Good morning!!!!

[Rayster]

It's 38F here in south central MO, at 9:08. I was awakened by the girlfriend shooting a tree rat off a bird feeder. Usually, I get to bed about 1:30am.

Have a great day all,

 

[daugen]

Daugen,

I missed this update this morning.

You & your wife are in my prayers sir.
May the Great Physician, guide her physician and full remission occur.

Be well,
David

thanks David, and Randy, and...
so many of us share the same challenge.
My wife has been at this for six years, and is coming to her end soon.
It's just hard to imagine, but then so many things are.
One day at a time.
But, she'll be with me forever, or as long as a Kubota 5740 lasts, which is way longer than I will.
no replies please...it just clogs up the thread and I'm doing ok. Thanks.

 

[sodamo]

65F, cold front moved in, likely rain later

Looks like a day for taxes
Thoughts and prayers for the special people here and there loved ones.
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad using TractorByNet

 

[farmgirl19]

I'm shocked! Wow! What a difference in temperature for one county away. We were at 38 F this morning just before sunrise and now we are only up to 41 F. Like you, we will make it up to the mid-'70s today, but our starting temperature is really quite different.

I didn't need a jacket to feed the livestock this morning, or when opening gates to the pasture. It may have dropped a couple of degrees after I left for work, because I was out the door way before sunup. Went to work in a short sleeve shirt, and never put on a jacket. So I don't think we got down into the 30s.

 

[dave1949]

I'm shocked! Wow! What a difference in temperature for one county away. We were at 38 F this morning just before sunrise and now we are only up to 41 F. Like you, we will make it up to the mid-'70s today, but our starting temperature is really quite different.

David (sodamo): Snacks can totally wipe out a diet in no time flat. Also, little prepared food items like breakfast burritos are full of calories and fat. They are diet bombs. A tiny serving is exploding in calories and fats. I have begun to look to 'no sugar added' fruit cocktail in cans and frozen fruit as my snacks. I find the natural sweetness in fruit is very satisfying and the bulk fills me up to eliminate hunger. There are great low-cal yogurts around that are much better than eating other dairy based products like cheese. When I want a snack, I grab canned fruit or cut up an apple. If I want to really make it sinful, I mix fruit and yogurt for a creamy snack. It just doesn't take long to pack in calories if you eat nuts, chips, or granola bars. Those things only make you crave more and you are never satisfied. They turn you into a serial snacker, and that is the death of your diet.

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I find that is so true, those sugar & fat foods are addictive. You crave the next snack. I think that is by chem lab design in many foods. It takes at least three days of no junk food for the craving to stop.

One thing I notice, if I eat good, real food like veggies and fruits my system is somehow more satisfied with fewer cravings.

Are those overnight temperatures normal for the time year Jim, or are you an extended cool streak? We usually do garden covering here, old blankets, sheets, etc., spring and fall for frost protection.

 

[sixdogs]

It's 38F here in south central MO, at 9:08. I was awakened by the girlfriend shooting a tree rat off a bird feeder. Usually, I get to bed about 1:30am.

Have a great day all,

Just off the cuff I'd say she's a keeper.

 

[scott_vt]

Lots of fiber type things, easy on the sugar and the challenge is to keep from losing too much. Very few processed foods as well. Seems where you live would be natural for fruits and vegetables.

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Good Afternoon sixdogs,
My wife swears by those fiber gummies, heck they might work on me but I like my beer too much !

 

[sixdogs]

Good Afternoon sixdogs,
My wife swears by those fiber gummies, heck they might work on me but I like my beer too much !

Yeah, not much fiber in beer. For fiber, try four dried apricots and see what happens.

 

[daugen]

Yeah, not much fiber in beer. For fiber, try four dried apricots and see what happens.

In Europe, apricots were long considered an aphrodisiac, and were used in this context in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and as an inducer of childbirth, as depicted in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi.

Due to their high fiber to volume ratio, dried apricots are sometimes used to relieve constipation or induce diarrhea. Effects can be felt after eating as few as three.

four apricots hmmm? Personally, I'm a prune man, but apricots taste a zillion percent better.

 

[farmgirl19]

It's 38F here in south central MO, at 9:08. I was awakened by the girlfriend shooting a tree rat off a bird feeder. Usually, I get to bed about 1:30am.

Have a great day all,

She let you sleep 7 1/2 hours! :laughing: