Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

vivatifosi

Spirit wrote: »

I have been up for a while as I woke up feeling 'odd'.

Tested and was well on my way to my first night time low/hypo. So I have sorted that out and eaten a crumpet to see me through until morning.

It has made me think...does it always wake you up?What if it doesn't?

I am going to need to find out and make a plan. I do not usually google health stuff (wimpy) ...but I am going to be brave and do this.

Sounds like a trip to your GP May be in order Spirit. It may be rectifiable via something straightforward, such as eating a light meal before bed... just thinking laterally here as it is probably the longest any of us go without food.

lostinrates

zagubov wrote: »

NDG, I had a mate whose gas was cut off. For six months he only cooked using a camping stove and lived on cornflour chapatis he made, stuffed with chopped (usually raw) vegetables covered with yoghourt.

I was horrified by the monotony of it but he lasted surprisingly well on it. Having a small amount of fish is not a bad supplement to that so sis's diet looks pretty sustainable in comparison.;)

Edit: I was going to mention I'd take all this back if you pointed out that her teeth fell out soon afterwards or her elbows changed colour/ head became transparent/shoulders emitted a ringing sound etc.

Spirit wrote: »

Just because you got off to a good start that was no gaurantee it would continue. As a small child DD ate everything, cabbage, liver, fish soup, muesli, fruit etc. We were smug.

By 7 she would only eat chocolate spread sandwiches for breakfast, all vegetables were off the menu, no fish except Tuna, most fruit was avoided, no milk or butter.

Generali is right, Do not compare yourself to the mythical perfection model, therein lies disaster. Realistic, practical NP and NP Mama's are much better role models:).

I feel the impact of a restricted diet, and I do be
I Eve where possible good health starts in the kitchen( and what we stock it with) but also agree, we are designed to cope in pretty amazing circumstance.

Like spirit my nieces ate almost everything ( one hated porridge). Favourite foods were sushi, asparagus, pheasant......nothing 'kiddy' We are all allowed a few ' not that Keens I reckon , if you can be polite out. But, like spirits daughter, there was a 'faddy phase ' near beginning of school life when it was realised not all kids ate like that and there was a bit of fluff and bluster.


With kids I took care of I involved in cooking and got them to cook things they chose but then the rule was they ate it, or some of it. I Did have a pretty firm rule about eating some veg every day for veg haters. Its different when you are not their mum, it doesn't matter so much if they hate you if they have a mummy to giggle about it with. Mine all seemed fond of me apart from the worst eater,....who cried the hardest when I left and wrote to me for ages after.

But its very different with a little-y in established routine/ way of eating than a quite biggy who needs encouragement I think.

Dh's anorexia started with him eliminating foods, and food groups. Like Lydia's ds he was a bright and sensitive young man with a little too much on his plate ( oh, bad idiom, sorry) . he ate twice a week, once when his father met and took him for Chinese food ( which he didn't omit:D) and once when he would buy icecream . Again, these are not great foundations for health in a growing teenage boy, but he grew, and its fair to say I think, has succeeded.
For him education and passion were the keys to his over coming his need tk control his intake so much. Sadly he had to do this alone, and its something I find very , very difficult to forgive his parents for, that they sort no help for him at any stage. He was performing ok at school and he are Chinese food, so.....his father the only time DH raised it , not as an accusation but to try and find out what his parents were thinking , said.' Well, I took you for a meal once a week.

DH was fourteen. ( and not living at home)

My anger over that and the details wouldn't be quite so bare if Lydia were not berating herself so. Lydia, your actively seeking help for ds in emotional and educational needs cannot be compared with what a parent who lets their children down might do.

purch

vivatifosi wrote: »

'Analyzing Global Trends for Business and Society'.

Not worth the money if they can't spell correctly. :mad:

PasturesNew

purch wrote: »

Not worth the money if they can't spell correctly. :mad:

It's probably free .... and they're Americans.... so we'll let that go in the spirit of MSE.

I would say/expect the course material to be skewed from a furren viewpoint though, which therefore means it's different thinking to what a British course would present.

But in the absence of a new Harry Potter novel, it'll fill some time.

PasturesNew

I'll look into coursera once I move.... I just had a quick look and the one course that caught my eye (that I feel I could teach to be honest) said it had videos to watch. I can't watch videos as my PC's not beefy enough and I've no speakers. Also no printer and it is nice to print things out and read them sometimes.

Once I've a house I'll be buying a new PC. Had this one 8 years now and it was cheap (£200) when I bought it - it's HD was only 40GB and free space is down to about 400MB - so there are serious caching issues when trying to watch any online videos. In fact, I run CCleaner 2x a day just to free up enough space to keep it limping along.

lostinrates

Ok, rules for days when I have meetings.....

No listening to sad music after make up goes on.....

Up I go to wash and reapply war paint.

bugslet

lostinrates wrote: »

I hope so

Love that, makes me feel 'at home'.

lostinrates wrote: »

Goodness, anyone would thing you'd kept them in the garden and let them forage on garden plants and vermin with that plaintive post

From the age of 11, I was at home alone until my parents got in from work, which could be anything from 6 pm to 11 pm, and there were no afater school clubs back then. As my cooking skills were barely above zilch, I survived on beans and smash, Pot Noodle....I survived, I'm fairly normal, been pretty healthy and now eat anything bar King Prawns if I eat out. I wouldn't worry too much.

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I'm drafting a set of grounds now - was supposed to be able to do them in a relaxed fashion earlier this evening, but got trapped at the hospital when I went for a growth scan for Aethelbald's head. That was OK, but they detected protein and wired me to monitors for several hours, and having established we were both absolutely fine, I didn't get home until well after 11pm.

That's good news.

lostinrates

bugslet wrote: »

Love that, makes me feel 'at home'.



From the age of 11, I was at home alone until my parents got in from work, which could be anything from 6 pm to 11 pm, and there were no afater school clubs back then. As my cooking skills were barely above zilch, I survived on beans and smash, Pot Noodle....I survived, I'm fairly normal, been pretty healthy and now eat anything bar King Prawns if I eat out. I wouldn't worry too much.

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Glad picture cheered. I was furious. I thought he was in the garden till he hopped over the gate and came home. I should have followed footprints before the rain to see where he had been. :mad:

When I was at home and sibling too, we fended and cooked for parents. Sibling is a great cook. .


I found these pics in a magazine and loved them ( I adore Poppies). I'll sort out the mounting of them better, but we just hung them ( DH sanded down that wall this morning to repaint) and I think they look ok?

I liked the plain corner too though. They work with other art in the room, so wondering if I should have hung them all together.

I am NO curator!

silvercar

DS2 was a fat baby and a fat toddler, the sort that health visitors suggest could have semi skimmed milk from a young age rather than the recommended full fat.

Then he developed an inability to keep still, always jumping up and down and running around. That coupled with prefering lots of small snacks to big meals, he turned into a skinny teenager to the point where the GP nurse would try to suggest fattier foods to help him put on weight.

He often used to wake up feeling nauseous, to avoid this he used to have a snack like a banana or humus on crackers late at night. he also used to have dextrose tablets by his bed to take before he got up if he felt it necessary. Some ideas spirit?

Spirit_2

bugslet wrote: »

Love that, makes me feel 'at home'.


....I survived, I'm fairly normal, been pretty healthy and now eat anything bar King Prawns if I eat out. I wouldn't worry too much.

Bugslet I may be imagining this...but I thought you were vegan.


I also loved the muddy paws. So cute is it sis not your carpet they are standing on.