Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
This is an accountability post. I’ve decided it’s time to give up the smokes so I have a plan set. I’ve joined My fitness pal because I don’t want to substitute smokes for food, nicotine patches, vapes etc. Im incorporating more exercise as a distraction. This is an experiment. 10 smokes a day for a week. 9 the week after. 8 the week after etc. I should be smoke free in 10 weeks or in jail because I’ve killed someone. I can do this because I am strong and stubborn.
A worthy endeavour, go you!
you can do this
Thank you.
You can do it, and that sounds like an excellent plan. I quit by gradually going down in strength, and when I got to the really low ones they were so disgusting I just stopped.
Cheering you on!
It took me a hundred goes to quit, keep at it.
Quitting is easy. I’ve done it hundreds of times.
Congratulations on making an awesome decision for your health! Cutting down with a view to quitting is a great idea. It worked for me anyway. I got down to 6 a day and then quit. I worked out it was taking 10mins to smoke a cigarette so I was wasting an hour a day smoking and complaining that I didn’t have time to do this or that. I also used lozenges and the spray.
Your posts everyday have inspired me to sort out my own health journey. Please keep posting.
I’m kind of curious whether the slow wean method is easier than cold turkey.
If it doesn’t work then I’ll try something else but I’ve gotta give it a go.
Dinner… borg… You will be assimilated.
Image is a chicken burger.
Damn, this place really did replace the /r/melbourne DT thread, huh?
Sure has.
Welcome.
Thursdays we wear wacky ties.
Shit we do? I was wearing my bowtie 🤦♀️🤦♀️
I rock a bolo tie to honour Walker Texas Ranger
i sport a tyre.
Damn G. You got some serious neck strength there
Never skip neck day.
Unless you want to claim government compo
My God, how did you… every Thursday I wear a Dr Who tshirt with a bowtie printed on it because I’m making lasagna sheets and I wear a bib style apron so it displays over the top and I want to look dapper.
You know what I do?
I drink and know things.
It’s also known as the daily dinner thread. Post your dinner at least once or you will be shot.
Welcome to the party.
So the new area I live in is kind of a rich/yuppy area and it’s such a contrast to where I’ve lived for all of my life. I used to live in a bit of a ghetto of sorts (by Melbourne standards, anyway), and all I can notice is just how different life is on the flip side. Even the buses are better around here. Despite the fact they barely even get used since half the neighbourhood has super nice Mercedes, BMWs, etc, the frequency is double-triple of my old bus route
I mean, I guess I should just shut up and enjoy it, but it’s so weird living in such a nice area
Inner east?
Nah, inner west. So technically not even that rich of an area
We’ve hired a Camry for our upcoming US trip, so I just went down to the Toyota dealership with our 3 large suitcases to see if they fit in the boot. And they do! I’m actually really impressed with the boot size.
That is a big boot. Reminds me of this scene from Wonder Boys - https://youtu.be/5N0oMqy-CQQ
Oh no. New neighbours moved in last week a few doors down. They have been playing extremely loud edm with a very intense bass for the last 2 hours now. It’s a Saturday, it’s not late, so I don’t mind them being loud or having a party, but I just went to put some rubbish out and there’s no party. No cars or people. Just really obnoxiously loud music. Which means they’re just listening to it like this for fun…
As long as they turn it off once it gets late. I hope they do. An incredibly elderly couple live directly across the road from them and I can imagine them getting pretty distressed by it at the level that it is right now, even.
The falcons are up!
https://367collins.mirvac.com/workplace/building-overview/falcons-at-367-collins
I’m gonna start this glorious day off with a large strong coffee and poo. Then I’ll work out my next move.
I believe in you.
Thanks. Aim low and everything else is a bonus 👍
I like to aim high when I poo…
Just donated to the Wikimedia Foundation because I browse Wikipedia obsessively.
ID: screenshot of Starship Troopers “I’m doing my part” scene
I hope you used a dummy email coz they will be after you for more later!
I have donated at least once a year for a while, I like the emails. They’re the only ‘spam’ emails I like lol
Has anyone noticed as you’ve gotten older being less tolerant to greasy and salty food? Like I love fish and chips but I slept like shit last night. Same thing happens with excessively salty pizza.
Back when I was young I could inhale such foods without a second thought.
Very much so. Also less tolerant of excessive sugar too. Will make an exception for anchovies on pizza though. The grease I used to eat I couldn’t now. Still OK with butter and olive oil.
I’ve noticed a lot more sugar in foods as I’ve gotten older.
Trick is to nibble on the grease. Nothing extreme, just a little grease nibble.
Build up the tolerance again.
Only milk products, it’s the lactose, it happened after I caught a mild gastro a few years ago . Otherwise I’m fine.
Some days yes.
I take Pantoprazole for reflux and indigestion.
Shit works miracles
Yep. Pizza for dinner means I wake at 3am with the thirst of 100 days in the desert.
Omg isn’t it awful?
No not really
I feel like fatty food makes me sluggish and lazy feeling almost immediately.
Last time I had KFC which was ages ago after not having it for quite awhile made me feel a bit icky.
There’s so much grease in those things that even I felt it.
Hate to see what would happen if I tried it now.
KFC is regrettable. You don’t eat it for ages, then you eat it and remember why you don’t.
I was saying this only last week. Even eating out has a lot more salt than I cook with usually, and I pay for it with the dry horrors all night into the next day.
I can’t remember the last time I went to w restaurant for dinner tbh! Sign of the times.
Restaurant is a generous term for Okami and the local brisket place!
I have less tolerance for vegetable/seed oil, but still load stuff up with butter and salt, and love fatty meats
I seem to be ok with butter too. But excess salt fucks me up.
Do it anyway, the self-hatred survives off abusing ones body. Fuel it. Fuel it.
Breakfast/lunch:
Image: broccolini sauted in butter, garlic, chilli, salt and pepper, add Briesling sardines, a some fried eggs to finish
Edit: also juice of half a lemonI love broccolini. They looks delicious. Thanks for the photo
Hot damn 🤤 foodporn in the purest meaning of the word
Look at Mr Moneybags over here who can afford broccolini!
No but that’s a tasty, hearty and most importantly easy breakfast. I am pondering what to do with my tinned cod liver and apparently it goes nicely in egg salad.
A bunch was on special for 2.80 at Woolies, impulse bought it 🤷♂️ can’t imagine a much easier, tastier or healthier meal
Worse things have been impulse bought for $2.80.
Broccolini is the shiznits though, even if I’m still salty that they can charge more for it than its parents (broccoli and kai lan).
Shit, now I have a craving for broccolini …
I’m on broccoli’s side. I look at broccolini and think you poor skinny, limp substitute but broccoli is like lush and I look for the purple bits. Plus when you cook broccoli right magic happens in your mouth.
Takes less time to grow… Costs more money… Story checks out I guess 😕
I’ve gone down a rabbit hole trying to find how one can grow them in a home garden and the seeds are definitely not as readily available… I’m tempted to splurge on this packet here and distribute it to various friends and see if by our gardening powers combined we can break the retail stronghold on outrageous broccolini prices.
That looks amazing!
Weather app: is 17 degrees.
Me, stepping outside: Where?!?
Idk I’ve been walking around in a t shirt and sandals all day, it’s mad
Ambient temperature can be remarkably different to the “feels like” temperature.
I’ve recently started listening to audio books. It’s helped with motivation to do things like going for a walk or doing housework, because I can now associate those tasks with looking forward to hearing the next part of the story. Stripping the bed and laundry, here I come without a scowl.
hell yeah to audiobooks, a good book can make work go by so fast. If you’re not already using it look into Libby, by OverDrive cause alot of good audiobooks are available at the library for f r e e
What genres do you like? Can maybe recommend some good ones
Happy to give most things a go, expand my genres! General fiction, softer sci fi, crime mysteries, dystopian, literary, pop science and history are all things I’ve read on paper. Not really into sports or pulp romance, but other than that willing to try things.
Strong strong recommendation for Project Hail Mary from Andy Weir if you haven’t already read it. It is softer sci-fi, wouldn’t want to spoil it too much. Production of the audiobook is very good.
Zero Day Code - John Birmingham is a lot of fun. Dystopian trilogy and one of my favourites of the genre. Widespread EMP style collapse as it happensThanks, have put on my list!
Supercheap Auto fire blankets that were sold for the last four years have been recalled. They have one job, and they apparently fail to do it.
I have woken again. Not fully hungover after a second sleep, just a bit sore because I haven’t danced like that in a while.
I looked back at my posts last night, and I apologise 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Nah. Nothing to apologise for. You were having fun. You didn’t do anything wrong. Promise.
I love a good oops I was drunk may have posted extra content moment. Well I used to anyway.
