Bryan Simmons wrote:

.. Eight days ago I went back to low carbing. I had hit 200 #. One
bright spot is that I have rediscovered my adoration for green beans,
cooked a long time, and seasoned with bacon and S&P. We had roast
chicken tonight with boatloads of green beans. Even my 9 YO son loved
the meal.

I take it "S&P" in this context means salt pork?

The nightcap is vodka with a little fresh squeezed lime juice, Splenda
and water.

You know they have zero carb beer now, right? It's not the same as real
beer but folks do get used to it and it has its own set of fans. It
comes in concentrated form. Just add water to dilute back to beer
strength for flavor and alcohol but the carbs don't magically come back
when you add the water. It's called whiskey. The Irish and Scots even
make it with only barley like beer is supposed to be.

Adding splenda to an alcohol drink. Shudder. You have very different
tastes in drink than I do. We don't compete for our drinking
ingredients.