you can also use springpad if you don't like evernote. there are all kinds of alternatives of places to keep notes on a basic web browser when you are out and about.

Yay Shane, the big boy !

Why is gluten the big bad? I know there are people that truly suffer and I am not trying to discount it. However, it is looking fashionable at the moment.

Grumble grumble. Arrgh. OK, so this week is a LOOooong week for work. Working full day on Saturday. Half day (at least) on Sunday as strike 2 shows at the same time. Plus, it's the final week of the quarter, and we are preparing to host (2) seminars from a major audio manufacturer in the next 3 weeks.... so... BUSY!

Yesterday, the load in for the last show of the quarter went really well. So well in fact, there isn't much to do today except emails. So I email the boss saying hey, yesterday went so well, to minimize OT, as per directive, I'm taking the day off. He responds, "what about the meeting at 1:30" which was rescheduled from last week, and I forgot to update my calendar. So now I gotta drive in 35 min each way for a one hour meeting.

The thing that was so perfect of all this. I have a package from Amazon coming today. They didn't send it fedex or UPS, but some other carrier. Last time I wasn't home for a package delivered by them, I had to drive to Compton to pick it up. Not the most pleasant of industrial parks at 8pm when the pick up window opens. I just know that the package will arrive in the 2 hours I'm gone.

(yes, it's the end of the quarter, and I am tired and cranky. please ignore this minor venting. Diamond shoes are too tight, and all that)

beth,

I think it is because of sj's intestinal difficulties.

I was thinking about the question more in general terms. My sister stopped most of Her problems by avoiding wine And leafy greens. . My DH needs to watch the salt or digestive chaos happens.

When I was diagnosis end with diabetes,it was at the beginning of the low carb craze. Lots of people needed to. Eat less carbs- especially refined carbs, but it became more of a fad than a health trend..

Typing on an iPad is frustrating .

when I had high blood sugar almost two years ago, it certainly helped me to go strict low carb for about 4 weeks. But apparently my "real" state is "pre-diabetic" because I can control things okay with diet. Which means moderately low carb now.

My grandmother swore that when she gave up bread (which I guess in her day was gluten free), she felt better and lost a lot of weight. Giving up bread to me seems like a form of punishment, so I'm not there yet, but I suppose I should get there. Bread tastes great, but quite a lot of it doesn't really have a lot of fiber.

I've been shifting to a higher-protein diet lately. It's helped my energy and, to a lesser degree, my mood.

The problem with giving up gluten entirely, if it doesn't actually cause health problems, is that once your body adjusts to not having it, re-introducing it is nearly impossible. I have a wheat sensitivity, which means that I *can* tolerate oat, corn, rice, and other grain gluten, just not wheat gluten, *or* wheat. I can sneak a little of it into my diet at widely spaced intervals, thus, a cupcake on a special occasion, or a bite of muffin or bread. I know my symptoms, and I know how much and how frequently I can indulge, and what happens if I go over that limit. I keep to those amounts, rather than giving it up entirely, because once I do that, those little indulgences won't be possible--even the smallest amounts will trigger a reaction.

Oddly, for someone who made homemade white and whole wheat breads in many forms, and enjoyed them all, plus artisanal wheat-based breads, now any white bread, from sourdough boule to buttermilk biscuits, taste like library paste. Way to spoil a lifetime of wonderful associated memories. Makes me grumpy.

I probably should cut back on carb and gluten things, but I do not see myself ever cutting them out entirely. She went through my food list and checked off any carb I had on any given day. She wants me to stay under six portions a day (including beans and starchy veggies), which I mostly did. However, I will say that putting beans and veg on the same level with pasta and bread does not encourage me to eat less pasta and bread.

Tonight I am having turkey meatloaf (which mom brought over last time she was here and I defrosted), and roasted potatoes and red peppers for dinner.

IcompletelyON, I may have brought this up before, but does anyone have any advice on how I can get my former college to stop sending me things, other than calling and asking politely (because I did that already). My attendance at this college was one of the lowest points of my life, and even seeing the mailers really freaks me out.

Send a letter in the mail to the alumni office, sj.