| Hi Dora!
Congratulations on the weight loss. Do you "look sick?" To the average American, who is generally overweight, yeah -- you probably do look sick.
Shifting your eating patterns to the ones recommended by people like Dr. Bernstein do have a rather dramatic effect on weight. The lack of sugars along with the lowered calorie intake and the extra demand from the exercise combined make for a rapid reduction in weight as the body has to convert fat stores into energy.
Chalk it up to them being envious, and if they don't like women without a lot of lard -- tough! (Note: your weight loss is probaly not muscle so you still have meat-on-the-bone, but a lot less lard)
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Be well, do good work, and keep in touch [Garison Keilor]
Ronin (a.k.a, George N. Wells, CPIM)
Tandemist/Lay Theologian
Enjoying Life and Learning about myself everyday.
Pre-D -- Not on Insulin  (yet) 
For Cholesterol though:
2500 mg Niacin
5 mg Zocor
2008 cycling miles: 4985 (28 Nov)
Fasting C-Peptide 1.4 (02 Oct 08) HbA1c's:
01 Mar 2008 -- 5.4%
01 Apr 2008 -- 5.3%
01 May 2008 -- 5.1%
01 June 2008 -- 5.1%
01 July 2008 -- 5.0%
02 Oct 2008 -- 5.4%
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