Never sacrifice truth for niceness if you can avoid it.  Most
people are total wimps, unable to tell the objective difference between
"you're doing it wrong" and "I hate you."  On the other side of the coin,
they take "you're doing ti right" for "I love you."  Total honesty is the
best way for us to communicate effectively.
        As far as my own "flexability" with NeanderThin goes, I'll have
breakfast sausage every so often, like once every other week or so.  I'm
going by the part in the book about processed foods being O.K.  I need
the fat, 'cause I don't do my own shopping and have little control over
how much high-fat food I can get.  I also have to make due with "no name"
steaks, which have dextrose (yuk).  I figure they have no carbs, so the
dextrose doesn't add enough to make a printable diffrence.  Still, there
is no telling what it might do to me in the long run.  At least the diet
is working.