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storm fox
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Post by storm fox » Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:56 pm

I have been elbows deep into nutritionism and "optimization." Low carb, slow carb, paleo, intermittent fasting, calorie counting, and all manner of obsessing, micromanaging, fretting, etc. All the while, I was fighting this small, soft background thought of, "I had sustainable success on No-S. I could go back to No-S and stop worrying so much and failing so often and so terribly." I even told my wife several times, "I don't know why I keep monkeying around like this. I should just go back to vanilla No-S." Today, maddeningly entering and revising various portions of foods to get "optimal" balances of nutrients, I threw up my hands and said "f*** it, I'm going back to vanilla No-S." I looked up the Spanish translation for "Long live common sense!" and it's "¡Viva el sentido común!"
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Blithe Morning
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Post by Blithe Morning » Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:07 pm

Nice! Welcome back.
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Post by kccc » Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:32 pm

:)

Nice to see you.
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Post by reinhard » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:47 pm

Welcome back! Great to see you here again, Storm.

Premature optimization is a sore temptation, especially for thoughtful, creative people. My defense has been to conscript my imagination into the propaganda department for simplicity and moderation. That keeps it PLENTY busy!
"¡Viva el sentido común!"
Sounds so much better in Spanish, doesn't it? I can see the barricades going up now...

Reinhard
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Post by wosnes » Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:59 pm

I so agree! Welcome back.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed but our power to do it is increased." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
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storm fox
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Thanks!

Post by storm fox » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:04 pm

Thanks for the warm welcome back. :D
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~reneew
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Post by ~reneew » Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:20 pm

I stray to find faster magic ways of loosing. There aren't any. Be the turtle, not the hare. Give it patience and this is the most sane way to go! Welcome back!
Give it at least a month... you'll see!
I guess this doesn't work unless you actually do it.
Please pray for me
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:05 pm

Welcome back, SF. I'm back too, after at two year layoff.
Kevin
1/13/2011-189# :: 4/21/2011-177# :: Goal-165#
"Respecting the 4th S: sometimes."
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Post by Strawberry Roan » Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:12 pm

Welcome back to both of you :wink:
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