Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[ShrekDawg]

Anyone else receiving a lot of new junk email about Corona crap or is it just me?

YES and it is driving me BATTY!!!!

 

[IamRainey]

Mine are destined for specialty chicken quilts. I've been collecting them for years so there will be lots and lots of chicken quilts.

What a great idea!

 

[IamRainey]

I can't think of a single piece of mail we've had that had anything to do with Covid. I get lots of notices about new policies or services from Los Angeles on my neighborhood online forum, but no mail.

 

[IamRainey]

I get a crust with compost. Maybe you need turn it over and work it in.

A thin fragile one maybe but I thought what seminolewind was describing was a thick impenetrable crust. That sounded like clay to me.

Could you dig through your raised bed a bit and take a pic of the crossection, seminolewind? That would probably help us understand better.

 

[IamRainey]

Me too. I am not ready to be pushing up daisies yet.

Thing is....I have never been a big sugar eater. It was other carbs like potatoes that contributed to it.

Well, that stuff converts to sugar really quickly.

 

[ShrekDawg]

You are not fat and you're definitely not obese so don't stress on how much you weigh.

Ehhhh, I’m definitely a little bit chubby

I’m like 180ish atm

I wanna get back to 165 or even 160.

I'm going to guess that you probably are not a diabetic.
You could still be a pre-diabetic though.

Yeah, probably or close. I need to make some serious adaptations. I honestly think most of it could be solved by just eating regular meals though and none of this “skip meals then get starving and eat super late at night” crap

Under a hundred.

Thanks!! So I’m good then?

artificial sweeteners might be worse for you than regular old white table sugar.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/artificial-sweeteners-sugar-free-but-at-what-cost-201207165030

Thanks for this!!! Very interesting. I’ll just stick to regular sugar then but will try to cut back.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yes and no on the losing weight means losing hungry cells. For some people that is true but it is far more complicated for most.
In fact a big symptom of diabetes is sudden extreme weight loss. In my case that was true. I lost 100# in less than 8 months. So I should have gotten better....less cells and all but it has a lot to do with insulin resistance.
My body had been working hard to make insulin but my cells were like "nope not today" and resisted it.
For a prediabetic weight management by exercise and good diet choices CAN reverse the situation. Not so much for full on type 2 diabetes.



That range sounds very familiar to me....like what my doctor said normal is for normal people the 70-120.



That makes me sad. I think they are nuts and being careless.

Thank you!!! Good to know!! And very interesting about the weight thing. And sorry you lost all that!

After reading what Kiki said I don't know what to tell you.
I was going to say that whatever you do, don't start off with stevia. It's really hard to make the cold switch over to that stuff!! Where as splenda, for the most part, cooks like, acts like, and tastes (mostly) like sugar. It does however have maltodextrin in it.
I've tried xylitol (bad for dogs I think) with mixed results, and coconut sugar, which is more like brown sugar, but splenda is about the only one that will give you a passable cookie, zuicchini chocolate cake, and homemade strawberry sorbet.
I'm sure there are some good ones out there, but we live on a budget so paying $15 for a tiny thing of sugar replacement is not on the menu for us. Kiddo's baked goodies get real sugar and I'm good to steal only one cookie or muffin.



I'm not sure without seeing a picture, however if you mulch over the top with something light, it should keep the moisture in and prevent the crust as you describe it. My other farm, more northeast-ish, had crusty brown clay like soil. Mulch did wonders for it plus it's just good gardening practice for happy plants.

Thank you!!! I had no idea there were so many different kinds haha I wonder if honey would be good? We have tons of that too but I switched to literal multiple spoonfuls of sugar because it wasn’t sweet enough.

 

[Beer can]

@KDOGG331 ever read , look up/Google sugar is poison?
I'm not diabetic but hardly ever have sweets or use sugar drink soda etc.
I've never been much for it anyway but cut out some more (like not in coffee/tea or on cereal/oatmeal etc) after reading some on sugar being poison.
One other good thing of cutting all that out I believe that's why I've made it to 44yrs old and still don't have a single cavity.

 

[Beer can]

We have a stay at home order in my area and I have been home for 2 weeks working from home practicing social distancing. So I did curb side pick up today for my feed and went out in the world today finally. I was amazed at how many people was coming in and out of tractor supply like nothings going on. No one wearing masks or gloves, I even saw two policemen and a dad with three small children in the mix and wondered am I the crazy one or them! No one but me was at the curbside parking spaces but the rest of the lot was pretty much full. Just to be nosy I drove through the walmart parking lot and it was full too with people everywhere.
We had our 1st death from the virus in our county today and the state has thousands infected so you think these people would be more cautious. It's really disturbing to me.

Same here and I'm sure many other places. Wonder what the #s would be if there really was a stay at home shelter in place order. The #s right now is without such things happening even though they keep saying it is.
Had second death here in our county this week.

 

[ShrekDawg]

@KDOGG331 ever read , look up/Google sugar is poison?
I'm not diabetic but hardly ever have sweets or use sugar drink soda etc.
I've never been much for it anyway but cut out some more (like not in coffee/tea or on cereal/oatmeal etc) after reading some on sugar being poison.
One other good thing of cutting all that out I believe that's why I've made it to 44yrs old and still don't have a single cavity.

I don’t think I’ve ever purposely looked it up but I’ve seen similar before and seen graphics or articles or videos or whatever before and it’s scary what it does to the body for sure! I think I actually did see a 60 Minute segment on it several years ago and it was fascinating and also terrifying.

I’ll have to see if I can find it.

For me though it’s like... I know it’s bad but I’m so used to it now that it’s hard to imagine life without it, as stupid as that sounds.

Or like... just can’t think of alternatives/substitutions atm.

Like for example, I need the tea to wake me up lately (that might be another budding addiction ) but how do I flavor it without sugar or honey? I guess just steep it less so it’s not as strong? Or quit the tea and be tired.

I don’t drink soda or anything though anymore. I’ve stopped and started a few times over the years but then it started giving me stomach problems and headaches so I cut it out for good.

Oddly though I really haven’t had that many cavities. I mean, I’ve had a few, but I also have good teeth so I could go without brushing while downing sugar and wouldn’t get them.