Hi Wally,

I didn't really understand my message either - not once I'd deleted and retracted, and filtered what I *really* wanted to say.....

As I said, it really wasn't the best of times for me to be posting, but knowing that my year is about to come to a Grand Spectacular Finale (I live in hope) and knowing what can happens in this place when Starch Wars kick in...I thought I was probably *safer* whipping out the old light sabre now rather than later when things might really get messy...???

Thing is I can't help thinking that if you'd posted this in the main forum this thread would have taken on a whole new angle and velocity - and probably mainly because there are (far too) many ppl here who are anti-diet and would welcome your comments with rather than objectivity - "proof" that they were right by their personal experiment of trying life without starch for one meal, half a meal, no sodding meal but hey, anything's better than admitting to wanting the easy way out....

I'd say go search, but there's a lot of threads been deleted along the way. Even the old forum has gone AWOL - and what a veritable treat that was as to how the bunnies treated the dieters *shakes head*

I mentioned Locus of Control, and saying how those with an external one can and will project their distaste as to someone else's personal responsibility and accountability for their health is an ummm, understatement. And round here, abscence of a Pollyanna Syndrome can end up being a disadvantage...whatever you post can end up getting flamed or ignored, and somehow the NSD can seem to cop the blame (but as I said - projection)

It annoys me that I had to find this site to find out about this diet.

And it annoys me more that some users of this site will all too readily diss the whole thing, when in fact they have NOT given it a fair trial, whatever their words might be.

If there truly are two groups, no-one will know unless they really give this thing their very best, and sadly that isn't always going to happen. And even in the event that they did and it was proven beyond all doubt that some ppl were non-responders - what % would you estimate that would be??

My sense of sadness is in knowing (from the outtakes) that for some ppl, this kind of discussion is like a *valid* reason why they don't even have to try - and that, believe it or not, breaks my heart...

I know what this diet did for me Wally, and at one point, in a parallel universe, was going to ensure that this was the best year of my life. Well, as they say, sh*t happens, and it has instead turned out to be my very worst one - to date! And how sodding happy am I that I'm not having to live through it with the pain, fatigue and inability to see the future that I had once accepted as being my normal??!

Hmmm...you're probably going to be understanding this post even less than the other one at this rate....rant over.


Take care,

Jan


If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy

Well I deserve nothing more than I get

'Cos nothing I have is truly mine

- Dido