Season 11 M600LL and Season 8 WATN LIVE CHAT

[Lima Bean]

That family is strong with the neck beard game.

[mmecorday]

There's something to be said for the power of suggestion. I haven't had chocolate milk in years and now I'm sitting here thinking that a huge, icy glass of chocolate MOO JUICE would be so good right now. 

[Auntie Anxiety]

Older son looks like he just stepped out of the Ren Fair.

[Chicklet]

She doesn't look any smaller so far.

[sainte-chapelle]

Just now, Auntie Anxiety said:

Chocolate milk was too chocolatey for me. I used to mix it 1/4 to 3/4 regular milk when I was a kid.

I did that too. I also liked to mix my juice with water…I found it too sweet.

[Suzywriter]

4 minutes ago, sagittarius sue said:

There was no such choice when I went to school.  Back in the 60s when kids were thinner.

It was around 1968 for me...but we went to a faincy school.

[ams1001]

Your kids are "suffering" because they have to eat healthier food?

[Lima Bean]

Just now, Auntie Anxiety said:

Older son looks like he just stepped out of the Ren Fair.

Or out from under a bridge.

[Pepper Mostly]

Even her mother's debilitating, painful condition is seen as a detriment to herself. Not a word of empathy for her mother. 

Oh noes! Her kids have to SUFFER by eating healthy food! 

[sainte-chapelle]

Why feel bad? You are giving them healthy meals. That is a good thing

[poeticlicensed]

JFC eating healthy is not suffering 

[sagittarius sue]

Just now, mmecorday said:

There's something to be said for the power of suggestion. I haven't had chocolate milk in years and now I'm sitting here thinking that a huge, icy glass of chocolate MOO JUICE would be so good right now. 

I buy a pint size bottle of it once or twice per year.

[charmed1]

WTF is that? Fried calamari?!

[aliya]

She needs to get the phones out of those kids' hands. And no phones at the table. 

[Lima Bean]

I CAN’T BE MAKING HEALTHY MEALS FOR THESE KIDS!!!!

[poeticlicensed]

You know she's eating cupcakes as soon as those kids leave for school

[Suzywriter]

1 minute ago, mmecorday said:

There's something to be said for the power of suggestion. I haven't had chocolate milk in years and now I'm sitting here thinking that a huge, icy glass of chocolate MOO JUICE would be so good right now. 

It would likely turn your stomach. They put guar gum in it now to make it more like melted ice cream. 🤢

[Hellga]

Hi All!  Late joining you.  How is she doing?  Her kids are definitely also on the chubby side, so she better lose weight so they eat better too!

Eating habit tonight was vegan taco salad with meat substitute of some sort - it was at a vegan cafe in Cambridge because I did a sugar art workshop (it was a ton of fun!).

[Auntie Anxiety]

Just now, Lima Bean said:

I CAN’T BE MAKING HEALTHY MEALS FOR THESE KIDS!!!!

Frankly, that meal didn’t look so healthy to me.

[Pepper Mostly]

2 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

I can't go back cuz no one to watch the kids.

Her oldest is 18, can't he look after his sibs for a few days? She's making excuses.

Her little girl is adorable and seems like a kind and cheerful child. 

[CrazyInAlabama]

All three of her kids are overweight. 

[magemaud]

1 minute ago, mmecorday said:

There's something to be said for the power of suggestion. I haven't had chocolate milk in years and now I'm sitting here thinking that a huge, icy glass of chocolate MOO JUICE would be so good right now. 

“Icy” being the operative word. The milk in school was always lukewarm. 

[Eldemarge]

Her kids look like that because she's been telling them chocolate milk is healthy and they probably drink it instead of water.

Judging you HARD, Mom of the Year.

[Ladybugnine]

Just now, Pepper Mostly said:

Her oldest is 18, can't he look after his sibs for a few days? She's making excuses.

Her little girl is adorable and seems like a kind and cheerful child. 

I thought he was 16?

[DropTheSoap]

Just now, Auntie Anxiety said:

Frankly, that meal didn’t look so healthy to me.

Was it something nuggetized?

I was thinking same.

[CrazyInAlabama]

Yes, she's making the excuse of no one to watch the kids. 

Those breaded chicken strips are full of fat.  

Edited March 9, 2023 by CrazyInAlabama

[Kid]

And exactly why does she not have the time to cook two meals?

[poeticlicensed]

Raise you hand if you think the lunches you at in school were actually healthy. 

[magemaud]

1 minute ago, Ladybugnine said:

I thought he was 16?

Yes

[DropTheSoap]

1 minute ago, magemaud said:

“Icy” being the operative word. The milk in school was always lukewarm. 

We only got milk or orange crap on sloppy joes day. (Catholic school). The milk often was icy. Not sure where they stored, it, but half the time it was at least partially frozen.

No chocolate, but better than the orange crap.

[sagittarius sue]

1 minute ago, magemaud said:

“Icy” being the operative word. The milk in school was always lukewarm. 

Hmmm, now I want a fudgcicle.

[Suzywriter]

So many of them seem to have that same odd figure...the back of them is straight from the hump below the neck to the heels...and their front slopes forward from the forehead with the apex of the belly leading. It's like a 30-60-90 triangle.

2 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:

Her oldest is 18, can't he look after his sibs for a few days? She's making excuses.

Her little girl is adorable and seems like a kind and cheerful child. 

He's 16. 

[Auntie Anxiety]

Just now, magemaud said:

“Icy” being the operative word. The milk in school was always lukewarm. 

We’d have milk and cookies and everyone got a chance to bring in and pass out the goodies. That was before peanut allergies.🤷‍♀️The milk (8 oz. container) was 3 cents.

[aliya]

Just now, Kid said:

And exactly why does she not have the time to cook two meals?

I probably wouldn't either. All of the kids could use some food control and they're fine eating what she's eating. That said, I might add a starch to their plates.

[Pepper Mostly]

1 minute ago, Ladybugnine said:

I thought he was 16?

Either way, he's old enough to get the younger ones up and dressed and off to school for a few days. 

[MsVixen]

Just now, Suzywriter said:

So many of them seem to have that same odd figure...the back of them is straight from the hump below the neck to the heels...and their front slopes forward from the forehead with the apex of the belly leading. It's like a 30-60-90 triangle.

Some really "nice" person I know referred to a body like that as having a Buffalo Back....

[OoogleEyes]

1 minute ago, Kid said:

And exactly why does she not have the time to cook two meals?

She said she didn’t have the time...or MONEY to cook like that.

What are those things? Words? Yeah, they fail me.

[Suzywriter]

1 minute ago, DropTheSoap said:

We only got milk or orange crap on sloppy joes day. (Catholic school). The milk often was icy. Not sure where they stored, it, but half the time it was at least partially frozen.

No chocolate, but better than the orange crap.

Fun fact: freshness dating on milk was pioneered by none other than Al Capone!

[Hellga]

2 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:

Those breaded chicken strips are full of fat.  

Probably the worst are the carbs... in my experience with store-bought strips and nuggets, they are 60% breading.  Or worse.  Only bought a couple times... maybe some fancy brands are better, but my guess she is buying the same national brands I tried.

[ams1001]

Just now, aliya said:

I probably wouldn't either. All of the kids could use some food control and they're fine eating what she's eating. That said, I might add a starch to their plates.

No way was my mom cooking two meals. She's save stuff we wouldn't eat for when we weren't home, and she'd make sure there were enough broccoli stem pieces for me to have a whole serving (because I hated the tops when I was little) but she didn't cook us separate stuff.

[Lima Bean]

3 minutes ago, Pepper Mostly said:

Her oldest is 18, can't he look after his sibs for a few days? She's making excuses.

Her little girl is adorable and seems like a kind and cheerful child. 

Yeah, us Gen X-ers were taking care of ourselves at 10.

[Eldemarge]

Just now, MsVixen said:

Some really "nice" person I know referred to a body like that as having a Buffalo Back....

Looking down at their phone all the time instead of being active, maybe?

[poeticlicensed]

Just now, MsVixen said:

Some really "nice" person I know referred to a body like that as having a Buffalo Back....

The fat has no where else to go. 

Its munt 5 already? No follow up?

[aliya]

Screw all  y'all. I'm lactose intolerant and can't drink chocolate milk.

I can have that chocolate Yasso bar that's waiting for me, so to heck with ya.

[charmed1]

Just now, poeticlicensed said:

Raise you hand if you think the lunches you at in school were actually healthy. 

Definitely not! I can’t believe I lived for pizza day and chicken patty day, but I also wasn’t getting chicken patties and pizza at home. Can’t believe I was actually jealous of the kids who got to eat processed food at home.

[sainte-chapelle]

She…looks the same to me.

[Pepper Mostly]

Just now, aliya said:

 

I can have that chocolate Yasso bar that's waiting for me, so to heck with ya.

I love Yasso bars. Yasso bars and sugar free chocolate pudding have helped immeasurably with my diet. 

[OoogleEyes]

3 minutes ago, sagittarius sue said:

Hmmm, now I want a fudgcicle.

Oooh, I haven't had one of those in a long time. Yummy 

[Eldemarge]

Just now, Lima Bean said:

Yeah, us Gen X-ers were taking care of ourselves at 10.

This is bang-on, lol.  I was chilling at home by myself after school in the fourth grade.  Eating weird things out of the fridge, mistakes were made...but I lived!

[Suzywriter]

1 minute ago, MsVixen said:

Some really "nice" person I know referred to a body like that as having a Buffalo Back....

My bff calls it "a walking pizza slice". My mother had it, even when she was slim. No butt or hips, large breasts, large belly, thin legs. She called it "the native body" because she was native and her whole family had it. 

I, being the curious sort, wonder what that figure type means healthwise.