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The Anchorage, Part 3
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Hornet3d
Wise
I'll let you guys hog the salsa ... as well as the guacamole.
I'm not crazy about peppers, whether they are red, green, or hot. I prefer green onions to onions, though even those I like sparingly.
Think of your pickiest eater, and I'm right there beside them
Too bad chocolate doesn't cover all the required food groups.
The same here, don't like peppers of any sort. Like onions but it has to be very occasionally as otherwise my body tells me off. Like chocolate but my diabetes restricts it my intake to the occasion small piece. Strangely chocolate is not the most thing I miss due to my diabetes instead it is cheese. I do love my cheese but again, heavily restricted.
Hornet3d
Wise
Yes it perplexed me as it is not something that is normally restricted but for me it sends my sugar levels high very quickly, I think it has to do with how my body handles the fat. I am also on a great number of tablets that affect the way my digestive system works so that may also have a bearing. That is one of the problems with diabetes is that the longer you have it the more difficult it is to control and as I have had it for the best part of 15 years now it is having a increasing effect on me. When it is controlled by diet it has relatively small impact but once on insulin it gets more difficult as it makes it easier to put on weight which is the the last thing most diabetics need to do. What I find most bizarre is, in one sense, it is worse than chocolate for me as any sugar high from chocolate is short lived and cheese sends it up and maintains it a lot longer. Then again that may be more to do with my medication.
For all that I am well aware that diabetics have life a lot better than they would have had in previous generations and those coming behind me are likely to have a even better outlook.
McGyver
Energetic
I read this yesterday and started writing a reply while I was eating lunch...
A while ago an old friend of mine, who tends to get easily distracted by trendy diets and fads told me about this "great diet"... I had already heard about... Actually, back in the 80s I read about an earlier version of it in some magazine in a horrible waiting room somewhere.
I tried to explain the glaring errors in the philosophy, but being she is the poster child of falling for alternative facts and choosing glossy over reasonable, it fell on deaf ears.
I'm pretty sure if she was at the edge of a volcano and there were two guys at the edge, one in a five thousand dollar suit saying "give me all your money and jump in the volcano, it will make you slim and successful" and the other dressed neatly in jeans and a nice, but not brand name tee shirt, who was saying "Don't do it, you'll die a fiery, painful death!!", she would not even hear the dude in jeans and probably already be careening halfway down to the lava before he even managed to say "Don't..."
So, already having a well established opinion on the topic and not being completely bereft of knowledge and early humans, I wrote down my take on that...
I write most replies in the "Notes" or "Pages" apps on my iPad... Thankfully, I didn't copy and paste it, because one sentence from finishing it I got interrupted and didn't go back to it until now...
It's kinda long and preachy and not as funny as it could be... It only has one reference to kangaroo pouch mucus and barely mentions a reverse Planet of the Apes scenario... And neither is very humorous.
It's kinda critical because I hate bad science and dumb studies that overlook or ignore obvious fact holes (these are like plot holes, only where you ignore facts)...
Regardless, I thought better of posting it.
Separately from that, I wanted to say something to the folks here...
It's sort of an apology if sometimes I get all preachy about stuff and I seem very opinionated or I come across as if I think I know better than everyone.
My whole life I've listened to other people tell me stuff... ideas, problems, dreams, life stories etc... In some cases they've been total strangers.
Unfortunately I tend to remember what they say, and I store it away with other information.
I can't remember most of the languages I've learned, but the life story of the drunk guy who crashed a helicopter in the army and never could fly again, who told me his life story on the Queensboro bridge is permanently stored with no overwrite permission on my brain cells.
Couple that with the fact that I have a "weird" kind of hearing... I sort of hear "everything at once"...
That is to say, perhaps if I'm in a restaurant, I can hear plainly and almost equally every conversation in the room and every sound at once.
The only thing I can liken it to is like in a movie or book where there is a character that is telepathic and they hear everyone's thoughts at once.
The worst part is my brain sorts them out, identifies them, and makes sense of them.
Being in crowded human filled places is hell to me.
I hear so many conversations I never wanted to have heard.
Throw in that cell phones have made people that much more louder and filter-less too.
Unfortunately much of that gets stored too.
Between all that and world events, I spend a lot of my time going "What the _ _ _ _ ing hell is wrong with people!?"
I know that sounds like I think I know better... And I know I don't, it's just that it's frustrating to be aware of so many situations that could be way better if people would just not do the dumbest thing first.
So I'm sorry if sometimes I write stuff that is obnoxiously opinionated or I sound like I'm giving advice.
I'm making a mess of explaining this, but my point was something along the lines of sorry for my long overbearing posts, where my attempts at serious thoughts outweigh the stupid commentary and stuff gets dark and boring.
Anyway...
Have a great day everyone.
StudioMartillo
Engaged
But not before I explain how to make peanut butter and carrot sandwiches. Use 2 (two) slices of multi-grain bread. (At least 8 grains)
Spread a copious amount of peanut butter on one slice.
Then finely grate 4 baby carrots and pile that on top of the peanut butter.
Sprinkle some cinnamon on top of the grated carrots and place the second slice of bread on top of that.
A Martillo lunch staple.
Spread a copious amount of peanut butter on one slice.
Then finely grate 4 baby carrots and pile that on top of the peanut butter.
Sprinkle some cinnamon on top of the grated carrots and place the second slice of bread on top of that.
A Martillo lunch staple.
Yes, love my Chobani Blueberry Yogurt, but I don't always have it in the house. Luckily, I don't eat very spicy food very often, so I suppose I can make sure I get some when I know I'll be eating something a little spicy.
Hornet3d
Wise
Personally I have never found your posts to be opinionated or over bearing, funny - yes, difficult to follow at times - yes, but never opinionated or overbearing. I tend to be another that hates the glaring inconsistencies with anything, including diets. I also have difficulties with accepting suggestions and concepts without doing a little research but is seems the modern trend is to accept without question, particularly if the information agrees with your beliefs.
I love it when someone is passionate about something, anything, even more so if it is something I have difficulty believing. If someone feels strongly about something it makes me question why and pushes me to see if my beliefs are correct.
Terre
Renowned
@McGyver : I always enjoy your posts and have yet to come across one that bothers me. Thank you for being you.
@Hornet3d : My sympathies. Diabetes is a hard condition to deal with even today with much better medical knowledge.
My husband was diagnosed back in June of '09 with a fasting blood sugar of 200 and triglycerides of 400 and a weight of almost 300lbs. His choice of how to handle it has resulted in him slowly getting down to 212lbs or so with his A1C being non-diabetic and triglycerides down to 100 for most of the last 8 years. However most people simply can't do things the way he did. :Extreme keytogenic. As in diet is meat, eggs, and cheese with nutrition supplied by vitamins. No drugs have been needed for anything. Sadly, most people can't do things this way for one or more reasons and have to do things the way you are.
@Hornet3d : My sympathies. Diabetes is a hard condition to deal with even today with much better medical knowledge.
My husband was diagnosed back in June of '09 with a fasting blood sugar of 200 and triglycerides of 400 and a weight of almost 300lbs. His choice of how to handle it has resulted in him slowly getting down to 212lbs or so with his A1C being non-diabetic and triglycerides down to 100 for most of the last 8 years. However most people simply can't do things the way he did. :Extreme keytogenic. As in diet is meat, eggs, and cheese with nutrition supplied by vitamins. No drugs have been needed for anything. Sadly, most people can't do things this way for one or more reasons and have to do things the way you are.
Mythocentric
Extraordinary
Actually I quite like faddists, in the same way, I like most idiots*. I particularly love the way they seem to be totally incapable of seeing the black hole which resides at the centre of most of their theories even as they cross the event horizon and begin to wonder why their heads are at the same time (see Steven Hawking) a million miles away and firmly wedged up their bottoms simultaneously.
* Except for the ones who invariably decide to sit next to me on the 'bus or train even when the rest of the 'bus (or train) is empty!
Having had it lurking in my mind for the last few days, when I visited my favourite cafe today I ordered a Mammoth steak. Sad to say the lady behind the counter declined my order due, she said, to all the mammoth's being in fact, dead. I should hope so too I responded. I certainly wouldn't like to try and remove a steak from a live one! Sheesh!
* Except for the ones who invariably decide to sit next to me on the 'bus or train even when the rest of the 'bus (or train) is empty!
Having had it lurking in my mind for the last few days, when I visited my favourite cafe today I ordered a Mammoth steak. Sad to say the lady behind the counter declined my order due, she said, to all the mammoth's being in fact, dead. I should hope so too I responded. I certainly wouldn't like to try and remove a steak from a live one! Sheesh!
Hornet3d
Wise
I am glad I am not alone, in the days when I traveled for work I often had to eat alone and I used to attract the all same sort of people who would take pity on me and sit down, often discussing why what I was eating was bad for me. I took to taking book with me all the time in an effort to look otherwise engaged but it rarely worked.
Terre
Renowned
Good grief. That would get very annoying indeed.
As far as faddist go, I'm afraid I must deal with them as customers and it's part of my job to find the stuff they think they need for their health. Hawthorn tea being one of the worst. "It helps keep your blood flowing in the right direction." I really don't know how I managed to keep my face straight when he said that.
On the bright side the celiacs in our area are benefiting from the requests the gluten free fadists are making of me.
As far as faddist go, I'm afraid I must deal with them as customers and it's part of my job to find the stuff they think they need for their health. Hawthorn tea being one of the worst. "It helps keep your blood flowing in the right direction." I really don't know how I managed to keep my face straight when he said that.
On the bright side the celiacs in our area are benefiting from the requests the gluten free fadists are making of me.
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Hornet3d
Wise
Thanks for your comments, there are days when I tire of all the tablets and I don't think I will ever get fully used to stabbing myself and couple of times a day. Still at least I used the injection pens rather than a hypodermic and the tablets and the pens are better than the alternative. Most days I carry on and try to take the attitude I am in charge of it rather then it in being in charge of me. Glad to hear your husband did so, well I love it when someone really beats diabetes big time.
Terre
Renowned
@McGyver : Have you ever wandered into this blog? Science-Based Medicine It can be quite interesting and sometime hilarious.