Unfortunately, four years later, it has gone back up a bit. I’d like to lose that eight pounds again, and then I would be happy. But I could never do it without the bioidenticals. I just have to cut the chocolate chip cookies.
If your friend could diet and exercise, he might see what a good boost the hormones would give him. They are a major cheat.
My friend feels pretty good. He has this belly though. Belly fat is not good for guys.
Yeah, it can be deadly. Does he have metabolic syndrome? Does he have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar? That plus belly fat=metabolic syndrome, which I learned from a helpful cc poster.
I think he is ok because he is on lipitor. I am seeing him next week. I guess I will find out. 
That fits one of the categories. If he’s on Lipitor, he has high cholesterol. It’s not whether he has those three issues after medication, it’s whether he has them if he doesn’t take them. So you know he has the belly and the high cholesterol. If he has high blood sugar and high blood pressure, he’s got metabolic syndrome. So get back to us after you see him!
So there’s going off topic.
What about those anti-intellectuals, anyways? Actually, who considers themselves an intellectual? What is the criteria?
If you think you’re smarter than everyone else in the room? Do you have to be smart, well educated, or just like to consider things and propose solutions? Plenty of people do the latter who really aren’t that bright at all.
Before I open the link on the thread I thought the anti intellectuals are the ones who’s watching the Kim Kardashian shows or most reality shows. Now how that links to IUD, the intellectuals have to tell me, since they are supposed to be smart.
I guess I can’t help you there, DrGoogle, as since I’m rather conservative, I must not be smart nor intellectual. Plus, every now and then I watch a reality show. A couple of weeks ago, I was compelled to watch the show, “Naked and Afraid,”, kind of like sometimes when passing through a channel, you find yourself pausing on the Jerry Springer show, and can’t stop watching the freak show. Good Lord, help us all.
Now if the Jerry Springer show isn’t a reason for IUDs (or any sort of birth control), I don’t know what is, and I’ll bet any intellectual will agree. There, does that tie the IUDs into this thread for you? 
Jerry Springer still on? I do watch some reality shows like surviving in Alaska( not sure the exact title) but more nature like or finding big foot( not exactly the title again), or Car Chaser, but only occasionally. So I’m a little bit guilty. But I don’t claim to be an intellectual. I’m off the hook.
I think he is. Every now and then I see him on some hotel tv that has few stations to watch. Sometimes it’s between him, the news (all bad), and the Power Rangers, so how do you pick?
Ha! You are definitely an intellectual. Anyone as funny as you has to have given issues some thought.
I went to TTT.
And I went to FTT. So you’re obviously must be far more intellectual than I am.
Which, unfortunately, ain’t saying much!
I’m going to get a tattoo for my 60th (as well as a tablet 
). It will definitely not be as badass as shark bite scar though.
Ok back to our regularly scheduled programming.
I wonder why some people who think they know it all don’t consider themselves to be intellectual, and call people who develop programs that they consider totally wrong-headed intellectuals?
Would like to know what and where that tattoo is going to be, @LasMa. Tramp stamp? Not that it’s any of my business!
I’ve never considered myself an “intellectual,” a word which I think of as implying far more than being well-educated and intelligent. To me, being a “New York Jewish intellectual” has always meant someone who reads (or writes for!) the New York Review of Books, is fluent in several languages, and is able to engage in informed discussions of English poetry, French literary theory, German philosophy, and Italian art. That’s never been me.
You have high standards, Donna! I would definitely consider you intellectual.
Intellectuals, in my opinion, are people who argue with themselves when it comes to making any type of decision. I, for example, constantly contest myself on beliefs I stand by and will go back and forth with my decision-making.
Dunno, stugace. That sounds more like wishy washy, or indecisive. Or split personality.
^ Or concrete thinking.
It’s not like I’m changing my mind 24/7. Once the time comes for a decision to be made, that’s when I do the back and forth. When new ideas are brought up, I’ll take them into consideration.
That sounds like far too much work! Most decisions don’t require a huge amount of consideration. Unless, of course, you are making life or death decisions.