Comments on: Further adventures in Meryl’s brain

By: HT

HT — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:10:23 +0000

I think Perricone likes the salmon because of the fish oil, which you can get from capsules (and I do). The apples you’re just going to have to deal with. But the low carb thing, which is a very low-key part of his plan, I think yields the best results. We used to have rice or potatoes with most meals; now we skip it.

BTW, low-fat doesn’t really seem to have much to do with it. We still use butter, cream cheese, and other “forbidden” substances with great enthusiasm. Ask about our chicken casserole with mushrooms and mozzarella cheese, for instance…

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:47:48 +0000

HT, y’know, if I followed the Perricone diet it would totally lose the 25 pounds.

But then I’d have to take a few months to recover from the diet.

I’m allergic to fish.

Got a huge laugh out of my friend Sarah when I told her the main ingredient of the diet, though.

I think I’ll try my usual: Cut out nearly all junk food, oven-roasted potatoes instead of fries, and grilled chicken. Salads for lunch. Smaller portions. That’s always worked before.

By: HT

HT — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:53:52 +0000

I went through something similar a year ago and it turned out to be the weight. I dropped 35 lbs on the Perricone diet and my symptoms went away. The good news is that even though I stopped following the diet religiously (I got tired of taking all the supplements, for one thing), the weight has stayed off. I’m gearing up for one more round, however.

Since you want to lose the weight anyway, give that a shot and see what happens. There’s simply no downside to giving it a try.

By the way, in my case plaque/cholesterol wasn’t even a possible factor, which is why I tend to discount it as a cause of symptoms in yours.

Best of luck with whipping this problem.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:28:29 +0000

glad to hear it’s not MS. good luck to you.

By: cond0010

cond0010 — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:54:49 +0000

‘Itâ€™s more like 25.’

Well, 25 lbs does not seem like much. If you were short and/or slight, it might be a problem. Also, if you your weight would pool in pockets instead of distributing rather evenly.

But then you would know better than anyone – if not be a little too critical.

I’m ~100 lbs over my fighting trim (waaaay back when I used to run 8 miles a day, swim 2.5 miles a day and do jujitsu on the weekends) yet I look more like a linebacker than a couch potato.

Frankly, I think weight is a lesser variable considering other ‘blemishes’:

http://sigcarlfred.blogspot.com/2006/09/saturday-night-date-fiasco.html

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:55:05 +0000

They already checked me for MS when I was in the hospital. I don’t have it, thankfully.

Cond0010, I wish I could say it was five pounds. It’s more like 25. Those are old pictures. I am one of those Americans who has joined the fattening trend.

Tommy: I didn’t ask for the duplicates. Damn, didn’t know you could.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:36:41 +0000

Good luck to you, and a speedy recovery.

I have a friend who had numbness like that, and it turned out to be MS. I hope you’re luckier.

By: Rahel

Rahel — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:29:12 +0000

Prayers from here for a speedy recovery.

By: cond0010

cond0010 — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:31:56 +0000

“BTW, from the Richmond pix you pointed to in a previous post, you were on the skinny side. ”

Like this one?

http://www.yourish.com/archives/2002/nov17-23_2002.html#2002112201

Or… this one?

http://www.yourish.com/archives/2003/nov2-8_2003.html#2003110201

Yep… she looks skinny to me too…

By: chsw

chsw — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:15:19 +0000

I’m not a doctor, but there are lots of statins. Liptor is only one of them. Each has a different side effect profile.

BTW, from the Richmond pix you pointed to in a previous post, you were on the skinny side. Good luck on losing your five.

chsw

c’mon, every woman frets over five.