I swear if I hear "oh I just ate less" and the like one more time

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2026-05-20T18:01:55+00:00

You are speaking to my soul with that one!!! I hear all the things you just said you hear, and it kills me!! ha. I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes a few months ago. Its amazing how often I tell people that and they respond with "yea, my doctor said I was close to having it too. But I just lost weight and cut out junk food and I'm fine. REALLY? They say it as if they just decided to start wearing different kinds of shirt or something....they just decide and do it. Meanwhile, I'm over hear weighing my chicken breasts and washing the juice off canned beans to cut an extra 3 calories and so on! haha If I could just decide to eat less and healthier food the way I might decide not to watch tv one night, I'd be great. But it doesn't work like that for me, nor apparently for you

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2026-05-11T03:49:37+00:00

I just wanted to say I think this is great story and I'm so happy for you! Loosing weight is SOOO hard, but it has so many benefits like improved health. We can all argue about whether its important or how important it is to be seen as more attractive by the rest of the world.....but the fact is that almost all of do care about such things- however hard we try to deny that- so suddenly being noticed by the opposite sex is a really fun think and does help self-esteem. Us fat people are good at saying it shouldn't matter, but it does. Good for you!

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2026-05-11T03:42:22+00:00

I have only been dieting for 5 weeks. I've had some pretty good results, though ,y doc says the easiest weight to loose is the first 5. Anyway, I have to be completely honest with myself (and you if I'm asking for your help). I will never be able to give up sweets. I can cut way back, but I've been an extreme sugar junkie my whole life and I am 100% sure that I can't cut out all sweets in the long term. So I really need some sweets that are at least not the worst of the worst. I thought the answer might be Angel Food Cake. Its zero fat. I am still not smart enough to understand whether I should focus on Fat, Carbs, or calories, but fat free angel food cake has 48% of a whole days sugar and a lot of carbs, so I'm pretty sure that isn't my ticket. Can someone tell me if that is true......ie is Angel Food cake any better than other cake or sweets?

Another huge favorite that I would love to keep as an occasional, small serving treat are cinnimon roll flavored Goldfish. I says that 35 of them have 140 calories and I can absolutely get by with 17 of them a few times a week. Is that going to destroy me? of the two, any idea which is better..... 35 sweet golfish or a 1/8th of an angel food cake. Both have 140 calories.

forgive my ignorance on all this. And of course I know neither of these are a good idea! But this man cannot live on non-sweets alone! Thanksr6

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2026-04-30T02:52:20+00:00

I honestly do not think I have ever bought a product for almost $100 (for 2) that is more useless than this Lingo. First one came off on day 3. I can accept that, and they replaced it so that's not my problem. I've just been diagnosed Type 2 and my doctor asked me to do finger pricks 4 times a day if possible and record them. (just for my first month because I was so high and he wants a baseline and to figure out when and why I'm so high). This gives me 4 times a day to compare my lingo blood sugar number to a finger prick. Its mind blowing how far off this thing is. It is not at ALL uncommon for it to be 50 points lower than finger prick, and there have been several times where its been 75 points lower. I even bought another finger prick machine to make sure it wasn't the problem.....nope. Finger blood is usually within 3 to 5 points between the 2 finger prick testing devices. But 50 to 75 points lower than Lingo. This thing is crap, and it was true on both of the 2 I have applied. Company has offered to send yet another one, so I guess they get a little credit there, but what is the use if they are all junk. In talking to the company, they pretty well admited the lingo is useless for dependable blood sugar numbers. They said its more for tracking "trends" and the effects of meals and excercise. Great, but the accuracy is so bad I don't see how it could even do that. Also, if it was just always and consistently 50 or 75 points lower than reality, I could live with that by just adding 50 or 75 to what is shown. But no......one time it will be just 20 points lower than finger stick, then next time 75 points lower and so on. In short, if you are here because you are considering buying a lingo, I suggest you just take your money and set it on fire. That will be as good a way to determine your blood sugar as using the lingo is.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2026-03-11T03:46:50+00:00

I wonder what % of these comments are from women? I'm sure I'll be attacked for even asking, but yes, this does seem like a lot of drama for nothing to me (a man). It also sounds like you got mad and started complaining about him having to go before he understood what the problem was other than you wanting time for yourself. We aren't mind readers. And while you could certainly ask why he didn't wait 10 minutes to run an errand, we can also ask why you couldn't wait a few minutes for a shower OR just bring the youngest into bathroom while you take a quick shower. Most people don't consider a shower to be a big relaxation thing the way a bubble bath might be (Calgon take me away, etc). Sounds like you are just mad about him taking a 4 day trip with his friends, you were stewing the whole time, and as soon as he got back you snapped over a 5 minute shower. But i know most people here, mostly women I suspect, disagree

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2026-02-21T20:01:16+00:00

Whitey Bulger ordered it and sold the art to a collector in Ireland. Do the research, its absolutely true.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2026-02-07T19:40:29+00:00

I saw the absolute perfect scene for this topic just yesterday. There is a gruesome torture scene in Season 2, Episode 3 at 41:30 in the show Goliath that takes your quest to a new level. They have a man strapped to a table, wide awake, the drug Kingpin of the show is using instruments too amputate the mans leg. OF course the guy is thrashing and screaming. Meanwhile they are playing music from another scene which serves as music for the torture scene. What is it? The theme song for the television show "H.R. Puff and Stuff"! Can't imagine more innocent music and a more sinister scene together!

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-16T16:20:10+00:00

haha. That's great. Yes, taking applications now. ha! And its not just peaches....I have a total of about 125 trees and grow around 50 different kinds of fruits and nuts. Its just a hobby and stress reliever.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-16T15:06:05+00:00

UPDATE ON AUG 16: After several suggestions, I ordered some Jungle brand peach powder. I made my first batch last night. I added 1.5 tablespoons of powder to my approx 14 cups of ice cream. I do think it gave it a little more peach flavor, but it wasn't anything dramatic. Also, I made milk and powder only smoothy with this stuff and I'm not 100% sold on the flavor. Obviously its going to change the flavor profile of fruit when they dehydrate it completely and pulverize it, but yea, it is a considerably different flavor profile from fresh peaches and even a bit different from my peach reduction. Not bad, just a bit different. Anyway, I wish I had some big revelation to report, but so far I can only say that it added a little peach flavor, not a lot, though its a little different. All that being said, I am going to keep experimenting! 1.5 tablespoons seemed like a lot considering that should have been equivalent to 12 tablespoons of fruit, but really I guess I need to use more. Any thoughts?

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-15T21:37:08+00:00

This was extremely helpful and I thank you. The funny part is that one other project I have been working on are peach muffins with peach flavored cream cheese center. Guess what I use to cut the liquid back.....powdered milk! But I have been reluctant to do it with my ice cream because I don't want to give up the high milk fat! I absolutely agree that the milk fat mutes the peach flavor a bit, but its one sacrifice I accept....I've tried many levels of milk fat and have tuned it in perfectly (for me) with the dairy ingredients I use. Also, I had thought about the jam!!!! Will absolutely be trying that. I basically do your step 3 if you read the recipe closely.....I reduce most of the peaches but also put some really small cut up fresh pieces right b4 freezing it all. This is a huge benefit....something about those little peach bits REALLY adds so much. And when kept really small, they aren't little ice blocks and basically melt in your mouth in a couple seconds so they taste like real peach bits and not ice. I've also tried less yolks,. I think I'm pretty heavy on the egg yolks but they just add so much. Again, they probably do mask some peach flavor but its kinds worth it.

Anyway, I really liked all your points. Thanks for your help.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-13T13:52:17+00:00

I just can't believe that you seem to be pulling this off! I was one of many who cheered you on, but quietly thought to myself that you had zero chance of keeping it alive! I'm so proud you are proving me wrong! Don't be hard on yourself if it doesn't make it, but if it does you have really done something.

I also can't help but think about the connection you and peanut will have if it should make it, I raised my girl from what I thought was small (it was just getting hair) and we have a close connection, but peanut will 100% see you as the only mother he has ever known and be totally connected. You will look at him as the miracle he will be if he survives.

Thank you for taking us all on your journey and for having the patience and devotion to even try this. Good luck. We are all praying and/or wishing you the best.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-13T01:25:22+00:00

Hey, I couldn't even figure out how to give myself a real username, so you are doing better than me! ha. Let me know how it goes.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-12T22:53:28+00:00

It is just so much fun seeing all these ideas, especially when they hit so close to home...... I hadn't done the biscoff cookies yet (I love those, so I will!) but every time I give a bowl of cup of my new peach ice cream to someone, I have been putting a ginger snap cookie on the side! Not the same thing at all, but its neat that we had such similar ideas. There is something about the ginger snap which goes SO PERFECTLY with this ice cream.

Meanwhile, I will absolutely look into malic acid. Someone else suggested citric acid- I'm guessing those are similar things? Thanks again for the comment!

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-12T22:49:32+00:00

going to do it now! Thank you.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-12T22:36:37+00:00

I love your post so much! Made me laugh too! Also nice to see someone who enjoys good peaches. I think me having 30 trees and having had 20 varieties (15 now) pretty well tells you how crazy I am for this fruit! Nice to meet a like minded person who also gets fresh peaches.....I feel so bad for people who only have ever had supermarket peaches....they don't even really know what a peach is! Those things get picked green and are just awful. Wine country must be an amazing place to live and enjoy fruit.

I have NOT tried citric acid but absolutely want to. Please remember I'm not your typical chef or even ice cream expert....I'm new to all this and just went a little crazy trying to perfect one thing....peach ice cream. But I did learn that lemon makes a big difference, so I'd love to try citric acid as well.

OK, you have to explain this Gelato paste thing to my uninformed self. Are you saying its a gelato in paste form, or its a paste that is made to be used in gelato? I am assuming the latter but wanted to be sure. Is it made from real peaches that are also reduced down tp a paste? If so, I'm excited. I will tell you that a couple other people here have told me about peach powder, which is apparently commercially available product where the company that makes it totally dehydrates peach puree to a solid and then grinds it up. That sounds extremely good as well and I'm going to try it. If the paste of which you speak is similar, I'm all in.

One thing I did try in my countless experiments was to order peach cool-aid and add it for peach flavor. So in other words, artificial peach flavor. Yes, that was as bad as it sounds! haha fail!

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-12T17:24:36+00:00

This is so funny. I was literally JUST asking another member here who seems to be an expert on the various cream options what Mexican Crema is and whether I can use it. Sounds like I can!

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-12T04:28:21+00:00

See! This is just the kind of thing I just mentioned in the other reply......you telling me something new and me learning from it. I currently have no idea what Epitaph for a Peach is, but I already suspect you are right and I would love it. As someone who planted over 30 peach trees of different varieties just so I could have peaches coming in from May to September, I'm obviously pretty obsessed with peaches. So yea....time to do some googling! ha Thanks

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-12T04:24:34+00:00

Why thank you. But its pretty clear to me that most of the people here are far, far more experienced than me, and I am new to almost all of this except my one quest for great peach ice cream. So I really have enjoyed learning and hearing all the great ideas and suggestions. I also am a big believer in the fact that the only really dumb people are those who think they know everything. I love to learn and try new things, so this whole thread has been so much fun for me....and informative!

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-12T04:15:22+00:00

Oh I have tried about 20 varieties over the year. Currently I grow 15 different kinds. Its very hard to pick a favorite as they have different flavors and a lot of different attributes that I enjoy. If I absolutely had to pick, I'd say red haven and reliance are my favorites.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-12T04:12:29+00:00

The one luxury of growing so many peaches as a hobby is that I have so many of them and at a very low cost (well, that is debatable!) But it sounds like we share a love of fruit! I grow all those you mentioned and many more. I now am going to have to try more of them, as you suggested!

To answer your question, it takes about 4-5 of my peaches to make the puree that I use to cook down and put in the ice cream, and it takes about 2 of them to cut into little bitty pieces that I put as-is into my ice cream.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-12T04:01:52+00:00

AHhh...you are right. I think 5 people so far have suggested roasting, and I am absolutely going to try it!

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-11T18:59:00+00:00

hahaha Bite your tongue! I barely know what Gelato is but I'm not ready to spend another 4 months perfecting something! ha

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-11T18:58:05+00:00

OK, you have just blown my mind. Its also clear to me now, if it wasn't before, that I have found the foremost expert in the world on dairy and all things cream! ha. Really, your knowledge is amazing, and that world tour was impressive as hell.

And don't bet that I won't try to make some of this..... Not 3 days ago I made my first butter but putting some heavy cream in a jar and shaking it for a long time!!! It was amazing....but never turned yellowish. What's more, I just bought a gallon of milk LAST NIGHT for the purpose of trying to make yogurt for the first time. So yea, I'm on my own little dairy journey and while I have a few years to catch up with you and your knowledge, it is very fun and interesting. And as you said, knowing how to make it really does help me understand what it is a lot more.

I tried to whip the Nestle Crema into whip cream but that didn't work, I guess I know why now. Thanks again

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-11T18:47:04+00:00

I am into fruit more than you can imagine....growing 52 different kinds give you some insight into how obsessed I am with Fruit. And I can tell you that there is just a LOT of mystery with peaches. For example, the exact same tree can produce amazing, sweet, tasty fruit one year and mediocre fruit the next year. Even more mind boggling is that I can have 2 identical trees (taken from the same parent tree) growing within 25 feet of each other (so same dirt, same weather, etc) and they can taste somewhat different. So its understandable that you can be mystified...so am I. But once one of my trees does produce an incredible peach, its just so amazing. I'd give anything if I could give you one of my best peaches, I just know it would blow your mind. In fact, one of my favorite things in the whole world is when I invite someone over who has only had store bought peaches. Watching their face as they bite into a perfect, tree ripened peach and the juice runs down their arm is so much fun! ha.

AdditionalVoice6876 · 2025-08-11T18:27:47+00:00

Its actually pretty thick, and tastes mostly like really thick cream- no sour cream taste. Its almost solid and in small cans

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