So, apparently, I had a net loss of 9 or 10 pounds from last year's doctor's visit to this year's. I honestly don't recall the specific gains/losses in between, but I do remember buying some larger pants more than once. My doctor was pleased, since patients don't always lose weight just because he suggests that they might benefit... I had heard what he said last year, but there was also the issue of having to buy new clothes, plus wondering what was happening to my teeth after consuming all of those butterscotch candies and pony-size cans of root beer. So I finally eliminated them, having more or less satisfied that craving for satisfying and rounded tastes (resulting from no more wheat or dairy). Now I'm in between my smallest and largest pant sizes.
What I meant to say to him-- and to the nurse who was wishing she could just stop eating something and get results-- was that I think it may have been due to paying more attention to my essential fatty acids, both the intake and the ratio. It seems to me that it really made the difference.
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Speaking of food... check out this story by Blake Fleetwood at Huffington Post on the rapidly increasing costs of groceries. He cites an article by the New York Daily News by Pulitzer Prize winner William Sherman:
"Sherman shows that there is not much for us to be thankful for in terms of the cost of food we put on the table this week. Consumers are getting slammed with the biggest increase in food
prices in a decade -- fueled by a perfect storm of rising grain prices
and a falling dollar. Poultry -- including your Thanksgiving Turkey -- along with dairy
products have risen the most. A glass of milk costs New Yorkers up to
42% more than last holiday season.
The wholesale price of eggs has soared 86% compared to last fall, at one point.
"I'm spending $50 to $80 more a week on food than last year", according to one Harlem shopper. The surge is driven by a ripple effect -- the Iraq war, the rise in
oil prices, the growing deficits -- and a confluence of factors
beginning with corn and wheat crops diverted to ethanol production,
according to economists."
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