tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post6228762165449419313..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Damn! I knew all this healthy living would catch up with me!Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-72148809156370828852015-07-14T05:35:12.011+01:002015-07-14T05:35:12.011+01:00There was something about the aftermath of your It...There was something about the aftermath of your Italian Feast that was just as inevitable as that served up by the Wimbledon Finals and the knee-jerk reaction to The Flag of Dixie after the church massacre.<br />At least the strawberries and olives were blameless.<br />Hope you're feeling much better.<br />southern mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-89745250129147192652015-07-10T19:42:34.600+01:002015-07-10T19:42:34.600+01:00The book about CFS that I'm following recommen...The book about CFS that I'm following recommends a high fat intake (and lots of salt). The problem is that the pancreas's main jobs are to regulate blood sugar and produce enzymes to break down the fat in our diet - and mine isn't much cop at either, so I'm not sure that feeding it more fat than it's used to did it much good. In fact, I suspect I might have tipped it over the fat edge last Saturday. So I've gone back to the Paleo Diet, but cutting down a bit on the fat intake. If I didn't have a wonky pancreas, though, I'd definitely be in the pro-fat camp. I could murder a bit of crackling right now. <br />Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-86575594330975176312015-07-10T19:26:17.414+01:002015-07-10T19:26:17.414+01:00The only diet I ever really enjoyed was the F-Plan...The only diet I ever really enjoyed was the F-Plan back in the '80s, which involved eating tons of baked beans and farting like a dray-horse. Fortunately, I was working at home at the time.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-18693654537834628972015-07-10T19:22:02.281+01:002015-07-10T19:22:02.281+01:00Sorry - I was too late answering to make predictio...Sorry - I was too late answering to make predictions for today, but I assume it'll be the appallingly thuggish and graceless Williams Brother tomorrow rather than the refreshing Miss Muguruza, and, despite Federer's almostoperfect display this afternoon, it'll probably be the metronomically robotic Djokovic on Sunday (although, to be fair, Federer is in even better form than he was last year). Given that it isn't the sweaty Spanish bum-picker, I'm fairly relaxed about the result.<br /><br />As for Nick Kyrios, it must be awful for the Australians to produce such a naturally gifted player after a long hiatus, and then have him turn out to be an ill-mannered, childish, egomaniacal knob who is evidently in need of a damned good thrashing. <br /><br />The reason programmes like the tennis round-up get disastrously "refreshed" is that they're always being taken over by the next generation of 23-year old producers, who want to make their mark by makiing them more "accessible" to a "new generation of viewers". Hence the Gardener's World debacle a few years ago, after which they had to haul in Monty Don and put it back the way it was. I only saw one of the Wimbledon 2Night shows last week and it was absolutely dreadful. The last thing anyone wants to see is bloody "fans" hanging around in every shot looking gormless, or someone like Pat Cash, who never says anything either insightful or interesting and who, despite all his wealth, manages to look like a scrofulous traveller, and we certaintly don't want ridiculous little video "featurettes" - we want to see the best bits of the tennis, have someone knowledgeable interpret the events of the day, and to be told the order of play for the next day. That is it. All these young producers actually need to do is give their existing viewers what they've had in the past and they won't go far wrong - they won't have made a name for themselves, but neither will they have ended up with an enormous cock-up on their CVs. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-74330217195571421532015-07-10T12:16:17.027+01:002015-07-10T12:16:17.027+01:00"Further bulletins will be posted by my medic..."Further bulletins will be posted by my medical team on a board positioned at the entrance to Grønmark Towers at regular intervals"<br /><br />Your loyal readers are assembled at your gate and trusting in your full recovery (GCooper's point about your injunction is, I think, well made)<br /><br />FWIW I followed (and sort-of still follow) Barry Groves' high protein/high fat diet as set out in his book "The Calorie Fallacy". Despite the low fat fraternity jeering at his recent demise (he was "only" 77) the diet actually works and, on the basis of a sample of 1, appears not to have ill effects. More to the point, I can eat (but not over-eat) copious amounts of meat and dairy products which suits me fine.Umbongonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-77445444546374968702015-07-10T09:11:27.606+01:002015-07-10T09:11:27.606+01:00I suspect you have put your finger on the cause of...I suspect you have put your finger on the cause of your trouble. I had a similar rebound effect from an extremely low fat diet some 20 years ago. My ability to tolerate fat has never properly recovered.<br /><br />I would like to claim that I had earned my lesson and have ignored loony diet crazes since but I succumbed to the Atkins fad and suffered unpleasantly from that, too.<br /><br />Anxious crowds will gather at your palace gates, fretting for news of your recovery, while insane dieticians, labouring in secret underground dungeons, will swell with pride and redouble their efforts to destroy the nation's well-being. <br /><br />Fiddlesticks to your injunction - get well soon!<br />GCoopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-11341030185674623952015-07-10T02:38:38.785+01:002015-07-10T02:38:38.785+01:00I have complied with your request for 'no symp...I have complied with your request for 'no sympathy - no flowers'.<br />Tennis - Cor Blimey Guvnor.<br />I don't follow it with the exuberance that it deserves as I don't have the time but I have seen some spectacular matches and witnessed the nadir of broadcasting that was the diabolical evening TV chat show bollocks hosted by Claire Balding - thankfully now binned. Who dreams up such trivia? <br />Answers please Mr Gronmark - you were a BBC man.<br />That ghastly, attention-seeking, self-obsessed 20 year old Aussie git makes my blood boil.<br />That Kevin fellow and Mr Popsicle are breaths of youthful fresh air but my pin-up for every possible reason is the 21 year old Venezuelan/Spaniard who is now in the Ladies final after beating the unpronounceable Polish gal - crikey - what a match. WHAT A GAL.<br />Miss Williams awaits however....<br />And as for the men: Gasquet will be lucky and the other three all seem unbeatable. It will be interesting to see what Paddy Power makes of it....Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191599030795096843noreply@blogger.com