jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 1/3/2016 8:34 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > Cheryl wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > I suspect she didn't mean it the way it came out.
> >
> > Me, I'd like to drop about 20lbs but I'm happy in my skin as it is.
> >
> > Carol
> >
> You're right, Carol. I did not intend for it to sound that way. I'm
> simply a small person. Around September of 2014 I weighed about 130
> lbs. By the end of November that year I'd lost nearly 20 lbs. It
> was NOT intentional and the weight loss was pretty darn quick. That
> was before I was correctly diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and
> prescribed medication. My friends and neighbors were saying, "Are
> you still losing weight?" (with a sort of OMG!) inflection in their
> voices. They were not saying, "Oh, you look great!" They were
> alarmed. So was I.
>
> Jill

Understood Jill. It happens. Me, I'm 132 today (Dr's appointment, got
weighed). The Doc is happy but says for my back, 120 would be more
optimal. Since I'm 5ft1, that is a reasonable weight at 120 and 132
isn't really that big for 5ft1. More like a pint sized size 14 (grin).

Until I hit my 40's, I struggled with being underweight. Almost got
pulld off shipboard duty when I hit a drastic 88lbs (normal then was
100 but CPO initiation can be stressful). I'll not see 100 again and
and do not WANT to be that thin ever again. I like the curves.

Cindy will find her happy point as well and I wish her joy.
Personally, I'm ok with 132 just fine. Doc is the one who says my back
will ease with a minimal loss. At 132 now, I've slimmed some 8lbs
since last check.

Carol

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