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On 1/1/2020 at 5:50 PM, transam said:

Think it more to do with police absence.....????

True, whole holiday I stayed in my northern bangkok area, I think I saw cops twice in the 5 days.  Lots and lots of 12-14 year old boys racing around on motorbikes....2-3 per bike, in shorts and tshirts, no helmets, wearing sandals.  Having a lot of sanook.

Best weight loss medicine is sticking to good protein, leafy greens, and not much else.

On 10/28/2019 at 6:18 PM, eezergood said:

too much can cause some blockages also - had no idea about the dysentery though 

right, just a spoon a day with lots of water

you can get a big bag of it at foodland or villa for not that much.

43 minutes ago, Tengtai said:

So what, for anyone needs to drink alcohol today the solution was to buy what they needed yesterday. 

As guests in this country we have to accept the laws and regulations they have here. Simple 

Dont worry, plenty of places to buy despite what the government says,

Many places around my neighborhood i can buy alcohol.....its ridiculous. It just hurts the chain stores, not the mom and pop shops.

On 6/16/2015 at 5:50 AM, jcgodber said:

 

Combine milk with vinegar in a medium bowl and set aside for 5 minutes to "sour".

 

Is this a substitute for buttermilk if I can't find it?

I guess what I'm picking up is that it is not really about the food type so much as a sensible diet. For most, that will include carbs, and some of everything.
 
I don't like getting cranky about food.  Just enjoy.

I enjoy as well. I don't need empty carbs to enjoy.


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I use rice noodles a lot in cooking, and sometimes I amaze myself how little I use now per serving (yes I can feel it in my hand) compared to the amount I used to think was an OK portion! I can only estimate the difference, perhaps 1/4 or even 1/5. On the other hand, I just tend to throw in MORE vegetables. I really wish I had learned all this earlier in my life, but oh well, can't turn back the clock.

Have you tried the half shirataki half tofu noodles? They are rally quite nice texture-wise and are almost zero carbs and all fiber. Stir fry with some protein of your choice and a boat load of green veg it is a really nice meal.

I noticed that I probably eat twice as much veggies as my vegetarian friends. They always filling up on rice beans and grains.


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Red meat includes beef, lamb, pork, goat, etc.
Personally, I feel going more veggie is a good thing to do for many people, it's also associated with changing to more thin type gut bacteria profiles, but I couldn't be a dogmatic full vegetarian.

Sauerkraut and Kimchi are both great for resetting gut biomes.


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Low carb is a choice. If it helps you, great go for it, there is no evidence in the study suggesting going that route will be a hindrance to long term success, with a caveat that this organization has concerns about higher fat diets (based on their results).
I find it interesting that a large majority of these more rare long term success cases are NOT on low carb programs especially during a era of low carb diet fads. If you don't, fine. Again, it doesn't mean that higher carb is the ONLY way either.
Yes food choices matter to satiety. With my current program, I have greatly increased VEGETABLE intake. I also eat a fair amount of healthy fats for satiety -- olive oil, avocado, and almonds. Yummy!

I stick to about 30 grams of carbs a day. That includes a heck of a lot of veggies, some quality animal protein, and fat to top it off. I just don't eat the grains or sugars. So we probably have a similar diet :)


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As it's obvious that LOW CARB diets are still quite popular (and also controversial) I thought this item was worthy of a thread. LOW CARB diets are an option and they CAN work for long term weight loss / maintenance success but here is some very strong evidence that they are not a NECESSITY (in general). Here goes. Hold on to your seats:

There was much more similarity in the strategies usedfor weight-loss maintenance. We found four strategies thatwere common to a large proportion of NWCR participants.These were: 1) eating a low-calorie, low-fat diet; 2) eatingbreakfast almost every day; 3) frequent self-monitoring;and 4) engaging in high levels of physical activity.a. Dietary Composition: In general, NWCR participantsreported eating low-calorie diets that are moderatelylow in fat and high in carbohydrates.

See that? HIGH IN CARBS. Not low. HIGH. Also of course low carb diets can often be high fat as well, so if using a low carb diet there is a clue here to avoid going too fat on it. Most of the successful long term were also on LOWER FAT diets. http://www.lifeafterdiets.com.au/resources/NWCR_Overview.pdf This is perhaps the largest group of SUCCESSFUL long term weight losers / maintainers ever studied in the world and the study has been going for over TWENTY years. Those years included times when LOW CARB diets were super trendy, which makes this finding even more amazing. If you can point to a larger sample study of success cases going for a longer time, please do! To be clear, this is not an indictment of low carb diets or suggesting they can't be successful. In fact this same organization has a paper that concludes that it IS possible to achieve weight loss and maintenance success with low carb diets but cautions about low carb diets that are too high fat. However, it does deeply challenge any DOGMATIC low carb dieters who in any way suggest their way is the only way. Because really without any doubt at all: IT IS NOT. In my view of this, I suggest any dogmatic messages about low carb being the holy grail be forevermore REJECTED. You know, its common and perhaps a part of human nature, for some people to have an experience themselves that seems positive and conclude they have discovered the answer for everyone. Also sometimes trying to CONVERT people to their belief system. For example I've had what seem like amazing results with garcinia cambogia supplement but I can cite no long term studies of people doing what I'm doing, so the LAST thing I would do is suggest my experiment basically as a holy grail for everyone. A study like the one cited provides some strong clues about what is likely to work for lots of people though, and with good long term EVIDENCE.
Your link to that website doesn't exist.

Sure, if you eat a low calorie low fat diet you will lose weight. But it is hard to keep up that sort of diet and most people will not be able to keep it up.

A ketogenic diet curbs the appetite, and puts you eventually converts the body's chemistry from being a sugar burner to being a fat burner.

Peer reviewed research abounds now about this, I'm not sure what your major research' origins are from. Real research?


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On 3/20/2017 at 9:50 PM, hawkeye76 said:

Does anyone know where to find these 0 carb noodles in Bangkok? 

 

Very interested in trying them out. 

for sure at foodland and max valu - that's the two places I get mine.  Go to the refrigerated section where you see fresh noodles, kimchi, etc.  They'll be there.  There's the plain ones, then some that have some tofu added to them that are green and yellow.  You can get a big block of the stuff too.

 

 

 

On 9/7/2016 at 4:06 PM, robblok said:

I just bought a package again.. and I normally can eat it all. Just want to try it again to see if i can live with it. (or not). It would be a nice filler. 

 

I used them 5-6 years ago when i wanted to lose my weight.. now going to give them a test again. 

'Dry fry' them in a pan, maybe just a smidgen of oil, until they lose most of their moisture, about 10 minutes or so on high.  Then add your fixings.  It makes them less rubbery.

2 minutes ago, doctorbobo said:

We expect to pay for our lady and ourself when we go out to eat but when there is a crowd of people enjoying a meal we should not let them try to get a free meal because we are falangs. It should be  made clear by our lady to the rest of the people that we are paying for our portion of the meal otherwise one may find  that  they are being  made a chump and the Thais are taking extreme advantage of the situation. It doesn't matter that we can, or can not afford to pay, this is a scam to take advantage of falangs.

 

I found this out the hard way when a gf and I first went out to eat and we brought  her dad along. Little did I know that  our seafood meal was going  to include him ordering  additional crabs to take home when  we left. The  next time  she asked me if we could go to a Thai restaurant for a romantic dinner and she brought a sister and a brother (who was actually not a brother but the boyfriend of her sister). Of course mom and dad came along and  before you knew it there were 7 of us there to dine for what I was told would be a romantic dinner.

I made sure to select a nice table upstairs for our meal and after half-way thru the meal, I excused myself to use the bathroom and made a brisk exit and  hoped they enjoyed finishing their meal and picking up the check.

 

Not much of a gf if she is taking advantage of you like that.  Or that you would do something like that to her.  In a sincere relationship you would be able to talk to her about this and she would show respect to you, and visa versa.

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Hmmmmm. The people complaining about someone happy to pay for his friends' dinner probably pay way more than they have to for loads of things. It's not about the money as long as one is happy after. Being EXPECTED to pay is a different thing, and that is what this thread is about, not some guy enjoying himself.

 

I am talking about expectations as well.  I guess it also depends what you are expecting from the relationship.

4 minutes ago, cyberfarang said:

It`s Thai etiquette that the dumb Farlang pays the restaurant or bar bill.

 

Well known scam in Thailand: Farlang gets a date with a Thai lady, she arranges a venue for them to meet. She greets her Farlang date at their meeting point, within a few minutes her friend turns up, then followed by more of her friends who are only too happy to meet the hapless Farlang. They decide to hit the town, food, drinks and festivities, Farlang pays for the entertainments throughout the night, then later he goes home alone thinking what a great time he had.

 

Well, I don't have experience hooking up with that kind of lady.  In that kind of situation you are trying to get something from them, and they from you.  Experiences I talk about are where there is already friendship/relationships in place of some kind.  You situation is just everyone trying to take advantage of one another for something or other.

1 minute ago, ThailandLOS said:

Yes it's certainly in accordance to Thai etiquette to pay for everyone else's (Thais) dinner. It's also a custom to tip at least 30% in such situations.

 

Breach of etiquette is regarded as extremely rude by said Thais.

 

Not at all.  When I was one of the younger members of my group (all Thai except me), I was never allowed to pay.  Once in awhile I would sneak over and pay before others could stop me, but that was not met favorably.  Etiquette is that the elders or boss pays.  Now that the whirlwind of time has put me into an elder/boss position, I do pay (and I enjoy paying).  

 

Also, I have no idea where you get this 30% tip rule.  Most Thai people I have ever know will not tip more than 40-50-100 Baht no matter what the bill comes to.  Where have you been expected to tip 30%?  I am genuinely and sincerely curious.  

 

1 minute ago, Chalard said:

 

True...  I have a hard time trying to pay a bill when out with thai mates.....

 

1 minute ago, kenk24 said:

 Sam, this guy does not look like he has any money problems... and he looks like he is enjoying being generous with the money he does have - why not?

 

Look at it this way - - lets take a flight of fancy for a moment... how much money would it take for you to feel rich? Would a million pounds make you feel good? Now double it - my guess is you might not mind if the in-laws came along or your wife's best friend - and if the bill was 1500 baht for a night out, you would be glad to pay... I think you would be a generous guy - - though it would seem like nothing to you. 

 

But, you would not feel like a clown or sucker - you would just feel appreciative that you hit the lottery or whatever and could enjoy and share your good fortune... 

 

Nicely said.  

 

Akin to what I said, it is all about your attitude.  Of course, if you feel you are being ripped off, then you will have a negative reaction.  If you like being generous and enjoy making people happy (and can afford it), then why the heck not have that experience?

40 minutes ago, cheapskatesam said:

 

 

 

This clown paid for everyone again .. 

 

If he has the money and enjoys taking them out, then what's the problem?  You may feel that everyone is always trying to take advantage of you, he may have the money and be having a good time treating people to a nice meal.  It's all about the attitude.

It is etiquette for the 'boss' or the 'eldest' to pay.  I never used to be able to pay, they wouldn't let me.  Now that I am moving into that boss/eldest position, I do pay.  Its nice!  Except the 'eldest' part!  :)

21 minutes ago, roger101 said:

I chop them up with a pair of scissors if it calls for rice and leave them whole for spaghetti.

Haha I do the same scissors trick.  Then cook them till they are much drier and a little shrunken, add some meat, and a tablespoon of tomato paste and some italian herbs.  Drizzle just a bit of olive oli and sprinkle of sea salt to finish.  They are pretty good!  Except for that throat thing.

I like them once in a while but it's weird, the day after I eat them I feel like there's something stuck in my throat.  Don't know what that is about!

 

Much better to make zoodles!  Thinly slice zucchini or peel it with a potato peeler, then blanch it.  Makes great noodles, low carb, and I suppose healthier than the shirataki.  Also cubed zuke sauteed with some meat is great - let it cook long enough and it gets nice and firm like potato almost, except without the glycemic load.

Sautee them in a small amount of olive oil, for awhile, they will start to lose some of their liquid and get less slimy. I add some tomato paste, onions, maybe a little beef. It's not half bad.

Max Valu and Foodland have the half Kojac/ half tofu - they are a better texture, when cooked are quite a bit like pasta. But I stopped eating them becasue the next day I would feel like something was stuck in my throat. Don't know what that was about.

I was in Foodland today but couldn't work out what was Konjac noodles and what was egg noodles, any suggestions.

Sautee them in a small amount of olive oil, for awhile, they will start to lose some of their liquid and get less slimy. I add some tomato paste, onions, maybe a little beef. It's not half bad.

Max Valu and Foodland have the half Kojac/ half tofu - they are a better texture, when cooked are quite a bit like pasta. But I stopped eating them becasue the next day I would feel like something was stuck in my throat. Don't know what that was about.