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Piece of cake at book club....
Last night was my book club. It's very laid back, only a few people, and it's always hosted at my friend's house. She always makes one thing like brownies or cake, and serves water. But I had a plan.
Had! I thought, "I'll eat before I go. Then when I get there I'll just tell her I'm still full from dinner. I won't eat there but I'll ask for a piece or two of whatever she made to take home. That way she won't feel hurt that I didn't eat, and I can just give the whatever to my kids to share when I get home."
Unfortunately, it didn't happen that way. I got there, she offered cake, I said I'm still full from dinner. So far, so good. Then about halfway through the night she got up and said, "I'll go cut the cake." When she came back, she had servings of cake on little plates and handed me one. :eek:
I felt really uncomfortable and didn't want to offend. I guess I should have just said in the beginning that I'm not eating sugar or something. But I feel uncomfortable letting people know that, partly because my husband has been underemployed for almost 3 years--I just don't want to be judged for spending the money. It's also because of the book club being so small (4 people). I could've not eaten cake and pretty invisible in a bigger book club. Oh well.
Anyway, it felt so weird to eat cake! I am still in ketosis this morning, so I guess I didn't ruin it.
Well, thanks for reading this novel! I guess the lesson here is to be better prepared.
I've become the queen of turning down food! Once you start, you get on a roll. Just keep in mind that you're doing this for yourself. Your hostess most likely cares way more about your health and personal success than whether or not you eat her cake. I'm in a few book clubs, too (can you guess from my name?), and at our first get-together after I joined Medi, I just told my pals that my doctor had really cracked down on me at my last checkup (true!), and I'm trying a low-carb diet for now. I told them I'm really ready to get this weight off once and for all. They all understand when I pass on desserts and alcohol and are proud of me, too!
You don't have to let people know how much money you're spending or even which program you're following--just that you're making big changes to take care of yourself. You'll get really good at "no, thanks!" when sweets are offered. Blame it on your doctor! S/he doesn't mind. :)
Way to go, Cricketleg! You are going to do so well with Medi!
If you offered meat to a vegetarian, or if you offered a non-kosher plate to someone who kept kosher and they turned you down, would you be offended? Of course not. You would understand it's their lifestyle choice. They have chosen a way to eat and the food you offered doesn't fit into that plan.
Cake (and other high-carb foods) is that food for you now; it doesn't fit into your plan. So just be direct and tell them that. I always tell people, "I'm not a diet, I just don't eat that anymore." And I have zero guilt for it.
I'm a big believer in privacy even amongst family and friends. I always remind myself that just because someone asks you a question does not mean you have to answer.
I have found that a simple "No Thank You" works well.
If friends persist by asking details I usually add, looks lovely but no thank you.
When people press for the "why not?" I think it says more about them especially after a gracious "no thank you".
You bring up a great debacle for so many of us that feel as if we have to explain or provide details.
We really don't have to at all.
Discover the power of "no thank you"
I've been amazed at how many of my "friends" don't take no for an answer when they try to shove brownies in my face. They really are just very comfortable with me being heavy, and they don't like change. It's a crazy phenomenon and you'll really notice it once the weight starts falling off--which it will! So, the one trick that worked for me when someone would offer me a treat was to say, "No thanks...Doctor's orders." And they would just kind of shut up and leave me alone. Nobody wants to pry into a "medical issue." They don't want to support me if I'm trying look and feel better, but if they think I might have a "medical problem," then they're okay with my refusal. Crazy!!!
There have been times when I've actually considered telling people I was diabetic, because it would be easier. But like NCBookworm said, once you do it, it becomes easier. I think we probably feel weirder about it than it actually is for the other people. I've gotten very good at the pleasant sing-song, "No thank you!". And believe me, it's way easier if you don't give in, even a little. At least it is for me. One nibble would be all it would take to turn me into Cookie Monster. COOOKKKKIESSSS!
And it's not that she would have been mad. She's a good friend. I just thought it might hurt her feelings. She just, I don't know, she really wants the night to be nice so she makes something for us. Next time I'll be ready. I'll probably let her know in advance. Then, at book club, I won't have a problem if someone asks me why I'm not eating. I don't really care if they know that I'm cutting back. I just didn't want to hurt my hostess's feelings.
It was a good lesson in being prepared and in being intentional about what I'm doing.
Another good thing to do is bring your own healthy treats, like vegetables or fruit. I never expect people to cater to my dietary needs, so I try to come prepared. But you'll be surprised, once people see how dedicated you are, how hard they will try to have something just for you. Every time I go to a friend's house these days, or we have something at work, people are always asking if I can eat this or that, because they want to have something there that I can eat. I tell them not to trouble themselves, but people just want to be helpful and be a good hostess. :-)
Learning how to say "No thank you" is just as important as adjusting to your new WOE. Actually, it is a part of it. I learned early on that saying no thank you was a better option than making any kind of excuse or even trying to explain.And after a while, my friends learned that when I said "No thank you", I really meant it. It really is a part of your adjusting to the journey you have embarked upon. And it will help you reach you goal as you become comfortable with it.:heart:
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That said, it would be nice if anyone could start projects there - but then there is nothing stopping people from creating local kickstarter-like services. Set up a company, create a webpage offering the same services in your continent, and there you go, problem solved.
Pledged $100 for the super collectors edition box thingy as fast as I could.
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I'm sick of FPSs too, Linux needs the best FPSs (like L4D2, Serious Sam, etc), some more RTSs like this one to join Oil Rush, and some goddamn RPGs. I know FPSs are easier to jump into because there is basically no complex gameplay involved, but I like deep, complex, and involved games, if done right.
History lesson time! :)
Cavedog created Total Annihilation, designed by Chris Taylor. Chris later formed Gas Powered Games and brought some other folks from Cavedog. As the rights to TA were not held by GPG, they made Supreme Commander. The rights to SC were sold off to Square Enix some time back, hence why SC2 was published by Square. A very large portion of the folks at Uber are ex-GPG employees, some of them having been at Cavedog as well. It's worth noting that a lot of the Cavedog folks were also ex-Square employees from back before they closed their Seattle offices.
SC was a completely from the ground up new engine. SC2 also used a completely different AI engine than SC. The lead AI engineer for SC (who was not part of the AI team for TA) is currently at Uber, although he's still working on Super Monday Night Combat rather than on Planetary Annihilation, last I heard. PA will of course share zero code with TA, SC, or SC2, as Uber does not own rights to any of those games or codebases.
Congrats, Phoronix managed make it on the list as the 17th most supportive site on the 'Net for Planetary Annihilation so far!
Very excited to see how this game will turn out.
If they can make the interface simple and fun enough to use even with all the functions they're building into the game then this might just become my new favourite RTS!
Oh and I love how seriously Linux users are considered as an audience for gaming projects on kickstarter. So awesome :)
linux client is out :o
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The debut collection from multi-award nominated author Andrew J McKiernan brings together 14 of his previously published short stories and novelettes, plus two brand new tales unique to the collection.
Often defying conventions of genre and style, these stories range from fantasy and steampunk to science fiction and horror, but always with an edge sharper than a razor and darker than a night on Neptune.
From the darkly hilarious "All the Clowns in Clowntown" to the heart-breakingly disturbing title story, the collection pulls no punches. Delving deep into what scares us most, McKiernan's tales are by turns heartfelt and gut-wrenching.
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But he knows trying to overcome Jimmie Johnson's 28-point advantage with one race remaining is a very tall order.
Kenseth and his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing team struggled most of the race in Sunday's AdvoCare 500k at Phoenix International Raceway. At one point during a round of green-flag pit stops, he fell two laps down and was running 29th.
He ended up with a 23rd-place finish, his worst performance of the Chase and worst finish since he was 33rd at the July Daytona race.
"I think our day was pretty self-explanatory. We just really struggled," Kenseth said. "Honestly, that was probably our first day like that, that we've had all season long.
"That speaks volumes about my team. We haven't had a day like that all year where we've been far enough where we couldn't stay on the lead lap."
Unfortunately for Kenseth, the bad day couldn't have come at a worse time.
While Johnson, too, had some problems – he twice nearly got wrecked on the track – he managed to regroup and got rewarded with a third-place finish when then-leader Carl Edwards ran out of fuel on the next-to-last-lap.
"Being in the championship, hunt we hoped to go down to Homestead and race for it on performance," Kenseth said.
Kenseth's JGR teammates, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin, also struggled in the race. Hamlin led the first 18 laps but also caused the race's first caution when he spun out with what quickly became an ill-handling car.
Busch's seventh-place finish was the best he ran in the entire race. He spent much of the race running between 10th and 20th.
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Transformers star Megan Fox arrives at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards held at The Palms Hotel and Casino on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Transformers star Megan Fox arrives at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards held at The Palms Hotel and Casino on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
these pictures look the exact same as all her others. okay looking, but blah!
god damn she is so sexy.
She's a pretty girl, but her eyebrows and the heavy make up bother me.
Angelina Jolie wannabe!!
god i HATE her!
She has some more work done. her nose is completely different.
she's pretty, but in that stripper kind of way. she wears too much makeup, and trys wayy too hard to be sexy. and she always wears those same christian louboutin metallic pumps to every event!
I think she looks perfect. I mean, I would certainly not mind looking in the mirror and seeing that vision reflected back!
She is pretty, but TOO MUCH makeup! And she is channeling Angelina, but there is only one!
she's not pretty
she look like a b*** sorry!! her look is not good
SHE IS SO PRETTY. i loved her dress!
SHE IS F@king sexy,
she is GORGEOUS!!!!! she could lighten the brows up a bit, tho….
beautiful face and hair!
BEAUTiFUL =)
the HOTNESS that is megan Fox!!!!! loved the dress :)
She looks mean.there's something about her face.
Megan Fox never gonna look like Angelina Jolie. She doesn't have any feature especially NOT the lips.
So f**ing STOP with the look over your tatooed-shoulder..that's just downright copycat.
I agreed with another comment here about her being beautiful STRIPPER kind of way.
Right on!
I'm a Jolie fan and I think Megan is very pretty.
She's not at all stripper to me, she has naturally pretty features. She doesn't have to over do the make-up and shouldn't, her face can stand on it's own without all the extra.
instant boner!
Pretty girl.
she looks really creepy in the first pix. i dont really like her but i know she's pretty if she only put less makeup on! also, she always wears that same shade of pink to everywhere- its getting boooring!
She's BEAUTIFUL!
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For $8.99, Touch Studio's Finch app for OS X promises to to quietly track your computer usage as you work. With it, you should be able to monitor which apps and sites you spend the most time in, and adjust your workday accordingly.
Finch runs in your menu bar, keeping track of your usage by monitoring window title bars. It offers instant reports showing the duration of window use per app.
The problem is that Finch doesn't do this very well.
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If you leave a window open when you're rushing out to dinner, Finch records the entire time it's there. There doesn't seem to be any activity trigger beyond the fact that the window is on-screen. In my tests, that caused a lot of false-data which showed I spent more time at certain sites than I actually did. There really needs to be some kind of time-out on these.
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What's more, Finch sometimes had problems keeping track of staying on the same page. While writing up this post, it reported dozens of visits, all to the same page, the one I'm typing into right now. Nothing changed as far as I can tell in my title bar, even when I hit the "Save" button at regular intervals.
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Finch doesn't group its results by application because it only looks at titles, I couldn't build up usage stats for "How long was I in Email? How long in Firefox? In Safari? In Echofon?" You'd imagine that would be a big part of analyzing usage patterns, but it's not part of the app.
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Nor can you create regular sessions to automatically monitor your workday. I'm only interested in usage between 7:30 AM and 3:30 PM. Finch provides no support for this kind of regular monitoring and no way to do session-by-session trend analysis.
Finally, there's one more thing. And it's totally not Finch's fault. The app is creepy. It's like an electronic stalker looking over your shoulder. Every window you visit. Every website, no matter how stupid or crazy or embarrassing is listed in the results. There's no way to filter with Finch to only look at the usage patterns that are relevant to you. If you click a RickRoll link in your business e-mail, that site is going to be added to your Finch history.
All in all, I like the idea behind Finch better than the implementation. I hope Touch Studio continues developing the product but does so in a way that better lends itself to business use and "Getting Things Done" (GTD) analysis. As is, I cannot recommend it.
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The knowledge of hydrogen flammability characteristics, especially flammability limits, is of particular importance and interest because of the following reasons: i) ARIA (Analysis, Research and Information on Accidents) database showed that approximately 84% of the studied incidents involving hydrogen resulted in fires and/ or explosion, and the consequences of the accidents were tremendously serious with 25% of the cases resulted in deaths or serious injuries [1]; and ii) hydrogen is currently produced and used in various industrial processes ranging from the oil and gas industry to the food manufacturing with the annual amount generated worldwide estimated in the magnitude of million tons a year and worth billions of U.S. dollars [2].
This research aims at investigating the flammability limits of hydrogen and its mixtures with hydrocarbons at both atmospheric and sub-atmospheric pressures. Specifically, the upper flammability limit (UFL) and lower flammability limit (LFL) of pure hydrogen in air are determined experimentally in a closed cylindrical steel vessel (inner diameter 10.22 cm, length 100 cm) with upward flame propagation at ambient temperature and initial pressures of 1 atm, 0.7 atm, 0.5 atm, 0.3 atm, 0.1 atm. It was found that the flammability zone of hydrogen first widens when the initial pressure decreased below 1 atm until 0.3 atm, then the zone narrows when the initial pressure was further reduced. The UFLs and LFLs of binary mixtures of hydrogen and hydrocarbons are also determined experimentally by the same method. The application of Le Chatelier's rule to the flammability limits of hydrogen mixtures will be evaluated using the obtained data. In addition, the evaluation on the fire hazards and risk of hydrogen at atmospheric and sub-atmospheric pressures will be discussed.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) new system for enrolling veterans for health care.
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First Amendment Battle Royale
My son Junior considers himself a burgeoning Political Science expert (read: Insufferable teenage know-it-all), so when I came across this brand new Editorial Policy on the contact page of the Krill Press website I immediately asked him for his opinion:
My take on this policy is that it borders on, if not downright defies, the First Amendment right to free speech. Junior, however, disagrees.
He states that as long as Krill Press is a for-profit enterprise that doesn't receive monies from the government they can choose to publish or not publish anything or anyone they want to, and that the First Amendment protects their ability to do so. I didn't see how that was plausible, so he took the time to look up and then cite the following:
The First Amendment does NOT protect the right to make or distribute obscene material. – Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957).
Junior believes this is the piece of our Constitution that justifies Krill Press' editorial policy. He states that if Krill Press believes liberal content to be obscene, then they have the right to deny its publication.
He and I went round for round with this one, and in the end we agreed to disagree. His last statement to me was, "Just because you don't like it, doesn't make it wrong. There are some things that can't be done and some things that shouldn't." Nothing like having your own words hurled back at you by your fifteen year-old kid.
At the end of it all I suppose I see his point, but there is something very distasteful in what I am reading above and I can't put my finger on it. If anyone out there has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.
For the whole sordid story visit Krill Press. By the way, the misspelled words above were taken from the site exactly as is. I left them to prove a point.
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Your son is wrong. That's not covered under obscenity. Obscenity as defined in American law has to be seen in society as profane and obscene. Liberal ideals are not, therefore it's not counted as obscenity. The press can censor like this because they're for profit and can do or say what they want. Though it is rather dickish.
And I'm nearly 20 and I AM a Political Science major in college so tell him my experience trumps his. ;)
November 9, 2012 at 11:24 pm
Oh he is going to LOVE hearing that. :)
I guess what confuses me is the phrase, "seen in society as profane and obscene." I remember Socrates saying something to the effect of "morality is defined by the opinion of the masses at any given time" which I took to mean that the definition of the profane is abstract and given to change based on the culture/climate of society at the time. If American Law states that obscenity is defined by society, then Krill Press can't decide in and of itself what it views as obscene because it has to agree with the masses. Krill Press states that the climate of today's world (society) is liberal, which in their opinion is profane. Socrates would say that the fact Krill Press has stated the masses are now Liberal, that, by definition, makes them NOT profane because they ARE the masses and they are the keepers of the moral standard.
I agree that as long as they are privately owned they can elect to only publish works that are submitted in crayon if that's how they choose to operate. I guess what I was looking (hoping) for was some law that made what they are choosing to do illegal.
Of course I may be talking out my ass. I didn't go to college so I truly appreciate your offer of education and experience here. If I am misunderstanding what you've said above please let me know.
November 9, 2012 at 11:53 pm
The Elite of Just Alright
Read that haha. It's easier than me explaining it using my texts for Political Science haha.
November 10, 2012 at 12:40 am
The Elite of Just Alright
Have to agree that they are within their rights to deny publication.
They aren't restricting your free speech, and they aren't preventing you from getting it out through another source.Kind of like Fox News castrating any liberals they put on the air.
Doesn't mean they aren't douche noodles though.
November 9, 2012 at 11:41 pm
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Insomniac Tom says: Junior's right but not for the reason he cited. Obscenity has nothing to do with this. He should have just stuck to his for-profit hand and played that. As for douche noodles, douche canoes, and shit-filled raviolis, those are now noted for my future use as well. I'd offer "douche nozzle." Personal fave.
And for H.E.: OMG sharks fighting narwhals with electric swords. That just broke the awesome barrier. [makes worship movements]
November 10, 2012 at 2:32 am
See the point is not the politics. Junior and I both have the special gift of being a middle child, this means were can talk ourselves out and around most situations. My friends say never argue with Megan because she will always win whether she right or not. It's just a word thing. ahaha us middle children ay! Who would have three children?
November 10, 2012 at 4:51 am
I don't know the legalities of it one way or the other, but it does seem to me that for-profit publishing companies always have the right to establish what types of work they publish, and their own guidelines for publication. While their choice is disturbing on many fronts, I believe it seems that it would be within their rights to do. I'd be interested to hear what someone informed about constitutional law would have to say, but as for me . . . I guess that is simply one place I will NEVER look to publish.
November 10, 2012 at 7:43 am
You bring up a very good point- I wonder what the authors who are presently published with Krill Press feel about this? Will their staunch policy on anti-liberalism create blowback enough that it would be felt by the authors associated with the publisher? I am curious to know if they had a say before this editorial contract was implemented.
November 10, 2012 at 8:39 am
All the more reason to be offended. What Krill Press says above is that it will "vet" its authors during pre-publication for liberalist ideologies, but not their body of work. That is like saying, "We will not publish a story about pedophilia written by a pedophile because we find pedophilia offensive. But if you are not a pedophile we will be happy to publish your pedophilia story as long as it's well written." Sounds to me like their morality ends where their pocketbook begins.
November 10, 2012 at 9:17 am
According to the publisher's Facebook page:
"We had our first submission casualty this morning, an author who withdrew her awesome cozy mystery manuscript from consideration with us after reading our change in Editorial Policy which took effect on November 7, 2012. Yes, it is sad, for…both her, and us, because based on what we had read so far we would definitely have made an offer on her book, all things being equal. Which, by the way, they are not anymore. But we respect her honesty, and her wilingness to defend her core beliefs, and we hope she can respect us for doing the same. For our current in-print authors, we are instituting a "don't ask, don't tell" policy. We realize that the vast majority of writers, actors, directors, and musicians in this country are liberals, and that by instituting this new editorial policy we may be hastening our own demise as a small press. Then again, we might not. We shall see. The only thing we are sure of post-November 6 is that finally….finally….the lines have been drawn in this country and in this culture, the sides are clearly defined, and we, as a small press, are now standing on our own side, for all the world to see. And if you don't like it? If you vehemently disagree? Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
Something I didn't catch at first until going to the FB page is that he instituted these new "guidelines" the morning after election day, elevating him to the status of "Petulant Twatwaffle, Second Class."
I also love the part about having lines drawn and sides taken. Why is it that the only people drawing such lines these days are angry old white people?
November 10, 2012 at 10:50 am
Sounds like exploitation to me. There's nothing immoral about being a liberal, and therefore nothing to be ashamed of or hide. Maybe a better example would be to take my comment above, remove the word "pedophile" and insert "black man." There's nothing profane about being black, either.
As far as pre-screening or looking into their authors first, all I can say to that is that it seemed to work for them before now. What it all comes down to in my opinion is the powers that be at Krill Press are taking their ball and going home because the guy they wanted for President isn't.
November 10, 2012 at 9:45 am
Are you saying that "vetted" is a mis-spelling, my friend? Because vetted is an actual word that only lawyers or unf***able goonballs like them would use. It means to screen people to see if they're worthy of a job or something. It's the kind of words stuffed shirts like them would use. And I totally agree on how stupid it is to want your right-thinking, conservative friends to write liberal stuff. I could research and write a passable story about the greatness of some hockey team, but it'd be much better written by someone who knows hockey, likes hockey, and doesn't think it's the boringest thing on earth, where people skate back and forth for an hour and the score is 0-0.
November 10, 2012 at 11:03 am
"Vetted" is correct, as in what is done before a candidate can run for public office. The words I honed in on were "satisified" (satisfied) and "submiting" (submitting). It doesn't instill much confidence as a potential novelist if the publisher you are SUBMITTING your work to is SATISFIED with posting on his site without running a spell check.
I agree with the ludicrous notion of writing outside of your area of expertise. Kind of like a woman who consistently writes novels or novellas with a nearly all male character base.
Uh oh….
November 10, 2012 at 11:16 am
Yeah, I'm no good till my first cup of coffee. Plus I suppose I didn't feel like reading his whole drivel too closely. What a crybaby he is. Maybe if the U.S. had a policy where candidates had to pass an I.Q. test before they ran for office, the Republicans might have had someone who wasn't a total moron running for President (and we wouldn't have a twit like Kristi Noem as Rep from our state). And who am I to get on my high horse and talk about writing against type–I write romantic stuff occasionally.
November 10, 2012 at 12:07 pm
In a twisted way I have less of a problem with the KKK in that they make no bones about the fact that they hate (insert random element here). If the KKK were a publishing company they wouldn't publish any story written by a black man about a black man.
What Krill Press is saying (in essence) is that they are content to print a story about a black man, so long as it's written by a white man. They don't want to align themselves with liberals, but they've got no problem making a buck off of them. There's my problem.
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Apparently, it was a "joke."
For whatever reason, I decided to look at their FB page this morning, only to see that all mentions of the new "editorial policy" were gone from their Timeline/Wall/Whatever the fuck we're calling it. The page on their website also has no mention of it, and a single message on Twitter read: "You've been pranked, krillers. A word to the wise, though. Never break from cover, until the REAL incoming…is really incoming."
No mention on the site or FB of it being a joke, and to be honest, I don't know that the world at large even took note either change. I just found it "interesting."
November 15, 2012 at 10:27 am
That's an awful lot of effort for a "joke." I think Krill Press didn't expect to get the reaction they did, and now are calling it a "joke." I have no proof, but that explanation seems far more logical to me than a random, invisible third-party taking the time to crack all those sites just to post that nonsense.
November 15, 2012 at 10:32 am
They don't have to publish anything – forcing them to would violate their free speech. By doing this, though, they marginalize themselves, and reduce their audience and thus their profits. If they hate capitalism, so be it. Last time I checked, a publisher's goal was to make money.
This is the same as a company that won't print Spanish language text on their products. Sure, that company is completely within their rights to cut out 15% of their potential market with a corresponding reduction in profits! More power to them.
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I am on day 5 of low carb and have lost about 6 lbs. all week I have not cheated once. tonight I just started craving a coke and finally went and got one thinking, well I need a break once in a while! oh man excuses excuses, I know if I drink that coke it will probably just be a slide backwards. this is where my biggest battle is going to be, starting with the thought that I can have a little cheat once in a while. NO, I would rather keep on losing weight! So I will give that coke away to my neighbour, she loves it. I just have to fight that craving for a coke.
also its hard because my daughter and other friends are telling me I NEED CARBS or I will get SICk and maybe DIE...well maybe a bit exagerated but they are so against me doing this. My daughter told me that the brain needs 100 g carbs a day to function. I told her that so far my brain is fine. :)
Other friends have told me that this WOE is dangerous. One person said this diet "sucks all the water from your organs" ... ??? I told him well I am drinking a lot of water, far more than I ever drank before. but he isnt satisfied and keeps trying to warn me off low carb. My other best friend is going to have the weightloss surgery, she wants me to do that also, and she also is telling me low carb is dangerous. I am not against anyone having the surgery if that works for them, but I dont want to go that route.
In the end I have to do what I believe is right for me. and I did the low fat calorie counting and I was hungry all the time and felt weak and sick. IN 5 days on this WOE I am not hungry, I feel great, have energy and am sleeping well. and have lost 6 lbs.
So I will stick to it.
but I guess I am looking for assurance that low carb isnt dangerous, because its hard to get their words out of my head, and that little bit of fear creeping in that maybe it is...
on the other hand, its way more dangerous to my health to remain at this weight because my b/p is so high and my doc is concerned. as well as other health problems due to my weight.
I have eaten zero carb for ten years now, not dead yet. I did eat ten to twenty carbs a day for my pregnancy. Baby is also very low carb, looks pretty happy and healthy.
No one wanted a coke more than me for my entire pregnancy. I have never wanted anything so badly. I resisted. My body does not need that junk. Just cause I want does not need to have it.
oh thankyou so much, okay I will stop worrying about what they are telling me. you arent dead and your brain is functioning just fine. :)
I think you should stick to your guns just to prove to them that it can be done, and to make them jealous of your success!
They are completely wrong, yk?
I know what you are going through...There are real nice people in this forum with a lot of personal knowledge of Low Carb.
However, in my humble opinion, nobody can give you a real assurance of anything. You should read and decide for yourself what to do....
Do not expect Doctors or friends to support you as most do not agree with this kind of eating
I personally do not know if LC is healthy or not...But I was eating burgers, tacos, pizzas...you get the picture. I can assure you that with that WOE I was going directly to the hospital in 5 years...
Even though I have my doubts everyday, I am willing to take the risk....
Just my two cents...
Have you read Gary taubes book, Why We Get Fat? He beaks low carb science into simple terms. It will give you enough information to defend your choices. It is a really easy read.
I have read Gary Taubes,,,
As Suzanne says, it is very informative
It's not dangerous, but if you need more than us reassuring you, you might peruse this forum: Recommended Reading - Low Carb Friends There are lots of studies and books discussed, which may help you feel more comfortable.
If you prefer, there are lots of YouTube videos available to watch, about the healthfulness of eating low carb, and the science behind it.
But honestly, I suggest you stop talking about it with people right now. If they're dead set on discouraging and scaring you, and you're feeling overwhelmed by it, tell them you're an adult and what you choose to eat is not up for debate.
ok thanks everyone, I will get some reading done, and also will stop talking about it to my friends. what i eat is not their business.
keep up the good work and i'll see you over at the 5 lb challenge....you are rockin' it!
Way to hang tough and resist drinking that coke!!! I Know how hard that had to have been! When people tell me LC is bad for me (they haven't in awhile now) I just ask them how Not eatting Junk and sugar could be bad!?
People who don't understand low carb are the ones who think it's bad for you.
Since you're doing Protein Power, read the blog of Michael Eades. And, as has already been mentioned, there are a lot of great books, articles, and youtube videos about low carb.
Low carb has helped so many of us to succeed after low fat dieting failed us.
Honestly, with criticism as silly as what you mentioned I would just laugh.
Hand out copies of "Why We Get Fat...." and tell them you'll talk after they have read it. If they have no interest in an educated opinion, they should keep it to themselves.
Congratulations on passing up on the Coke!!
nothing succeeds like success!!
First of all, there is no such thing as zero-carb--in some senses of the word. First of all, your body converts part of the protein you eat to glucose (carbs) anyway--depending on your overall protein intake, it can convert approx. 40% of the protein to glucose
also, your brain can use glucose for fuel, and it can use ketones for fuel--I think it was Fran McCullough in Low-Carb living who quoted research that said that your brain actually prefers the ketones for fuel
and finally--all veggies are carbs--you are eating carbs, just high-fiber, complex carbs that don't cause a spike in your blood sugar
don't listen to the detractors--you are improving you health far more quickly by taking proactive steps that effectively help you lose the weight---than you will ever get by listening to the poo-poo-ers --:up:
Just don't tell people what you are doing. It is really none of their business. It will help you avoid the negative thinking these people come up with. Once you get stronger in your conviction, then you can start discussing it. I am nearly a year into it and over 80 pounds down and I still don't use the word Atkins. I just say I cut sugar out of my life. Everyone can agree with that and I don't get any push-back. In the early days I use the Atkins word and I couldn't believe the hatred and misinformation. I got tired of educating and arguing with people. The way of eating works for me and my brain and I am planning on doing it for life. Sugar really messed with my brain! I had hypoglycemia prior to this way of eating and it is gone now.
having been there yourself, you could give her some really great support and wisdom
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I don't usually use the Atkins word either, I just say that I "don't do carbs"....:D
you're right--nobody's business but yours...
When people say that you're not eating healthy, just tell them a sample daily LC menu: B=scrambled eggs with peppers, L=Caesar salad with chicken or shrimp, D=chicken and broccoli with cheese. What isn't healthy about that? It's probably WAY more healthy than what they're eating! All you're doing is cutting out the sugar and bad carbs!
thankyou all for your replies.
I will just tell my friends I am cutting out junk food. If I am asked that is, I wont talk about it any more. I had told them I was doing low carb because I wanted them to try it, like my daughter and my neighbour friend who both need to lose weight. I guess I will just lose the weight and that will be proof enough.
really though, I ate almost nothing healthy before, even when I was low fat dieting. I never drank water. Now I eat very well, and drink tons of water. anyway I am not worried now. I will just keep going. For me this will be my new life. not just til I lose some weight. I wont go back to eating garbage.
I think most of us have had that reaction from at least a few people in our lives. The funny thing is that now that I've been at my goal weight for a while some of them have started slinking back and asking me "so what exactly is this diet again?"
Some folks just need to see the results before their eyes before they'll believe it. When they see you looking thinner, more healthy and more energetic, they'll start to question their assumptions.
Hang in there.
By the way, if it's a Coke you want, you might want to try some kind of sparkling water. I found that a lot of my craving for a Coke was really a craving for bubbles. I just like 'em.
My soda stream gives me the bubbles I need. The carbonation gives a bit of a hit.
I use flavor essences, not fake soda mixes. The hint of mint or choco or almond or hazelnut or vanilla or orange or some combo can be very satisfying, especially in the summertime.
My view, similar to some expressed here, is share if asked and you think the question sincere, but better not to prosylitize, however that word is spelled. Atkins and low carb gets a bad rap, no doubt, but better to show results than just offering unsolicated advice or opinion, imo!
I believe if you are to heavy to under go bypass surgery they will puy you on higher protein lower carb diet to get to weight that is safe for surgery...I have not researched this it is just what some who have had the surgery have told me. So you are doing what the docs recommend in a way, just without the surgery.
I am sure some one who has experienced this will fill in the gaps in my info or at least hope they will.
I think the worst of all is when the medical community (doctors, nurses, dieticians...) get in your head and push the high carb/low fat.
I really though that my doctor was going to be happy after I dropped 15 pounds in 6 weeks. Well...I was wrong.
that is sad that doctors dont know about this, and nutritionists. I had an appt with a nutritionist but I canceled it when I began low carb because I knew she wouldnt approve. no point going to someone who wants me to stay on low fat high carb.
A good friend of mine is having weight loss surgery this week. Only she's having the more serious kind. I would much rather be doing Atkins than to undergo such a drastic surgery.
In all honesty, HOW CAN low carb be deadly.
olden days. people ate meat and veg. and what fruit they could get.
what else was in the garden? hmmm....spaghetti noodles growing on trees. Boxes of mac and cheese growing on a vine? Loaves of bread sprouting from the fields.
even the carbs people did eat were natural. corn, taters etc. with of course loaves of bread being baked. But it was also all fresh and they worked it off trying to stay alive working hard for their survival. The food source wasn't chemical sugar laden junk it is today.
the carbs today are JUNK carbs. simple as that. You are getting enough carbs to survive if you eat a natural good low carb diet so tell everyone you won't die or fall apart. if anything you get healthier :)
I discovered Atkins back in 1972 when his book came out...and I was successful on it. Then I listened, and believed, when everyone said it was unhealthy...your body needs carbs...yada yada...and so I went from pudgy to 330 lbs and from hypoglycemic to full blown diabetes with BG's over 400.
If it's such an unhealthy way of eating, so many of us would not have lost the weight, felt better, got off our insulin, etc.
Come here for your reinforcement. Read some of the wonderful books by Taubs, Eades, Bernstein and others who have the facts to show that low carb is a healthy way of eating. Your body does not need rice, potatoes, grains, starches. It does just fine on protein and vegies and can get all the nutrition it needs from them.
The sad fact is, though, that you can provide all this information to these naysayers and you still won't change their mind...but that's not important. They don't need to be convinced. Only you do. :)
Do your own research and don't let what others way dissuade you from doing what you know is working for you. I find it funny that your friend who's getting WLS is quick to push you to do that with her, but does she not realize that she will be doing a VLC diet once she's out of surgery, at least for a while. I have several friends/co-workers who've had it done, both Lap Band and bypass and they all eat a VLC diet now.
Just read the article as well...Pretty good
What she said and especially that.
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365-home scheme branded 'crazy' by Uttoxeter residents
Posted: April 16, 2014|
UTTOXETER families are concerned their house prices will 'plummet' if a 365-home scheme is allowed to go ahead.
Those living near Hazelwalls Farm attended a public exhibition, during which David Wilson Homes representatives gave detail about their proposals, at Uttoxeter Town Hall.
They discovered access from residential streets had been replaced by a proposed new roundabout on Abbots Bromley Road.
The site was approved to be in East Staffordshire Borough Council's draft local plan, which sets out where houses will be built by 2031.
Hazel Faulkner, of Stanway Close, lives next to the site.
She said: "It's crazy. Abbots Bromley Road is a very narrow country road. It's already difficult getting out of our estate during rush hour.
"There's an awful lot of traffic using Stafford Road and that'll get worse.
"I know this is all down to government targets but there's no need or demand for housing here.
"I think the borough council wants to improve footfall in Burton, leaving Uttoxeter as a dormitory town."
Mrs Faulkner's husband, Dave, said: "With the record of accidents at the Abbots Bromley-Stafford Road junction, it's ridiculous to add 300 peak-time commuters.
"Whilst the removal of plans for a through-route from birdland is welcome and some token provision for wildlife is being made, this is still an ill-thought-out proposal.
"The impact on nearby homeowners whose houses were marketed to 'enjoy the view over open countryside' will be significant, as will the reduction in value of their properties.
"It seems odd that homes blighted by the HS2 development can expect compensation but those blighted by random planning decisions cannot."
David Wilson is currently putting together a full planning application.
A copy of the local plan and its associated documents is available online at eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/Planning/PlanningPolicy/LocalPlanCoreStrategy/NewLocalPlan/Pages/SubmissionDraftLocalPlan.aspx.