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Default finally convinced my hubby




"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Evelyn > wrote:
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> : "Michelle C" > wrote in message
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> : > "Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> : >> This is a guy who has always been extremely healthy, active, and any
> sort
> : >> of illness or weakness is not included in his definition of himself.
> : >
> : > Evelyn, the majority of the men in my family are like that too. To
> kowtow
> : > to a physical illness is to admit weakness. And we can't have that!
> I've
> : > had a couple of them tell me they'd rather be dead.
>
>
> : Then you DO know what I am dealing with. This morning, after that nice
> low
> : carb dinner the night before, I woke up to see him eating one of those
> huge
> : english muffins with lots of jam on it. He's definitely still in
> denial
> : about it.
>
> Can you just keep the no sugar added Smuckers jam in the house? Also keep
> lots of Wasa or Ryevita in plae of all those english muffins. Then he can
> have peanut butter and jelly if he likes.
>
> I have also found the Arnold bakery carb bread pretty good and infinitely
> better than the "light" breads which are so insubstantial that they don't
> satisfy. the Arnold I get has 9 grams of carb per slice, 3 fiber for 6
> grams net and tastes pretty good and has some heft.
>
> Wendy



He knows about the substitutions but he doesn't even care.

I will look for that bread, Wendy.

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Evelyn

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