Sorry, I was away typing a PM that ended up being rather long ....

LOL...I thing all of us are jumping around like a bunch of Mexican jumping beans...reading here...writing there...

I was also popping up to help my daughter in the kitchen as she was making sugar cookie dough. It is chillin' now .... and she'll roll and cut the dough tomorrow night. She is making Halloween cookies and I bought her all kinds of goodies to use for decorating them. I know ... Halloween was yesterday but, hey .... I'm Ukrainian!

sheesh...night owls are supposed to up late.

idealist...what you eat is fine. you just have to start eating more often. even if it is little snacks. some nuts. cheese. fruit. i know you said you like ( love? ) bread. a slice of bread with peanut butter.

boost and insure are more like thick chocolate milk ( or vanilla or strawberry) do you like milk shakes? yogurt? make fruit smoothies.

even making pasta salad with the chicken breast.

not eating can become a habit. your stomach shrinks. you get full faster and don't get the feeling of hunger as often.

eating an also be a social thing. if you are home alone during the day...it is easy to skip a meal.

my dad is on provigal. it speeds him up. he actully gets the munchies. i thinkhe weighs about 140...but he was 175-180 when he was dx'ed with pd. he does eat lots of dark choccy.

howdy howdy howdy kell and scarbble.

--------> *waves 'hello' .......

Just home from running errands after work ... and I have to change into stretchy clothes before going back out in the rain to go to my Pilates class. It's already dark and I'm feeling very tired ... so it would be easy to just curl up on the couch and stay home .... BUT I'm going to push myself to go because I know it will feel good to do it.

Good for you, Scrabble. Thinking ahead. Might be tough in the short run but later you'll feel a lot better...

I like the pasta salad idea, Curious. And I like nuts, cheese & most fruits. But I ain't big on milkshakes except once in a while.

I think you're right about the stomach shrinking and the social eating. I can't hardly eat a whole sandwich without getting full, and I do spend a lot of time at home alone. That's mostly when I forget to eat.

The thing I hate most are those times when eating just becomes a chore. No matter what it is I'm trying to eat, sometimes it seems like I have to just choke it down, and it's hard.

How about boiled eggs? Cottage cheese? Cream cheese on toast? I like those things for breakfast. Are they healthy enough?

Thanks for the help, dear. Like it or not, I guess I gotta take this thing seriously (sigh)...

yeppers buddy..all those are wonderful.

but...what i would like for you to do is not make a whole sandwich to eat at once. cut it up into 1/4's and put them in baggies. think small and often.

it is also phycological. you fix a whole sandwich...can't eat it all. you feel let down on yourself..and wasteful. so eat just a piece and know your buddy will be sooo proud of you!

i can see from the foods you like...they are also what your body is starving for...protien. complex carbs. brain food! don't worry about milk shakes and stuff like that.

and you know what...fix something to eat and come here and socialize while you eat.

add some nuts to a pasta salad for extra crunch...calories and lots of nutrition. and don't forget to share!

The food ideas sound good to me.

I've been helping my daughter to roll out the sugar cookie dough from last night and she is using the Halloween cookie cutters. The last pan is in the oven and we'll decorate some before I head to bed. She'll have time tomorrow to finish decorating them before her Pathfinders sleep-over since she gets off early from school on Friday.

On my way home from Pilates in the rain ... I was thinking about how the grade 4 class I've been working in will be studying earthworms tomorrow. The students are all supposed to bring in a live earthworm in a container with dirt. I'm not too fond of earthworms ... but I don't want to appear squeamish as I don't want to pass on my feelings to the kids. So .... I was thinking that maybe I should dig up a worm to take to school too. However it was dark and really raining and I just wanted to get indoors. I was walking across the courtyard in front of my house when I saw 2 earthworms on the sidewalk. So ... I went inside and found a clear plastic container (from the deli). I was hoping that I could get a worm to just crawl into my container but that obviously wasn't going to happen. The bigger worm was already most of the way into the grass and soil ... and I wasn't too unhappy to see him disappear! I tried to coax the other worm and he just wriggled around and basically stayed stuck to the wet pavement. I really didn't want to have to pick it up .... but then I thought about the kids doing it tomorrow so I decided I should give it a try so I could get used to it. (Yuck!) I couldn't pick it up though because I couldn't get a grip on it and I didn't want to squish it. I tried flicking it and tickling it ... and when it was more curled up I was finally able to get part of it in the container so I could use the lid to push it all the way in. (*shiver) Then I used the edge of the lid to scoop a bit of wet soil from one of my plant pots into the container with the worm. Done! I put the container by the door with a note on it that says: "Mom's earthworm for school". I sure didn't want one of my kids to come home and ditch it!

hehehe Scrabble..........guess you disproved the saying that the early bird gets the worm cuz in this case 'twas the brave night owl who tubbed it

scrabble..
I just loved your lil earthworm story!!!
I'm gonna guess some of your students probably were a bit squimish today with those lil boogers too..LOL
I could just see you out there in the rain trying to coherse one of those lil worms into your container.Very cute mental pic..heehee
You made me laugh this morning