<p>^It’d be presumptuous to say, but I suspect in the case of DadII, I think he was misinterpreting some gentle joking and perhaps more ardent counsel than he bargained for, and was perhaps getting a little prickly over well-meaning attempts to respond to his apparent mystification over weightloss not being linear or highly controllable with a narrow set of variables.</p>
<p>In the case of BCE, he was headed into a busy patch but also likely a little miffed over a protracted conversation that started on the topic of diet saboteurs but wended its way to a pretty vigorous discussion on ways to address relationships/viewpoints with/on saboteurs, one of same which happened to be his wife. Forums are such a blessing where we can all come together and support one another, but they’re also rife with humanity and sometimes for whatever reason people need a bit less humanity in a day (as you might guess, I am a type who has an ambivalent relationship with “humanity” so my word usage is a wee bit tongue in cheek, but overall, loving ;))</p>
<p>But the other way of looking at these departures is perhaps the departed got what they needed and moved on. So I prefer to think of them as alumni, graduates who may one day return to kibitz with us acolytes and share what they’ve found in the world :)</p>
<p>I, on the other hand, remain remedial, so I suspect I’ll be around for a while :)</p>
<p>BTW, MomWC, awesome story about the power of community. Because increasingly, despite our best efforts, I believe the Internet in many ways and for good or ill, has largely replaced community, that somehow has gone AWOL in 21st century living.</p>
<p>I don’t know, kmcmom, I think it was a gang up on the ACA thread, perhaps, no doubt long deleted. Being the minority opinion can be difficult. Let’s hope there are never hard feelings and that people are just busy trying to figure out how to spend all that money they won in the lottery!</p>
<p>This is very interesting - a team from U-Dub discovered connection between blood sugar levels and risk of development of dementia even in non-diabetics:</p>
<p>I think I already shared my running story here. It was a team tri race that got me out of running “hybernation” almost exactly 5 years ago. Thanks to my fellow CCers and my life partner Mr B I found the motivation and courage to re-discover my former athletic self. I hope that I will never find the 30 pounds I lost while getting back into shape. :)</p>
<p>Interesting. And, not terribly surprising. They’ve already established correlation between diabetes and Alzheimer’s - dementia. I’ve seen several references to this being another part of “metabolic syndrome” symptons, ultimately related to insulin resistance. So, the connection may be to high blood sugar or it may be to the underlying problem that causes the high blood sugar.</p>
<p>The sad thing is that none of these articles make the explicit dietary connection: back off on the carbs.</p>
<p>The cancer researchers are going to figure out insulin resistance. Some of the most common major cancers spread like wildfire in the presence of elevated insulin. And, the cancer researchers aren’t constricted by a particular dietary dogma the way the nutritonists are.</p>
<p>DadII is lurking and reading our thread, but he is still mad at us (me) for offering up a couple of his pounds to iDad. Oh well- I stand by my humor!</p>
<p>I wish DadII would stop by so I can give him back the two pounds I’ve been carrying around ever since I jinxed myself by offering to take a couple!</p>
<p>3.5 miles yesterday, 4.5 miles today. I feel like I’m backtracking a bit on my longer runs but so far so good with running Tuesday through Thursday and Sat/Sun. Super humid but they’re calling for cooler temps at the end of the week.</p>
<p>So, I leave in t-minus 4 days for Newfoundland, where I’ll be in the trusty hands of my two fav girlfriends from way back. </p>
<p>One of them, my host, is an exceptional baker, who although svelte herself (she swims a LOT) loves to bake all manner of goodies for her guests. When I am there visiting, I often reciprocate with some of my more decadent culinary exploits (eg my merlot porcini reduction sauce has damned near a half pound of butter in it…my garlic-mashed redskins contain more calories from Cream cheese than potatoes, I suspect…obviously, I’ve not been serving these types of dishes during my own 8 month reduction path).</p>
<p>So, I feel like I should warn her in advance that I’m off bread these days just so she doesnt go crazy before i get there stocking and making my favorite things but at the same time, my other bread-loving gf will be with us AND mch, though he shouldn’t, would really enjoy a week of bakery shenanigans while on vaca, the later of which he has not taken for five years.</p>
<p>So I am internally debating whether to just not mention it and see if I can muster the will to eat like a French woman (politely nibble and never really eat a serving) or ask on arrival if I might do a bit of a grocery stop to stock in on some of the kinds of things I’m eating these days. My friend is such a gracious host I truly don’t want her to give a thought to any of it, lest she find herself knee deep in that horrible gluten-free learning curve. It’s her (and her husbands) vacation too.</p>
<p>I only see these people once a year, and its usually a descent into decadent living that we collectively enjoy. It will be interesting to see how I can navigate all that with minimal disruption. I’m a bit nervous about it, crazy as it sounds. It’s a bit like a recovering crack addict visiting the homeboys (except said homeboys in this case weren’t the same kind of carb addict…)</p>
<p>I think you should tell her casually, kmcmom. As a host I’d want to know, to make my guests happy. She probably has a multitude of evil recipes that aren’t so carb heavy.</p>
<p>KMC, I would think your weight loss would be obvious and conversation as to the how you did it would naturally flow. I’m a fan of the eat like a French woman approach, personally. It seems to fit with your overall approach as well.</p>
<p>I’m thinking I might try campsite cooking one night this week. Something I can cook in one skillet, eat it from the pan, and have a grand total of one skillet, one fork, and one spatula to wash!</p>
<p>Maybe sauteed salmon. Rub it with olive oil, salt, pepper, and put it in a ziplock baggie in the cooler. Thaw some frozen spinach in another baggie with salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Sear the salmon, flip it over, dump the spinach in the skillet and let it all finish cooking. Should work…</p>
<p>Unofficial 5k in 23:56. Yeah!!! Finished my mileage at a more relaxed pace. The Beer Trail had warning signs all over about being a zoo next Saturday :)</p>
(as you might guess, I am a type who has an ambivalent relationship with “humanity” so my word usage is a wee bit tongue in cheek, but overall, loving ;))</p>