Skip Navigation
270 comments

  • Today is looking to be a great day. I am not working. Weather is mostly sunny and 17. It's pay day. New content is released for both my gardening and housing subjects today. And tomorrow is the installation of the split system. No Mondayitis in this household 🙂

  • CW: Diet culture + medication

    One of the things I hate about diet culture (amongst everything) is how there's medication and people go "oh you can also lose weight!". Like... it feels so gross. I was listening to my news thing with Google and I was listening to CNN and they were talking about Ozempic, and how America advertises medication on TV they played one of their ads and it's like "this is for people with diabetes, but it can also help you lose weight!" and it's like so gross. I feel like people with diabetes is trying to just survive the day and not worry about losing weight.

    Similar to when I had my psychiatrist appointment to start taking Ritalin, and my psych is like "it's great for adults because you can lose weight, usually for kids we have to watch them just in case, but for adults it's great." And I'm like sitting there, a fat person, just like... ugh. Felt so gross. Like, I just want to be able to make it through the day and get my tasks done, and not procrastinate, I don't care if it makes me lose weight.

    • Our society has a very messed up view of weight. You get the same sorts of comments about being sick - someone is really sick and it causes them to use weight and you will have a ton of people piping up with "I could do with some of that" type comments. People with severe illnesses get comments about how great they look because they have lost weight.

      The other ones that annoys me is that when talking about food we use "healthy" to mean low calorie, and we call a metabolism that uses lots of energy "efficient" (would you call your car efficient because it uses more fuel?). Yes obesity can be a problem, but thin is not inherently healthy, and losing weight can be a very bad medical sign.

      • The amount of positive comments I've got from certain people when I've been unintentionally losing weight over the last year from stress and inactivity and loss of appetite is really not cool. Nobody seems to believe me when I say it's not a good sign and I am not healthy

      • Yes yes yes.

        It frustrates me that I can do an hour of workout and eat greens and stuff, but yet people will see me as "unhealthy" yet my mate who can eat like 10 dim sims and 2 large chips from KFC but are still hungry. I love my mate, but it is just... wild, that skinny = healthy and fat = unhealthy. Like yes, of course, being fat isn't always healthy. But you can be healthy at any size and you can be unhealthy at any size. It just makes me so mad and upset that to be considered "healthy" you need to be skinny.

      • The word diet gets me because that doesn't mean restricted food it means your overall food in take.

      • Semiplegic tettany has the added benefit of making people shredded from constant barely controllable muscle spasm.

    • For all you people interested in "diet culture" and how society views weight, nutrition, health etc, I very strongly recommend the podcast "Maintenance Phase"

      • Thank you for that recommendation. I've just been reading some of the transcripts (which I'm happy to see they have, I'd rather read than listen) and it's really interesting.

      • I LOVE Maintenance Phase. Highly recommend it. I also recommend Fad Camp, similar idea as Maintenance Phase but it's Irish folks. They've covered some similar stuff but there's some interesting stuff in it.

    • I hate the judgement people lump on us for not being some fucked up influencer / media ideal of beauty and that that pertains to health somehow.

      That a psychiatrist passed judgement over your weight when he was treating a neurodivergence (I assume) I find fucking gross too honestly. "Here vunerable person, have my 2 cents worth about your appearance"

  • My rule #1022. If you can't park properly don't drive big cars.

    • As someone who grew up driving 4x4s (and still drives them) this is also my take. Also if you are driving a big car, park at the back of the carpark, means the hatchbacks and the sedans don't have to play chicken when reversing out.

  • Well shit. I just called to make a doctors appointment only to be told that the doc I've seen for the last 13 years has retired. Feels like a relationship break-up in some ways, he knew everything about my ailments and mental health, he was easy to talk to. Now I have to start all over again with a stranger :(

    • That sucks 😞 I always feel like it wouldn't hurt the practice to notify the dr's patients. Same thing happened to Mr Peeler. It can be hard and daunting finding a Dr you connect with and who gets you.

  • Hey guys. All this talk about canned fish lately has prompted me find this recipe for yous.

    MACKEREL KEDGEREE

    1 tbsp olive oil
    1 finely chopped onion
    2 tsp ground coriander
    1 tsp curry powder
    1 cup brown rice cooked
    100g peas
    4 naturally smoked mackerel fillets
    2 hard boiled eggs

    In a large frying pan heat the oil and fry onions. Add the spices and fry for a couple of minutes. Add the rice, peas and fish. Cook over a low heat stirring continuously. Serve with the eggs.

    Now I've cooked this heaps of times with white rice, microwave rice even potatoes. With canned and fresh fish as well. Don't worry about exact quantities. Add your favourite fish and vegetables. Leave things out if you want. A quick and easy meal and it's delicious.

    Image of Mackerel kedgeree of a cookbook.

    • I love kedgeree. This is always a winner. Could make it even more filling with lentils (closer to the original Indian inspiration, khichdi).

      I like cooking the onions then adding the rice to the pot and cooking it with the spices and fish water/oil from the tin, so that it absorbs even more flavour (like a pilaf?), then adding the fish and fresh herbs right at the end. And drained/rinsed tinned brown lentils if I want. It still stays a relatively simple one pot meal.

    • Fkn love kedgeree! Although my family's version is extremely bastardised, we don't boil the eggs we crack them over the rice and fish and scramble them through. Looks like a mushy paste but everyone in the family goes nuts for it, especially in winter.

    • Sounds -and looks- great!

      Here's the easiest recipe I know.

      I chuck in some canned mackerel instead of salmon and use spaghetti instead of linguine. It's so simple you could probably substitute pretty much anything. Chicken would probably go well instead of fish.

      Surprisingly tasty for such a simple dish. I guess it's mainly how nice is your olive oil XD. When I do a batch, I cook double size and freeze half, so I've got a lazy meal ready as well.

      • That's a ripper. I've saved that. Thanks.

      • I do something like this all the time, but instead of chicken stock I'll add a good splash of pasta water, and some lemon if I have it. I'm not even hungry but now I wanna make a big batch and pig out 🐷🤤

    • Yummm. I'm going to try this one soon! (With white rice because brown rice sucks)

      • The only brown rice I like is microwave brown rice because all the hard work is taken out of cooking it. Aldi have these. Stuff cooking it.

  • Image of mashed potato, corn on the cob, garlic sauteed spinach, steak with a runny egg on top.

    We had a real life Marge the rains are 'ere moment when the juices from my corn travelled across the table and aimed for the man's face. I burst out laughing so hard that some came out of my mouth. Then we all laughed while he wiped his face.

    • Dayum gurl 🔥

    • I'm making chilli for dinner (or rather, reheating leftovers) with a side of corn cob. Hope I can keep my juices to myself!

      Do you always eat at the table? We're slobs with a sofa and lap trays :)

      • Hahaha. Yeah we eat at the table but if the kid's not here we eat in front of the telly like animals.

    • Looks so nice and neat. Hehe

      I used to love eating cobs of corn with margarine all over it. Only thing I hated thought was getting it all stuck between my teeth.

      Sounds and looks delicious!

      • My kid said the same thing so I told her it's like giving birth. A lot of unpleasantness but it's worth it in the end.

    • This is fantastic looking wow. I love when each food unit is seperate and independent. That sounds weird I know.

      • It might look neat but in reality I just dump stuff on a plate because I don't care what it looks like.

  • Hate that feeling of finally feeling you can kick back after a shitty day and get ready for a 7am start one hour away tomorrow... Only to realise you're out of cooked rice and now you have to wait. Hangry.

    • that is the worst feeling

      • It has been resolved and as a bonus I managed to finish this report while I was waiting so now I can truly knock off for the day. Yay.

    • I noticed myself literally eating angrily these days. Usually it's some sort of resentment about not having prepared earlier or the time that it's taken for the food to be ready. I'm reverting back to my infant self on a high chair.

  • Lemmy supports image descriptions (alt text), just pop it in the square brackets:

    ![Alt text goes here](https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/picture.jpeg)

  • Day 5 completed. I can see changes now, I'm a lot less portly of girth than before I started. I wish I'd taken a waist measurement before I started this but at least I can see the difference. This morning an unfamiliar sound followed me around the house after I dressed for work. It was the sound of the back of my work pants hems scraping the floor as I walked. I must be losing some booty 🤔

    Bonus picture of a polymer clay key tag I made to remind me to take a bottle of water with me when I go out. My kids love this stuff and the Miniest Peeler especially likes making mini replica burgers, subs and mini bacon and egg breakfasts, but I don't usually make anything except beads.

    Picture of slightly wonky light blue drip shape made from oven bake clay with H2O on it in red and a hole in the top, held by a work worn hand (I really should do something about that).

    • Amazing stuff!! So proud of you and you should be proud of yourself too! Amazing when you can see the difference in your body! I hope you are feeling good too!!

      I love that keychain bead!! 💜💜😍😍

  • Bill Cat is going to be happy, I ordered 8 tins of kangaroo meatballs in gravy. 😻🦘

  • The weather forecast promised mostly sunny. Why do I have cloudy and grey? I want my promised sunshine, or I'm demanding my money back.

  • I have a blowfly buzzing around my lounge room. I swear there is some sort of secret portal in this house, visible only to flies. Even with everything closed up they seem to find a way in. I have actually removed all the flywire screens in the house, because the flies get inside regardless, and without screens at least some of them find their way out again.

  • Nice quick Marketplace sale this morning - sold in about an hour! My old computer monitor is now off for an exciting new career in security.

  • Everyone else's dinner looks better than mine but I CBF

    Casarecchia with bolognaise in a bowl with 2 partly eaten burnt (I like then done to the point of near cremation) sausages on the side.

    Forgot to mention I had to buy myself some new workboots tonight because the sole came off the crappy sneakers I've been using as a work shoe. On the way home a car hit our bus. It was just a ding but further delayed me getting home. Got home and Mr Peeler had cleaned the kitchen and lounge a bit (yay!) but I still had to cook (boo!).

  • Helpful note for Marketplace sellers: when selling items like shoes it is really helpful to include what size they are.

    Preferably in the title, but anywhere in the listing would be better than nothing. Unless it is something like high heels where it is obvious putting whether they are men's or women's sizing would also be good. It's no wonder some people struggle to sell things.

  • Watching British crime TV be like, remember that delightful little character you really enjoyed, yeah, well now the actor who played them is about to play the most vile character to ever grace your screen.

    • David Tennant. He's a really good actor but he sometimes plays bad people.

      My observations about British drama are. Character comes home from a big exhausted day. Puts their bag and keys down on a side table/ table/ benchtop. Goes straight to the overhead cupboard. Selects a glass. Depending on the chosen glass either turns the tap on for water or opens the fridge and pulls out a bottle of red. Cracks the red. Fills the glass. Takes a sip and doesn't finish the rest because something catches their eye or carries the glass to what ever catches their eye.

      No one runs in, dumps bag and keys and runs to the toot. No one.

      • I just finished Ashes To Ashes and Scott & Bailey, so it was always every character leaves work for the pub to get shit faced in the middle of the week only for more drama to ensue. Bonus points if the main character rocks up to work visibly hungover the next day, which is played up by them either mournfully looking into a cup of tea or being dogged on by their work colleagues.

  • Just finished Rachet and Clank. And once I said "go back to the main menu" it crashed lmfao. I enjoyed it, but the constant freezing really soured my mood about it. Gonna have to start writing up my review/feature tomorrow or sometime.

    Edit: Also got invited to see a movie with work (the place I write about video games for) annoying thing is, is that I'm gonna have to ask my boss if I can leave work early. Might have to ask him if I can make it up by working during lunch that day.

  • My planned mental health day became an actual sickness day. Still, a day off is a day off and it’s just what I needed. Resting and knocking a few things off the life admin list.

  • Looks like the old clifton hotel in kew is going to be run by:

    http://www.grossi.com.au/

    Family pizza / pasta apparently. Probably won't be any cheap pizzas deals :(

    But they do have a heap of 'we're hiring' signs out the front as of today so if anyone wants a hospo gig. Opens late Aug

  • Playing PKMN Magikarp Jump and my poor Magikarp, Wendy, got et by a Pidgeotto. Bye Wendy, I'll remember you always 😭😭😭

  • Stupid 4am wake up has got me feeling like I'm just floating through the day which is highly off putting.

270 comments