum: No S Diet Testimonials (aka "yearly check in")
- Topic: Sienna's Annualish Check-In: The First Year
- Replies: 17
- Views: 38952
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:39 pm
- Forum: Daily Check In
- Topic: WTurtle's check in
- Replies: 30
- Views: 39035