tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post8517736688340472864..comments2024-03-11T00:26:35.303-07:00Comments on The Many Banes of My Existence by Alexis: Nice DiversionAlexisARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-25121158718379733842011-02-01T00:18:26.212-08:002011-02-01T00:18:26.212-08:00thanks, Matt. i'll tell the director I want my...thanks, Matt. i'll tell the director I want my dad to get some for me.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-8194110257510337022011-01-31T17:38:51.114-08:002011-01-31T17:38:51.114-08:00In that case, just go for the Slimfast bars. They ...In that case, just go for the Slimfast bars. They don't taste too bad and are chock full of calories.<br /><br />I have a colleague at work who is as thick as a plank. She keeps going on about her diet. She would sit and eat nuts all day in the office, because they are healthy. DOH!!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774822085901274565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-53212907548282982612011-01-30T21:32:56.520-08:002011-01-30T21:32:56.520-08:00The "as well as regular meals' reminds me...The "as well as regular meals' reminds me of a book I read when I was little. I used to read murder mysteries by Joan Hess in the early grades of elementary school. In one of them, the protagonist, Claire Malloy, had a daughter named Caron who was desperately trying to lose weight and purchased Slimfast or some similar product for that purpose, and couldn't figure out why she was gaining weight instead of losing it. It ended up that she was too stupid to know that she needed to have the Slimfast in place of a meal instead of in addition to it. She thought there was something magical in the Slimfast formula that would just melt weight away no matter what else she ate. Fictional character, of course, but funny.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-37108796337786944912011-01-30T21:26:08.125-08:002011-01-30T21:26:08.125-08:00Matt, I can't tolerate any of those liquid nut...Matt, I can't tolerate any of those liquid nutrition supplements. They make me barf. My parents used to force me to drink them under threat of corporal punishment when I was younger, but it got to the point that I said "Go ahead and hit me because I can't drink it," and they finally realized that I wouldn't will myself to throw it up because then I'd have to taste it going down and coming back up. My dad created a formula with ice cream and additives that is bad but not as bad as the commercially-prepared stuff. At home he makes it for me. At the facility, the pharmcay mixes it up and the director forces me to drink it. Drinking it keeps me from losing more weight but I can't gain. If I could drink more of it I probably would gain, but my stomach can only handle so much. The fake candy bars take up too much room in my stomach.<br /><br />Pseudo-Aunt can't have too much dairy in her diet because of cystic fibrosis, and the non-dairy formulae taste even grosser thsn the dairy forumlae. She could eat the candy bars in place of a meal but not in addition to it. What she should have had when she was a kid was supplemental nutrition from a tube through her nose to her stomach while she was sleeping. Usually they don't do that with adults, but if she doesn't put on weight she may have to have it even though she's twenty-three.AlexisARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797016673203467911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-59987983634705794342011-01-30T17:52:14.950-08:002011-01-30T17:52:14.950-08:00PS I mean as well as regular meals.PS I mean as well as regular meals.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774822085901274565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6485729541580426717.post-53315274793229777602011-01-30T17:51:42.930-08:002011-01-30T17:51:42.930-08:00Why not get Pseudo-Aunt to try the ice cream diet?...Why not get Pseudo-Aunt to try the ice cream diet?<br /><br />The trick is that no matter what flavour you have, always add double cream to it.<br /><br />Also, in the UK there is a product called Slimfast, aimed at helping people to lose weight. They are diet shakes, though they make diet bars, too. If you and Pseudo-Aunt drink the shakes and eat the bars, that should boost calorific intake and help to add some weight to you both.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774822085901274565noreply@blogger.com