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Post by reddarin on Dec 16, 2014 21:03:23 GMT -6
What am I doing wrong when I post links? The "URL:" box already has 'http://' in it so when you paste in your link it ends up "http://http://something.com". You can just triple-click in the URL box (which will highlight the existing 'http://' to overwrite it) and then paste or copy the link without the http part.
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 16, 2014 21:34:34 GMT -6
What am I doing wrong when I post links? The "URL:" box already has 'http://' in it so when you paste in your link it ends up "http://http://something.com". You can just triple-click in the URL box (which will highlight the existing 'http://' to overwrite it) and then paste or copy the link without the http part. Ah, I see. Thank you!
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Post by reddarin on Dec 16, 2014 21:35:42 GMT -6
Yes, I think the study definitely has its limitations, but I still thought it was interesting that the groups that were not given comfort foods bounced back at the same rate. I think that emotional stressors greater than just a disturbing movie would be the real test. But since some people dropped out of the study just because of the sad movies, that shows you that you couldn't in good conscience conduct a clinical study using something more traumatic than a movie - it wouldn't be fair to your subjects! Getting off on a tangent, but I never thought of Armageddon as a depressing movie! Yes, it has a very sad part, but overall, well everybody on earth does NOT die after all, so isn't that a happy ending? :-) Now Sophie's Choice, yes that's depressing. Had not seen, or even heard of, the other one. I wonder why NASA didn't just perform the study themselves on actual astronauts or provide the astronauts for the study? It is an interesting study but deeply flawed. Why? Well, comfort foods are called comfort foods for a reason and it isn't because of mass delusion. You are right. That is an odd choice of feel-bad movies. I've never seen Sophie's Choice but the other two are not particularly exemplary for feeling bad and one, Armageddon as you point out, is downright positive in its message lol. Also if someone else is choosing what makes you feel bad then that is a fail right from the get go. Hurt Locker was an interesting movie. I liked it but I won't say anything more than that since you haven't seen it and I absolutely hate coloring someone else's perception of a movie they haven't seen. Unless it is a pure fluff movie like Thor or Stake Land or Bubba Ho-Tep. Was that you that mentioned Interstellar? Awesome movie!
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 16, 2014 22:02:03 GMT -6
Yes, that was me that mentioned Interstellar, and I hope that I didn't color your perception too much! But, yeah, we really loved that movie and have seen it twice. There are very few movies that I've seen in the theater twice. In fact, that may be the only one!
I'm trying to think of my relationship with "comfort foods" and what comes to mind for me with that phrase is my mom's cooking. Even if I follow the same recipe, it's just different when my mom makes it! My parents still live in the house I grew up in, so eating ANYTHING at that table with them is comfort food of the best kind. Another thing that comes to mind is eating in front of the TV. Again, it's not about a particular food, but that's something that's fun, relaxing, indulgent. So I guess it isn't hard for me to believe the conclusions of this study: that it's not really about particular foods.
But you know, I'm not sure I would have said that before NK. I think I had much stronger emotional attachments to carby foods: mashed potatoes, brownies, those things do come to mind when I think about what I would have said were my comfort foods if you had asked me 10 years ago. Interesting....
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Post by reddarin on Dec 16, 2014 22:26:18 GMT -6
Yes, that was me that mentioned Interstellar, and I hope that I didn't color your perception too much! But, yeah, we really loved that movie and have seen it twice. There are very few movies that I've seen in the theater twice. In fact, that may be the only one! I'm trying to think of my relationship with "comfort foods" and what comes to mind for me with that phrase is my mom's cooking. Even if I follow the same recipe, it's just different when my mom makes it! My parents still live in the house I grew up in, so eating ANYTHING at that table with them is comfort food of the best kind. Another thing that comes to mind is eating in front of the TV. Again, it's not about a particular food, but that's something that's fun, relaxing, indulgent. So I guess it isn't hard for me to believe the conclusions of this study: that it's not really about particular foods. But you know, I'm not sure I would have said that before NK. I think I had much stronger emotional attachments to carby foods: mashed potatoes, brownies, those things do come to mind when I think about what I would have said were my comfort foods if you had asked me 10 years ago. Interesting.... Nah. I mean revealing some hidden critical emotion or message a movie might have. Or just plain old screwing it up by revealing a plot detail that is part of the experience. I'm kind of a nut about movies though lol. If it is a great movie I get invested in it. I won't lie, I cried at the end of Titanic Man. Interstellar is the best space movie I've seen in a long time! Well. Gravity was an awesome too but it was sort of a one room play more than a space movie although the effects were outstanding. Moon was an excellent flick but it was also a one room play. Anyway you get the idea So great to see Matthew M. in another good movie. If the movie is stupid he is really awful in it. Like that dragon movie Reign of Fire - awful and he was awful. Who the hell is going to volunteer to be the guy that jumps out of the helicopter with a lifespan of one jump or whatever silly thing they said? "So I guess it isn't hard for me to believe the conclusions of this study: that it's not really about particular foods." Yep, I agree with you about the environment being a big part of the comfort. However, absent the food the environment is no where near as cocoon-like, no? Strange how the dynamics are so different from, say, just having a conversation with a loved one in a familiar locale versus the same situation but breaking bread ramps up the intimacy and sense of security. [ETA: Ahhhh. Recreating or revisiting the environment is often impossible but the food! That can be recreated almost anywhere and it engages so many of the senses that were present when the food was becoming the comfort it is today. ]
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Post by rejoicealways8 on Dec 17, 2014 4:41:25 GMT -6
I've eaten enough allergy med to be somewhat human this morning. Took my longer reading time after 10 to achieve sleep. Though awake for good a little before 4, at least there wasn't the midnight awakening followed by a 3 a.m. something wake up. This is better.
I went out for dinner with friends last night. It was a Mexican food place. I wasn't in the mood to pay 18+ bucks for something pretty meaty. I ended up with a glass of red wine and avocado salad -- from the appetizer menu -- which was a pile of guacamole served with chips. I am completely inured to chips, no active resistance required to leave them sitting on the plate. I wasn't all that hungry but didn't want to drink wine along with allergy meds without eating something.
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 8:35:32 GMT -6
Nah. I mean revealing some hidden critical emotion or message a movie might have. Or just plain old screwing it up by revealing a plot detail that is part of the experience. I'm kind of a nut about movies though lol. If it is a great movie I get invested in it. I won't lie, I cried at the end of Titanic Man. Interstellar is the best space movie I've seen in a long time! Well. Gravity was an awesome too but it was sort of a one room play more than a space movie although the effects were outstanding. Moon was an excellent flick but it was also a one room play. Anyway you get the idea So great to see Matthew M. in another good movie. If the movie is stupid he is really awful in it. Like that dragon movie Reign of Fire - awful and he was awful. Who the hell is going to volunteer to be the guy that jumps out of the helicopter with a lifespan of one jump or whatever silly thing they said? "So I guess it isn't hard for me to believe the conclusions of this study: that it's not really about particular foods." Yep, I agree with you about the environment being a big part of the comfort. However, absent the food the environment is no where near as cocoon-like, no? Strange how the dynamics are so different from, say, just having a conversation with a loved one in a familiar locale versus the same situation but breaking bread ramps up the intimacy and sense of security. [ETA: Ahhhh. Recreating or revisiting the environment is often impossible but the food! That can be recreated almost anywhere and it engages so many of the senses that were present when the food was becoming the comfort it is today. ] Well, I cry at the drop of a hat, so it isn't saying much to say that I cried at the end of Titanic. I also cried in Interstellar! I'm a sympathetic crier - if anyone around me is crying, then I'm crying too. Especially if a man cries - I guess because you guys do it so much less often (typically) than we women do, if a man is so much as tearing up then I am bawling! But, anyway, yes I do know what you mean aobut getting emotionally invested in a good movie. Movies can range from absolute crap to true art, and it sure it nice to see one that is truly art every once in awhile. I still haven't seen Gravity, which is weird for someone who loves SF as much as I do. But I had heard, like you said, that it's more of a one-room play than a space movie (though I don't think the people who told me put it as eloquently as you did!). I know I've seen Reign of Fire, but honestly I don't remember anything about it. I guess it was so bad that my brain just dumped it - ha! But I liked Matthew McConaughey in Contact. Yes, it's interesting how socializing over a good meal is a much bigger deal to us than either socializing or eating is separately. I'm sure it goes back to our earliest roots and what makes us human.
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 8:36:33 GMT -6
I've eaten enough allergy med to be somewhat human this morning. Took my longer reading time after 10 to achieve sleep. Though awake for good a little before 4, at least there wasn't the midnight awakening followed by a 3 a.m. something wake up. This is better. I went out for dinner with friends last night. It was a Mexican food place. I wasn't in the mood to pay 18+ bucks for something pretty meaty. I ended up with a glass of red wine and avocado salad -- from the appetizer menu -- which was a pile of guacamole served with chips. I am completely inured to chips, no active resistance required to leave them sitting on the plate. I wasn't all that hungry but didn't want to drink wine along with allergy meds without eating something. As someone who cannot let a tortilla chip go uneaten, I'm impressed!!!
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 8:42:46 GMT -6
Have you ever heard of someone having both low HDL and low triglycerides? I thought these two had an inversely proportional relationship, and if one was high the other was low. But my mom recently got some bloodwork done, and it turns out her HDL is too low (in the 40's) but her truglycerides are also pretty low, lower than mine even though she hasn't been eating LC recently, in the 60's. What's up with that?
She did LC for awhile and lost weight and felt more energetic and looked ten years younger. But she fell off the wagon, as I'm sure most of us can relate to, and gained it all back. She's wanting to get back on board, and I think this bloodwork is providing a boost of motivation. The doc tried to convince her to try the Mediterranean Diet, but luckily she knows enough about LC that she just smiled and nodded while thinking to herself "no way! I'm going low-carb again!"
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 8:55:15 GMT -6
And while we're on the topic of cholesterol, I have another question. I've been seeing a few articles cropping up recently claiming that high HDL isn't that good for you after all. Now, I thought the research was abundantly clear on this, and high HDL is very strongly correlated to longevity. VERY strongly. So if anyone knows the scoop, I would be really curious. Is there really any reason to believe that high HDL is not as good as we thought? Or is something else going on here? The cynical side of my believes it's the something else, namely that:
1. Tons more research is showing that low-carb diets boost HDL while low-fat diets aren't as beneficial as we've all been taught. So the low-carb-haters and low-fat believers are now put in a position of either having to scrap everything they thought they knew about human nutrition and admit they were wrong, OR they can simply deny that having high HDL is good for you. And some are choosing the latter.
2. They haven't invented a drug yet that can increase HDL, so since there is no profit to be made in focusing on HDL, they want to keep all our attention on lowering LDL.
But if I'm wrong, and there's some actual *evidence* out there that high HDL isn't so great after all, I really would like to know.
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Post by reddarin on Dec 17, 2014 9:11:29 GMT -6
Weigh-in this morning 175.6 and a return of the exact same point eight heh
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Post by reddarin on Dec 17, 2014 9:12:02 GMT -6
I've eaten enough allergy med to be somewhat human this morning. Took my longer reading time after 10 to achieve sleep. Though awake for good a little before 4, at least there wasn't the midnight awakening followed by a 3 a.m. something wake up. This is better. I went out for dinner with friends last night. It was a Mexican food place. I wasn't in the mood to pay 18+ bucks for something pretty meaty. I ended up with a glass of red wine and avocado salad -- from the appetizer menu -- which was a pile of guacamole served with chips. I am completely inured to chips, no active resistance required to leave them sitting on the plate. I wasn't all that hungry but didn't want to drink wine along with allergy meds without eating something. Maybe the coming rain will wash the allergens out of the air?
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Post by reddarin on Dec 17, 2014 9:41:18 GMT -6
Have you ever heard of someone having both low HDL and low triglycerides? I thought these two had an inversely proportional relationship, and if one was high the other was low. But my mom recently got some bloodwork done, and it turns out her HDL is too low (in the 40's) but her truglycerides are also pretty low, lower than mine even though she hasn't been eating LC recently, in the 60's. What's up with that? She did LC for awhile and lost weight and felt more energetic and looked ten years younger. But she fell off the wagon, as I'm sure most of us can relate to, and gained it all back. She's wanting to get back on board, and I think this bloodwork is providing a boost of motivation. The doc tried to convince her to try the Mediterranean Diet, but luckily she knows enough about LC that she just smiled and nodded while thinking to herself "no way! I'm going low-carb again!" And while we're on the topic of cholesterol, I have another question. I've been seeing a few articles cropping up recently claiming that high HDL isn't that good for you after all. Now, I thought the research was abundantly clear on this, and high HDL is very strongly correlated to longevity. VERY strongly. So if anyone knows the scoop, I would be really curious. Is there really any reason to believe that high HDL is not as good as we thought? Or is something else going on here? The cynical side of my believes it's the something else, namely that: 1. Tons more research is showing that low-carb diets boost HDL while low-fat diets aren't as beneficial as we've all been taught. So the low-carb-haters and low-fat believers are now put in a position of either having to scrap everything they thought they knew about human nutrition and admit they were wrong, OR they can simply deny that having high HDL is good for you. And some are choosing the latter. 2. They haven't invented a drug yet that can increase HDL, so since there is no profit to be made in focusing on HDL, they want to keep all our attention on lowering LDL. But if I'm wrong, and there's some actual *evidence* out there that high HDL isn't so great after all, I really would like to know. Although I've read Jimmy's cholesterol book and other information about it I remain a bit fuzzy on the subject. I think that Dr. Dayspring would say that it doesn't matter as long as total cholesterol is in the right range particularly with spectacularly low trigs. His two interviews on the Jimmy Moore podcasts are excellent: livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/atlcx-episode-29-dr-thomas-dayspring-cholesterol-testing-what-matters-most/16019www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes/6371/585-lipidologist-dr-thomas-dayspring-explains-the-truth-about-cholesterol/Can she get that test done that measures calcium build-up? I think Jimmy mentions it in one or both of those podcasts. www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/16/tests.picture.heart.attack/My mother's doc keeps trying to put her on statins with a total cholesterol of ~220. I talked her out of it mainly by force of will because no matter how much I try to tell her that the medical community has reduced cholesterol targets arbitrarily and that a higher cholesterol for a female at her age results in better all-cause mortality results she cannot get past the fact that he wears a white coat and I do not. I emailed Jimmy (maybe 14 months ago?) to get a list of his podcasts that deal with statins, which he very nicely provided, and he pointed out that her trigs, which are high, were a much bigger problem. I agree but mom is a SAD dieting stonewall of obstinacy. She's been dieting the SAD way for decades and cannot imagine any other way to approach it despite my own very visible and miraculous success with LC. I created a set of CDs for her to listen to those podcasts but nope she wouldn't listen to them. Very annoying. I haven't seen the articles you are talking about but it sounds like the typical 'hidden asterisk' type claim where important caveats are briefly mentioned and then brushed aside in the rush to hair on fire reporting. Would you link one or two? I agree with you, though, that is sounds fishy and the low-fat idiots are nothing if not persistent at making the data fit their conclusion.
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Post by reddarin on Dec 17, 2014 10:02:53 GMT -6
Well, I cry at the drop of a hat, so it isn't saying much to say that I cried at the end of Titanic. I also cried in Interstellar! I'm a sympathetic crier - if anyone around me is crying, then I'm crying too. Especially if a man cries - I guess because you guys do it so much less often (typically) than we women do, if a man is so much as tearing up then I am bawling! But, anyway, yes I do know what you mean aobut getting emotionally invested in a good movie. Movies can range from absolute crap to true art, and it sure it nice to see one that is truly art every once in awhile. I still haven't seen Gravity, which is weird for someone who loves SF as much as I do. But I had heard, like you said, that it's more of a one-room play than a space movie (though I don't think the people who told me put it as eloquently as you did!). I know I've seen Reign of Fire, but honestly I don't remember anything about it. I guess it was so bad that my brain just dumped it - ha! But I liked Matthew McConaughey in Contact. Yes, it's interesting how socializing over a good meal is a much bigger deal to us than either socializing or eating is separately. I'm sure it goes back to our earliest roots and what makes us human. Good movies affect me but few movies move me to tears. Greta! Watch Gravity. It is a great movie and the special effects really are outstanding. It is, I think, an unusual one room-esque play because the Fx is made a full partner so to speak. As a contrast, this movie Love is a one room play set in space that sucked and the Fx, while good, were clearly meant to be a cardboard backdrop. Yep. Contact was the movie I had in mind when I said another good movie for McConaughey heh. Have you seen Primer? Very cool movie.
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 10:18:44 GMT -6
Although I've read Jimmy's cholesterol book and other information about it I remain a bit fuzzy on the subject. I think that Dr. Dayspring would say that it doesn't matter as long as total cholesterol is in the right range particularly with spectacularly low trigs. His two interviews on the Jimmy Moore podcasts are excellent: livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/atlcx-episode-29-dr-thomas-dayspring-cholesterol-testing-what-matters-most/16019www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes/6371/585-lipidologist-dr-thomas-dayspring-explains-the-truth-about-cholesterol/Can she get that test done that measures calcium build-up? I think Jimmy mentions it in one or both of those podcasts. www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/16/tests.picture.heart.attack/My mother's doc keeps trying to put her on statins with a total cholesterol of ~220. I talked her out of it mainly by force of will because no matter how much I try to tell her that the medical community has reduced cholesterol targets arbitrarily and that a higher cholesterol for a female at her age results in better all-cause mortality results she cannot get past the fact that he wears a white coat and I do not. I emailed Jimmy (maybe 14 months ago?) to get a list of his podcasts that deal with statins, which he very nicely provided, and he pointed out that her trigs, which are high, were a much bigger problem. I agree but mom is a SAD dieting stonewall of obstinacy. She's been dieting the SAD way for decades and cannot imagine any other way to approach it despite my own very visible and miraculous success with LC. I created a set of CDs for her to listen to those podcasts but nope she wouldn't listen to them. Very annoying. I haven't seen the articles you are talking about but it sounds like the typical 'hidden asterisk' type claim where important caveats are briefly mentioned and then brushed aside in the rush to hair on fire reporting. Would you link one or two? I agree with you, though, that is sounds fishy and the low-fat idiots are nothing if not persistent at making the data fit their conclusion. Thank you, Darin! I've never heard of Dr. Dayspring but I am looking forward to listening to those podcasts today. I'm so sorry to hear about your mom, but I am so glad that you at least convinced her not to take the statins! Looks like the origin of this "HDL isn't so great" myth was probably Dean Ornish. He had an article (I think it was in the Washington Post, but I'm not sure, and I'm going to look for it right after I post this) which was the first that I read making this argument. His diet has been clinically shown, over and over again, to reduce HDL, so he had to come up with an explanation! Of course, "my diet is unhealthy" would have been the correct explanation, but we all knew he wasn't going to say that. If you're interested, here is a response that Dr. Eades wrote regarding this argument by Dr. Ornish back in 2006: www.proteinpower.com/drmike/saturated-fat/the-dean-ornish-hdl-aint-nothin-but-a-garbage-truck-rag/
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 10:23:56 GMT -6
Good movies affect me but few movies move me to tears. Greta! Watch Gravity. It is a great movie and the special effects really are outstanding. It is, I think, an unusual one room-esque play because the Fx is made a full partner so to speak. As a contrast, this movie Love is a one room play set in space that sucked and the Fx, while good, were clearly meant to be a cardboard backdrop. Yep. Contact was the movie I had in mind when I said another good movie for McConaughey heh. Have you seen Primer? Very cool movie. My husband wants to see Gravity, too, so I'll push for renting it some time this weekend. Looking forward to it! Haven't seen Primer either. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Post by storytha on Dec 17, 2014 10:53:29 GMT -6
Dear Doggie had his surgery yesterday. Was a brilliant success says Dr. DH will drive up this morning to pick him up by 11ish and bring him home. Cone of Shame and limited movement for a few weeks and 1-3 months of no jumping (couch, bed, car, etc) and he'll be right as rain. We got him from the shelter two years ago when he was 5 years old. He was there for over 4 months. So I believe he remembers that abandonment and I hate it when we have to take him somewhere and leave him. He shakes so hard. There is no way to convince him we are his forever family and we WILL be coming back for him.
I've been under a lot of stress in the past few weeks and it's really starting to catch up to me. Interesting topic of comfort foods recently. Strange thing is when I'm stressed I have no hunger. I even tried to bribe myself with "comfort food" in order to eat lunch yesterday. But none came to mind (where as before LC I would have a laundry list of "cravings"). DD is going through a depression we are worried about and that is leading her to not eating as well. I'm trying to lead by example at dinner by eating healthy with her, otherwise I would consider it a mostly fasting week.
Ugly Christmas Sweater party went well last Friday. There were so many fun "minute-to win-it" style games I didn't have time to eat the bad stuff and I made them all take the left overs home. (Except the strawberries since DD seemed interested) I won second place and DH & I got into a whipped cream pie fight. (Actually not even our first time) Yeah, we're weird.
This Friday's office party got moved from my house to the Boss's so a small amount of stress is off my shoulders. I only have to bring one item and BYOB. And cleaning the house can wait until later.
I almost have everything for Christmas. Some stocking stuffers left and crossed fingers that all my mail order stuff arrives in time.
I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! Hump day, whoot whoot!
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 11:06:40 GMT -6
Well I can't find anything in the Washington Post, so I must have been thinking of that same Newsweek article that Dr. Eades was responding to. storytha So glad that your dog is going to make a full recovery! I'm sorry to hear about the amount of stress you guys are going through right now. My appetite also shuts down when I am stressed. I wish I had some wisdom to offer to help you deal with that, especially for your daughter, but I honestly don't know. Even my favorite foods were no temptation to me when I was going through times like that.
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 18:12:36 GMT -6
I'd like to know, from everyone here: what is your favorite low-carb cookbook?
I want to buy one for my mom and I'd love to hear suggestions. Thanks!
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Post by reddarin on Dec 17, 2014 18:43:17 GMT -6
Sorry Greta, I am just not that adventurous in the kitchen to need a cookbook
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Post by reddarin on Dec 17, 2014 18:44:36 GMT -6
Numbers for today.
Calories: 2,939
Fat: 253 Pro: 118 Car: 47 KR: 2.03
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Post by clueless on Dec 17, 2014 19:53:07 GMT -6
I'd like to know, from everyone here: what is your favorite low-carb cookbook? I want to buy one for my mom and I'd love to hear suggestions. Thanks! I just use Linda Sue's website. Haven't tried any LC cookbooks.
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 20:01:49 GMT -6
Oh well!
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Post by rejoicealways8 on Dec 17, 2014 20:09:59 GMT -6
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Post by gretalyn on Dec 17, 2014 20:35:01 GMT -6
rejoicealways8 Thanks so much! The "Low-Carbing Among Friends" series of cookbooks looks potentially interesting too.
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Post by rejoicealways8 on Dec 18, 2014 5:20:14 GMT -6
Happy Thursday everyone. Tonight starts a string of evenings when I will be sleeping at my own home. Yea! Thursday is my regular evening at home. Because my daughter is arriving on Friday, it's worked out for me to stay at home, too, mostly because one of my sisters is coming into town for Saturday, Sunday, and possible Monday nights. Mom's paid help is staying Friday and Tuesday nights. Last time my daughter was home--in the spring--I continued to sleep at Mom's so it isn't as if it has to be done one way or the other. I think might actually have a working water heater, too, by tomorrow evening. What a misadventure it's been. I continue to eat in a carnivory style. I am looking forward to observing how I will handle myself around food during this break in routine. I have no plans really about it other than to stick close to what I am doing now. Poking around I see that Sally Fallon of Nourishing Traditions fame, has written book/recipe book titled Nourishing Broth. She makes for great reading, I think. It's the request for LC cookbooks that got me to poking around. Sally's not LC. She is about traditional methods of preparing food that we've lost mostly in our culture.
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Post by reddarin on Dec 18, 2014 9:11:34 GMT -6
Weigh-in this morning 173.9 and down one point seven
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Post by reddarin on Dec 18, 2014 9:15:37 GMT -6
Yesterday I had to run by the post office and the store. That has prompted me to adopt a new heightened awareness everyday apparel standard:
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Post by clueless on Dec 18, 2014 9:29:40 GMT -6
Weigh-in this morning 173.9 and down one point seven Woot woot! Awesome!
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Post by clueless on Dec 18, 2014 9:54:46 GMT -6
I think I am finally well enough to get off the cough drops and syrups and get back on track. I have some energy today too. Hooray!
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