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cshenk

Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 20:27:04 -0500, Cheryl >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On 1/3/2016 5:42 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > >> On 12/24/2015 2:11 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>> On Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 12:49:39 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > >>>> How difficult is it to slice a few thin pats and lay them out
> > on the >>>> hot toast, by the time you lay pats on the second piece
> > of toast the >>>> butter is practically melted to a liquid on the
> > first piece of toast.
> > > > >
> > >>> Sufficiently difficult to keep me from having buttered toast
> > when >>> I know I shouldn't. Less carb, more veggies has enabled
> > me to >>> lose 60 pounds.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >>> Cindy Hamilton
> > > > >
> > >> Congratulations! If I lost 60 pounds there would only be half
> > of me left.
> > > >
> > >> Jill
> > >
> > > That's just not a nice thing to say when so many struggle.
> > > Sheesh.
> >
> > Agreed - she is probably like my mother - 110lbs - never varied and
> > she never had to lose any excess, even after she pigged out on
> > chocolates Me? I just have to look at chocolates to put on a
> > pound, fortunately I don't care for them
> >
> > Sixty pounds is a great weight loss, congratulations Cindy.
>
> What's wrong with you overweight women? You just sound jealous. What
> Jill said wasn't being mean. She was just stating a fact about her own
> body.
>
> I have to fight with my weight at times and I know how easy it is to
> gain and so much harder to lose.
>
> I say: Congratulations to anyone fighting weight-loss and does lose
> some pounds.
>
> I also say: Congratulations to Jill for maintaining her healthy
> weight. For most people, it takes some extra effort to maintain a
> good weight after age 40 or so. Your metabolism naturally starts to
> slow down. You either need to start eating less than you were used to
> or become more active than you were.

Gary, it was not what she said, but how it came across. I am sure it
was not intended to be a slap in Cindy's face by Jill. It was
accidental and no blame here.

Carol

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