Thanks Tammy,
That's two areas I don't need much help with, although I like discussing, and get along with most who do in exchange for ideas. I can and do cook just about everything, and probably have 500 cookbooks, almost every gadget, although I slacked off, and simplified my cooking since having cancer, but I used to make like 15 dishes for holidays, barbecues. I got my incentive working in some of the world's best hotels, doing executive protection for 25 years, and met many great chefs, just about every celebrity too, ate plenty, although cooking wasn't my occupation, I got along with the chef's, and that's a tough group to work with lol. I think last year for NYE I made 14 seafood dishes, but I pace myself now, and not too much multitasking. I don't know yet what I'm doing this year. I've been a gym rat since I was 15, most my work later on depended on it one way or another, and would gain, lose, at will when I wanted, depending on my activities, goals, going from 130-275lbs at 5'10", they say I'm 5'9" now lol. my lowest, highest weight, sometimes losing 20-30lbs a week, a 100lbs in a year a few times. My average weight was 245 for many years before cancer, lost over 110lbs from it, but slowly gained about 50 back in three years. I went up to 200lbs this summer from exercising. I can gain quick since muscle, and fat lol, has memory, and my doctor said not to gain anymore weight due to the harship on my kidneys, so when everything started to hit me...kidney failure from kidney stone, btw caused by chemo, teeth from radiation, recurrence, surgery, I went with the flow knowingly, and just lost the weight, but I think 175 is good for me now. I've been there, done every fad, diet, supplement out there since 1977, and believe most are a waste for various reasons, and don't take much, vit D, folic acid, unless my doctor tells me, and just do my own thing now...I live to eat lol. I wish to drink too, but lost my taste for that.
Just talking makes me want to exercise, and go cook something lol. Maybe this weekend I'll hit the gym, make linguine with white clam sauce tonight, maybe baked clams.
