Thanks for the insights

Erin, for me, bitter seems to dampen appetite. A white grapefruit or a glass of diet tonic water can
help me--maybe it can help you too.

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Thanks to a thread on here a few weeks back I've finally been able to
make sense of some of my cravings. Tonight I had an ice cream and
lemonade drink, spiders we call them. Anyway, shortly after I finished
it I suddenly had a strong urge for potato chips. Fortunately we don't
have any in the house but it made me think back to this particular
thread where people were talking about trigger food. Someone mentioned
that sweet foods made them crave salty foods, and vice versa. I'd
never taken any notice of it before but I have now. Thanks to you guys
I didn't go out and buy potato chips. I'm reading this group instead
and waiting for the craving to pass :-)
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Oh, this is interesting. I had ice cream last night as well, then felt like something salty, so had
a Lipton chicken noodle cup of soup. I'll have to keep this in mind too.

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Quoted message said:

Thanks to a thread on here a few weeks back I've finally been able to make sense of some of my
cravings. Tonight I had an ice cream and lemonade drink, spiders we call them. Anyway, shortly
after I finished it I suddenly had a strong urge for potato chips. Fortunately we don't have any
in the house but it made me think back to this particular thread where people were talking about
trigger food. Someone mentioned that sweet foods made them crave salty foods, and vice versa. I'd
never taken any notice of it before but I have now. Thanks to you guys I didn't go out and buy
potato chips. I'm reading this group instead and waiting for the craving to pass :-)
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NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary

good for you!!! Lee
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Quoted message said:

Thanks to a thread on here a few weeks back I've finally been able to make sense of some of my
cravings. Tonight I had an ice cream and lemonade drink, spiders we call them. Anyway, shortly
after I finished it I suddenly had a strong urge for potato chips. Fortunately we don't have any
in the house but it made me think back to this particular thread where people were talking about
trigger food. Someone mentioned that sweet foods made them crave salty foods, and vice versa. I'd
never taken any notice of it before but I have now. Thanks to you guys I didn't go out and buy
potato chips. I'm reading this group instead and waiting for the craving to pass :-)
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275.3/192.7/165 lbs

NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary

hmmm... those spiders sound good! Is it just vanilla ice cream in lemonade
or what??? Yum! 🙂

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Quoted message said:

Thanks to a thread on here a few weeks back I've finally been able to make sense of some of my
cravings. Tonight I had an ice cream and lemonade drink, spiders we call them. Anyway, shortly
after I finished it I suddenly had a strong urge for potato chips. Fortunately we don't have any
in the house but it made me think back to this particular thread where people were talking about
trigger food. Someone mentioned that sweet foods made them crave salty foods, and vice versa. I'd
never taken any notice of it before but I have now. Thanks to you guys I didn't go out and buy
potato chips. I'm reading this group instead and waiting for the craving to pass :-)
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275.3/192.7/165 lbs

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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:00:52 -0600, "Kristin" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

hmmm... those spiders sound good! Is it just vanilla ice cream in lemonade or what??? Yum! 🙂

Yup, vanilla ice cream with lemonade poured over the top. I think maybe you guys call them floats???

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Yup, that would be called a lemonade float then. Neat. I'll have to try it sometime!

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Quoted message said:

Kristin said:

hmmm... those spiders sound good! Is it just vanilla ice cream in

lemonade

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

or what??? Yum! 🙂

Yup, vanilla ice cream with lemonade poured over the top. I think maybe you guys call them
floats???

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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 00:08:35 -0600, "Kristin" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Yup, that would be called a lemonade float then. Neat. I'll have to try it sometime!

It's yummy. My favourite though is chocolate ice cream with diet vanilla coke. Sooo yummy, and low
in points. We have the most divine low fat ice cream here and it's really well priced too. Cheaper
than most of the regular ice cream.

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Yum, sounds delish, Erin! Diet vanilla coke is yummy by itself, I can imagine what it would be like
with actual ice cream in it. YUM!

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Quoted message said:

Kristin said:

Yup, that would be called a lemonade float then. Neat. I'll have to try

it

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

sometime!

It's yummy. My favourite though is chocolate ice cream with diet vanilla coke. Sooo yummy, and low
in points. We have the most divine low fat ice cream here and it's really well priced too. Cheaper
than most of the regular ice cream.

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"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 19:45:00 -0600, "Kristin" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Yum, sounds delish, Erin! Diet vanilla coke is yummy by itself, I can imagine what it would be like
with actual ice cream in it. YUM!

Very yum. I think Diet Vanilla Coke and chocolate ice cream is going to have to be on the shopping
list this week ;-)

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125/90/75 kgs
125.90/1.1/165 lbs

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"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary

Hey, you can have my Diet Vanilla Coke but will have real trouble adding ice cream - it froze solid
overnight in my car when the temps where I was staying hit a low of MINUS 14F ( or Minus 25
Celsius). Well, you do need some cold temps to make snow but this was a bit overboard or maybe
UNDERboard (g)

Erin Marsh said:

Kristin said:

Yum, sounds delish, Erin! Diet vanilla coke is yummy by itself, I can imagine what it would be
like with actual ice cream in it. YUM!

Very yum. I think Diet Vanilla Coke and chocolate ice cream is going to have to be on the shopping
list this week ;-)

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 20:01:14 -0800, Fred <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Hey, you can have my Diet Vanilla Coke but will have real trouble adding ice cream - it froze solid
overnight in my car when the temps where I was staying hit a low of MINUS 14F ( or Minus 25
Celsius).

Wow, that's cold.

Quoted message said:

Well, you do need some cold temps to make snow but this was a bit overboard or maybe UNDERboard (g)

That's way cold. I'd freeze to death. Probably just as well I don't ski...lol...

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125/90/75 kgs
125.90/1.1/165 lbs

RafL goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary

Heck, I don't need to go to any mountains for weather that cold. I just have to take out the
garbage. This morning it's minus 6F (-21C) with the predicted high above 2F (-16C). Yesterday I wore
long underwear, sweatclothes, and then hibernated in my upstairs office, testing the thermodynamics
theory that warm air rises, and ran the space heater when the warm air didn't rise fast or far
enough. I have a feeling I'll be wearing my mittens at work today.

The good thing about temps like this is that I now have a backup freezer otherwise known as my
porch. Instead of keeping my pot of soup in the fridge, I just set it out there. Yesterday when I
went to get some for lunch, I had to scoop out slush.

Fred said:

Hey, you can have my Diet Vanilla Coke but will have real trouble adding ice cream - it froze solid
overnight in my car when the temps where I was staying hit a low of MINUS 14F ( or Minus 25
Celsius). Well, you do need some cold temps to make snow but this was a bit overboard or maybe
UNDERboard (g)

Erin Marsh said:

Kristin said:

Yum, sounds delish, Erin! Diet vanilla coke is yummy by itself, I can imagine what it would be
like with actual ice cream in it. YUM!

Very yum. I think Diet Vanilla Coke and chocolate ice cream is going to have to be on the shopping
list this week ;-)

Prairie Roots
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It has now warmed up where I am - it's -28C or -19F. This first blast of winter is most unwelcome!
Trying to substitute low fat soup for the stick-to-the-ribs comfort food that I really want is a
challenge when it's so cold outside. Stay warm, happy & healthy. Julie

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Quoted message said:

Heck, I don't need to go to any mountains for weather that cold. I just have to take out the
garbage. This morning it's minus 6F (-21C) with the predicted high above 2F (-16C). Yesterday I
wore long underwear, sweatclothes, and then hibernated in my upstairs office, testing the
thermodynamics theory that warm air rises, and ran the space heater when the warm air didn't rise
fast or far enough. I have a feeling I'll be wearing my mittens at work today.

The good thing about temps like this is that I now have a backup freezer otherwise known as my
porch. Instead of keeping my pot of soup in the fridge, I just set it out there. Yesterday when I
went to get some for lunch, I had to scoop out slush.

Fred said:

Hey, you can have my Diet Vanilla Coke but will have real trouble adding ice cream - it froze
solid overnight in my car when the temps where I was staying hit a low of MINUS 14F ( or Minus 25
Celsius). Well, you do need some cold temps to make snow but this was a bit overboard or maybe
UNDERboard (g)

Erin Marsh said:

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 19:45:00 -0600, "Kristin" <[email hidden]> wrote:

>Yum, sounds delish, Erin! Diet vanilla coke is yummy by itself, I can imagine what it would be
>like with actual ice cream in it. YUM!

Very yum. I think Diet Vanilla Coke and chocolate ice cream is going to have to be on the
shopping list this week ;-)

Prairie Roots
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Oh, ugh! And I thought this morning was unseasonable cool here - it's only 19C (that's plus, not
minus!). I'm fairly sure humans aren't designed to live in sub-zero temperatures....

Julie.

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Quoted message said:

Heck, I don't need to go to any mountains for weather that cold. I just have to take out the
garbage. This morning it's minus 6F (-21C) with the predicted high above 2F (-16C). Yesterday I
wore long underwear, sweatclothes, and then hibernated in my upstairs office, testing the
thermodynamics theory that warm air rises, and ran the space heater when the warm air didn't rise
fast or far enough. I have a feeling I'll be wearing my mittens at work today.

The good thing about temps like this is that I now have a backup freezer otherwise known as my
porch. Instead of keeping my pot of soup in the fridge, I just set it out there. Yesterday when I
went to get some for lunch, I had to scoop out slush.

Fred said:

Hey, you can have my Diet Vanilla Coke but will have real trouble adding ice cream - it froze
solid overnight in my car when the temps where I was staying hit a low of MINUS 14F ( or Minus 25
Celsius). Well, you do need some cold temps to make snow but this was a bit overboard or maybe
UNDERboard (g)

Erin Marsh said:

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 19:45:00 -0600, "Kristin" <[email hidden]> wrote:

>Yum, sounds delish, Erin! Diet vanilla coke is yummy by itself, I can imagine what it would be
>like with actual ice cream in it. YUM!

Very yum. I think Diet Vanilla Coke and chocolate ice cream is going to have to be on the
shopping list this week ;-)

Prairie Roots
232/167/WW goal 145 joined WW Online 22-Feb-2003

19C (plus) is cool? What are you normal temps? LOL We are running around in next to nothing when the
temps hit that high (66 F in the US). At the moment our temp is 24 (about 4C) ... and going lower
for the next few days. <sigh> Guess you get used to it through the years.

Joyce

JulieB said:

Oh, ugh! And I thought this morning was unseasonable cool here - it's only 19C (that's plus, not
minus!). I'm fairly sure humans aren't designed to live in sub-zero temperatures....

Julie.

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Quoted message said:

Heck, I don't need to go to any mountains for weather that cold. I just have to take out the
garbage. This morning it's minus 6F (-21C) with the predicted high above 2F (-16C). Yesterday I
wore long underwear, sweatclothes, and then hibernated in my upstairs office, testing the
thermodynamics theory that warm air rises, and ran the space heater when the warm air didn't rise
fast or far enough. I have a feeling I'll be wearing my mittens at work today.

The good thing about temps like this is that I now have a backup freezer otherwise known as my
porch. Instead of keeping my pot of soup in the fridge, I just set it out there. Yesterday when I
went to get some for lunch, I had to scoop out slush.

Fred said:

Hey, you can have my Diet Vanilla Coke but will have real trouble adding ice cream - it froze
solid overnight in my car when the temps where I was staying hit a low of MINUS 14F ( or Minus
25 Celsius). Well, you do need some cold temps to make snow but this was a bit overboard or
maybe UNDERboard (g)

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 09:20:17 +1300, Erin Marsh <[email hidden]> wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 19:45:00 -0600, "Kristin" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>>Yum, sounds delish, Erin! Diet vanilla coke is yummy by itself, I can imagine what it would be
>>like with actual ice cream in it. YUM!
>
>Very yum. I think Diet Vanilla Coke and chocolate ice cream is going to have to be on the
>shopping list this week ;-)

Prairie Roots
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On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 22:00:51 +1300, Erin Marsh <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Fred said:

Hey, you can have my Diet Vanilla Coke but will have real trouble adding ice cream - it froze
solid overnight in my car when the temps where I was staying hit a low of MINUS 14F ( or Minus 25
Celsius).

Wow, that's cold.

Yes, it felt very cold and did not take much time for the fingers and toes to chill down

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Well, you do need some cold temps to make snow but this was a bit overboard or maybe
UNDERboard (g)

That's way cold. I'd freeze to death. Probably just as well I don't ski...lol...

Nah, you dress for it.

But I see Prairie is here and will probably shrug those temps off as nothing special in
Minnesota (G)

Take it away, Prairie .....

I just told Erin that I was sure you would shrug off those temps I was mentioning!!! And
right on cue.

I am glad I can just go and visit those temps but don't deal with them often.

They are calling for snow in Seattle tonight and the hills make it very interesting. We shall see
how right, ahem, WRONG the weather folks are.....

Eating cold slush cuts the points since more energy is needed to bring it up to digesting
enzyme temps....

Prairie Roots said:

Heck, I don't need to go to any mountains for weather that cold. I just have to take out the
garbage. This morning it's minus 6F (-21C) with the predicted high above 2F (-16C). Yesterday I
wore long underwear, sweatclothes, and then hibernated in my upstairs office, testing the
thermodynamics theory that warm air rises, and ran the space heater when the warm air didn't rise
fast or far enough. I have a feeling I'll be wearing my mittens at work today.

The good thing about temps like this is that I now have a backup freezer otherwise known as my
porch. Instead of keeping my pot of soup in the fridge, I just set it out there. Yesterday when I
went to get some for lunch, I had to scoop out slush.

Fred said:

Hey, you can have my Diet Vanilla Coke but will have real trouble adding ice cream - it froze
solid overnight in my car when the temps where I was staying hit a low of MINUS 14F ( or Minus 25
Celsius). Well, you do need some cold temps to make snow but this was a bit overboard or maybe
UNDERboard (g)

Erin Marsh said:

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 19:45:00 -0600, "Kristin" <[email hidden]> wrote:

>Yum, sounds delish, Erin! Diet vanilla coke is yummy by itself, I can imagine what it would be
>like with actual ice cream in it. YUM!

Very yum. I think Diet Vanilla Coke and chocolate ice cream is going to have to be on the
shopping list this week ;-)

Prairie Roots
232/167/WW goal 145 joined WW Online 22-Feb-2003

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 18:04:38 -0800, Fred <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I just told Erin that I was sure you would shrug off those temps I was mentioning!!! And
right on cue.

Oh wow, what does it say about me that I'm so predictable that even an anonymous newsgroup can
predict accurately what I'll say next?!!

Quoted message said:

I am glad I can just go and visit those temps but don't deal with them often.

They are calling for snow in Seattle tonight and the hills make it very interesting. We shall see
how right, ahem, WRONG the weather folks are.....

Eating cold slush cuts the points since more energy is needed to bring it up to digesting enzyme
temps....

(The editor in me is trying so hard to resist pointing out the redundancy of "cold slush" that I'm
incapable of coming up with a rejoinder, witty or otherwise. Never mind understanding what you
said.) By this morning, the cold slush soup had turned to a block of solid ice (oops, another
redundancy!). <GD&R>

I'm glad you're a good sport for all the teasing heaped on you in this ng. Then again, you dish out
a fair amount yourself so I'm not feeling too sorry for you. <G>

Quoted message said:

Prairie Roots said:

Heck, I don't need to go to any mountains for weather that cold. I just have to take out the
garbage. This morning it's minus 6F (-21C) with the predicted high above 2F (-16C). Yesterday I
wore long underwear, sweatclothes, and then hibernated in my upstairs office, testing the
thermodynamics theory that warm air rises, and ran the space heater when the warm air didn't rise
fast or far enough. I have a feeling I'll be wearing my mittens at work today.

The good thing about temps like this is that I now have a backup freezer otherwise known as my
porch. Instead of keeping my pot of soup in the fridge, I just set it out there. Yesterday when I
went to get some for lunch, I had to scoop out slush.

Fred said:

Hey, you can have my Diet Vanilla Coke but will have real trouble adding ice cream - it froze
solid overnight in my car when the temps where I was staying hit a low of MINUS 14F ( or Minus 25
Celsius). Well, you do need some cold temps to make snow but this was a bit overboard or maybe
UNDERboard (g)

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 09:20:17 +1300, Erin Marsh <[email hidden]> wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 19:45:00 -0600, "Kristin" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>>Yum, sounds delish, Erin! Diet vanilla coke is yummy by itself, I can imagine what it would be
>>like with actual ice cream in it. YUM!
>
>Very yum. I think Diet Vanilla Coke and chocolate ice cream is going to have to be on the
>shopping list this week ;-)

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JulieB said:

Oh, ugh! And I thought this morning was unseasonable cool here - it's only 19C (that's plus,
not minus!).

I was thinking the same thing yesterday. I think we've been spoiled by our nice average
temperatures ;-)

Quoted message said:

I'm fairly sure humans aren't designed to live in sub-zero temperatures....

I know I'm not.

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125/90/75 kgs
125.90/1.1/165 lbs

RafL goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary