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Yes, I try to do this. It's expensive, but I figure I've got to get the nutrients somehow.

That's an excellent idea :)

Everyone, inclusing the allergist :001_huh: thought I was crazy!! I'm allergic to latex as well, but didn't mention it as it didn't seem relevent :) That's interesting that you've been able to add bananas back into your diet. For awhile I couldn't even have lettuce :O that was really bad. Can you believe that I even have a reaction to the little bit of port on my communion wafer? At this point I can still eat peanut butter :)

OAS is Oral Allergy Syndrome. Basically if I eat raw fruits and veggies my mouth and throat start to itch and sometimes start to close. I can't eat raw nuts either. Yes, I can eat them cooked & sometimes if they've been frozen, but not always. I guess what I was really asking is if anybody knew of a diet that didn't involve lots of exercise and lots of cooking ;) I have a hip injury (I used to be a runner) that has prevented exercise & I don't have access to a swimming pool. I also just really hate cooking. Bad combo when it comes to me losing weight, I know. Sounds like the collective wisdom is to suck it up :) which is kind of what I thought it would be, but I was hopeful that someone who was also in my shoes might know of a magic bullet or had found a way to eat stuff raw again.

but you couldn't eat raw fruits or vegetables, how would you go about it in a healthy way? I need to lose about 15-20 lbs. Unforunately I have OAS and the only raw fruits/vegetables that don't cause me problems are lettuce/spinach :( Ideas?

This is how I make gumbo. It's not authentic, but we like it. It evolved from a day that I needed to use up what was in the fridge ;) shrimp frozen corn green chilies (diced) okra (chopped) rice sausage links chicken broth diced tomatoes creole seasoning to taste (green container in the spice section at grocery) Cut up everything to be bite size, put in the dutch oven and boil. That's my super easy, very good, gumbo recipe :)

One of mine is like this. Sometimes we both get discouraged, but then I remind her "remember when reading was so hard and now look." or her handwriting it was aw.ful. then all of a sudden she got a bee in her bonnet and spent all her extra time practicing. Now she's got the best handwriting of all her siblings. Our current struggle is math (she's more than 2 grade levels behind) but we're persevering and I just keep reminding her of the other things that she has overcome. I don't have any specific programs to recommend, (we've used so many) Keep swimming and looking forward. :grouphug:

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Same. Anglican. We file to the front and kneel at the alter rail to recieve the elements.