What's for Breakfast ?

[jadinolf]

Jad....have you tried the indidual packets of Quaker oatmeal, I think they are instant oatmeal , they are very easy to prepare, just heat the water to boiling, pour over the oatmeal in a bowl , ( I add the sugar, real butter, then cover mine with a saucer ) until I'm ready to eat when my buttered toast is ready, along with big glass of O.Juice, 8 or so vitamines/minerals daily....maybe a cup of coffee if I have time and an oatmeal/raisin cookie....takes little time actually.

Oh, of course I've had them but not in a long time.

Lately, it's dry cereal mostly, beans on toast perhaps once a week, eggs probably once a week and S.O.S. for Sunday breakfast.

For the record, friends I have had the flu since last Sunday morning. Pretty bad case of it and I think I am over most of it except for a terrible cough. Ready or not, I'm going make it to the drug store tomorrow and get some cough drops and other cough medication. Maybe some ice cream too.


I'm the primary care giver in this family and Fred is no help.

Ohhhh wow, the flu is awful, never had anything that really put me flat on my back until a few years ago, I was told I had a bad case of the old time flu that lasts 2 full weeks, thought I would just go ahead and die as bad as I felt, if I knew I would not get well, then I had pneumonia , the coughing lasted 6 weeks. I've never missed getting a flu shot since, you can see why .I'm usually very healthy, the whole thing shocked me, along with taking so long to recoup from, my gf said she could hear my breathing rattle on the phone, when she called to check on me.

Joe's story..........

I have a pretty good health record for an old geezer. The last time I had the flu was January of 1989 and that case was a doozy. Then like now, my wife was dead and I had no one to take care of me. The flu lasted two weeks and from then on, I got my flu shot every year. Can't complain about getting it once in what is it 24 years? Not bad.

Like your girl friend, I can hear my breathing rattle and it really disturbs me. I haven't driven since I got sick- couldn't but I will tomorrow.

 

[A Guy]

I work long days If I am off, I get hungry. Worked from home for a year, put on 45 pounds! Lost them and more when I started running service calls again. I bring a banana and eat it on the way home after my last call. A Guy

 

[ganjiry]

The usual cigarette, cup of tea and handfull of tablets for me, Followed by a can of redbull. I very rarely eat food so not the healthiest breakfast.

 

[Solarstarshines]

The usual cigarette, cup of tea and handfull of tablets for me, Followed by a can of redbull. I very rarely eat food so not the healthiest breakfast.

Buddy I care about you a word of advise drop the Redbull it is very unhealthy for you and 5 hour energy as well there are other ways to increase your energy and naturally i might add

 

[LittleJay]

I work long days If I am off, I get hungry. Worked from home for a year, put on 45 pounds! Lost them and more when I started running service calls again. I bring a banana and eat it on the way home after my last call. A Guy

My job is fairly physical and I notice a big difference in my energy level if I try to skip breakfast, or lunch. It can get to the point where I can't concentrate because of low blood sugar.

 

[Phone Man]

The Flu is widespread this year but also Norovirus.

New Norovirus Strain Rips Through The U.S. : Shots - Health News : NPR

I got my Flu shot last Month and also a pneumonia shot that is good for 6 years. Since I am over 65 I also got the Shingles vaccine a few years ago which is good for life.

Jim

 

[ganjiry]

The usual cigarette, cup of tea and handfull of tablets for me, Followed by a can of redbull. I very rarely eat food so not the healthiest breakfast.

Buddy I care about you a word of advise drop the Redbull it is very unhealthy for you and 5 hour energy as well there are other ways to increase your energy and naturally i might add

Cheers chap
Yeah i know its no good for me, At one point i could drink 8-10 per day. I only drink 4 a day now but my health couldn't really get much worse than it already is mate. I used to love food and cooking but just can't eat anymore.

Edit: Thet noro virus is doing the rounds in the uk too. Its not good is it. I'm supposed to have the flu jab but when i asked for it i was told we've run out. No good man!

 

[LADYPINKtomato1]

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, you guys/gals need to eat something before starting your day,
Please try to make the change you need about breakfast. Good luck .

Get you flu shot one and all if you have not already... I got my flu shot and a shingles shot at the same time this year o e in each arm no side effects.
Ganjiry keep asking for your flu shot they are making more....here in the USA we can get our flu shot at Wal-Mart... if one is near you.

 

[LADYPINKtomato1]

I awaken hungry, I'm not a snacker after dinner , I eat nothing until I awaken in the morning starving
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The flu is rampant here as well, one dares not get near the hospital, I carry and use those surgeon gloves to use everywhere, , wipel door knobs , grocery carts handles, and the car steering wheel when I get back in the car, remove the gloves toss in the trash, plastic grocery bag.

 

[LADYPINKtomato1]

I sometimes make and freeze at night , a Smoothie ,
In a blender.....using a banana, 1 cup of yogurt, 1 cup of your choice , frozen fruit, I like strawberries, or blueberries,
peach slices, 1 tablespoon of wheat germ, 2 or spoons of prepared O. Juice, , 1/2 cup ice cubes, in a blender, until the smoothness you like, ( add a bit of sugar or splenda, to sweeten if you prefer it.)
If you have it frozen, take out of the freezer the night before, it will usually be ready to drink the next morning ,
it's a good day starter.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

TV dinner again (been forgetting to mention the nine pills every morning) only breakfast is just now happening at 1 PM. (Rant alert!) Like an idiot (an anal one at that), I was up all night wrestling with an outlet upgrade (I would love to meet the donkey excavations who cut an oversized hole in the wall and installed the original outlets; what a couple of maroons!) dealing with stupid little problems. I would get so (censored) angry at the unnecessary problems those two (censored) caused (it was bad enough that I had to reach over a washing machine to get to the outlet; this old age business is for the birds), I would have to take frequent breaks to cool down. Being the anal old b**ch I am, I can't just leave a job unfinished although I eventually had to stop for a few hours, until just a little while ago (at least I got some sleep), to let the glue dry where I had to put in a patch to replace the sections of wall the first (censored) dipstick had cut away, leaving nothing for the plaster ears on the oldwork box I had to install to rest against. At least it's done now and I finally have enough outlets there.

(Rant over. You are now being returned to your regularly scheduled thread.)

I think you need more fiber in your breakfast. :busted:

Jim

If I added anymore fiber, I'd be jet propelled.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Joe..have you tried the indidual packets of Quaker oatmeal, I think they are instant oatmeal , they are very easy to prepare, just heat the water to boiling, pour over the oatmeal in a bowl , ( I add the sugar, real butter, then cover mine with a saucer ) until I'm ready to eat when my buttered toast is ready, along with big glass of O.Juice, 8 or so vitamines/minerals daily....maybe a cup of coffee if I have time and an oatmeal/raisin cookie....takes little time actually...

I put two packets in a bowl, add three packets of Splenda, a couple, three teaspoons of a fiber supplement (Wally World's generic version of Benefiber; I just guess at the amount), 1/4 teaspoon salt (it's a halfway decent substitute for butter plus I have problems with low sodium levels), water, then nuke it for two minutes and let it rest for another two minutes. Stir and eat.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...Ohhhh wow, the flu is awful, never had anything that really put me flat on my back until a few years ago, I was told I had a bad case of the old time flu that lasts 2 full weeks, thought I would just go ahead and die as bad as I felt, if I knew I would not get well, then I had pneumonia , the coughing lasted 6 weeks. I've never missed getting a flu shot since, you can see why .I'm usually
healthy, the whole thing shocked me, along with taking so long to recoup from, my gf said she could hear my breathing rattle on the phone, when she called to check on me.
You must teach Fred to help...!!!!

The only time I had the flu in the past ten years was the year I let my doctor talk me into getting a flu shot about five years ago and the year after. Both times were doozies. The last time I had a cold was eight years ago. Allergies and other problems, on the other hand...

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Never eat breakfast, or lunch during the week. Like breakfast foods though. A Guy

Don't know how you do it Bill! When I get up in the morning I am always hungry and by lunch time I'm starving once again.

I get sick if I don't have breakfast.

 

[LADYPINKtomato1]

Never eat breakfast, or lunch during the week. Like breakfast foods though. A Guy

Don't know how you do it Bill! When I get up in the morning I am always hungry and by lunch time I'm starving once again.

I get sick if I don't have breakfast.

I do as well, I must eat breakfast, I think I would die if not , my brain refuses to function.
LadyF. We in the USA are assured the shots are a dead virus , never can cause us to have that happen from the shots, .. if one gets the flu after a shot , they had the flu virus in their system before the shot was administered.:

 

[Solarstarshines]

4 Different pills a little Tang

One Chocolate custard Doughnut and about to start on the 2nd one which happens to be Jelly

Been a long time for Doughnuts in the morning I already feel the mystic powers of the sugar giving me that high or Diabetes

 

[Borg 386]

4+ cups of coffee & 5 pills spread out over the entire morning (taken 1 hr apart, on an empty stomach) Hey, I'd rather miss breakfast then lunch or dinner!

 

[sdadamo]

2 Large cups of coffee

 

[maxie]

Small bowl of corn flakes plus a pot of tea and enough Tablets to choke a donkey

 

[Solarstarshines]

Just had my 4 pills and Pizza pocket