Random randomness

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:51 pm

LordMortis wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:As weight loss is my target, I'm not so much worried about the source of calories so much as the number. Instead of snacking on high carb snacks throughout the day, I replaced them with high fat sunflower seeds. I get fewer calories and expend more calories and spread the intake out over more time due to the effort to get into the shells.

I figure that losing substantial weight right now is serving me more good than worrying about maintaining a fine nutrient balance.
I debated buying sunflower seeds yesterday for just that reason. Apparently, I lost that debate. I elected not to buy sunflower seeds because eating them and spitting out shells can be kinda gross for the people around you. I think I might be buying them tonight anyway and just not eating them around other people. They'll be really good for sitting on the computer at home and not snacking and not smoking.

Take a tip (from upwind) of the dippers. I keep styrofoam cups in the car and a washable cup at work to contain my shell-spewing ways. It cuts down on the gross factor. It can cause a bit of an issue if caught away from your desk for an unanticipated interval, but those are the risks you take.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:58 pm

This is a thread about digression! Stop staying on topic!

The Meal wrote:The trick is finding all those ~100 calorie snacks to put into your system. (Dole peaches/pears snack packs are a big winner for me.)

That is going to take time. To learn to be like a kindergartner again. Getting my snack time and bringing a proscribed snack to eat for said time. Makes me not want to work and go play in the sandbox. And nap time. Though, I'm not sure I ever actually had a nap time. I have to wonder if nap time is a myth. I sort of ideal they sell to you for some nefarious purpose I've yet to understand.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:00 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Take a tip (from upwind) of the dippers.

It's the dippers I've worked with in the past that concerned me enough to not buy the seeds yesterday. And I eyeballed them. Oh, did eyeball them.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:13 pm

LordMortis wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:Take a tip (from upwind) of the dippers.
It's the dippers I've worked with in the past that concerned me enough to not buy the seeds yesterday. And I eyeballed them. Oh, did eyeball them.

Would it help if they came already caffeinated?

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:23 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
LordMortis wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:Take a tip (from upwind) of the dippers.
It's the dippers I've worked with in the past that concerned me enough to not buy the seeds yesterday. And I eyeballed them. Oh, did eyeball them.
Would it help if they came already caffeinated?

160 calories per 25 grams?

I'll pass.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:33 pm

The Meal wrote:160 calories per 25 grams?

I'll pass.

Yeah, but it takes me like two hours to get through those 25g. And during that time, I'm not sucking down peanuts or cheese crackers.

Two bags gets me through work without eating lunch, meaning I can normally stroll out the door and to dinner at under 700 calories up to that point.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:37 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:
The Meal wrote:160 calories per 25 grams?

I'll pass.
Yeah, but it takes me like two hours to get through those 25g. And during that time, I'm not sucking down peanuts or cheese crackers.

2.5 tablespoons in two hours? What are you doing, cracking the seeds open with your toes?

Two bags gets me through work without eating lunch, meaning I can normally stroll out the door and to dinner at under 700 calories up to that point.

How many servings per bag?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:55 pm

The Meal wrote:
Isgrimnur wrote:
The Meal wrote:160 calories per 25 grams?

I'll pass.
Yeah, but it takes me like two hours to get through those 25g. And during that time, I'm not sucking down peanuts or cheese crackers.
2.5 tablespoons in two hours? What are you doing, cracking the seeds open with your toes?

Two bags gets me through work without eating lunch, meaning I can normally stroll out the door and to dinner at under 700 calories up to that point.
How many servings per bag?

I'm not making a concerted effort to burn through the bags at lightning speed. Each bag is one serving. Since I stopped drinking sodas, this is the only reason I have to go to Sam's Club. Each bag would cost me $1 in the snack bar down stairs, so that's about a $15 savings right there.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:28 pm

Crap. Snow in on top of the mountain for the last week and looks like we got a few days to go be we can get off.
Actually, getting down isn't the problem.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:56 pm

LordMortis wrote:Not smoking at work was very easy when I snacked a lot. Not smoking and not snacking. Sheer insanity.

You should actually be snacking a lot. Just on low calorie stuff. I'm a big fan of carrots, but I often eat granola and yogurt, or cottage cheese and canned mandarin oranges. I get lots of calories between meals but it helps keep the metabolism burning and reduces my hungry levels meaning my portion control is easy at meal time. Lots of sugar in the oranges but I still manage to keep calorie count down.

Someone explain to LM about lots of small meals vs just 2 or 3 big meals. I'm all tuckered out after the D'Art fiasco.

This is important LM, so I hope someone fills you in. It's not complicated though, and actually lets you curb your appetite more often than you might expect.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:04 pm

The Meal wrote:Rare is the day that I'm going to bed hungry wishing I had more calories that could go into my mouth. Spread the intake throughout the day and don't gorge on any one meal (I could probably cut the standard lunch down to 650-750) and you end up surprisingly satisfied.

This is absolutely true. LM, it might not seem possible now, but with a little change in your eating habits, you will be going to bed feeling more satiated hunger-wise than before you started to try to lose weight.

I was amazed and extremely happy to find that my hunger controlled itself once I started eating more often, but less calories. Because I am a garbage can. I eat anything within arms reach. My wife and I actually argued, because she would serve me these HUGE servings, and I would complain. She would say "just throw it away" but I'm simply not programmed that way. Eating everything on my plate plus not wasting food has been imprinted since childhood. One of the hardest things I did the last time I lost weight was to stop eating with food still on my plate and to throw that food out (since it really wasn't salvageable).

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:53 am

Fawlty Towers era Connie Booth had really nice tits.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:58 am

Why must I chase the cat?

tjg_marantz · Post by **tjg_marantz** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:13 pm

LordMortis wrote:Why must I chase the cat?

Because the dog is taking a nap and you're his proxy?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:15 pm

I need a good weekend plan. Otherwise, I fear this will be an excellent weekend to eat, drink, smoke, and sit on my ass. Normally, I'm all about doing nothing on the weekends. I fear that will spell disaster for my diet or my sanity this weekend though. It doesn't help that I am on verge of being flat broke. Or perhaps it does help. Going out for beers and bar food is hard to justify when you have nothing in the ole savings account.

mmm. beers and bar food. and cigarettes.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:49 pm

LordMortis wrote:Going out for beers and bar food is hard to justify when you have nothing in the ole savings account.

What's more important in life: Dying with money in the bank, or having fun along the way?

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:53 pm

Ironrod wrote:
LordMortis wrote:Going out for beers and bar food is hard to justify when you have nothing in the ole savings account.
What's more important in life: Dying with money in the bank, or having fun along the way?

I do my fair share of blowing money. Boy do I. But I like some sort of security. And I blew through my security money last year when my car (essentially but not really) died and over Christmas when my computer died. Now it's time to get some back before another disaster hits.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:03 am

SPIKE just started The Outlaw Josey Wales for those of you bored and loving Josey Wales....

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 1:46 am

Dontcha hate it when you are done pumping gas and about to press YES for a receipt and instead the thing asks you if you want a car wash?

Giles Habibula · Post by **Giles Habibula** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:08 am

Unagi wrote:SPIKE just started The Outlaw Josey Wales for those of you bored and loving Josey Wales....

I own that particular classic on DVD.
And the quality is beyond excellent, audio in particular.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:48 am

How come a Titmouse is neither a mouse or has tits? Who in the hell named the damned thing?

silverjon · Post by **silverjon** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 2:18 pm

dbt1949 wrote:How come a Titmouse is neither a mouse or has tits? Who in the hell named the damned thing?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_%28bird%29" target="_blank
Etymology in the second paragraph. If you actually care.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:52 pm

Wow! I got a new Thermos this weekend, and now that I'm drinking the third cup of coffee I poured out of it this morning, it totally rocks! That last Thermos sucked ass (at holding in the heat), and if I wasn't smart enough to drop it last week and put a big gash in its (mostly aesthetic) plastic cup, I'd have never realized just how crappy a job it was doing.

All hail my new thermos!

Oh, and having three monitors rocks.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:16 pm

I'm picking out a thermos for you.

I limit myself to one 20 oz cup of coffee with two teaspoons of creamer powder substance and two teaspoons of sugar now. When I adapt to having a less blonde and sweet cup of coffee, maybe I'll cut the coffee even less and allow myself to drink more.

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:52 pm

Hepcat sighting !!!

Actually, totally not - (as, I checked out the driver and it wasn't our man)

And also, probably nearly impossible for any of you to read the plates....

Wife and I were driving down I-94 on Saturday and I made her take a picture of the plates on the car in front of us.

HEPCAT

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:24 pm

♫ Us and Them ♫

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:34 pm

The Meal wrote:♫ Us and Them ♫

One of the big 5 leaving the market?

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:39 pm

We recently went from 6 to 5.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:57 pm

Working in a specialized industry where there's only 5 (major) employers would kind of freak me out (says the guy who used to work for a cell phone company).

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:01 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:Working in a specialized industry where there's only 5 (major) employers would kind of freak me out (says the guy who used to work for a cell phone company).

What if there used to be more than 50?

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:31 pm

The Meal wrote:What if there used to be more than 50?

Yeah, I doubt that would make me feel much better...

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:51 pm

I was going to post that it had been days since LM posted in this thread. Of course that would be a lie. I should have known better.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:03 am

The lumps on my arm are lipomas, and are harmless. I am not dying of arm cancer. Call off the amputation!

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:53 am

Ironrod wrote:The lumps on my arm are lipomas, and are harmless. I am not dying of arm cancer. Call off the amputation!

but I already gave the live organ donor boys your addy. sorry.

dbt1949 · Post by **dbt1949** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:21 am

Why, oh why, did it have to be peanut butter cups?

Fellstrike · Post by **Fellstrike** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:54 am

dbt reminded me of this

Mr Bubbles · Post by **Mr Bubbles** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:20 am

I want this shirt.

Bakhtosh · Post by **Bakhtosh** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:04 pm

Ironrod wrote:The lumps on my arm are lipomas, and are harmless. I am not dying of arm cancer. Call off the amputation!

I've had a dozen lipomas removed from my torso in two surgeries.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:07 pm

Bakhtosh wrote:
Ironrod wrote:The lumps on my arm are lipomas, and are harmless. I am not dying of arm cancer. Call off the amputation!
I've had a dozen lipomas removed from my torso in two surgeries.

Kuato! Noooooooooooooooo....

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:17 pm

Did Kuato look like this?

lumps o' limpoma dimpomatydo I've got another Kuato for you.