-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 03-26-19  05:36 <=-

 JM>> Often times I'll snack between when I get up and have supper. Once in
 JM>> a while I'll have a large lunch and skip supper,
 NB>> We've gotten that way, too.... Some of our meds need to be taken with
 NB>> food, but one can have just a snack with them and things are fine... 

 JM> Thankfully I'm on no meds.  The closest to that was some vile
 JM> tasting cough syrup, and not so bad drops, with a recent cold.

We don't bother much with OTC meds, except for when that's how to get
certain meds that are prescribed....   But my reflux and Richard's
heart condition do require some medication... 

 JM> When I busted my shoulder a few years ago I was given some Rx pain
 JM> killer, Lo something or other.  I was told to take one every so many
 JM> hours and I did at first then cut it half and finally stopped and
 JM> still had a lot of them left over.  I was to take them for like 10 days
 JM> but did for only like five days, if that long.

Lodine, perhaps....?  It's a fairly high-powered non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)... it didn't work for me for pain
control... I've never taken pain meds for as often or as long as they
permit.... Unlike antibiotics, you don't have to take the whole run to
get the benefit, though.... and that's true for both the NSAIDs and the
opioid pain drugs...

 JM> I find I graze more often.  Instead of breakfast/lunch its bite of
 JM> this, a bite of that.  Then supper around 4.30 and that's that till
 JM> the next morning.

I graze mostly, too... Sometimes we have our big meal in the middle of
the day, and graze a little more later in the evening... But when it's
at night, it can be anywhere from 4:30-5ish to 7 or 8.... depending on
how the day unfolds and how long the supper prep takes (and when I
actually start, finally).... 

 JM> I eat very little candy.  I like those fun size candy bars since
 JM> any craving is taken care.  If I buy a full sized bar often that will
 JM> last a couple of days.  (One time while working I brought a full size
 JM> candy bar one summer day.  I had a couple of small bites I tore off,
 JM> wrapped it back up and put in the cubby hole of the golf cart.  One
 JM> nice spring day I was giving the cart a much needed cleaning and found
 JM> that forgotten left over Snickers bar.  I put it back when the cart was
 JM> cleaned.  Then a few weeks later had another bite.  That candy bar
 JM> lasted a year or more. It had melted, frozen, thawed, froze, melted
 JM> again several times that year.)  

That has got to be a record performance... 

 JM> When my sweet tooth acts up I'll often have a teaspoon of plain
 JM> sugar instead.

I'd not do that....   

 JM> I'm not a big candy eater, but I love sweet rolls, cakes, pies, etc. 

I like those, but can keep them in moderation... A taste every so often
will suffice...    I don't gorge on candy, either, though I do have
that more regularly...  I also will substitute chocolate covered fruits
and nuts for candy...  

ttyl     neb

... Man does not live by vegetables alone! Have a cookie.

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