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Cultural differences! I don't think crane flies bite though? Do they? Aren't they the things that horrible little boys traditionally pull the legs off?
We call crane flies Daddy Long Legs! I don't know if it's an English thing, but that's what we grew up calling them.Longish and TMI confession:
I mentioned before that I have a phobia of walking outside because I nearly stepped in a very dead raccoon. I've been trying to work on that, so today I took my son to a park that has a playground and a very out in the open 1/2 mile jogging path circling it. It also has lots of trash cans and plenty of free plastic bags for dog walkers.
It's hot and humid today, and those trash cans are starting to smell like that raccoon. About half way through my first lap, I started breathing through my mouth to lessen the impact when I'd approach one. An unidentified bug flew in my mouth, I couldn't cough it out, had left my water in the car, and didn't want to embarrass my son by everyone watching his mom puke in the middle of the park from walking a quarter mile. So I swallowed it. I didn't quit, either, I did the rest of my laps before coming home. And then I kept thinking about it, and started feeling a weird tickle in the back of throat, and then I convinced myself it was probably a stray bug leg, and then I started thinking that it was probably a fly, since a bee would've hurt, and flies have been crawling all over the dog poop in the garbage, and yeah, there came back breakfast and the bug. I guess the upside is I don't have to log the bug now?
Not any closer to wanting to walk outside after this.
I was running a couple months ago and having to breath through my mouth due to allergies and I do not know if any of you know what we here in central Texas call a Texas mosquito is, but they are like a HUGE (over an inch long) mosquito - I think they are really called a Crane Fly (google it) or something like that, anyway, one flew in my mouth, I nearly died spitting and gagging on that thing! It was awful! These things are very fragile and I had to spit out each leg and wing separately as it all fell apart in my mouth! Of all the days to forget to take my water bottle on my run!
But Daddy Long Legs are the gross spiders, they don't fly
I didn't know what Crane Flies were called, I just call them giant gross mosquito things.
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We call crane flies Daddy Long Legs! I don't know if it's an English thing, but that's what we grew up calling them.Longish and TMI confession:
I mentioned before that I have a phobia of walking outside because I nearly stepped in a very dead raccoon. I've been trying to work on that, so today I took my son to a park that has a playground and a very out in the open 1/2 mile jogging path circling it. It also has lots of trash cans and plenty of free plastic bags for dog walkers.
It's hot and humid today, and those trash cans are starting to smell like that raccoon. About half way through my first lap, I started breathing through my mouth to lessen the impact when I'd approach one. An unidentified bug flew in my mouth, I couldn't cough it out, had left my water in the car, and didn't want to embarrass my son by everyone watching his mom puke in the middle of the park from walking a quarter mile. So I swallowed it. I didn't quit, either, I did the rest of my laps before coming home. And then I kept thinking about it, and started feeling a weird tickle in the back of throat, and then I convinced myself it was probably a stray bug leg, and then I started thinking that it was probably a fly, since a bee would've hurt, and flies have been crawling all over the dog poop in the garbage, and yeah, there came back breakfast and the bug. I guess the upside is I don't have to log the bug now?
Not any closer to wanting to walk outside after this.
I was running a couple months ago and having to breath through my mouth due to allergies and I do not know if any of you know what we here in central Texas call a Texas mosquito is, but they are like a HUGE (over an inch long) mosquito - I think they are really called a Crane Fly (google it) or something like that, anyway, one flew in my mouth, I nearly died spitting and gagging on that thing! It was awful! These things are very fragile and I had to spit out each leg and wing separately as it all fell apart in my mouth! Of all the days to forget to take my water bottle on my run!
But Daddy Long Legs are the gross spiders, they don't fly
I didn't know what Crane Flies were called, I just call them giant gross mosquito things.
Same here. I just thought they were giant mosquitoes.
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I do that too. I also pull my fat bits to the back to see what it would look like if I lost more weight. If I could just use bulldog clips all down my back-side and only be seen from the front, I'd probably be quite happy.shipwrekd69 wrote: »I do a lot of stepping nude in front of my big bathroom mirror looking for any changes
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Yikes. The stinkbug in the shower this morning doesn't seem half as bad anymore.
I agree, but stink bugs are disgusting and I'll never get used to them! We didn't have them in NY state and then moved and I was horrified when I first saw one and didn't kno pw what they were capable of! turns out, not much..but still YUCK. [/quote]
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Eww. I had to look those up. We don't have those around here, thankfully. (or none that I've ever seen)0 -
AAAAAAACK! BUGSSSSSS! (frantically runs from thread) Please tell me when it's safe to come back. The bug on the eyeball just about did me in.0
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asflatasapancake wrote: »I confess, there are some people that just will not give up on the whole "cleansing" thing and it's a little weird. I don't pretend to know everything about science and physiology, but the liver and kidneys remove toxins from the blood. I'll schedule a colonoscopy in 12 years for my first "cleanse" when I'm 50. I'm not a doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. And I read an article once someone wrote on the internet. And you can't post anything on the internet unless it's true. At least I think I'm funny sometimes. Carry on.
LOL
I know what you mean...
...and I swear, when I read the word "cleanse" -- in the context of non-eating 'eating' -- all I can think is, "diarrhea as a weight loss 'method'... hmmm..." -- which then gets the playful side of me thinking a Shakespearean 'version' thereof -- "...dehydration by any other name would 'smell' as 'sweet'..." (!) (OH, NO, IT *WOULDN'T* -- !!!) 
One could embark on the "Spoiled Food" 'cleanse'... just leave some dairy-based food products 'out in the sun' for a few hours (!) -- stir, 'swill', and voila! -- instant 'cleanse'...! (and possibly even of a 'bi-directional' nature! (bonus!))
OMG... just reading about some of the specifics associated with various fad diets from years past, is certainly 'food for thought' (no pun intended)...
{ http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20695743 }
There's the "Chew and Spit" diet --
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fletcherism, as it was called, promoted chewing a mouthful of food until all "goodness" was extracted, then spitting out the fibrous material that was left.
He was fairly prescriptive in how many times you had to chew different foods. Just one shallot needed to be chewed 700 times.
It was hugely popular and had some famous followers [...]
It got to a point where people were timed at dinner parties to make sure they were chewing enough, says Foxcroft.
"The diet also meant only defecating once every two weeks and it was nearly odourless, described by Fletcher as smelling like 'warm biscuits'," she says.
"Fletcher carried a sample of his own faeces around with him to illustrate this wonder."
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OMG, OMG, OMG...?!!!
And then there's that *tapeworm* 'diet' (holy mother of wth...?!) --
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Not for the squeamish, in the early 1900s the tapeworm diet started to be advertised, says Foxcroft. [...]
Dieters would swallow beef tapeworm cysts, usually in the form of a pill. The theory was that the tapeworms would reach maturity in the intestines and absorb food. This could cause weight loss, along with diarrhoea and vomiting.
The gruesome world of parasites
Parasitic organisms use other organisms to extract food
The process generally harms the host, and may even kill it
Parasites can live on the surface of the host like blood sucking fleas
They can also live inside a host like tapeworms
Watch the lifecycle of a parasite [...]
Once a person reached their desired weight they then took an anti-parasitic pill which, they hoped, would kill off the tapeworms. The dieter would then have to excrete the tapeworm, which could cause abdominal and rectal complications.
It was risky in many ways. Not only can a tapeworm grow up to 30 feet (9m) in length, they can also cause many illnesses including headaches, eye problems, meningitis, epilepsy and dementia.
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Oh, *h%ll*, no...!!!0 -
shipwrekd69 wrote: »I do a lot of stepping nude in front of my big bathroom mirror looking for any changes
All the time. Or I feel under my fat rolls to see if I seem to have gained or lost fat.Yikes. The stinkbug in the shower this morning doesn't seem half as bad anymore.
I agree, but stink bugs are disgusting and I'll never get used to them! We didn't have them in NY state and then moved and I was horrified when I first saw one and didn't kno pw what they were capable of! turns out, not much..but still YUCK. [/quote]
Yeah I think I killed it, it's still stuck on the drain, that's something my husband can clean up for me later, lol.
I forgot to mention the tiny worm thing I found crawling on my finger earlier while I was brushing my teeth. Still no idea where it came from.
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I do that too. I also pull my fat bits to the back to see what it would look like if I lost more weight. If I could just use bulldog clips all down my back-side and only be seen from the front, I'd probably be quite happy.shipwrekd69 wrote: »I do a lot of stepping nude in front of my big bathroom mirror looking for any changes
I do all of this too. I lean back a bit so my stomach looks more taut than it is.
hahaha, I might actually have visible abs if I clipped myself! Could you imagine being around people and constantly pivoting so they can only see you from the front?0 -
Hey, it worked for Flat Stanley.
I do that too. I also pull my fat bits to the back to see what it would look like if I lost more weight. If I could just use bulldog clips all down my back-side and only be seen from the front, I'd probably be quite happy.shipwrekd69 wrote: »I do a lot of stepping nude in front of my big bathroom mirror looking for any changes
I do all of this too. I lean back a bit so my stomach looks tauter than it is.
hahaha, I might actually have visible abs if I clipped myself! Could you imagine being around people and constantly pivoting so they can only see you from the front?
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FluffySandwich wrote: »Today I had some delicious Ben & Jerry's ice cream after stopping in a bookstore. I didn't find the book I was looking for (Ancillary Sword), so I ended up going home and placing an online order for three books. Can't wait to check em out!
ALSO, a weight has been lifted off my shoulders! All of my grades have come in, except for one I was never worried about, and I am officially graduating University!! Now I can hopefully get my butt in gear and focus more on this! So relieved.
Congrats!
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Cultural differences! I don't think crane flies bite though? Do they? Aren't they the things that horrible little boys traditionally pull the legs off?
We call crane flies Daddy Long Legs! I don't know if it's an English thing, but that's what we grew up calling them.Longish and TMI confession:
I mentioned before that I have a phobia of walking outside because I nearly stepped in a very dead raccoon. I've been trying to work on that, so today I took my son to a park that has a playground and a very out in the open 1/2 mile jogging path circling it. It also has lots of trash cans and plenty of free plastic bags for dog walkers.
It's hot and humid today, and those trash cans are starting to smell like that raccoon. About half way through my first lap, I started breathing through my mouth to lessen the impact when I'd approach one. An unidentified bug flew in my mouth, I couldn't cough it out, had left my water in the car, and didn't want to embarrass my son by everyone watching his mom puke in the middle of the park from walking a quarter mile. So I swallowed it. I didn't quit, either, I did the rest of my laps before coming home. And then I kept thinking about it, and started feeling a weird tickle in the back of throat, and then I convinced myself it was probably a stray bug leg, and then I started thinking that it was probably a fly, since a bee would've hurt, and flies have been crawling all over the dog poop in the garbage, and yeah, there came back breakfast and the bug. I guess the upside is I don't have to log the bug now?
Not any closer to wanting to walk outside after this.
I was running a couple months ago and having to breath through my mouth due to allergies and I do not know if any of you know what we here in central Texas call a Texas mosquito is, but they are like a HUGE (over an inch long) mosquito - I think they are really called a Crane Fly (google it) or something like that, anyway, one flew in my mouth, I nearly died spitting and gagging on that thing! It was awful! These things are very fragile and I had to spit out each leg and wing separately as it all fell apart in my mouth! Of all the days to forget to take my water bottle on my run!
But Daddy Long Legs are the gross spiders, they don't fly
I didn't know what Crane Flies were called, I just call them giant gross mosquito things.
No, they don't really do anything except bump against the ceiling or door. They're just gross looking. I don't know about the mean boys thing, but it wouldn't surprise me!0 -
kellienw335 wrote: »kellienw335 wrote: »pofoster21 wrote: »BTW does DH mean Dear Husband?
Yes, and it's overused and I'm a little tired of it! DH, DD (daughter), DS (son)...you get the idea.
It's been around for as long as there have been parenting message boards, not going away any time soon.
Oh, I know. Just feel like it is overused. Ya know when wives are like, "I caught my DH cheating on me with his friend's wife"...NOT DH at that point!!
True... then it'd be FH, would it not...? 0 -
Hey, it worked for Flat Stanley.
I do that too. I also pull my fat bits to the back to see what it would look like if I lost more weight. If I could just use bulldog clips all down my back-side and only be seen from the front, I'd probably be quite happy.shipwrekd69 wrote: »I do a lot of stepping nude in front of my big bathroom mirror looking for any changes
I do all of this too. I lean back a bit so my stomach looks tauter than it is.
hahaha, I might actually have visible abs if I clipped myself! Could you imagine being around people and constantly pivoting so they can only see you from the front?
I just watched the Simpsons' episode where Homer gets gastric bypass (or something), loses a bunch of weight and then has his loose skin all clipped down the back while wooing Marge.0 -
My dad is diabetic and sounds pretty similar to that person's husband, sans weighloss surgery... He downed a package of Pecan Sandies a few nights ago and has made himself sick enough to throw up on Starbucks frapps.
Are you diabetic and planning to eat them all over the course of the next week..?
I actually felt sorry for the OP in that post. She really loves her husband and wants him to live a long, healthy life, but everyone's telling her she's a controlling b i t c h for asking what she can do to help make that happen?? And I don't care what anyone says, it's not normal behaviour to come home with that quantity of Oreos.pofoster21 wrote: »asflatasapancake wrote: »almondbutterbay wrote: »asflatasapancake wrote: »I confess, I think there should be more "sugar is murder and killed my family" threads. I get such a kick out them.
I'll be happy when Fed Up is off Netflix. Every random yahoo who half paid attention to it getting lumped in with people who've been LC for years, as if we all say the same misguided crap they're spewing because also-ran Couric told them.
if you're looking for a good sugar-battle thread the "Four bags of Oreos" thread fits the bill!
The oreo thread fighting is making my day.
I confess, all the Oreo thread makes me want to do is eat Oreos.
I started reading this one...will finish later but I have to admit I would KILL my husband (if I had one) if he came home with that stuff. I can't have stuff like that in my house at all or I will eat it all. And yes, I have no will power. But I can't say that in there...I would be eviscerated. I was happy to see the guy I can't stand from all the nasty threads is in jail.
Well. I bought 7 pints of Talenti gelato and um, probably $100 worth of Lindt chocolates when they were on sale. I guess it's not normal either...
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qn4bx9pzg8aifd wrote: »asflatasapancake wrote: »I confess, there are some people that just will not give up on the whole "cleansing" thing and it's a little weird. I don't pretend to know everything about science and physiology, but the liver and kidneys remove toxins from the blood. I'll schedule a colonoscopy in 12 years for my first "cleanse" when I'm 50. I'm not a doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. And I read an article once someone wrote on the internet. And you can't post anything on the internet unless it's true. At least I think I'm funny sometimes. Carry on.
LOL
I know what you mean...
...and I swear, when I read the word "cleanse" -- in the context of non-eating 'eating' -- all I can think is, "diarrhea as a weight loss 'method'... hmmm..." -- which then gets the playful side of me thinking a Shakespearean 'version' thereof -- "...dehydration by any other name would 'smell' as 'sweet'..." (!) (OH, NO, IT *WOULDN'T* -- !!!)
One could embark on the "Spoiled Food" 'cleanse'... just leave some dairy-based food products 'out in the sun' for a few hours (!) -- stir, 'swill', and voila! -- instant 'cleanse'...! (and possibly even of a 'bi-directional' nature! (bonus!))
OMG... just reading about some of the specifics associated with various fad diets from years past, is certainly 'food for thought' (no pun intended)...
{ http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20695743 }
There's the "Chew and Spit" diet --
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fletcherism, as it was called, promoted chewing a mouthful of food until all "goodness" was extracted, then spitting out the fibrous material that was left.
He was fairly prescriptive in how many times you had to chew different foods. Just one shallot needed to be chewed 700 times.
It was hugely popular and had some famous followers [...]
It got to a point where people were timed at dinner parties to make sure they were chewing enough, says Foxcroft.
"The diet also meant only defecating once every two weeks and it was nearly odourless, described by Fletcher as smelling like 'warm biscuits'," she says.
"Fletcher carried a sample of his own faeces around with him to illustrate this wonder."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
OMG, OMG, OMG...?!!!
And then there's that *tapeworm* 'diet' (holy mother of wth...?!) --
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not for the squeamish, in the early 1900s the tapeworm diet started to be advertised, says Foxcroft. [...]
Dieters would swallow beef tapeworm cysts, usually in the form of a pill. The theory was that the tapeworms would reach maturity in the intestines and absorb food. This could cause weight loss, along with diarrhoea and vomiting.
The gruesome world of parasites
Parasitic organisms use other organisms to extract food
The process generally harms the host, and may even kill it
Parasites can live on the surface of the host like blood sucking fleas
They can also live inside a host like tapeworms
Watch the lifecycle of a parasite [...]
Once a person reached their desired weight they then took an anti-parasitic pill which, they hoped, would kill off the tapeworms. The dieter would then have to excrete the tapeworm, which could cause abdominal and rectal complications.
It was risky in many ways. Not only can a tapeworm grow up to 30 feet (9m) in length, they can also cause many illnesses including headaches, eye problems, meningitis, epilepsy and dementia.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh, *h%ll*, no...!!!
Those are awful! I think I'll stick with counting calories 0 -
FluffySandwich wrote: »Today I had some delicious Ben & Jerry's ice cream after stopping in a bookstore. I didn't find the book I was looking for (Ancillary Sword), so I ended up going home and placing an online order for three books. Can't wait to check em out!
ALSO, a weight has been lifted off my shoulders! All of my grades have come in, except for one I was never worried about, and I am officially graduating University!! Now I can hopefully get my butt in gear and focus more on this! So relieved.
Congratulations! 0 -
I am only eating 4 eggs today so that I can pig out on Chinese food tonight as a social event...0
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rungirl1973 wrote: »Longish and TMI confession:
I mentioned before that I have a phobia of walking outside because I nearly stepped in a very dead raccoon. I've been trying to work on that, so today I took my son to a park that has a playground and a very out in the open 1/2 mile jogging path circling it. It also has lots of trash cans and plenty of free plastic bags for dog walkers.
It's hot and humid today, and those trash cans are starting to smell like that raccoon. About half way through my first lap, I started breathing through my mouth to lessen the impact when I'd approach one. An unidentified bug flew in my mouth, I couldn't cough it out, had left my water in the car, and didn't want to embarrass my son by everyone watching his mom puke in the middle of the park from walking a quarter mile. So I swallowed it. I didn't quit, either, I did the rest of my laps before coming home. And then I kept thinking about it, and started feeling a weird tickle in the back of throat, and then I convinced myself it was probably a stray bug leg, and then I started thinking that it was probably a fly, since a bee would've hurt, and flies have been crawling all over the dog poop in the garbage, and yeah, there came back breakfast and the bug. I guess the upside is I don't have to log the bug now?
Not any closer to wanting to walk outside after this.
*snort*
I would've just spit out the bug. I am not a delicate spitter.
I confess, I've swallowed more than a couple of bugs in my lifetime. It's gross, but it's a fact of life when you run outside before sunrise.
Or biking, especially in a wooded area. Blech. Or they fuse to your eyeball (because you're too stubborn to wear sunglasses).
I was going down a particularly steep section of single-track trail and had to pass between two trees. I got a spider web across the face - and the spider came with it! It was on my eyelid and I had my eye shut but I could see the shadow of it moving across my eyelid. I couldn't stop where I was and somehow completed the hill with my eyes shut. I couldn't get it off my face fast enough once I hit flat open ground.
Did I mention I'm scared of spiders?
I guess there is yet another reason why I will never be a cyclist! Can't do the spider thing, I would have killed myself trying to get it off me!0 -
rungirl1973 wrote: »Longish and TMI confession:
I mentioned before that I have a phobia of walking outside because I nearly stepped in a very dead raccoon. I've been trying to work on that, so today I took my son to a park that has a playground and a very out in the open 1/2 mile jogging path circling it. It also has lots of trash cans and plenty of free plastic bags for dog walkers.
It's hot and humid today, and those trash cans are starting to smell like that raccoon. About half way through my first lap, I started breathing through my mouth to lessen the impact when I'd approach one. An unidentified bug flew in my mouth, I couldn't cough it out, had left my water in the car, and didn't want to embarrass my son by everyone watching his mom puke in the middle of the park from walking a quarter mile. So I swallowed it. I didn't quit, either, I did the rest of my laps before coming home. And then I kept thinking about it, and started feeling a weird tickle in the back of throat, and then I convinced myself it was probably a stray bug leg, and then I started thinking that it was probably a fly, since a bee would've hurt, and flies have been crawling all over the dog poop in the garbage, and yeah, there came back breakfast and the bug. I guess the upside is I don't have to log the bug now?
Not any closer to wanting to walk outside after this.
*snort*
I would've just spit out the bug. I am not a delicate spitter.
I confess, I've swallowed more than a couple of bugs in my lifetime. It's gross, but it's a fact of life when you run outside before sunrise.
Or biking, especially in a wooded area. Blech. Or they fuse to your eyeball (because you're too stubborn to wear sunglasses).
I was going down a particularly steep section of single-track trail and had to pass between two trees. I got a spider web across the face - and the spider came with it! It was on my eyelid and I had my eye shut but I could see the shadow of it moving across my eyelid. I couldn't stop where I was and somehow completed the hill with my eyes shut. I couldn't get it off my face fast enough once I hit flat open ground.
Did I mention I'm scared of spiders?
I guess there is yet another reason why I will never be a cyclist! Can't do the spider thing, I would have killed myself trying to get it off me!
I don't know how I completed it. But if I had stopped I probably would've gone right over the handle bars which didn't seem fun either. I guess it might not have been that long a distance, but it seemed like it!
You can totally be a cyclist, just let someone else lead 0 -
I hate it that I'm a stress eater. Work has been very hectic for the past couple of weeks and I hurt me back and can't go to the gym and walking hurts...I ate a 14 oz bag of cheese balls and I'm now at 141 lbs. Not the way to get to 200.
I feel your feels. I've been stress eating too. Or trying not to. I'm not sure which is winning. I hope your work gets less hectic.0
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