Posts by mommyking276

So true.  Yesterday I had to go to the kitchen and get a spoonful.  My son eats pb&j almost every day.  One of my favorite snacks is to eat pb & apple slices, which my husband thinks is WEIRD.

Original Post by agelikiaddiction:

ageliki!

and it must do! otherwise why's it called peanut butter?

does it have jam in it instead? :) xx.

Dear ageliki...Did you ever read the label of a jar of peanut butter?  All this thinking about pb has caused me have a desire to go get a spoonful, so I'll share w/you what is in this jar.  It shows the following ingredients:  Roasted peanuts, sugar, palm oil, salt.  The nutrition data shows low saturated fat (3.5 g  per 2 Tbsp) and NO cholesterol (as in 0 g per 2 Tbsp).  Plus the pb has some fiber (2 g per 2 Tbsp).  I don't see any resemblance to butter there at all.  -Mrs. K

PS:  I made a similar mistake about turkey burgers recently.  I assumed since it was turkey it was immensely healthier because it is low sat fat but they have just as much cholesterol as regular beef burgers.  I made the mistake because I didn't read the labels carefully in the store.  I just grabbed up the turkey because the label said 93% LEAN and I "KNEW" that turkey is better for you than beef, especially the 80/20 kind.

Moral of the story...it's never too late to learn.

Original Post by jevw:

Everyone in our society is getting larger, so seeing someone at a healthy weight or slightly underweight is alarming. 

Also, in our society it is considered polite to say, "You have more to lose.  I can't imagine from where!"  or "You look great the way you are."  That's the one that got me into trouble.  As adults we rarely tell anyone they are overweight.  IF they comment in any fashion, I usually take it as a compliment. 

 

That is so true!  Thin may be in but if you are a healthy weight/size, some people act like there is something wrong w/you.  I think it must be some kind of deep seeded psychological problem on the part of those who want to stick their heads in the sand and not take care of themselves.

Mrs. K

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.  1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Thought for the Day:  I think it would be difficult to honor God with an unhealthy body.

Seeing your GI doc is the best thing you can do.  He will help you sort out your problem, whether it's a dietary issue or something else.  Hope you're feeling back to normal soon!  Having digestive trouble is no fun.

Mrs. K

Original Post by cellulitedelight:

Okay, okay, I've got a winner here.

Once upon a time Moly was grocery shopping with her Mommie, who had offered to take her to the store so she wouldn't have to walk.

As Moly roamed throughout the produce in search of good sales on celery and carrots, Alex's favourites, Moly was approached by a rather large woman shouting, "No!  Stop!  Don't get that!!"  Being freaked out, I dropped the bunch of carrots I was eyeballing and looked in horror at this woman.

She then said, "You need to lose weight!  Look at how big you are!!  You won't get any smaller eating carrots, dear!  What you need is to have a variety of foods like fried chicken, potatoes, biscuits with gravy, roasted corn with real butter, not that margerine junk, and dessert.  Yes, you need dessert!  If you eat that corn first, while your stomach is digesting it all the other food will pass right through you and won't turn into fat!"

*blinks*

*continues to stare*

*looks at carrots helplessly*

"So how much weight have you lost from doing this?"

"None yet, I just started but I feel great!  So give those carrots a rest and go pick out some of that delicious corn!!"

She then turns to walk away to expose her dress tucked in her pantyhose.  That part has absolutely nothin' to do with the story but damn, did it take my mind off someone calling my 175 pound ass fat.  Meanwhile my mom was about four or five yards away looking at salad blends laughing so hard I thought she was going to throw up.

Kind of off topic, but how do you cook w/o carrots?  A lot of recipes start w/mirepoix which is carrots, celery & onion.  PLUS If it weren't for corn and carrots, my big boy (6 y/o) wouldn't eat veggies either!

Keeping w/the banana theme, he isn't as crazy about bananas as his little brother but he is ape about apples!

WOW...Just when you think you've heard it all...If bananas were really that fattening, my 2 y/o son would be a little tub of lard.  I have to hide them because he loves them so much!  I think he would eat one for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I'd let him, which is one of the reasons we call him a little monkey.  Good thing they sell bananas at Costco!  A 4 lb bag of bananas just doesn't last very long here.  BTW...he's about in the 50th percentile for weight and height.  Just right.  I only want him to have a variety of foods so I don't let him eat bananas all the time, but sometimes he has two in one day because he runs into the kitchen yelling NANA and how can you say no to that?