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⌈ Secret Post #3032 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Ioan Gruffudd/Horatio Hornblower]


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[ebooks tree]


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[Horrible Histories]


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[Burn Notice]


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[Bradley Cooper]


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[Grimm]


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[Assassin's Creed: UNITY]


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10. [POSSIBLE WARNING for suicide]


[David Walliams]


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[Game of Thrones]


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[Nina Dobrev]


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[The Avengers]


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[Fire Emblem: Awakening]


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Advice Column

[(Anonymous)]

Ask for advice.

building a healthy pantry

[(Anonymous)]

what food should i put into my pantry to be healthy

i have no diet restrictions

Re: building a healthy pantry

[(Anonymous)]

Do you know how to cook? Eating healthy is a lot harder and more expensive if you don't, unfortunately. For non perishables, I'd stock things like beans and legumes, plenty of spices, canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, olive oil and canola oil

For perishables, plenty of fresh veg if you can afford it: broccoli, kale, cabbage, spinach, brussel sprouts, green beans, etc. Garlic and onion for cooking with. Lean proteins like chicken, pork and fish. Eggs!

Go easy on starches and carbs, including starchy vegetables like corn.

Re: building a healthy pantry

[(Anonymous)]

Anything that doesn't come in any kind of packaging.

Re: building a healthy pantry

[(Anonymous)]

Are you trying to go whole foods cleaning eating healthy, or healthier than your average person healthy?

Re: building a healthy pantry

[herpymcderp]

My pantry generally consists of:

1-3 kinds of noodles or dried pasta. Asian noodles are great.
All purpose flour, whole wheat flour, corn meal, glutinous rice flour.
Oats, chocolate chips, raisins, dried fruit, flax seed, milled barley.
Dried split peas, red lentils, and sometimes other dried beans.
Canned beans! Usually kidney beans, black beans, chick peas, and pinto beans.
Basmati, jasmine, and short grain sushi rice.
Canned diced tomato and canned tomato paste.
Sugar, salt, and things for baking (ie. yeast, baking powder). Sometimes turbinado sugar.
Canned tuna (sometimes, for the SO) and canned fruit such as pears or pineapple (sometimes).
Nuts! Almonds, walnuts, peanuts, cashews, and pecans are common in my cupboards. Also, natural peanut butter is a pantry staple.

Re: building a healthy pantry

[siofrabunnies]

Most important thing is variety. Get five 1/2-cup servings of veggies a day, however you like them. Soups are a good way to knock out two or three in one meal.

Every meal should have a source of protein (15-20 grams), a reasonable amount of fat, and at least one vegetable/fruit. Healthy fats include nuts/seeds, fish, avocados, etc. Dairy fats aren't that bad, as long as it's not too much, and red meats are the unhealthy ones. Fat's important, as it helps you absorb the vitamins from foods, just don't overdo it.

Fiber is better than starch, which is better than sugar. Choose carbs that are higher in fiber: they help you feel more sated after eating, and contribute to health in a lot of ways. Vegetables are better than fruits, because they don't have as much sugar, but fruits aren't bad at all. Fruit juice is not fruit; it's liquid candy.

For actual specifics, I like nut butters with an apple for a quick snack. Or an ounce of cheese with an apple. Or a frozen vegetable mix. For meals, my favorite is soups. Some split peas, ham, broth and a crock pot lets me have a healthy, tasty lunch every day for a week.

Re: building a healthy pantry

[cushlamochree]

I don't think a pantry can make you healthy - so much of healthy eating is making the most of fruit, vegetables, dairy, protein, etc.

But as others have said - have whole grains, have beans and lentils and other legumes. Have canned tomatoes to make pasta (Herpy is wrong though, a can of whole plum tomatoes I'd better than diced, at least for pasta). Also, I think, just having things that are useful for cooking - cooking oil, flour, anchovies, spices, things like that.

Re: building a healthy pantry

[caerbannog]

I guess I'll give an example of mine?
Pantry:
- 20kg of flour because I like making bread
- fabric bag of potatoes
- onions and garlic can be hung and dried
- various bags of pasta. I prefer small brown pasta to noodles personally
- herbs and spices galore - makes any boring meal exciting! Turmeric is a fave.
- pepper and salt
- sauces: tomato, BBQ, sweet chilli, sriracha mustard
- dented canned food from discount aisle as back ups
- 5 litre olive oil for cooking
- canned beans corn peas
- I have a pot if coriander growing in my kitchen
- spreads: Vegemite, jam, 5 litres of local honey. Doesn't expire so grab it in bulk! Good for colds
- various teas
- long storage milk
- brown sugar and white sugar : both for cooking.
- baking soda
- lemon juice and vinegar - apple vinegar is better I think

Bananas-apples whatever fruit is on sale basically.

Fridge:
- eggs
- cooking butter
- sandwich butter
- bread
- sundried tomatoes in oil
- various other pickled foods. Last awhile
- long storage milk
Avocado when in season
Garlic and Ginger paste
Mayo (flavour mayo with sauces and herbs!)
Yeast
Cheese
Cured meat ie kabana

Suggestion: you might like yogurt? Or olives?

Freezer - I keep my veggies here because I buy in bulk but can't eat it all fast enough. Small portion goes in fridge and the rest I snap freeze
- frozen seasonal veggies
- my bulk bought veggies. Ie capsicum i slice up and put in a sandwich bag to save space
- meat, including bacon chicken sausages mince and burgers
- excess bread. Normally half loaf freezer and half loaf in fridge
- frozen spinach and kale galore
-frozen oil ice cubes with herbs garlic etc in them for cooking

Re: building a healthy pantry

[diet_poison]

A better question might be what food you should not put in your pantry.

Avoid buying processed snacks. If you must snack, go for whole-grain, high-fiber stuff, or just nuts/fruits/veggies. (I should note that I'm pretty bad at following this rule myself, but lately I've just gotten *tired* of the chips and cheezits and whatever so I'm starting to move away from it and taking the opportunity to eat healthier overall.)

Avoid white bread/pasta. Go for whole grains for both.

Other than that, eat what you like, and focus on plant-based fats and proteins, as well as produce. Green vegetables are so good for you. I'm trying to eat 2 servings of fruit and 3 of veggies a day. Not very good at it yet, but I knock off one serving just by having a can of V8 juice on my breaks most days (I buy the original low sodium in the small cans, so good and perfect size for snacks) and sometimes also fresh carrots or bell peppers to munch on. Veggie soups are also great, you can have them alone or add other stuff to them. I keep a few cans in my cabinets. Beans are SUPER good to always have on hand.

Since other people are sharing, I'll share my basics (probably forget a few things but eh):

Pantry:
+first off, quick meals. These are what I'm trying to move away from (ramen, mac and cheese, shit like that) because they're so bad for you, and I'm trying to start cooking more. It's frustrating because I live alone so it's hard to buy stuff in bulk, and if I cook something that's pretty much what I'm eating for the next 3-4 days. I know it can be done, though!
+canned soup - veggie soup mostly, also have some chicken noodle on hand
+dried beans, like a bag of 15 bean soup (you can do many things with that)
+Nutella (MODERATION!)
+honey
+spices - I have things like turmeric, oregano, red pepper, basil, a few other things. Trying to expand my collection.
+olive oil - an absolute must. one of the healthiest sources of fat, and helpful in cooking so many things.
+sesame oil
+soy sauce
+corn starch for cooking some stuff
+tea
+a loaf of bread (I don't actually eat very much plain bread, I sometimes make sandwiches for work. I wish I could buy smaller amounts since it almost always goes bad before I eat it all, but at least it's cheap.) I have white bread just because I so rarely eat it, but whole grain is better esp. if you eat sandwiches often.
+pasta - whole grain and rice pasta
+rice (I honestly like wild rice better than white rice, so yay - I have white rice but just for the occasional fried rice basically)
+tomato sauce
+onions
+garlic
+fresh fruit
+cereal - breakfast cereal is my crutch. I probably don't pick the best kinds (I should eat more of the whole grain high fiber shit, but I do avoid the sugar bomb stuff I used to like. I just don't eat too much)
+oatmeal and cream of wheat
+baking basics - flour, sugar, baking powder/soda, canola oil, raisins, brown sugar, etc.

fridge:
+milk
+eggs
+butter (salted and unsalted)
+fresh veggies! I keep carrots and peppers for both cooking and snacking, and I'm trying to buy more greens for cooking - leafy greens for salads and sauteeing, Brussels sprouts because they're delicious...I buy broccoli sometimes even though I don't like it very much because it's just so easy to cook. Cauliflower is good too! But be aware that veggies don't keep well, so plan what to make before you buy them. I'm trying to just make one cooking veg dish a week - it's a good start, I may work up to more - and buy the veggies within a day or two of making it. It can be really simple stuff too.
+yogurt - more for eating in a pinch, I don't actually like yogurt much except the sugar-added stuff that's really bad for you; fortunately I don't eat it much
+V8 juice - I always have a few six-packs of my favorite on hand
+lox, sometimes. yumm
+beer
+sometimes fruit juice
+Parmesan cheese
+ketchup
+natural peanut butter

freezer:
+more quick meal stuff - see comment above
+frozen shrimp and fish fillets
+sometimes fruit bars for dessert - they're better for you you (er, less bad) than eating ice cream or cookies, and I think they're tasty and refreshing especially in summer. I should buy some soon :3
+sometimes Boca burgers
+I might start buying some meat at the farmer's market and freezing it, but idk. until recently I didn't eat any meat except fish and I have zero experience cooking it lol. if I did it'd probably be mostly chicken, and maybe a few frozen hamburger patties.
+I've pretty much stopped keeping ice cream at home. there's no point. it's so bad for you and not even satisfying. much better for me to limit ice cream to special outings, and you get the better stuff that way anyway :)

Weight Gain

[(Anonymous)]

I'm underweight to the point that my doctor actually asked me if I was dieting (possibly concerned I have an eating disorder - I don't*). I should've probably asked him at the time, but part of my problem is that if I eat a lot, I fill up fast. But I wonder if I don't realize being somewhat full or just not hungry is actually normal?

I'm trying the "little small meals/nutrition drinks" thing (at the urging of my doctor), but that sometimes fills me up to the point at which I barely have any dinner. Which seems somewhat counterproductive to weight gain...


*Although I was a bit "chunky" a few years ago, and urged to cut down on how much I was eating. But this was also when I was in college and had the unhealthy eating habits of a college kid.

Re: Weight Gain

[(Anonymous)]

If you have the money for it, try drinking lots of whole milk. Tons of protein, good amount of fat and carbs.

Re: Weight Gain

[(Anonymous)]

Protein. Protein protein protein. Two tablespoons of natural peanut butter in your oatmeal in the morning, 2oz cheese at lunch (if you're lactose-intolerant, find a low-lactose variety like Swiss), red meat for dinner. Basically, add one extra protein source to every meal, and you should start to feel better. Those meal replacements are 99% sugar, BTW, and are basically garbage.

Re: Weight Gain

[herpymcderp]

If you can't eat a lot, eat foods that are more calorific.

It's not the absolute healthiest way to gain weight but I always find that ice cream is my best friend for putting the pounds back on.

Re: Weight Gain

[were_lemur]

If you're healthy, why stress about your weight?

If you're not healthy, how is simply increasing your body size going to make you more healthy?

Bodies are different. Some people are naturally thin, some people are naturally fat.

If your doctor thinks there is some nutrient you are lacking, then you should be concentrating on foods that will help you correct that deficiency. If your doctor suspects an underlying condition, then they should be investigating/treating that issue.

Make mostly healthy choices, and let your body size be what it's going to be.

Re: Weight Gain

[lb_lee]

I been there, OP. Not only was I not hungry, I was actively nauseous and repelled by food most of the time. In my case, it was due to an ED--I'd starved myself for so long that my stomach could no longer express hunger in any way but cramps. And eating was a horrible chore.

I actually made a zine to keep in my wallet to help me! I also went on a meal plan so I actually knew how much of what I needed, regardless of what my body and brain told me.

--Rogan

Movie Lighting Problems

[(Anonymous)]

I watched a horror movie online and really enjoyed it. So I decided to DL it to make gifs. One scene I want to gif is REALLY dark. It was not dark during the stream I watched. I thought maybe it was because of the copy (it was 730p). So I downloaded a bluray version. But the scene is still dark.

And I have no idea why it would be perfectly visible in the stream but super dark in the download.

Re: Movie Lighting Problems

[solticisekf]

The stream used a color corrected version maybe.
If you make gifs in Photoshop you can correct this.

Social etiquette

[belladonna_took]

How do you deal with people asking you very personal questions you don't want to answer?
I mean the people you can't tell to fuck off for whatever reason.

Re: Advice Column

[(Anonymous)]

either lie or just say something like "I'd rather not say." if they press you anyway, then they're an asshole and if they let it go then they're probably a decent person who realizes that most people have certain boundaries and they'll probably be kind of embarrassed that they tried to get you to talk about a sore topic.

Re: Social etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

What the person above said, though I usually say "I'm not comfortable discussing it" since it makes it a little more clear that you're not just being coy [where I'm from "I'd rather not say" can be used as "I shouldn't but...If you ask I might tell you"].

If they keep pushing I try to change the topic to something about them ["How's the family/your project go/etc?"] or, if possible, say "Sorry, I just realized the time and I really need to be going" and leave.

Re: Social etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

"Why do you ask?"

Re: Social etiquette

[(Anonymous)]

"Wow, that's kind of personal."

*puzzled expression* "Why do you ask?"

Re: Social etiquette

[were_lemur]

I'm a fan of the Really Obvious Subject Change. Something like "So, how about them [SPORTS TEAM]." or "Wow, the weather sure has been [WEATHER]-y lately."

Re: Advice Column

[(Anonymous)]

I had people that I thought were friends suddenly act like childish bullies and abruptly turn against me. I cut them out off my life and now I have even less friends! :( I'm lonely right now and finding it hard to care about things for almost a month now. I do not have a lot of friends and the two morons I dropped like hot potatoes were two of my closest online pals.