Low Carb Relationships

Roger Zoul wrote:
Bob in CT wrote:
|| On 28 Sep 2004 08:30:02 GMT, Jarkat2002
|| wrote:
||
|||| Not so crazy. For people who have failed at other plans and find
|||| low carb
|||| works it's like being born again.
||||
|||
||| That sounds even more crazy.
|||
||| ~Kat
|||
||| "help is on the way"
||| ~John Kerry
||
|| It doesn't to me. Also, I fing low fat or vegetarians to be way more
|| offensive than low carb people. In some of the bicylcing BBs,
|| they'll say that low carbers are "crazy wackos" and extol the
|| virtues of eating soybeans. I've been in quite a few verbal
|| sparring matches with people who are convinced that low carb is from
|| Satan.
||

Really?....Just more proof that a lot of folks think of diet just as they
think of religion.

Just as an observation, the word 'religion' in this usage sadly seems to
have taken on a somewhat negative connotation. It seems to be used when
someone has a passionate, perhaps excessive devotion to something and is
eager to proselytize (evangelize), regardless of the receptiveness of the
audience. "Running is his religion" "Vegetarianism is her religion"

Dan
325/197/190
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:59:31 +0000 (UTC), Daniel Hoffmeister
wrote:

Ignoramus29889 wrote:
In article , Jarkat2002
wrote:
Why do ppl care so much what other ppl eat?
I have ppl in my family that tell me low carb does not work, that
there is no
way someone can stay on low carb for over a few wks .. that it will
kill me.
This after knowing that I have lost 175 lbs on a low carb diet.
They are idiots ... they don't want to see what they see ... nothing
I can do
to change that.
I eat what I want to eat because I want to eat it. They same goes
for them.
I don't think low carb is for everyone, some ppl do well on low fat,
low
amounts of cals, whatever ... I happen to have a body that does well
on low
carb ... and it shows.

I see it the same way. My house is full of junk food, carby foods, and
I even cook carby foods myself (for others). I simply do not eat what
I choose not to eat. Tolerance of others' food preference is greatly
important in maintaining good relationships.

Wow. You are sure a lot tougher than I am. I don't think I could have
managed those first few months in a house full of junk food. Now I
wouldn't have a problem with it, but early on it would have made it a LOT
harder for me, to the point where I don't know if I could have succeeded.

Dan
325/197/190
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes



The same here. I got rid of everything I didn't want to eat, and I still
follow that principle.

--
Bob in CT
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Ignoramus2203 wrote:
:: In article , Daniel
:: Hoffmeister wrote:
::: Ignoramus29889 wrote:
:::: In article ,
:::: Jarkat2002 wrote:
::::: Why do ppl care so much what other ppl eat?
::::: I have ppl in my family that tell me low carb does not work, that
::::: there is no way someone can stay on low carb for over a few wks
::::: .. that it will kill me. This after knowing that I have lost 175
::::: lbs on a low carb diet.
::::: They are idiots ... they don't want to see what they see ...
::::: nothing I can do to change that.
::::: I eat what I want to eat because I want to eat it. They same
::::: goes for them. I don't think low carb is for everyone, some ppl
::::: do well on low fat, low amounts of cals, whatever ... I happen
::::: to have a body that does well on low carb ... and it shows.
:::
:::: I see it the same way. My house is full of junk food, carby foods,
:::: and
:::: I even cook carby foods myself (for others). I simply do not eat
:::: what
:::: I choose not to eat. Tolerance of others' food preference is
:::: greatly important in maintaining good relationships.
:::
::: Wow. You are sure a lot tougher than I am. I don't think I could
::: have managed those first few months in a house full of junk food.
::: Now I wouldn't have a problem with it, but early on it would have
::: made it a LOT harder for me, to the point where I don't know if I
::: could have succeeded.
::
:: My take on it is exactly the opposite.
::
:: I am not tough enough to eat junk food "in moderation" and not regain
:: weight. So, I do not eat it at all. It is a way for me to make my
:: life easier, not harder.
::
:: "Foods" that are designed by brilliant chemists so that I "can't stop
:: eating 'em", are too much for me to handle. I would rather stick with
:: what mother nature created.
::

Brilliant chemists? I perfer to think of them as evil or, at least, having
sinister purpose.


:: i

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message ...
Ignoramus2203 wrote:
:: In article , Daniel
:: Hoffmeister wrote:
::: Ignoramus29889 wrote:
:::: In article ,
:::: Jarkat2002 wrote:
::::: Why do ppl care so much what other ppl eat?
::::: I have ppl in my family that tell me low carb does not work, that
::::: there is no way someone can stay on low carb for over a few wks
::::: .. that it will kill me. This after knowing that I have lost 175
::::: lbs on a low carb diet.
::::: They are idiots ... they don't want to see what they see ...
::::: nothing I can do to change that.
::::: I eat what I want to eat because I want to eat it. They same
::::: goes for them. I don't think low carb is for everyone, some ppl
::::: do well on low fat, low amounts of cals, whatever ... I happen
::::: to have a body that does well on low carb ... and it shows.

:::: I see it the same way. My house is full of junk food, carby foods,
:::: and
:::: I even cook carby foods myself (for others). I simply do not eat
:::: what
:::: I choose not to eat. Tolerance of others' food preference is
:::: greatly important in maintaining good relationships.
:::
::: Wow. You are sure a lot tougher than I am. I don't think I could
::: have managed those first few months in a house full of junk food.
::: Now I wouldn't have a problem with it, but early on it would have
::: made it a LOT harder for me, to the point where I don't know if I
::: could have succeeded.
::
:: My take on it is exactly the opposite.
::
:: I am not tough enough to eat junk food "in moderation" and not regain
:: weight. So, I do not eat it at all. It is a way for me to make my
:: life easier, not harder.
::
:: "Foods" that are designed by brilliant chemists so that I "can't stop
:: eating 'em", are too much for me to handle. I would rather stick with
:: what mother nature created.
::

Brilliant chemists? I perfer to think of them as evil or, at least, having
sinister purpose.


:: i

There is absolutely nothing brilliant about some idiot loading up
manufactured foods with sugars like high-fructose corn syrup. It ain't
brilliance, it's unadulterated greed.

TC

"Jarkat2002" wrote in message
...
It doesn't to me. Also, I fing low fat or vegetarians to be way more
offensive than low carb people. In some of the bicylcing BBs, they'll
say
that low carbers are "crazy wackos" and extol the virtues of eating
soybeans. I've been in quite a few verbal sparring matches with people
who are convinced that low carb is from Satan.

--
Bob in CT
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Why do ppl care so much what other ppl eat?
I have ppl in my family that tell me low carb does not work, that there is
no
way someone can stay on low carb for over a few wks .. that it will kill
me.
This after knowing that I have lost 175 lbs on a low carb diet.
They are idiots ... they don't want to see what they see ... nothing I can
do
to change that.
I eat what I want to eat because I want to eat it. They same goes for
them.
I don't think low carb is for everyone, some ppl do well on low fat, low
amounts of cals, whatever ... I happen to have a body that does well on
low
carb ... and it shows.


~Kat

"help is on the way"
~John Kerry

Hehe. I'll bet that before if you had a plate of fries and a coke, and
then a bowl of ice cream, nobody would have said, "You better not eat that,
it'll kill ya." If you have a plain piece of steak and plate of veggies,
everybody thinks your eating properly, just don't call it "lo-carb" eating,
or Atkins'.
Tom
210/180/180

Daniel Hoffmeister wrote:


LOL! Listening to my parents' spirited sparring on politics, history,
religion, you name it, was one of the great entertainments of my
childhood. We boys also quickly learned that we could deflect dinner
table attention from our latest misdeeds just by dropping an incendiary
comment ("Our teacher said if Lincoln had only lived, we wouldn't have
needed the civil rights movement.")


Lol. My first marriage was with someone who was very much like me. We
loved each other dearly and still do, but I've found life a lot easier
and gentler with someone who is is my exact opposite in many ways. As
the years go by we seem to be both heading somewhere toward the middle
as we learn from each other.

As for food, he can eat anything he wants, but it feels very supportive
that he's considerate about it. He doesn't have much of a sweet
tooth, but he likes salty carbs and I don't buy them. We've had lots of
talks along the lines of, "Will this bother you?" or, "Would it be
better if I....?" He's been known to go out at odd hours like I was
pregnant to find meat or cheese, etc., lol.

I've found it doesn't bother me what eats when we're out (and he eats
lunch out every day) but we've gotten into the habit of simple grilled
meat and salad type meals at home most nights. I've accused him of
having a secret stash and he only smiles mysteriously. He has a
workshop in the cellar and I fully expect to see him emerge one day with
potato chip crumbs all over his chest or some such one day .


Barb

Barb2 wrote:


Daniel Hoffmeister wrote:


LOL! Listening to my parents' spirited sparring on politics, history,
religion, you name it, was one of the great entertainments of my
childhood. We boys also quickly learned that we could deflect dinner
table attention from our latest misdeeds just by dropping an incendiary
comment ("Our teacher said if Lincoln had only lived, we wouldn't have
needed the civil rights movement.")


Lol. My first marriage was with someone who was very much like me. We
loved each other dearly and still do, but I've found life a lot easier
and gentler with someone who is is my exact opposite in many ways. As
the years go by we seem to be both heading somewhere toward the middle
as we learn from each other.

As for food, he can eat anything he wants, but it feels very supportive
that he's considerate about it. He doesn't have much of a sweet
tooth, but he likes salty carbs and I don't buy them. We've had lots of
talks along the lines of, "Will this bother you?" or, "Would it be
better if I....?" He's been known to go out at odd hours like I was
pregnant to find meat or cheese, etc., lol.

I've found it doesn't bother me what eats when we're out (and he eats
lunch out every day) but we've gotten into the habit of simple grilled
meat and salad type meals at home most nights. I've accused him of
having a secret stash and he only smiles mysteriously. He has a
workshop in the cellar and I fully expect to see him emerge one day with
potato chip crumbs all over his chest or some such one day .

My turn to LOL! My skinny brother has his 'guy pantry' in his shop,
complete with an old fridge. It's usually well-stocked with stuff that he
knows his wife loves and fights to stay away from.

Dan
325/197/190
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes