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Much better, good on ya!

2007-06-11T11:23:00.000-04:00

Much better, good on ya!

hi Smartcookie!Yeah I know, they keep switching wo...

2007-06-10T20:16:00.000-04:00

hi Smartcookie!

Yeah I know, they keep switching wonder drugs on us, don't they. But I'm with you that the D thing, at least for now, seems to make sense. (And I like McCrabster!)

Hello McCrabster. I also take a supplement. 1000 I...

2007-06-10T19:34:00.000-04:00

Hello McCrabster. I also take a supplement. 1000 IUs. I think it is the new wonder drug... much like green tea was the wonder tea of a couple years ago. However, I hate to be left out and I really do think it has helped me with my SAD in the winter.

Hi In Between!Tanning booth? Yikes! (Kudos for co...

2007-06-10T09:38:00.000-04:00

Hi In Between!
Tanning booth? Yikes! (Kudos for confessing that though. Crabby did it once, years ago, herself). Probably better healthy-wise to spray on fake stuff, no? But I have no idea if bronzers have gotten better or if they still turn you orange.

Hi Jennifer,
Watcha doin' up so late? Are you one of those night owl types? It's pathetic, the older I get, the earlier I retire. But you go girl.

NO COMMENT!Ha ha. Just kidding. It's really late -...

2007-06-10T04:58:00.000-04:00

NO COMMENT!

Ha ha. Just kidding. It's really late -- I'm not so funny at 2am. And I actually really have no comment on Vit D as miss me believes that one's vitamins can be smartly obtained from food items (no not Doritos). In fact I just wrote an article about just that. However, I did make my way over to the comment post you recommended. Which I really enjoyed so thanks.

I get plenty of fake sun exposure in the tanning s...

2007-06-10T01:21:00.000-04:00

I get plenty of fake sun exposure in the tanning salon! Does that count for vitamin D? Yes, yes, I'm probably paying for skin cancer. I say it's better than paying for lung cancer, all you smokers out there. Whatever. what was my point? Hmm. I forgot.

Hi TheWoobDog, thanks for visiting!Ah hah--a comme...

2007-06-10T00:09:00.000-04:00

Hi TheWoobDog, thanks for visiting!

Ah hah--a comment piggie! I knew there was a word for what I was.

So I need to figure out this xanga thing a little better, but thanks for your visit and i should learn to be a better noogie too!

(It's probably painfully obvious when an older unhip person tries trying to adopt "the lingo." Sorry, all. Chicken Girl? Are you still around somewhere? Perhaps you can assist poor Crabby--TheWoobDog seems very nice and Crabby is probably scaring her away. Do some of that leet stuff, quick, okay?)

LOL Love the blogs! I am a comment-piggy, myself...

2007-06-09T22:55:00.000-04:00

LOL Love the blogs! I am a comment-piggy, myself, so (despite my current late-night dearth of pithy witticisms), I am being a good noogie and spreading comment cheer. :-D

hi Katieo,You know, you're right, I should just sa...

2007-06-09T20:08:00.000-04:00

hi Katieo,
You know, you're right, I should just say "website." "Blogs" sound kind of boring or scary I guess to the uninitiated, sort of like Blobs or Frogs or something.

Leah,
Wow, hadn't heard about the racing heart thing. I've also heard the recommendations to just get a little more sun--not midday, and not for long, but to skip the sunscreen on one's arms or legs or whatever a little more often if one lives in a far northern latitude.

Hey Crabby!I took Vit D3 in the winter for a while...

2007-06-09T19:47:00.000-04:00

Hey Crabby!

I took Vit D3 in the winter for a while. I'm sure it did wonders, but it made my heart race. And not in that good way, either.
I didn't connect the two until I read about that being a side effect so I stopped taking it and the racing calmed.
I take some sun instead and eat tuna.

We had kids chewable aspirin here, too. Can't recall the brand, I think it may have been a Bayer product. They were darned tasty. Very candyesque.

Luv ur blog!

Ok, sorry to have left this out the first go aroun...

2007-06-09T17:53:00.000-04:00

Ok, sorry to have left this out the first go around, but just wanted to add that "We have a little website.." goes a lot further for us than "We started a blog..."

ok, sorry. Go Vitamin D!

Crabby1) luv r blog 4 ever3) Thanks for the link!2...

2007-06-09T17:49:00.000-04:00

Crabby
1) luv r blog 4 ever
3) Thanks for the link!
2) We are having major technical difficulties today.(grrr). However, I'm hoping my "how-to" post is unaffected.

Hi Dawn!There is no such thing as "off topic" here...

2007-06-09T14:49:00.000-04:00

Hi Dawn!

There is no such thing as "off topic" here at Cranky Fitness!

And the part about commenting instructions is even sort of in the title, so you're right on point.

Anyway, even in the States blogging is kind of obscure to a lot of people, even those who are otherwise web savvy.

When I mention the blog (which I've mostly learned to stop doing) I often get a blank stare. Or something like "oh yeah, I've heard of blogs but..." ("why on earth would you have one or visit one," is the unspoken end of that sentence).

But I imagine in New Zealand it must be even more of a struggle!

Not quite off topic (because you did mention it) b...

2007-06-09T14:38:00.000-04:00

Not quite off topic (because you did mention it) but hovering dangerously close - I thought that was a good idea to provide info on posting. I think I might do the same as I'm sure most of the people I mention that I have a blog to, have no idea what a blog is, let alone what they would do if they found their way there.

There's no race for me to get this info out because these people hide their confusion by letting my words wash pass them and don't visit!

Although plenty of New Zealanders do blog it is not like in the States and I'm finding many people have never heard of it. Talk about an uphill battle!

Oh, yeah, love Vitamin D!

Sweet Tart,Arrghhh! Thank you so much! I changed...

2007-06-09T13:53:00.000-04:00

Sweet Tart,
Arrghhh! Thank you so much! I changed the post title, but I can't change the URL and it will be forever wrong. Duh.

And thanks so much for the info--I'll have to find out more about D3 thing.

Hi Chicken Girl! Luv ur blog 2!
My mom didn't buy us Flinstones but a friend gave me one once and they weren't nearly as tasty as St. Josephs chewable aspirin. I loved me those St. Josephs and was almost happy to have a headache because they were just like orangey candy.

Hi Quito!
Back when I went to UCSD it was called "Central Library," which we always thought was funny because it was on the edge of campus. Not so funny anymore I guess. And I hear Third and Fourth colleges even have names now! (Just to totally date myself.)

I find myself quite confused about the issue of suppementation generally, as each new study seems to swing a different direction. Calcium seemed like such a good idea, and now Bad Things are starting to show up. Thanks for the info, and please feel free to show up and elevate the discussion here anytime!

Hi Crabby! Luv ur blog too! =D especially since yo...

2007-06-09T13:04:00.000-04:00

Hi Crabby! Luv ur blog too! =D especially since you're a UCSD grad. I work at UCSD, but far from the Revelle fountain outside of Galbraith Hall. I'm closer to the UFOesque library, now named for Dr. Seuss (if you graduated within the last ten years, then you knew this... I've been here for awhile.)

There's some research that indicates that dietary calcium increases the risk of prostate cancer - the uglier kind, in fact. There's a theory about why this is the case, too: it reduces the amount of calcitriol your kidneys produce. And... there's evidence that calcitriol reduces the likelihood of a cancer metastatising. So, I agree with the Skeptical Guy even though my UCSD colleague is jazzed.

LOL.Hi Crabby! Luv ur blog!Vitamin D, eh? When I h...

2007-06-09T12:32:00.000-04:00

LOL.

Hi Crabby! Luv ur blog!

Vitamin D, eh? When I hear about things like this I always think, "good thing my mom trained me to take my Flintstones every day, then." (I take grown-up vitamins now... but sometimes I wish they made Flintstones vitamins for adults. :D)

Hey crabby - I'm confused by the title, shouldn't ...

2007-06-09T11:49:00.000-04:00

Hey crabby - I'm confused by the title, shouldn't that be vitamin D? I've been convinced about vitamin D supplementation for a while, possibly because of living up in the dark and cloudy north. Recently I've had several clients who've had their D levels tested and have had either very low levels or none detected. From what I've read, the D should be in D3 form. I take the 1000 iu capsules and double the dosage in the winter.