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Post by dejibo on Dec 25, 2010 9:45:03 GMT -5
Merry Christmas!
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Post by Yvondith on Dec 25, 2010 10:43:34 GMT -5
Merry Christmas everyone. Hope Santa brought you what you wanted.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Dec 29, 2010 22:26:44 GMT -5
Christmas was good here. Hope it was for everyone.
I have a New Years resolution. One that I don't know if I can follow through with or not but I am devoting at least a month to it to see if I can do it. I am considering becoming a vegetarian. I've read and watched so much stuff about how bad meat is on your stomach and how it takes so long for it to digest. In particular red meat. It is something I have been thinking about for a while now and I am willing to give it a shot. I don't know how well I can do it though. I freakin love meat! I enjoy tearing my teeth through bloody animal flesh!
I am not one of these people however, that become a vegetarian because of the "I need to save animals" idea. I hold no false belief that being a vegetarian will save even a single animal's life. If I don't buy that package of meat in the grocery store someone else will. And if for some reason they don't then that package of meat will simply be thrown out. Its a waste but its reality whether you eat meat or not.
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Post by dejibo on Dec 30, 2010 8:03:57 GMT -5
IF you are becoming a vegetarian please do your home work. You NEED protien, and can find many great sources of it in many places. Balance is the key. Eat a wide variety of foods and you will find you are not bored. Its not too hard to give up meat in todays veggie conscious society. I did without Dairy for a while and it almost killed me! it was really hard. YOu may find you are gassy and poop more than normal without meat to slow down your digestion. I had a friend who was eating mac and cheese day and night and called herself a vegetarian. she got really sick!
Congrats! its a great thing to do for yourself.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Dec 30, 2010 10:58:42 GMT -5
Oh yes I have done my research. I do know that dropping meat means dropping a source of protein. I do know of other sources for protein like eggs and nuts and I think I read broccoli too which I love. I'm not following through with this yet though. So I have time to research other protein based foods I can use. I have my mother talked into it too. I didn't even try. I just mentioned that I wanted to try and and she was right on board with it which I did not expect. We still have some meat in the house that we need to finish off first. A ham for new years and some breakfast meats. We don't like wasting so we will eat these and when its all gone start the veggie lifestyle. It will probably start around mid January.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 1, 2011 12:28:33 GMT -5
Welcome to 2011! I didn't do much for New Years. Shared a bottle of wine with my mother, she crashed early and I spent the rest of the night slightly intoxicated listening to the Metal Gear Solid 4 soundtrack. Strange way to spend a new years eve. XD
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Post by dejibo on Jan 1, 2011 13:56:10 GMT -5
Welcome to 1-1-11 ;D I slept early , so I missed the big ball drop. Do they still drop the ball? Jack the cat is back on pain injections so i have been busy with the puddy cat. Lily is upset that no one is playing wiff her so she is being a pest. I hope you all have a great day off.
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Post by df2506 on Jan 1, 2011 15:39:26 GMT -5
Happy new year everyone! Though, it doesn't really feel like a new year yet does it? lol. Anyway, dad & I played Animal Crossing: City Folk last night for our new year's countdown. We actually saw one of our UK friends (it was 6 in the morning for her) during our countdown. Earlier last night we went to a UK friend's town for a New Year's countdown there. We had a really nice night. Today has been good too. Well, its a new year and my main objective for this year is to try and get a job! lol. Though, I also hope to get a 3DS this year too. I'm sure the getting the job part will help with that. Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great day. 2011. Whew. Wow. DF2506 " Still no flying cars though...."
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 9, 2011 4:42:17 GMT -5
Mom was at first excited about the vegetarian diet but she is starting to have doubts. She says we should try a week instead of a month but I still want to do a month. And even then I think I can make it a complete lifestyle change. Its something I simply WANT to do. I have done enough research on the net so I know of enough protein sources and lots of them are things I eat a lot of anyways. If mom does not follow through with this like I plan to thats fine with me. It just means I'll likely have to start cooking my own dinner from now on. We still have some meat stuff in the house that I need to help finish off. We are having steak for dinner tomorrow and we have left over pea soup with the ham in it that we had for new years. I'm planning, hopefully, to have this started on the 17th.
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Post by dejibo on Jan 9, 2011 9:48:31 GMT -5
I think a month is a wonderful idea! tons and tons and tons of great recipes now for vegans. You are not giving up eggs, or dairy so it will be a cake walk! You dont have to eat Tofu or other soy stuff like many big vegans. Beans are a wonderful source of protein as well as nuts. Fish as well and its full of omega 3s. Im excited for you. I have been doing more adventerous cooking lately. Lemon mashed potatoes and home made sorbets. YUM! Flourless cakes that are good for you, and I have been using foreign recipes from italy and france. Challenging but so fun. I have ruined a couple of dishes, but it was worth it.
its freaky cold here, but no real snow. NC got all the snow! its freaky. Someone said a pole shift is happening and that is why the birds are dropping from the sky and the jet stream moved south. What say you?
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 9, 2011 13:21:07 GMT -5
Fish is an animal. But that is one that I don't plan on giving up. It is extremely healthy so why give up something thats good for you and tastes good too. The fat in fish is super good for you. Omega 3 as you said. I did consider vegan but that consideration lasted only 2 minutes. I just can't give up cheese. And I really don't want to limit my food consumption THAT much where I don't enjoy eating anymore. We got a huge dump of snow here over the weekend. We went to see a show home and got stuck in the parking lot. The tires would spin but the car would not move. With all this snow you'd think it would be freezing out here but its actually pretty mild. I might take a picture of my yard for you guys. ;D
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Post by Office Ninja on Jan 9, 2011 14:06:56 GMT -5
Those Morning Star Brand Vegetarian Chicken patties are the best thing EVER! We use those in our chicken Parmesan Splurge day recipe and they taste just like the real thing. I highly suggest finding something like this. Just don't try th veggie sausage. It was nasty.
In my world...
WE GOT THE HOUSE! We move in on February 9th!!!!
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jan 9, 2011 19:07:31 GMT -5
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Post by Yvondith on Jan 10, 2011 8:04:39 GMT -5
Looks like someone busted ass clearing that walkway. We got a snow dump too, several inches here. To us, that's like OMG! SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING! So, no school for the kiddies. Rogue isn't happy about no school though, I'm sure. He goes to a special "smart kid" high school, and really loves it. I don't think he knows how lucky he is.
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Post by dejibo on Jan 10, 2011 8:38:43 GMT -5
Its backwards land! We barely have enough snow to cover the gound, and Atlanta got smacked! WTH?! I hear we are expecting snow tonight. Lets see. The last 3 storms turned into duds. We were expecting a foot the other day and got maybe 2 inches. Maybe. sheesh! its sad when NC gets more snow than us.
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