Illness and Blood Sugar:

When one is diabetic or has another issue with their blood sugars rising too high, their diet and exercise needs to be adjusted from what it was prior to their health issue.  One other issue rarely considered by those outside the medical profession, however, is that the body draws sugar into the blood stream when it needs to fight off most infections.  With someone without these health issues, this is normally not a problem, but for one who does, it becomes yet another balancing act.  Eating little while ill will certainly lower blood sugar a little, but at the same time they will be weaker and take longer to heal.  Those who take insulin can and should use it in order to lessen the blood sugar numbers due to the body improperly regulating the blood sugar, though taking too much will make the illness take longer to heal as well.  The best option is to eat low carb foods that are high in nutrients, hydrate properly and with a little more than usual, take insulin as needed to keep the blood sugar within the normal range, and try to avoid activities that will worsen the illness such as dealing with ice, spoiled food, etc.

Bottom-Feeders:

Human bottom-feeders are annoying, poisonous leeches that thrive off of other people's achievements, having no level they will not sink to in their gambits for more power or wealth.  They are so described, because of their similarity aquatic creatures that live in much the same manner.  Catfish, shrimp, crawfish, crabs, lobster, and other bottom feeders live mostly near the bottom of the waterway they live in, feeding off of the discarded waste and unfinished food that other creatures leave behind, or other weaker animals.  As a result, they tend to absorb a lot more heavy metals from sick food that falls down to them, as well as not needing to move as quickly as creatures that swim closer to the surface, growing more fat.  While any aquatic food, especially fish, is recommended to eat in moderation, catfish and other bottom feeders are recommended to eat even less often so as to prevent becoming ill from toxic metal poisoning as well as all the fat.

Fat vs Muscle:

One of the big things that people have issue with when dieting is thinking that because they are losing weight that they are becoming healthier by that alone.  Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple.  Losing weight when one is overweight is always good if the majority of the weight lost is in fat.  Unfortunately, for those who merely cut out calories and don't do more exercise, or worse, do even less exercise than before, they're also losing muscle mass.  Muscle is more dense than fat, and as a result, someone who thinks they are overweight might be mostly carrying muscle with just a little bit of fat, but if they lose weight too quickly they'll lose muscle with it as a result, and barely notice the difference.  By losing that muscle, however, they make it even harder to burn fat.  Additionally, a certain amount of fat is needed for a body, especially when it is in cold weather, for cushioning the joints and general energy available if one is going through periods of starvation.

When considering the average person's height, age, gender and other factors, doctors make estimations on what weight they feel a person should drop down to, and some more specialized than others (primarily dietitians, nutritionists, and trainers) will discuss the Body Mass Index or BMI.  This is a measurement of the amount of body-fat and individual has compared to the rest of their weight.  One way some measure it is to put hold a weight on a scale underwater and compare it to the weight being held out of the water.  The reason this has any effect at all is because fat floats and therefore the individual holding the weight won't be pressing as hard on the scale as otherwise.  There are more modern ways of testing BMI, but that is one of the oldest ways of testing it, and still fairly accurate for those that have waterproof scales available for testing it.  Highly athletic individuals should aim for a lower BMI, but the average healthy person typically should have a BMI score of 25 to 19.  If you're wanting to estimate your own BMI and find what your ideal weight should be, take a look at this chart for reference:

Pricks: Correct Order Information:

Three times yesterday while at work I had to deal with customers who hadn't put in the correct information for their orders, and then blamed us for their problems.  First, a customer who ordered a number of pictures and saw how much it cost, but was surprised to find some pictures with fifty or more copies each.  As the price was the exact same as they were billed, as well as the quantities being different per individual picture, the only explanation is them making a mistake in putting too many on order for some of the items.  The second one place an order for pickup from the store with items being pulled from the shelves...  When they knew we didn't have enough on the shelves, hence why they placed the order online and waited.  However, by placing the order for pickup from the shelves they had to go to a different store to get the excess we did not have in stock, as well as not having their phone number or email address correct on their order so they weren't notified of the insufficient amount of their particular item.  To which both complained about our side of thing being messed up when they had themselves made the error instead of reading the blood website and broadcasts.  The third one was for a photo order being printed still and they hadn't put in their correct phone number for pickup in case of a misprint or lack of the order slip.  Thankfully at least the last one we were able to fix the issue, but it took longer than the customer was willing to wait, so they left in a huff.  The three of these customers all put in their own information incorrectly, and as a result had to deal with the consequences of it, which were far lower than most other businesses would have them do, and as such their prickish behavior became nothing more than a blog post and memories of annoyances.  So, please people, use the correct information if placing online orders or any other order that needs such information.