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Day four of pre-hydration

OK so yesterday, I didn't weigh myself and I had what some might call some bad choices for my meals.

Pre-hydration - drinking about half a litre of water before meals - seems to work its best when one can do so before every meal.

I skipped out on lunch's water, yesterday, and it kinda shows.

I'm back up above the 95 kilo mark. BUT, I'm not back up to my previous level of stagnation, so that has to be something. I hope. That, and Mac and cheese after a fast-food burger lunch is probably not the best idea.

I need to teach Beloved how to cook some healthier noms. Their idea of a good meal is carbs and cheese with the occasional bit of flavour thrown in. Very bad for you.

Heck, I had to tell them why white bread is bad for a body. It's all fast carbs and no nutritional value. We should be eating wholemeal multigrain bread, it being the best source of grains, but I'm of the opinion that wholegrain tastes like cardboard. Multigrain is almost as good, so I tend to stick there.

As time goes by, dieticians are realising that the "cheaper and nastier" breads of yore are better for us than the pristine and pretty white breads. Which is why I reckon a person might be better off eating some variety of horsebread, over in Iris and Peter.

Think about it. You not only have the wholemeal and the multigrains, there's also at least oats, peas and carrot in there as well. It's almost an entire meal by itself. Which is what bread used to be, back when it was invented. But, for a very weird reason, humanity liked the look of the white bread better. So that became the 'higher class' of bread, despite how nasty it is for us.

The reason why white bread is prized? It used to take a lot more effort to produce the white flour. It used to be expensive. And, by extension, luxurious. It's since gone from a luxury to just about everywhere, so we can give up on it being ideal by now.

Wow. I just went on a whole rant about bread. A sure and certain sign that I might need to calm down.

Breakfast first though.

medievalpoc: The Sa'wkele, The Ku-Ku, The Boqta, The Henin: How the Mongol Occupation of Europe Changed European Women's Fashion...

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The Sa’wkele, The Ku-Ku, The Boqta, The Henin: How the Mongol Occupation of Europe Changed European Women’s Fashion Forever

One of the most immediately recognizable symbols of the European Middle Ages is the towering, often conical or cylindrical, women’s headdresses popular throughout Europe in the 15th century. To this day, the tall, often veil-decorated “Princess Hat” is immediately known even to American children as a sign of feminine stature, nobility, and elegance. Tiny, cheap versions of this hat

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When Historical Dramas Fail History...

I can forgive AU’s. I have a great love for them. I can understand a writer willing to explore an alternate time stream.

But when they pretend they’re set in our history… nails down the chalkboard.

You can NOT show the Mona Lisa in-progress on a freaking canvas. She was painted on an oak board.

[You should also not make Jesus white, but that’s a whole different can of worms…]

Similarly, having era- or

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The Alien in the Playground

You can spot her from a mile away. The one kid playing alone. Lost in her own little world. She clearly wears a mixture of hand-me-downs and homemade clothing when all the other children are wearing clothes, relatively new, from the shops.

Some other children are approaching her. Even from this distant vantage point, you can tell their intent is not friendly. They are all bigger than her. Together, they could beat her into a pulp, but violence is not their pastime

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