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  1. What lowered my blood pressure was giving up gluten and sugar. Sugar especially makes it rise. Salt actually has little effect on my blood pressure.
  2. My son is in his second year of college, living at home. I'm trying to be, as the previous poster said, more of a couselor or advocate then the mom telling what to do. If he's doing something that's annoying me, I try to talk to him about it in the same manner I would to a friend. Biting my tonue often to not give advice when it's not asked for. Mor uh huh, I see, and nodding then saying well here's what you need to do.
  3. Hmmm, my son is in college now. I didn't use extra texts (besides math and science) but we did use a combination of Omnibus and Well Trained Mind methods. I think that more than anything is what prepared him. True, we were using real books, rather than texts. But by asking questions the questions from The Well Educated Mind, he was able to learn how to get important facts out of the book. And we had done a bunch of outlining in middle school, and that prepared him to. I truly am a believer in Classical education, as it teaches them how to think. And then you don't have to worry about doing it just like someone else does it.
  4. [quote name=*~Tina~*;3469703 I asked for one candy bar...that wasn't the green light to go wild. If he was trying to kick the soda habit and ask me to bring home a Pepsi for him' date=' I wouldn't pick up his four favorite sodas and throw in a couple extra just for good measure ;) I'd bring home ONE Pepsi (and probably a lecture to go with it). I think it's a combination of saboteur behavior, a bit of insecurity, and yes love too :) but dang it...I'm SO weak...guess that's the real issue here...this is a huge weakness for me and I want support not enabling :D Now...who wants chocolate?? :lol: ETA: He knows I LOVE books...but even so...he ain't never bought me a single one on his own accord!! Just sayin' lol![/quote] I'm thinking he figured if you didn't eat it he could. or not feel guilty when he does eat it. So, in dealing with it, I wouldn't ask him to get whatever, cause you know what is going to happen . He's just not on board with you. Which is frustrating, my hubby can be that way too. Now he's finally kind of getting it. But still if I say I'd like a little candy, i could see him doing the same thing. But every time you throw away the candy, your husband and friends will get it more. You are not the same person. Before you may have used sugar as comfort food, but now you are differant. When he sees that differance , hopefully he'll begin to get it.
  5. Ok, I posted earlier and said it wasn't since you didn't say no. But now Im thinking more. You want your daughter to feel like an adult and being in the city with a friend at night is something adults do. If you don't think she has the skills, maybe you should talk about that and make sure she does. It is differant because I have a son, but guys can get robbed too. It has happened in our downtown area. My son has season tickets to his college game and lives at home, so he often is in that situation. Usually there are lots of people around. One time the buses were differant and he was lost. He called and asked us to look up the nearest bus stop, which we did. Problem handled. Sometimes, yea I'm nervous. Somebody near there did get knifed. But, my son wants me to treat him as an adult.
  6. You said you were concerned. I think that's fine. After that I would drop it. If she canceled great, but you would have to be ok if whe goes to. And I try and keep the amount of times I tell my son I'm worried to a bare minimum-he's 20 and living at home while in college
  7. I felt that way last Friday. Then by Saturday I was throwing up. My husband felt the same way but didn't get the naseua. I vote for virus. If it doesn't go away or reoccurs then I'd check into it. For now, drink water and rest.
  8. Put a tennis ball (or similar size ball) under your foot Stand on it.roll it around with your foot. So this for 60 sec on eqach foot twice a day. lay a hand towel on the floor. Try and pick up the towel with your foot. You scrunch up the towel with your toes trying to get get it all scrunched under your toes. My friend is a masseuse and these are the exercises he told me to do. If you can afford a massage, having him massage my feet was wonderful. The other thing that helped was going gluten free. Before that flare up were common . Now my feet hardly ever have pain.
  9. I took dark chocolate (made sure it was dairy free) melted in the microwave Then mixed in chopped nuts. Harden in the fridge for half an hour. Then break into candy pieces.
  10. Eggs are cheap, we do that often for breakfast. Also canned tuna and salmon can be bought on sale. I mix with tuna with an eg, some spices and shape into a patty and fry in skillet with 2 T oil for about 3 min each side Tuna melt- Tuna, olil or mayo, veggies chopped up, pickles chopped up. grill on your thin bagels top with cheese Our meals are mainly veggies + meat, so I don't have any new ideas for that. But I do buy veggies that are on sale. And meat when it is on sale. Chicken thighs are usually cheaper than breasts. Hamburger can be bought on sale. You can make spagetti and put it over spagettin squash intseat of noodles. Don't forget if you are going the low carb route, you need to have more fat in your diet. The fat will fuel your body and fill you up. Avacadoes, veggies sauteed in butter or oil, fatty chunks of meat (which are also cheaper)
  11. Isn't that a good feeling? He sounds so much like my son. He's an engineering major, who does as few English classes as possible. Hated all writing we did in homeschool. But he's received A's in both English classes he's taken.
  12. Best thing I've done is to get a computer software program and install my recipes on it. I made sure their were basic recipes like spagetti, baked chicken and tacos. If he can follow a recipe, he's good.
  13. Can you take out carpet in just your daughter's room? At my naturpath's suggestion we did just my bedroom first (I am the one with allergies)Just not having any carpet in my room made such a huge differance.
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