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Post by Leslie on Jul 2, 2003 13:26:59 GMT -5
LOL Show of hands.....how many of us have lost great amounts of weight living in Sweden withOUT the many fast food joints? Keeping my hands both firmly on the keyboard.... And hey, tread lightly on the Dr. Phil issue. He's my hero!   LOL! Pam, that got a big belly laugh from me! Leslie who is also keeping her hands firmly on the keyboard.  |
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Post by Carolyn on Jul 2, 2003 13:52:34 GMT -5
Well, we all don't have to be Little Miss Sunshine here either. We can disagree and agree to disagree on a lot of things. I'm hardly one to point a finger at anybody else's food issues, if you've read my posting under Health about FAT! But group hugs are good too.  ;D |
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Post by Natooke on Jul 2, 2003 14:46:19 GMT -5
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Debbie
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Post by Debbie on Jul 2, 2003 14:50:15 GMT -5
You guys are too much! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Me and Nalle Puh love you all. one from me one from Puh. PS Did you know I am married to Nalle Puhs kusin. Han heter Bo Puh! |
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Post by Sandy on Jul 2, 2003 15:19:46 GMT -5
You all have made me think of things to post on 'kanska that I miss and don't miss. I couldn't think of anything before. Sandy |
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Post by Kitty Sue on Jul 2, 2003 15:32:32 GMT -5
I think that all of us have "comfort foods" that we grew up with and we will always miss. I know that when my fellow was in Canada for 2 years, he missed 'kalles kaviar' and 'vanilj drömmar' (sp?) cookies. It was like christmas for him when we could get to IKEA. So the missing food is not just a North American thing. (he still dreams of the day when Taco Bell comes to Sweden and has been back here 4 years now *laugh*) Lucky for me, the one thing I really missed was having 'Campbells Chicken Noodle' soup when I was sick and after a year here, our ICA Maxi started carrying it.
As to the weight loss, when I first moved here I lost 25 kilos in the first 6 months, but once I got cooking more from scratch, it has creeped back on. *laugh*
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Post by Natooke on Jul 3, 2003 6:51:57 GMT -5
I was OK until I read this ... > It is and always will be my comfort food. When I have my melt down days about being homesick, it usually is about missing my family … more to do with my own feelings that our 2 kids will really never have a true relationship with Grandparents … my siblings & their kids. I do recognize in my self that comfort food can be a cover up for what really is troubling me … be it homesickness or other stresses in my life. |
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Post by Bunny on Jul 3, 2003 13:05:14 GMT -5
Well .... it isn´t a pretty picture that media and some posts on Amerikanska make about the people in US.
Food fixated, always use the car instead of walking even the shortest distances, silicon implants, can´t stay far from a Wal-Mart since shopping seems like a drug, moralists and yet producing movies/TV-shows with a "frisky" language, very unaware of what is going on in the world around them etc etc. You get the picture, I´m sure. This is the picture sent out to the world, not only Sweden. What is there to look up to ? Why would anyone want to live in a society like that ? Thanks but No thanks, I say !
Fortunately I know that there are a lot Americans that are ashamed of this portrait of USA and it´s a heavy burden for them to make up and show the good things about their country and it´s people. Americans that want to be good ambassadors for their country and also struggle to assimilate into the Swedish society.
"If you refuse to eat the food, don´t care about the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you can just as well stay at home. Then you are like a rock someone throws in the water. You´ll get wet on the surface but you´ll never be a part of the sea".
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