Hi Lucia,

> I wrote a letter about his switch to the zone diet. you must have missed
> that one. He did lose about 7 lbs in the beginning but then stopped, and
> he wasn't enjoying his food anymore, looked very ruddy in the face, and
> worn out all the time and VERY constipated.

Your husband may have had more success with this diet if he had
stuck with it a little longer - many people get constipated at
first, and feel very worn out, and then eventually adapt to it. I'm
certainly not an advocate of this diet, though.

> matter of shape not weight, so he simply needs to exercise more and in the
> right way.

Now THAT sounds like good advice from his doctor! Did he take her up
on it?

> In the beginning I feel I had a
> detox reaction to all these raw goat products. they definitly affect my
> digestive process. and I just crave the milk.

In what way do they affect your digestive process?

> > I'm a dancer, too - a fake one, though.
>
> a fake one? what is that?

I'm not a pro, never trained, or took ballet or jazz like many girls
here in the States. My husband and I do partner dances (ballroom
type) and have a wild time.

Thanks for your web address! You do some interesting work! You are
an excellent example of a real dancer, not a fake one.

> I feel it's arthritic because it happens after very little use.  it's
> around my joints, like between the ball of my foot and the big toe where
> alot of weight is supported when I try to jump,

I get that in same place, but in my left foot only (which is where
my weight is most frequently, and where I push off from, for most of
our moves). Mine aches and feels swollen and miserable much of the
time. I just assumed it's because I'm abusing it  and not allowing
it to recover. My professional dancer friends have the most dag-
blastedly ugly deformed feet I've ever seen, so I figured dancing
just does that. I don't think of mine as arthritis.

> and sometimes in my
> fingers when I grasp something strongly. I didn't use to have these pains.
> I used to be able to jump around for hours without feeling a thing.

Age maybe? Slower recovery time?

Age happens.

(Fortunately or unfortunately).

Love Liza