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Posted by on May 11, 2009, 11:50 am
On Mon, 11 May 2009 07:11:40 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
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>Don't talk to me about calorie counters. DS and DH have become slaves to the
>calories allowed per day and are driving me nuts. With out exercise, all the
>calorie counting is a moot point. And after dinner, don't snack. I'm
>watching what I eat, but I'm also watching when I eat. More at lunch and
>breakfast when I'm going to use the calories, less at dinner when I'm not.
>And at restaurants, they spend ages pouring over the online calorie and
>sodium counts. Drives me nuts. Skip the starch, eat your salad.
>But lots of places could do much better on the amount of added salt.
>C
I can't say I count calories, it was the programme which brought it to
my attention in the case of the appetiser calamaris. It did not
cross my mind that six small rings of squid, resting on shredded
lettuce could tot up to that many calories.
I was mostly upset because I regarded that as a lunch time snack and
in actual fact it was probably MORE calories than my supper !
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on May 11, 2009, 2:25 pm
On 5/11/09 11:50 AM, in article n4ig05pqleuaq5lin3c2makm2ii0lhnifh@4ax.com,
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> On Mon, 11 May 2009 07:11:40 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
>
>
>> Don't talk to me about calorie counters. DS and DH have become slaves to the
>> calories allowed per day and are driving me nuts. With out exercise, all the
>> calorie counting is a moot point. And after dinner, don't snack. I'm
>> watching what I eat, but I'm also watching when I eat. More at lunch and
>> breakfast when I'm going to use the calories, less at dinner when I'm not.
>>
>> And at restaurants, they spend ages pouring over the online calorie and
>> sodium counts. Drives me nuts. Skip the starch, eat your salad.
>>
>> But lots of places could do much better on the amount of added salt.
>>
>>
>> C
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> I can't say I count calories, it was the programme which brought it to
> my attention in the case of the appetiser calamaris. It did not
> cross my mind that six small rings of squid, resting on shredded
> lettuce could tot up to that many calories.
>
> I was mostly upset because I regarded that as a lunch time snack and
> in actual fact it was probably MORE calories than my supper !
I did a little googling - too bad it was fried. Just steamed or raw, it's
pretty good.
http://www.annecollins.com/calories/calories-octopus-squid.htm
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Posted by anne on May 11, 2009, 7:53 am
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> Besides the fact that the "perky" voices are so irritating is the fact that
> they describe something and then repeat the descriiption and repeat and
> repeat and repeat``````````````````````````````````````````````
Another of my pet peeves: quite a few of the hosts of shows aired on HGTV recap
what's happened so far when the show begins again after a commercial.
Commercial breaks are longer than they used to be but most of us will remember
what we've seen. Do we really need this drivel?
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Posted by Magic Mood Jeep on May 11, 2009, 11:35 am
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>> Besides the fact that the "perky" voices are so irritating is the fact
>> that
>> they describe something and then repeat the descriiption and repeat and
>> repeat and repeat``````````````````````````````````````````````
> Another of my pet peeves: quite a few of the hosts of shows aired on
> HGTV recap
> what's happened so far when the show begins again after a commercial.
> Commercial breaks are longer than they used to be but most of us will
> remember
> what we've seen. Do we really need this drivel?
> --
> another anne, add ingers to reply
It's not just that channel - it's *MOST* channels - Discovery does it on
most of their shows (Deadliest Catch, Mythbusters, etc). Fortunately, we
have DVR/Tivo, so we can pause during commercials, go potty, get munchies,
scoop a few litterboxes, then come back, fast forward through the
commercials & the recap, and continue watching. The thing is, with
Mythbusters, we're finding that we end up watching it less & less for the
"mythbusting" than for the explosions :) Adam is getting just too
annoying (and you can see it in Jamie's face sometimes, too)...
Personally, I like Grant. Used to see him all the time on BattleBots....
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on May 11, 2009, 3:14 pm
On 5/11/09 11:35 AM, in article gu9gkp$sr7$1@news.motzarella.org, "Magic
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>>>
>>> Besides the fact that the "perky" voices are so irritating is the fact
>>> that
>>> they describe something and then repeat the descriiption and repeat and
>>> repeat and repeat``````````````````````````````````````````````
>>
>> Another of my pet peeves: quite a few of the hosts of shows aired on
>> HGTV recap
>> what's happened so far when the show begins again after a commercial.
>> Commercial breaks are longer than they used to be but most of us will
>> remember
>> what we've seen. Do we really need this drivel?
>> --
>> another anne, add ingers to reply
>
>
> It's not just that channel - it's *MOST* channels - Discovery does it on
> most of their shows (Deadliest Catch, Mythbusters, etc). Fortunately, we
> have DVR/Tivo, so we can pause during commercials, go potty, get munchies,
> scoop a few litterboxes, then come back, fast forward through the
> commercials & the recap, and continue watching.
Dumb it down, dumb it down. Even Nova does it; stops as though there will be
a break in viewing and recaps
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> The thing is, with
> Mythbusters, we're finding that we end up watching it less & less for the
> "mythbusting" than for the explosions :) Adam is getting just too
> annoying (and you can see it in Jamie's face sometimes, too)...
Adam is overkill. The interaction used to fun, but not any more
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> Personally, I like Grant. Used to see him all the time on BattleBots....
Dump the rest of them, keeping just Jamie and Grant. Have Adam "guest" once
in a while. Find some "pretty people" with brains to fill in the rest.
The best thing about programs from the UK (like Time Team or What We Owe
???) is the presenters know the subject and have a real passion for it. Not
talking heads
C
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>calories allowed per day and are driving me nuts. With out exercise, all the
>calorie counting is a moot point. And after dinner, don't snack. I'm
>watching what I eat, but I'm also watching when I eat. More at lunch and
>breakfast when I'm going to use the calories, less at dinner when I'm not.
>And at restaurants, they spend ages pouring over the online calorie and
>sodium counts. Drives me nuts. Skip the starch, eat your salad.
>But lots of places could do much better on the amount of added salt.
>C