StacyC

Love the website, fonts, UI and all of it! It brings back fun memories of my early Mac days.

Baldies, you come here seeking comments? Dimwits!

It’s so true. I was about to go for a walk this morning, but no, because iPhone.

Beautifully said. I’m an American and I feel this one too for some reason. It feels nice to stop and reflect on this a bit today — life, and all of it.

Using it now — I like it!

I'm still waiting for some definition of "god" to inform these conversations. What is this thing we are talking about?

I set up Notion as an intranet for my wife's company and it has been enormously useful for posting company documents, policies, handbooks, announcements, etc. Employees are invited as "guests" at no additional charge.

We also use a Notion database with various views for tracking customers, sales pipeline, rewards, and a lot more.

When we bring on a new customer, we quickly create (from a template) a personalized welcome page for them with an embedded copy of their service agreement and a few other things. Notion can generate a public link so we send this right away and it makes a nice impression.

Performance isn't great but it is so useful for us that I don't mind. I do hope they provide an offline version soon as that is my biggest wish right for it right now.

* I'm not affiliated with the company, just a pleased customer.

Very nice! Gratitude is good for the soul.

Before my last blood test a few months ago I decided to try the “Feldman Protocol” as an experiment — a week before the test I ate nothing but meat and eggs, very high in protein and fat. The results were as Feldman’s work predicts.

My HDL was up (67), triglycerides down (60). When my doctor got the results she called me and the conversation went like this:

Doc: I got your bloodwork results in today.

Me: And?

Doc: I have really good news.

Me: Great!

Doc: What are you doing?

I explained a little about the Feldman Protocol and she went quiet for a while, and finally said, well, keep doing what you’re doing I guess.

The only thing I can say about calories is that after seven years on keto and feeling great, I have never given any thought to my calorie intake.

My weight remains stable as do my energy levels, so I can only assume that (1) I am getting exactly the right amount of calories from my diet, or (2) calories are an irrelevant metric.

I eat quite a lot of red meat, ribeye when I can, ground beef. Also pork, some fish. I prefer beef with a bit of fat.

I am convinced that dietary fat and cholesterol are not the problem as we have been told for decades.

My blood work is excellent. In fact, my doctor is on board with what I am doing but she also doesn’t quite know what to make of it. I think she still has some cognitive dissonance with someone eating the way I do and seeing the results that, per her training, should not be happening.

I also used to take 50mg of Losartan for blood pressure but I no longer need it.

My understanding of this is that the body will always preferentially burn glucose because excess blood sugar is highly problematic, while excess fat can just be stored without the severe health risk.

With carb intake reduced the body will naturally switch to burning fat because it is the only fuel source available.

I am 58, on a (mostly) strict ketogenic diet since 2013. It has worked wonders for me and I expect to eat this way the rest of my life. I eat a lot of meat and eggs as I have found that combination (1) is something I enjoy very much, and (2) makes me feel the best.

I didn’t have much weight to lose but I went from 175 to 160 (high school weight) and under 15% body fat. My energy level is consistently very good.

Diet is a subjective thing, of course, but at a minimum getting rid of sugars and processed food might be a good starting point for anyone.

Anecdote: my brother-in-law reversed his T2 diabetes and lost quite a bit of weight doing keto. His doctor had advised meds to “manage” the disease.

> You might be able to solve most of your problems by being more conservative about upgrading.

This is the answer. I do IT consulting and support for Apple-based small businesses, and I constantly have to remind my clients to not just accept every update prompt they see. I advise waiting for .1 or .2 releases. There is never a reason to update right away, in my experience.

After five years on a ketogenic diet (low carb, higher fat) I now eat mostly fatty meat and eggs, and little else. I have never felt better or been in better health.

This is anecdote, but a growing number of people are discovering the same thing. Beef is great food. It will not go away.