My mother's oldest friend - a courtesy aunt to my sister and me - went on a rampage cutting back sugar and fat. Until the time she made a carrot cake with NO SUGAR AT ALL. It was, as you might imagine, inedible. She got a bit more reasonable about it after that.
Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?
Host ,'Not Fade Away'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Toddson - Jan 19, 2012 6:23:43 am PST #5861 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Nora Deirdre - Jan 19, 2012 6:24:44 am PST #5862 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
he New Orleans people stared at her like she was from Mars. She whipped up something "delish"--thank god, not Rachel Ray--and the hosts tasted it and all frowned. "It's OK, but some butter would have been better." "Cream sauce," the other host said, "that'd be perfect." "Oh, yeah, cream sauce."
MAH PEEPS!
Toddson - Jan 19, 2012 6:32:00 am PST #5863 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Truly - people after my own heart.
Aside from the diabetes diagnosis, seemingly I'm doing pretty well. My cholesterol is excellent, my blood pressure ranges from good to excellent. And on my no-sugar no simple and very few complex carb diet I seem to have lost 10 pounds.
On the recommendation of ... Daniel? someone on the board, I bought Dr. Bernstein's book. The diet advice is good, although I'm a little wary of his advocacy of fat rather than carbs. I'm attending an educational class next week, so I'm hoping to get more information for my particular case.
sumi - Jan 19, 2012 6:50:09 am PST #5864 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Which book is that?
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2012 7:02:21 am PST #5865 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is it anyone's place, ever, once you've reached majority, to say "That's not good for you?" In any arena?
brenda m - Jan 19, 2012 7:04:48 am PST #5866 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Maybe if you're on your fourth or fifth shot.
Toddson - Jan 19, 2012 7:18:41 am PST #5867 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
sumi, if you're asking me, it's "Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution". The first half seems to be a summary of his own tribulations dealing with diabetes (he's Type I) and how he came up with his solution and how well it's worked out for him and then stories from others who've tried it with success. Later on he gets to specific dietary recommendations, with recipes towards the back.
Zenkitty - Jan 19, 2012 7:26:03 am PST #5868 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Is it anyone's place, ever, once you've reached majority, to say "That's not good for you?" In any arena?
Besides a doctor or an intervention, I'd say no. Adults either already know the alcohol/sugar/cocaine isn't good for them and they're doing it anyway, or they're in denial and they'll ignore you anyway.
Do interventions ever actually work?
Maria - Jan 19, 2012 7:30:43 am PST #5869 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Do interventions ever actually work?
Yes. It wasn't an intervention like you see on A&E, but when we confronted my uncle about his drinking almost 30 years ago, it got him into inpatient rehab. He was sober until the day he died last year. Granted, this wasn't the first time anyone tried to get him to stop drinking, but this was the only time my aunt promised to leave and take their son. Sometimes you just have to find the right motivator.
Tom Scola - Jan 19, 2012 7:36:01 am PST #5870 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.