From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RCh05-0004h6-CE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:12:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 95BB921C161; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 00:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9717021C020 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 00:11:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxk30 with SMTP id 30so6404795yxk.40 for ; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:11:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=fTWL6PyjtbZnzSo7uEXXDBbWvmsq1H11cNinICtPYsw=; b=Pqwm3dkUKaWOHk0CbG2Ey/2iVEymhD6piStZJgl/zCFYKKDbQVK5SaevCvYJLQcM5K iEb4x1/DhylLvjR2FgPPSda29pOvtBBrTQwJvw321eAESKRlaTn8hSzdLKnLT9yj9F9F D271Q5bL3abOMd77J863ECo31i+SFa9HqsPKw= Received: by 10.150.131.1 with SMTP id e1mr2305424ybd.37.1318119074083; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:11:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-215-244.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.215.244]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g38sm38292954ann.4.2011.10.08.17.11.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:11:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E90E69F.5050200@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:11:11 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111002 Firefox/7.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Computers and mental/emotional health References: <4E909DB4.8030504@gmail.com> <4E90CC66.7070009@gmail.com> <20111009001641.25bfb01e@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20111009001641.25bfb01e@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6246122aff84dde8394ed891a4e4d1e6 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:19:18 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> I lost 45 pounds (approximately 25% of my pre-diet weight) this year >>> on Atkins. I know a lot of folks have trouble with Atkins but it >>> worked great for me. >> My problems are I like to cook and I like my cooking. Since I have >> arthritis and all, I can't jog or run it off. > I too have knackered joints, which is the best excuse for not running :) > > However, I did lose 20kg in the first 8 months of this year, just by > calorie counting. An Android app to help it did assist by appealing to my > inner geek (which is not considerably nearer the outside). > > Liking cooking is not a problem, you just have to like cooking lower > calorie foods ;-) > > Well, I bought me a NuWave Oven and it is good for sure. Thing is, it's so good I eat more. < sighs > I gained a couple pounds already with that thing. I need to wield my elbows while bent away from my mouth. Maybe bobbing for apples would help. At least you got to work for it. I might also add, some of my meds don't help either. Is there a med that doesn't make a person gain weight? :/ Dale :-) :-) P. S. Welcome to the mailing list where people complain about their weight. lol Oh well, we got Linux fixed so we can do this until the Fedora dev stirs up something new. :-P