My family does pick up or delivery about once/twice a week. Its excellent food. If we were polled about 'fast food', how would we be calculated? Cooking at home is great, but buying good community food is an option. Also, if you get your kid a salad or a tuna sandwich from a joint, is that really so awful? I've picked up prepared hummus and veggies from markets for my ballet kid. My sil in Europe grabs food from various trucks for her kids as well. I think that some fast/quick food is fine. I haven't been in a McDs in years, but can't one get a salad and apple slices? That seems ok! And what's wrong with a slice of pizza if one isn't gluten free etc?

In Berkeley, CA, our school lunches are organic, grass fed etc. and in all of our schools. We do do not sell soda to our kids. All schools are funded equally, so all students have the same access to free or inexpensive whole food lunch, which includes salad bars ( and burgers and pizza) , from TK ( transition kindly) to high school.

When I had a 15 month old and a newborn, I was in a fog. I was utterly exhausted. I always appreciated a little help. Maybe someone can gently bring the 14 month old back to her, saying kindly, "She's just a baby herself. She doesn't understand that she might be hurting the younger babes when she touches them." It's not a confrontation to look out for and support each other. I didn't feel normal for about a year. And normal is pushing it. lol. It took years to get over that degree of sleep deprivation.

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Looks like empitigo to me. I hate rashes. It's too often a guessing game!

I talked to my Dr yesterday. She ordered an iodine excretion panel, and we went over the other numbers. T3 and T4 are normal, but just, as is TPO Ab etc. Vit D better, but still low. I'm doing D3 2000iu/day now, up from 1000. See if this helps. I was surprised by the TSH, as I feel good. I have a pretty physically demanding job, walk about 3-4 miles /day, have good energy, and have lost and kept weight off ( with only slight fluctuation in summer). I'd like to get to the bottom of this. Thanks for the push.

Timely thread. Ellie, on TSH levels. Mine came back elevated - about 4.2. My doctor was not concerned, but that number, along with my continuing struggles with lower D levels, I am concerned. My D is up a bit, but I don't care for that THS level. Everything else looks fine. Any insight?

How fun!

I'm here for the photos. :)

The best thing I noticed about a tiny amount of coconut oil in my coffee ( which I read about here) is that my lips didn't need balm all morning. Lol. Tenacious stuff! live in a dry painfully dry climate. Maybe instead of 1/2&'1/2 today, I'll do a drop or two of co. It is delicious. ;) On Center for science newsletter? They lead the low/no fat craze. They are partly why vegetables fats are on your popcorn. I like their stand on sugar, and junk food, and they push veggies, which is great, but they are still saying all fat bad, canola oil good etc

I can see how that would work for some. I'm sure there are variables in delivery etc. Dh would be fine with that. If he weren't going to be home, I'd refuse an early delivery and ask to be put in a different time slot. They are looking to be efficient, but I prefer to sleep. I get I'd probably have to wait longer. I don't think their timetable is wrong,, but I would ask the 4am delivery call not be mine.

I'll say that I'm still not onboard with huge amounts of added fats in say, coffee. I'm ok with a bit of cream, or 1/2 and 1/2 . I'm a- ok using good butter to cook etc. I'm not sure that adding a ton of fat to my coffee is the absolute answer. I don't want to go cray. I can't give up avocado. :)

That's sort of where I'm at. I did lose 4 of the 6 pounds I gained this summer, most of it in my belly. I know another week paying attention to all sugars will take care of that. But beyond that, I am not sure. Maintenance is more my goal. I have a cholesterol number I'm not thrilled with, although my doctor says it's fine with my history. ( long-living, healthy grandmothers, and my healthy mother and aunt with similar numbers.) I'm trying to eat quality foods, not much sugar, lots of water and walking etc. I have good energy, although I am dealing with the tale end of poison oak. Ack. Yucky. My goal is to to more weight bearing work. I'd like some better definition in my arms. I have a rotator cuff issue from a good fall on ice years ago, and I'm always worried about that coming back. I managed to do a number on it with what I thought was reasonable movement a bit back. Nope. It was misery.

I agree. It totally depends on the person. I'm not paleo or Atkins etc but with experimentation, my scale, and energy level/mood/temperament , I have a good sense of what works for me. I don't eat bananas ( I don't like them, gaggy texture), but I do eat berries. I don't eat eat grapes, but I'm fine with a bit of tomato etc

Lustig has said again and again the body does not treat the sugar in a glass of OJ any differently than it treats the sugar in a Coke, You may be getting nutrition from OJ, maybe a small amount of fiber in the pulp, but from a metabolic standpoint, there is little to no difference in the processing. This is true whether you have a messed up system or not. Now, the more messed up your system gets, the more insulin issues you will have. The current AAP recommendation for young children is no juice. Many schools no longer serve it. I know some folks here in CA working to ditch the chocolate milk as well. Frozen waffle, graham crackers, goldfish, yogurt tube....the sugar and carb to sugar grams add up quickly. I know we've had these frustrating convos before.

Blue goat, do you think she might watch Fed Up? There is a scary/fantastic bit where they total sugar grams consumed by families who think they are limiting calories/sugar. It's frankly heartbreaking. One morbidly obese child is shown eating unlimited amounts of boxed breakfast cereal as a way to control weight because his mother assumes it's ok because it is 'low in fat', not understanding the carb/insulin connection. It isn't working of course. And the dear little competitive swimmer who is working out in the pool and 'dieting', but is daily dipping cookie sticks in Nutella as a snack, and also eating the junky carb school pizzas etc. It makes me want to cry.

In the end, the body handles sugar as sugar, no matter the package. Fruit offers fiber, some more, some some much less. A diabetic counts sugar grams in fruit, and some people without diabetes need to as well. If you are trying to lose weight, or have any insulin sensitives, the sugar is sugar is sugar. Your body doesn't know the difference. if one is frustrated at the scale, look at your sugar intake in all forms, because the recommended 25 gram limit by the AHA is easy to meet/surpass. There are hidden sugars in bread, sauces, yogurts etc. Dr Lustig, pedatric endocrinologist at University of California SF, calls grapes ' little bags of sugar'. Id also go a little on a limb and say that clementines contain 'added' sugar. They were bred to taste like candy. There is a lot of sugar and less fiber in that tiny package, and unlike the apple or pear, one doesn't eat the peel. The amount of sugar may contribute to additional sugar cravings, or insulin/metabolic trouble. A small potato doesn't have many calories, but if one is sensitive to those carbs being turned into sugar by the body, those grams may matter greatly

Im assuming your teen will reading/listening to audio books, doing some journaling, perhaps vocab or map games etc on the computer? Maybe some Kahn Academy/YouTube videos? Some b & m schools don't even start until the day after Labor Day.

I just want it on record that I never found Cosby's tough love 'humor' about raising kids funny. I thought he was disrespectful . I enjoyed many aspects of his 80's show: Brooklyn, Claire, the grandparents, the Jazz, the art, the diversity of personalities in the kids. But his character always made me uncomfortable. It bothered me that he was an obstetrician. He was totally patricarchial in that role. I wish he had been the lawyer, and Claire the baby doctor. In hindsight, I'm not surprised he made himself the gynecological 'expert', with that degree of power over vulnerable women.

I think this is true for many folks. Even if I make a conservative guesstimate about carbs, 6 small clementines would be at least 45- 70+ grams of carbs, plus at least 40 grams of sugar. (They are grown/bred for maximum sweetness.) That's a heap for the carb sensitive or diabetic. Some people will be fine, others not so much. The American Heart Association recommends only 25 grams of sugar per day for women. If you add even a cup of plain yogurt, or some 1/2 & 1/2 in your coffee, you're way over AHA recommendation for grams of sugar. The AHA talks about added sugar, so whatever else is in that bagel, pasta & sauce, muffin, yopliat, chocolate, small soda, waffle, potato, salad dressing, small cookie, smoothie, deli cold cuts, pastry etc is counting towards that total.

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Ack. I responded to the clementine question in the other weight loss thread. I can't cut and paste easily on my device. Read my mind. Lol

Clementines have about 12 net carbs (taking into account fiber). If one is a diabetic, or otherwise sensitive to carbs, that would be over 70g carbs for just clementines. That could be problematic for some folks.

I volunteer a few hours a month in San Fransisco area elementary schools. 'Old lady' names are hugely popular here. Lucy, Eleanor, Hazel, Nora, Cora, Helen, Camila, etc all accounted for. They are adorable! I'm also hearing Fiona quite a bit. I also know, funnily enough, two 5 year olds named Evelyn. Who would have thought Evelyn?

It is hard to bike in winter, so I understand why many folks like indoor spinning classes. I'm not a fan, but I live in CA.