Comments for Life in Your Years Blog: Health, Finance, & More

Comment on 10 Essential GIMP Plugins and Scripts by EIA

EIA — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:29:18 +0000

Any experience with GIMP in Linux? By default, I think some of these plugins are installed. I haven’t noticed the darla though.

Comment on Review of Puritan’s Pride by Howie

Howie — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:20:51 +0000

I agree that fish oil supplements are essential to one’s health. Perhaps I can say that it is a necessity for people especially those who are starting to age already. I’m on Maxalife now and I’m glad that I was able to develop a habit of taking it regularly. It helped a lot especially on the irregularities in my heart. I also feel more energetic than before. It indeed makes you “youthful” in some sort. Maxalife can be purchased from their website.

Comment on Dieting and Struggling With Weight by Professional flexi bar

Professional flexi bar — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:22:42 +0000

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Comment on The Conforming Power of Education by David Bennett

David Bennett — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:04:36 +0000

Let’s not forget you can start your own non-profit, school, etc too.

Comment on A Fiesta, Not a Feast by David B

David B — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:44:40 +0000

I am not necessarily suggesting food at the center is bad, just that food doesn’t have to be the center of every family gathering. I recognize the value of eating, and as I have been posting lately, the Buddhist concept of mindfulness has helped me understand that I have been enjoying food not too much, but too little. I think it can relate to the Mass as well, since many of us mindlessly celebrate the sacrament in a way that totally ignores the fact that we are sharing a meal (how many people really think of it as that as they are there?).

However, my concern is that placing food as the center of every event can eclipse other important aspects of the gathering, especially when eating means mindlessly gorging (i.e. eating a lot but not really enjoying it), while getting rid of everything that makes a meal meaningful (atmosphere, family, friends, customs, etc). I guess my beef is with how food has taken center stage in America lately. The preparation, ambiance, traditions, etc, have been dropping off in place of eating quickly to leave the table as soon as possible to watch the game or so everybody can get to their computers to chat on Facebook.

Comment on A Fiesta, Not a Feast by Annie

Annie — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:37:57 +0000

Should we take the meal out of the center of religion as well? I don’t think this business of celebrating by sharing food is such a problem. It’s that we don’t cycle through seasons of fasting that correspond to our feasting. And I do think questioning the value of the meal at the center of our relationships raises serious sacramental issues.

Comment on Too Much of a Good Thing? by Connie M

Connie M — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:57:45 +0000

So THAT’S it!!! I’ve been battling this metallic taste in my mouth for months. It’s the Stevia. I’ve changed medications, seen doctors, even changed my favorite tea cup – all for nought. I use Stevia all day long in hot drinks in the morning, afternoon and into the night. I’m stopping it immediately, although I thought I loved it. This metallic taste has been horrible and getting so much stronger. Too bad. I was such a Stevia fan.

Comment on Too Much of a Good Thing? by Gloria V

Gloria V — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:59:20 +0000

I found your note this morning when looking for information on whether Stevia leaves a metallic taste in your mouth. I have just started in the last month to remove sugar from my diet and have been using Truvia and have noticed a metallic taste in my mouth. I do not have any oral hygiene problems so I ruled that out. The book I am using for my dietary change also uses Xylitol but I have not tried it yet. I am going to start drinking more water today and see how that effects the metallic taste.

Any information you can share with me on your experience would be greatly appreciated.

Comment on Fitday 2.0? by Lantrix

Lantrix — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:44:57 +0000

It would be nice if they offered an upgrade price for existing customers, eg: $15.

I’m not really interested in their “updated DB” as I add most of my foods as custom foods, and rely on their raw food info, carrots, meats, vegetables, fruit, etc. One would hope that they were accurate in V1.

The only other thing that would sell me onto V2 would be if it Synced to an iPhone. I’d happily pay $29 for the full update and another $5 to $10 for the iPhone app. Talk about ultimate in your pocket tracking of your food!

Comment on The Basic Math of Losing Weight by Lantrix

Lantrix — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:39:26 +0000

I know this is an old post, but here goes….

I use the original Fitday (V1) and it really is a fab program. The issues I have found that is if you don’t stick to tracking your energy intake and expenditure each day, you will find yourself restarting your weight goal a lot!

Additionally, if you work away from home and purchase your food from shops for lunch etc., then it is difficult to correlate what you are purchasing with what you are eating.

It really works best when you know exactly what you are eating when you make, or prepare, the food yourself. In this case the custom food feature allows you to input things you eat that are not in the Fitday database. A good time to enter this is when you are eating at home. Example: You pour a (measured!) bowl of Kellogs Sultana Bran which is 50grams in weight. You add 200ml of milk. While you sit down at the breakfast table take the time to add Sultana bran to the custom food list by reading the nutrition label from the box. If you don’t do it, you are (a) not going to remember how much you poured; or (b) not going to bother with it the next day when you are 3 meals beyond that time.

So it’s time intensive, but if you keep it up – its a great app to help you understand what foods will be pushing you into the 2500+ calories per day intake.

Thanks for the post.