Todd wrote:

>Well, okay, I was off by a few pounds.  But this makes your
>caloric deficit even more severe, putting it into the starvation
>range.

But I've been in this range for the better part of two weeks now and I feel
just fine.  No major hunger pangs.  My energy level's just fine.  In fact, I
feel great, better than ever!

>At 215 lbs. you should be able to lose weight readily at 2400
>cal/day.

And 'rednecks' should be called 'sons of the soil', but it ain't gonna
happen (a Simpsons line).  Lame attempts at humor aside, here's what I ate
today:

5 oz catfish, baked, with one pat of butter
3/4 lb chicken wings, which should come to 6 oz of meat and skin
1 banana and 8 oz ground beefalo

As you can see, I planned to go three days on meat only, but I heard a
banana calling my name when I got home.  The above fits into my 12-1400
calorie range.  I ate the banana and red meat more than two hours ago, and I
feel stuffed!  Not overstuffed, but a good inch beyond satisfied.  2400
calories a day?  That sounds HUGE!

I think I'll pick up the phone tomorrow and see what hoops I have to jump
through to see an endo again.  I suspect it'll be "see a GP first" (haven't
seen a doc for nearly two years and have to find a new one, oh rapture joy).
  I wouldn't be surprised at all if he or she tells me to cut my fat intake
and refuses my request to see a specialist.  At the very least, he'll
probably put me through a check-up before sending me on my way, something
completely uneccesary and probably performed while I'm in my underwear.
Great.

I once had to sit in my underwear and a paper top while a neurosurgeon
watched me touch my nose with my index fingers.  How being half-naked helped
with this is beyond me.  Yes, I'm somewhat anti-doctor.  If you're gonna
make me strip you could at least buy me dinner first.

Dori Zook
Denver, CO
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