I think the breakfast argument depends on the size and frequency of your other meals. If you have the typical carb-laden, 3 meals a day diet, then you may indeed need that morning to meal to be at optimal performance.
I think the breakfast argument depends on the size and frequency of your other meals. If you have the typical carb-laden, 3 meals a day diet, then you may indeed need that morning to meal to be at optimal performance.
BeauJangles
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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I like when old people share their stories. Its neat to hear from someone that has lived so long.
Seconded!
My grandmother is about to turn 92. She still lives on her own, in her own apartment. A few years ago I sat down with her and made a documentary about her journey to Canada from Romania. Her story is pretty fascinating.
She grew up in Romania, in a small town that, back then, was right on the Romania / Russia border. There were Russian soldiers stationed on the other side of the river that would shoot at her and her friends if they played near it. Her father was a doctor and served in World War I. He was the only doctor in the area and her family was the only family that had a car. I have photos and stuff of her and her parents at the Black Sea for summer vacations.
Anyway, her father died in a freak building collapse when she was 17 and her mother died shortly thereafter. Oh right, I forgot to mention she was born in 1918, so her parents died in 1935. Her grandparents had moved to Montreal a few decades earlier and decided that things were getting too bad in Romania for her to stay. They applied for student visas to the US and Canada, but both were denied because they had achieved their quotas for the year.
She's funny when she talks about this part of her story, because she doesn't really understand what happened, but basically she got on a train and went to Hamburg to get on a Cunard Lines ship (I don't have the name if it in front of me). She had to be hidden in the hotel from local Nazis. Obviously they weren't going to round her up or anything (not yet), but I'm still amazed that she ventured into Germany in 1935. I guess people just weren't that aware of what was about to happen there, despite obvious warning signs.
She got on her ship and headed to New York. This is absolutely my favorite part of the story. In her own words, my grandmother says that a family friend (distant relation) had "talked to some of his Senator friends" and they had given her permission to enter the country. This relation is a character. He was obviously tied to organized crime in some capacity in this country and there is no evidence of my grandmother ever entering the country because... because when they got to New York, Arcadi (this distant relation) came onto the boat with two immigration officers and pulled her off the boat. They got on a smaller boat and went directly into NYC.
She spent 10 days in New York, living in an apartment owned by one of Arcadi's "friends." She then left NYC and went to Montreal, where she has lived ever since.
My grandma is an awesome person and it's hard to see her get older. She tells the same stories over and over again now and has trouble remembering things, but she's led a remarkable life (fluent in four languages!) and is one of those people that when she walks down the street in her neighborhood absolutely everybody knows her. It's truly remarkable.
What blows my mind about her lifespan is that she's probably seen more change than any of us will ever see. Her village had some electricity and the primary mode of transportation was horse-drawn carriage. She's gone from carriages to cars, boats to planes, radio (her dad owned the only radio in town) to HD TV, she's seen the civil rights act, the invention of the computer, the internet, cell phones, pdas, etc etc. I can see what she means when she says she doesn't understand the world anymore.
Anyway, excuse my massive thread hijacking.
SunnyD
Belgian Waffler
Your metabolism doesn't just "stop" while you're sleeping. I perform perfectly fine without eating breakfast. Sure, I tend to start getting hungry around 10:30-11:00, but I eat lunch at 11:00 anyway.
Again, biologically speaking, unless you're a professional athlete with an absolute need for extra calorie intake I seriously doubt it's "the most important meal of the day".
FelixDeCat
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- Aug 4, 2000
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Originally posted by: BeauJangles
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I like when old people share their stories. Its neat to hear from someone that has lived so long.
Seconded!
My grandmother is about to turn 92. She still lives on her own, in her own apartment. A few years ago I sat down with her and made a documentary about her journey to Canada from Romania. Her story is pretty fascinating.
She grew up in Romania, in a small town that, back then, was right on the Romania / Russia border. There were Russian soldiers stationed on the other side of the river that would shoot at her and her friends if they played near it. Her father was a doctor and served in World War I. He was the only doctor in the area and her family was the only family that had a car. I have photos and stuff of her and her parents at the Black Sea for summer vacations.
Anyway, her father died in a freak building collapse when she was 17 and her mother died shortly thereafter. Oh right, I forgot to mention she was born in 1918, so her parents died in 1935. Her grandparents had moved to Montreal a few decades earlier and decided that things were getting too bad in Romania for her to stay. They applied for student visas to the US and Canada, but both were denied because they had achieved their quotas for the year.
She's funny when she talks about this part of her story, because she doesn't really understand what happened, but basically she got on a train and went to Hamburg to get on a Cunard Lines ship (I don't have the name if it in front of me). She had to be hidden in the hotel from local Nazis. Obviously they weren't going to round her up or anything (not yet), but I'm still amazed that she ventured into Germany in 1935. I guess people just weren't that aware of what was about to happen there, despite obvious warning signs.
She got on her ship and headed to New York. This is absolutely my favorite part of the story. In her own words, my grandmother says that a family friend (distant relation) had "talked to some of his Senator friends" and they had given her permission to enter the country. This relation is a character. He was obviously tied to organized crime in some capacity in this country and there is no evidence of my grandmother ever entering the country because... because when they got to New York, Arcadi (this distant relation) came onto the boat with two immigration officers and pulled her off the boat. They got on a smaller boat and went directly into NYC.
She spent 10 days in New York, living in an apartment owned by one of Arcadi's "friends." She then left NYC and went to Montreal, where she has lived ever since.
My grandma is an awesome person and it's hard to see her get older. She tells the same stories over and over again now and has trouble remembering things, but she's led a remarkable life (fluent in four languages!) and is one of those people that when she walks down the street in her neighborhood absolutely everybody knows her. It's truly remarkable.
What blows my mind about her lifespan is that she's probably seen more change than any of us will ever see. Her village had some electricity and the primary mode of transportation was horse-drawn carriage. She's gone from carriages to cars, boats to planes, radio (her dad owned the only radio in town) to HD TV, she's seen the civil rights act, the invention of the computer, the internet, cell phones, pdas, etc etc. I can see what she means when she says she doesn't understand the world anymore.
Anyway, excuse my massive thread hijacking.
Was this documentary a video? If so, I would like to see it on youtube if you are willing and able. But youre right, your grandmother has led an interesting and long life replete with world travel, danger, tragedy and some Nazis thrown in for good measure.
BeauJangles
Lifer
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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Was this documentary a video? If so, I would like to see it on youtube if you are willing and able. But youre right, your grandmother has led an interesting and long life replete with world travel, danger, tragedy and some Nazis thrown in for good measure.
I've gotta dig it up. It is digital, but all the copies of it are buried in a storage unit.
And, yes, you've always gotta throw Nazis in there. No story is complete without them!
My only real sorta-regret is that I'll never get a chance to go back to Romania with her and meet her family. She's too old to fly now and I was too young to do it earlier in life
Regs
Lifer
- Aug 9, 2002
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Originally posted by: BeauJangles
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Was this documentary a video? If so, I would like to see it on youtube if you are willing and able. But youre right, your grandmother has led an interesting and long life replete with world travel, danger, tragedy and some Nazis thrown in for good measure.
I've gotta dig it up. It is digital, but all the copies of it are buried in a storage unit.
And, yes, you've always gotta throw Nazis in there. No story is complete without them!
My only real sorta-regret is that I'll never get a chance to go back to Romania with her and meet her family. She's too old to fly now and I was too young to do it earlier in life
It was nice of you to share that with us BeauJangles. It's always good to hear about the brighter side of life.
Originally posted by: KB
Doesn't sound to me likes it just 2 meals a day that equals longevity. It could also be the coffee, water, fruit, or a dead wife.
My grandma lived to about 90 and she just drank tea all day. She lived long as hell but she did not look healthy at all. I think I'd rather die at 80 but be very well fed and healthy up until that massive heart attack takes me down.
Demo24
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I'm the same way. I finally just got tired of trying and stopped eating breakfast. My stomach is just far to volatile in the morning to bother eating breakfast, and if I do eat it would have to be something very small.
They say eating breakfast makes you more productive and alert, but I just don't buy that. I feel exactly the same, besides not feeling ill, if I eat or don't. I don't get hungry until closer to 11 anyway, by then I actually want to eat something.
one of the women tailgating at the canes carnival last weekend said "fuck, if i make it to 80, im shooting heroin. i dont have any reason to expect ill get to 80, and i sure as shit dont want to live longer than that, so im going to get some fucking heroin!"
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