Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

Maybe we all need a group hug, a huge bowl of comfort food of mac and cheese and drink of our choice!!

I'll take that group hug! I'll have to pass on the mac n' cheese, on a low carb diet, it is working, but oh so hard! I'll just take a cheese stick. LOL

My comfort food is homemade chicken and dumplings.

My husband loves 'em too! I can old layers and make broth for instant dump meals. (as in dump out of a jar) But no dumplings for us right now, so I won't mention it to him. Shhhhhhh……..

My comfort food is... well... to be honest... food

Joe, you ought to get off the junk food/crap food train. You KNOW it isn't good for you, but just like a bull headed man, you keep plowing the same row, over and over. You would feel better and your joints would feel better if you would stop eating the foods that make you flare up with inflammation and pain. And yes, it IS connected. We like you and none of us like "seeing" you in such pain and misery. Heck fahr, you've got @Devonviolet a stone's throw away, a wealth of information on good/bad foods, good/bad health, plus having been a nurse at the Mayo Clinic. You already know this. It take work, it takes giving up the comfort foods that we love to eat, it takes dedication to living a better life for yourself. It disturbed me that you were/are considering making huge changes in your life such as giving up your goats and farm. Please make the changes in your life that will lead to a healthier and better life for you. I am not trashing you, I am concerned about you. You already know what you need to do, it's just making up your mind to do it. You will have PLENTY of support here and from me and DV. All of us love you and don't want to see you in misery and pain.

Ok, off my soapbox now.

 

[Rammy]

Totally agree with @Baymule's statement. I was also thinking about @Devonviolet and everything she figured out and is now healthy and happy. We all care about you.

 

[Devonviolet]

Totally agree with @Baymule's statement. I was also thinking about @Devonviolet and everything she figured out and is now healthy and happy. We all care about you.

Yes, I have worked hard to figure out how to be healthy. I have come from the brink of death (literally), with Lyme disease, and it took a lot of hard work to get to the point I am today. I have to agree with @Baymule. 90% of my improved health is food related. There are many foods, that I love (like peanutbutter cups), that I haven’t eaten for YEARS, because I know peanuts cause a lot of inflammation in my joints. Now, I am even giving up carbs, and the weight is coming off, which will put less strain on my arthritic ankle. The way I see it, if food is causing me pain, it isn’t really comfort food.

And yes, @Latestarter, Bay is right. We truly love you and it breaks my heart to see you in so much pain! I would hate to see you give up your goats, because of the extreme pain you are experiencing, when that is what gives you joy!

 

[Baymule]

DH and I are both on a low carb diet right now. I would crawl a mile over broken glass for a pan of brownies! But we are determined to lose the extra pounds we have packed on. Plus we are healthy and want to keep it that way. Joe, I have 2 or 3 Whole-30 diet books with recipes that I will be glad to loan you. It is 30 days of elimination foods that may cause you inflammation. It helps you to identify foods that you may have allergies to. 30 days of no dairy, grains or nuts. Then you SLOWLY add them back in to see what makes you feel bad. There are some good recipes in the books.

 

[Rammy]

X2

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Coffee and chicken and dumplings!!!!

It’s foggy and cold here.

 

[Latestarter]

Thanks folks. I'm trying.

 

[Baymule]

We know you are. We care about you and want you healthy so you can live the life you want.

 

[Bruce]

Thanks folks. I'm trying.

Do your best. I gotta agree, giving up the goats and farm for an RV on the road isn't a good health plan. Talk about no exercise and junk food on the road! Ask @CntryBoy777 how healthy life is on the road. Not quite the same of course but there is a lot of sitting and doing nothing.

So kid 2 leaves today to go down to Texas.
Hit me like a ton of bricks I think Tuesday. 2 kids out of the house....

And why TX, other than it is warmer than Alaska?

 

[Alaskan]

Coffee.... it's on.
(It's also my comfort food)

It is mine too.

Chicken and dumplings just don't do it for me.

If we are trying to be no carb and more healthy then poached eggs and a meat with spinach and a fruit side.

Light on the carbs then king ranch chicken casserole or chicken fried steak with a heavy hand with the gravy boat.

And why TX, other than it is warmer than Alaska?

My mom and youngest sis live there. I am actually 7th generation Texian. Moved away after my first kid was born.

Kid 2 is going to spend time with my mom... my dad passed away just this past summer, so newly-ish widowed.