What cracked me up was how many people had to tell me I was climbing the tree the wrong way!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
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What cracked me up was how many people had to tell me I was climbing the tree the wrong way!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
You have some killer legs, Mimi, btw. I hope I have legs like yours when I am your age!!
Also how incredible is that blue sky! I'm glad you could get away with your husband :)
I can thank bicycling for those legs. They were chicken legs once upon a time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reesha
Mimi, I am so glad you had a good trip.
What is the right way to climb that tree? Your way looks fine to me.
Dear Mother Nature:
It is February 1st and I am exercising my right as a resident of California to declare that the weather can't possibly be cold and miserable! In light of declaration, the (long) jeans have been put away.
Dear outside thermometer:
Please get with the program. Otherwise I will have to paste a large C over your F. 38C sounds like a proper California morning temperature.
Dear sun:
Thank you for living up to expectations this afternoon.
Dear colleague,
No need to get snarky when I asked if you're going to meet the project deadline. I haven't heard a peep from you about the report, field investigations, scheduling... nada, rien, zip. Funny thing, it's my head if we don't make the deadline, and I don't want to find out there are troubles at the end of the month. You may go back to your zoning out.... :confused:
Mimi, thanks for sharing the pics. I am so happy that he is feeling better and that you two enjoyed a much deserved trip. :)
well it looks to me like you started at the bottom and were trying to get to the top. Is there a better way to climb a tree? I don't think you would call going from the top to bottom climbing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
So glad you had a good trip.
marni
Mimi, that holiday sounds wonderful, glad the two of you had a chance to get away. And is there a right way to climb a tree??!!
Dear doctor, when you prescribed me corticosteriods for my allergies, don't you think it'd warrant more warning than just "It's something stronger than Zyrtec, just take it and come back in a week."?!?! Whatever Google is telling me about Xepasone is not very comforting...
Dear favorite LBS,
You guys are amazing! Thank you for the free bike fitting before my giant charity ride and THANK YOU for offering to sell raffle tickets for the quilt my mom is donating. You are the best!!!!
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Originally Posted by reesha
I think it is easier to climb the tree on the top side of the arc.
Did you get a coconut?
according to my son, the monkey, it's better to power yourself up the underside of the tree because if you slip you land on your feet. I have seen him do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by malkin
I, on the other hand am not strong enough to do that, I was just aping for a photo. I did not get a coconut there, although we collected them and my nephew opened two up and we ate them at another beach.
Dear Anonymous Person(s) Far and Wide:
Quit slamming carbs. Vegetables are carbs. Beans are carbs. Wheatberries are carbs. How about talking about simple vs complex carbs instead? Talk about glycemic load. You're leading the innocent astray.
I have to say ... and I freely admit it may have more to do with enzymes and less with carbs, but I am feeling a lot better since I started cutting down on grains ... (which 80% of my grain intake was brown rice and almost all of the rest of it whole grains of other sorts) ...
(plus, most vegetables are water and protein with hardly any carbs...)
I'm the same way. Pasta and grains do me in. I become the bloat factory. Much easier for my body to process plain ol' veggies and fruits. Even beans get me bloaty.Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
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Originally Posted by OakLeaf
I'm finding paleo type food choices make me feel a lot better also.
What kind of vegetables are you thinking of? I've always thought that most vegetables were relatively high on carbs and low in protein, though I know of exceptions.Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
I tried a search on nutritiondata.com, for vegetables highest in protein and total carbohydrate, and most of the top runners there had carb levels in grams a lot higher than protein levels in grams.
Not trying to be contrary, I'm truly curious ;) I've been experimenting with gradually substituting some carbs with more fat and protein, and it sure works well for keeping my blood sugar stable.
Well, okay, you got me, it must be enzymes. :o
I was really pretty surprised when I looked stuff up. I don't entirely trust the USDA database, partly because food really isn't fungible, and partly because the sample sizes tend to be very small, but the results are so far off what I thought that I trust *that* much.
It's too early in the morning for me to go back and re-read the basic summaries, but I'm going to assume that what the database shows for carbs is for digestible carbs, because the total of fiber and sugar all by itself is often greater than the total carbohydrates. (That's the "by difference" part, I think - they can't test digestible carbs directly, so they derive it from the total by subtracting fiber and sugar. I think.)
"Average" vegetables like spinach and rappini have approximately the same amount of carbs and protein. Really surprising to me. But what surprised me the most is carrots - though it probably shouldn't have, since they're so high in sugar. Carrots have the same carb to protein ratio as long grain brown rice (10:1) - and yet carrots are one of those things that if I eat enough of them (or drink carrot juice) I feel so good that I wonder why I ever eat anything else.
So it must be enzymes. (But it's still not the simple sugars in carrots which overall make me feel bright, strong, quick and healthy, vs. the complex carbs in brown rice, which make me feel logy and slow though not at all bloated - I'm not allergic to it, it's something else.)
Cool. I've never even heard of rappini, actually I'm continually hearing vegetables mentioned here I've never heard of :D But I'm fairly sure most of the veg. I eat regularly, not a very impressive variety, are lowish on protein. I'd be happy to find more high-protein ones so I'll have a closer look at that list, and then go pester our local Turkish vegetable guy who sells a lot of strange-looking growths.
Vegetables...I need more of these in my diet. My current diet gives me great blood-sugar control, and I feel great so I really don't want to change things. However, I know that I am missing out nutritionally...so this discussion is helping to spur my curiosity.
AKA broccoli raab or broccoli rabe. Love me some bitter greens! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by lph
So what were you doing wrong on your climb? (Apart from not sending a monkey in the first place?!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Brewer found a coconut on the ground and spent the next several days breaking all the hard objects in our hotel room trying to get into it.
Hmmm, thanks, Mimi, for that new knowledge. I always figured that as long as you scramble up a tree fast enough before a teacher or parent can come give you what for for climbing a tree in your Sunday or school uniform dress, you're gold. :p But, you seem to be doing it right in the photo though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Oak, I'm willing to bet the carrot thing is psychosomatic. Enzymes (or any protein) aren't going to last long in your digestive system. If your stomach acid doesn't get them, the peptidases will. I know that I get the "woo! I ate veggies! I feel great and healthy!", though not with carrots. I don't care for them. (Yay oral allergy syndrome.)
I will say that I do better on a higher-protein diet, but I'm not going to stop eating grains, or the occasional cookie, doughnut, slice of cake or anything else.
On a related note:
Dear friends--
Stop trying to get me in on your calorie-counting, meat-cutting diet thing. I like meat. I am not going to stop eating it. Food should be enjoyed, and counting calories is not going to let me enjoy it. I have enough problems. I don't need to add my meals to it.
My opinion is you can go nuts with any type of eating plan, but yes, I agree that focusing on glycemic index and complex vs. simple carbs makes the focus a little different than saying "no carbs" at all.
On the other hand, restricting my intake of bread, pasta, bagels, etc. has helped me stabilize my weight enormously. And I haven't eaten things like donuts in years. I'm not saying I *never* eat bread, but the longer I go without having it 3-4X a day, the less I crave it. And it's made it a lot easier to just say no to any white flour stuff.
I think all of this becomes a bit more important, once you pass a certain age. For me, it was somewhere between age 35 and 40.
I've been eating pretty paleo for the last two months and my partner and I went out to this ridiculously amazing Italian restaurant for dinner and I had pasta (handmade, oh god so delish) for the first time in months. My stomach was not amused. I've had the gurgles and cramps all night.
I was pretty much vegetarian for a 6-week period one summer (by force--there wasn't any fridge space for meat and I was too squeamish to handle raw meat that year). My parents took me out for a steak dinner the night after that final. I was very unhappy that evening. I've never heard of it happening with grains, but I wonder if it's a matter of your digestive system going "Hang on! What is this?" if you haven't eaten it for a while.
My vegan best friend would have to start introducing small amounts of cheese into her diet a month before breaks because her mom thought she was just vegetarian...
I'm just a little suspicious of diets that revolve around the idea that some food group(s) are concentrated evil.
Anyway:
Dear BF:
Your girlfriend may have been gotten by the bodysnatchers. That is the only explanation for the fact that she bought running shorts last week and decided to clean all the things this week.
Sorry.
Dear Men,
Really, you don't need to race each other to open the door for me. One of you can open the door, the other can buy my coffee ;)
~Limewave
Dear Self,
It's okay to enjoy a little attention.
~Limewave
Dear IRS,
It's one thing to know I probably owe you money but did you have to flood my basement and break my heater on the same day?
I can see you doing that after taxes are due, but this is a bit premature isn't it?
Broke, Cold and Wet
*Edited after the heating guy left*
Umm...did you have to fry the motherboard to the heater so I don't have central heating until Friday? That's really mean.
(((Bethany))) That's cruddy. I hope it all sorts out for you. Sending lots of warm virtual hugs your way.
Dear ex of my DD,
as I cannot be a helicopter mom, I am expressing my thoughts here instead. You just proved to me what I have thought all along, you are immature, a jerk and a few other bad words. I am so thankful that she has recognized that her life is better without you and I will be so happy when this week is over and she no longer has to interact with you.
Dear Daughter, you are amazing, I love watching you grow, go to the avalanche training, even if it means you won't get all the deposit back on the apartment. Your new life is way more important that a few hundred dollars.
Dear Project Manager,
Do not blame my office because you put the cart before the horse. Just because you have document B scheduled to be signed prior to document A (which I'm responsible for). NOW you figured out there's a two month disparity - is NOT my office's responsibility. I don't appreciate you citing my office for the reason the schedule is blown.
And now thanks to you, I get to do a major rewrite because the project description and construction schedule is rearranged, as well as all the environmental coordination.
In the future, plot the date you want to go to construction, and work back to when all the stars need to be aligned and allow for alignment time than trust a scheduling program which results in document B signed prior to document A.
Bless your heart. :mad:
My mom hasn't been feeling well again, this has been happening off and on since last summer. She FINALLY agreed to go to the doctor (she is a retired nurse who hasn't been to a doctor in 15 years), we went to urgent care on Monday, they referred her to a primary care doc for an appt. yesterday.
Long story short, the doc walked in and saw her O2 sats (83) and took a listen to her heart and lungs... then he called an ambulance to transport her to the ER. She's in congestive heart failure.
She was admitted to the hospital, they've started a million tests and so far we have severe aortic stenosis, and a hemoglobin of 6.5 (12 is normal).
Looks like minimum of a valve replacement and possibly a bypass. If anyone has some positive vibes, good wishes, or prayers to spare, pass them our way.
((((((Pax & mom)))))
Sending healing vibes to her - and calm and strong to you both.
It can be so hard to understand, respect and especially discuss a parent's choices as they age. I'll be thinking about you...
(((((Pax and P's Mom))))))
Medical people seem to make the worst patients.
((Pax and Pax's mom))Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
Dear self:
You know, perhaps beer and two smores (from two hours ago) do not make the best ride fuel, even if you were only riding the trainer.
Dear whatever is in charge of soup:
How exactly did all the sausage end up in this container and not in the one I was eating all of last week?
(((Pax & Mom))) Oh, wow. Sounds serious, but it's a good thing that you now have some information you can work with, and it sounds like you will probably learn more in the coming days? Thoughts and prayers headed your way.
(((Pax & Mom)))
Dear not-my-baby,
Why did you decided to show up 6 weeks early, on the very day I decided I would cave and get a massage from your mommy? Now I'm stranded with no massage therapist/pilates teacher for 2-3 months! At least you're oh-so-cute and very healthy and the sweetest thing in the world...but wow you've made a dramatic entrance already!!
(P.S., if anyone here knows a good massage therapist in Denver, I'm open to suggestions!)
Jess, what a bummer, but glad your MT/pilates teacher and her baby are doing okay!
Take it for what it is -- a chance to see what you can do on your own for a little while, or to expand your horizons and see who else is out there .... I don't know what I would do if my MT were out of commission, but I do make a point of working out with different pilates instructors -- they all have their strengths and I think I'm better off for not sticking with one person.