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[Reesha]

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!!!!

[Sky King]

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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[malkin]

I think it is easier to climb the tree on the top side of the arc.
Did you get a coconut?

[Biciclista]

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.

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.

[SadieKate]

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.

[OakLeaf]

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...)

[VeganBikeChick]

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.

[BodhiTree]

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 finding paleo type food choices make me feel a lot better also.

[lph]

(plus, most vegetables are water and protein with hardly any carbs...)

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.

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.

[Owlie]

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.

[Crankin]

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.

[malkin]

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.

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.

So what were you doing wrong on your climb? (Apart from not sending a monkey in the first place?!)

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.

[alexis_the_tiny]

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.

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. But, you seem to be doing it right in the photo though...