8:00AM
12-ounce glass of raw milk
11:45AM
2 half-pound grass-fed beef hamburger patties with Colby Jack, bacon, and mayo
Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry
3:45PM
Quick and easy True Lime cheesecake
7:45PM
2 slices low-carb bread with butter, bacon, and Colby Jack cheese
Diet Coke with Splenda
8:45PM
Sugar-free, low-carb chocolate peanut butter crunch (3 blocks of unsweetened 100% cacao, butter, Xylitol, Splenda, marcona almonds, 1 Tbs Naturally More peanut butter)
NOTE: We're excited to have so many people signing up to join us on The 3rd Annual Low-Carb Cruise to the Bahamas happening in March 2010. We've had such a fabulous time the past couple of years, but this next one is going to be even more spectacular thanks to special low-carb guests like Drs. Mike and Mary Dan Eades, Dr. Eric Westman, Dr. William Davis, Dr. James E. Carlson, Jackie Eberstein, Karly Pitman, Fred Hahn, Dana Carpender, Connie Bennett, Laura Dolson, Andrew DiMino, Cameo "The Spiky Haired Girl" Watkins, and, of course, me and Christine. If you'd REALLY like to come on this cruise with us but don't think you can afford it, then you should consider entering our FREE CRUISE GIVEAWAY contest that we announced over the weekend:
I ate a little more today than I have been and even added back a couple of old favorites like cheesecake and chocolate today. There's certainly nothing wrong with this as long as you keep the ingredients sugar-free and watch your carb counts. All the ingredients I used in both of those recipes are excellent additions to any healthy low-carb lifestyle, including heavy cream, butter, cream cheese, almonds, and more! I like to experiment in the kitchen from time to time and today just happened to be one of those times.
I'm getting excited for the end of this coming up week because I'll be driving down to Florida to attend my 20-year high school reunion. It's hard to believe it's been that long since high school, but in other ways it seems like an eternity ago. I had to move away in between my sophomore year in high school, so I didn't technically graduate from there. But I grew up with these people and it will be neat to see them in person nearly a quarter century later! We'll be leaving out early on Friday morning, so no menus updates from Friday through Sunday. I'll get to them when I return next week.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
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Jimmy, could you please communicate to Christine that having a cyst drained is not the same thing as surviving breast cancer?
Every year, does Christine dread the fact that she will have to confront death one more time when she schedules her annual mammogram? In the dressing room does she look at her remaining breast and wonder if this is the time that that one will have to be removed? Does she wait for the results and breathe a sigh of relief when it comes back negative and she simply has to do 12 more self-examinations before the next mammmogram is due?
Don't get me wrong. Cancer survival is great. But a benign tumor is a whole different thing from a malignant one.
If Christine has never had breast cancer, please ask her to refrain from wearing a breast cancer survivor's T shirt. Thanks.
Sorry you misunderstood that T-shirt, Stargazey, but Christine is not saying she's survived breast cancer. We were simply wearing some of the products available from that breast cancer awareness site mentioned to model them. A Celebration 4 Life is doing outstanding work on that front and we simply wanted to give them a plug at the beginning of this video. Christine was not trying to say she had breast cancer and survived it. I apologize that we caused you to jump to that conclusion.
Stargazey - Hugs to you and I will keep you in my prayers.
JM - What a putz! You can't even give a decent apology. You still manage to twist it so that it's the other person's error. In psychology that is termed a pathological response mechanism...when someone cannot admit doing any wrong and apologize for it.
There is no misunderstanding of that shirt. I interpreted it the same way Stargazey did. Did she think by wearing it, you might get more donations thru pity???
If you had any moral code at all JM, you would remove that podcast or re-cut it. Seems there is just no end to what you will "shade the truth" on. Way to Jimmify breast cancer JM and St. Christine.
I'm glad the cyst was benign.
Jimmy, it's you who has misunderstood the purpose of that partciular shirt. It's a SURVIVOR shirt. Have you ever been involved in Race for the Cure or any other breast cancer events? The survivor shirts are medals of honor for those who have actually survived breast cancer - had it, lived with the pain and fear, endured the brutal treatments, and live with the fear of recurrence forever. To you, it's a tee shirt. To survivors, and those under treatment hoping for the chance to wear one, it means so much more. There are a zillion other shirts and products that more appropriately show support for the cause.
Stargazey didn't leap to conclusions - she knows exactly what she's talking about and she's right.
Your apology is also poorly worded - it's like an abuser saying 'I'm sorry it hurt when my fist collided with your nose'. No ownership of the action, and pushing blame on the injured party for claiming injury. I think you owe Stargazey a better apology. It's OK to be wrong now and then. You could have told Stargazey that no offense was intended and that you weren't aware of the purpose of the shirts, or that people who have had breast cancer might have a different perspective than you. Instead, you denied Stargazey's well-earned right to be offended by it, and came off looking, well... like you did.
Welcome back to my menus blog, Pooti. But I have a quick question for you: What do me and Christine need to apologize for? In the YouTube video segment I posted, Christine never claimed she had breast cancer and she simply related a story about why this topic means so much to her.
Never once did Christine ask for any pity, sympathy, or donations about what she went through with the cyst earlier this year. It is entirely possible to support this cause without ever going through it yourself (we have gone to the Relay For Life cancer fundraising events in our area for years although neither of us personally has cancer).
Pooti, I have no idea where all this continuing contempt for me, my wife and everything I do is coming from. I'm not sure what's going on in your life right now to trigger this kind of a negative response, but it sounds to me like you are in some very serious need of help. I sincerely hope you can get the professional services you need to pull you through what must be a trying time in your life.
My readers know that I am just a man who is living his life the best he knows how by the grace that God gives me. I am by no means perfect and I've never claimed to be either.
My purpose in all that I do is to help others as they deal with their own personal health and weight loss journey in any way that I can. I do this through blogs, videos, podcasts, e-mails, and many times through calls on the telephone.
I care about the people I come into contact with and want nothing but the best for each and every one of them. That includes you Pooti.
Hopefully someday you will see that I am not the enemy, but rather a genuine loving friend. My prayer is for Jesus to touch you and your life in such a special way that all this anger, resentment, and hostility you have pent up inside of you will simply pass away so that you can move forward in your life.
May God bless you today, tomorrow and for the rest of your life, Pooti.
OhYeahBabe, see my comments to Pooti above. THANKS!
Hey Jimmy, definitely some harsh comments. While I think your intentions were good I can kind of understand where they are coming from. My wife is a 2 time cervical cancer survivor. In 2008 she ran in the Amy's Fund 5K (Striking Out Cerivical Cancer). She was one of only 3 survivors who ran in the race thus she had her own special shirt. The other runners had one that was completely different. Even to this day she wears her shirt as a badge of honor.
I guess what I am trying to say is that survivor shirts and for survivors. The organizers tried to offer me a survivor shirt, because as a spouse they felt I survived it to. I wouldn't accept it. While I went through the battle with my wife, she was the one who had to do the actual fighting.
This is in no way meant to deminish the fear you guys must have felt going through what you did. Just the thought of having cancer is a scary thing. But as I said survivor shirts should only be worn by survivors.
All the best
Just thought I would weigh in here... I saw the video earlier and I understood exactly where you were coming from. Breast cancer is very close to me and my family but I never once heard you or Christine say that she had survived cancer. I just assumed she was showing one of the shirts they had for sale just like the bandanna you were wearing. I hope these other posters will understand that there was nothing done intentional towards them or any cancer survivors and that you have nothing to apologize for!
Keep up the good work on all fronts :)
TJ
Jimmy, I am so sorry that people think bashing you is an ok thing to do. You are so helpful and encouraging to so many people..like me! Please don't get down when comments like that are made. I truly believe that you are in God's will and helping people is what is in your heart! Your faithfullness to God and trying to serve Him will be rewarded! You are an inspriation to many so keep up the good work! Have a blessed day!
Okay... I wear a the shirt occasionally. I even attend the Susan G. Komen events. I have NEVER had breast cancer or even a cyst or even a "scare". Does that make it wrong?
I wear pink because ... my sister had it, my best friend has it, my cousin had it.. my mother died from cancer ... and on it goes. I consider myself a survivor too because I was involved in these peoples lives -- I cried with them and rejoiced with them. I also waited for test results. I held the trash can for the vomiting. I played cards with them for HOURS while they had chemo drips. I took care of my mother in some of the most immodest & painful times of her life -- and I survived.
It is about support and awareness. Kudo's for Jimmy for not being so macho that he can't show support for his wife and what she believes in. He knows it's not just all about "Jimmy Moore".
I heard a saying once and I firmly believe it... "Hurting people hurt people." That is just the pain talking and your heart needing a place to vent.
I hope you can find peace and move on to the rest of your life.
I'm sorry, Jimmy. Click on the June 14 post and you see Christine wearing a shirt that says she is a cancer survivor. She is not. There are all sorts of other shirts on that website and any of those would have been appropriate.
Thanks to all the ones who support us and who have stood by us as we did what it took to survive. You mean the world to us. But except for the One who will never leave us or forsake us, we walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death alone. Please don't use religious appeals to trivialize what it means to be a breast cancer survivor.
Stargazey, I have nothing but respect and admiration for people like you who have overcome something like breast cancer in your life. You are a real hero and braver than most people I know. Christine and I have had several friends of our impacted by cancer in the past few years, so this is a subject near and dear to our hearts.
Rest assured that no ill will or disrespect was ever intended towards you or any other cancer survivor with Christine wearing that shirt. She was simply modeling it to show others what was available. It was the only T-shirt we had and we wanted to make sure people knew about it.
As a peace offering, we'd LOVE to give you this T-shirt for FREE if you would allow us to mail it to you as a gift. E-mail me your mailing address at livinlowcarbman@charter.net and I'll make sure to drop it in the mail to you this afternoon. God bless you, my friend.
Thanks for the apology, Jimmy.
Sad to say, I can't wear the shirt. Most of the time, fighting breast cancer is still a very private thing for me, and I feel uncomfortable about advertising it. But thank you for offering to send me the shirt.
And thanks to all of your readers who helped me express what I was feeling.
I understand and respect that, Stargazey. The offer remains open if you decide to change your mind.
I didn't come here to 'bash' Jimmy. I disagree with a lot of what he says and most of what he eats, and am driven bananas by the inconsistencies. However, it's his blog so I let alone all but the things that move me the most. This was huge to me.
Stargazey raised a valid point, and I felt compelled to speak up, particularly after her concerns were dismissed. For anyone who said something, you can bet there are many others who also found the shirt an unfortunate or inappropriate choice, but chose not to say anything. I read a book once called "A Complaint is a Gift." It gives really valuable life lessons. If you look at the reviews on the Amazon website, there's a really good one by Professor Donald Mitchell. I recommend the whole book and the whole review, but here is the first paragraph (note: the other book he refers to is also very good):
"This book creates a new paradigm concerning customer dissatisfaction: The complaint is a major economic opportunity which can be systematically used to improve business processes, reduce errors, increase quality, strengthen bonds with customers, and create expanded growth and profitability. The reason: We normally see things from the company's view point, and miss many mistakes and opportunities by not empathizing enough with the customer's view point. A good related book is Moments of Truth (which I also reviewed), which looks at using this approach during the turnaround of SAS."
Not every criticism is an attack.
I'm in total agreement that not every criticism is an attack, OhYeahBabe. But there are tactful ways of offering criticism without being personal or ugly about it as some have been prone to do. THANKS for your comments!
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