Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 First off.... TLA = Three Letter Acronym I've noticed a lot of acronyms get tossed around on this and other groups so I thought I'd define a few for folks who may not know what they are. I also found a site at http://www.acronymfinder.com that will query acronyms and give you potential definitions. Kinda cool, really. BTW ------- By The Way FWIW ------ For What It's Worth FYI ------- For Your Information HTH ------- Hope This Helps IIRC ------ If I recall Correctly IMHO ------ In My Humble Opinion IMNSHO ---- In My Not So Humble Opinion LOL ------- Laughing Out Loud OTOH ------ On The Other Hand ROTFLMAO -- Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off TIA ------- Thanks In Advance SBD ------- South Beach Diet TOM ------- Time Of Month (sometimes TOTM) WOE ------- Way Of Eating WOL ------- Way Of Life WW -------- Whole Wheat (note context) WW -------- Weight Watchers (note context) As I was looking around, trying to think of any others that might be relevant, I came across a list of other common diet acronyms. ADA - American Dietetic Association AMA - American Medical Association or " against medical advice " AS - Artificial Sweetener ASAP - As soon as possible BF - Body Fat or Best Friend or Boy Friend BFL - Body for LIFE BG - Blood Glucose BIL - brother in law BMI - Body Mass Index BMR - Base Metabolic Rate BRB - Be Right Back BIL - Brother In Law BTW - By the way CAD - Carbohydrate Addicts Diet CALP - Carbohydrate Addict Lifespan Program CCLM - critical carbohydrate level for maintaining CCL - Critical Carb Level CHO - Carbohydrate CKD - Cyclical Ketogenic Diet DANDR - (the book) Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution DD - Dear Daughter DH - Dear Husband DIL - daughter-in-law DM1 - (insulin-dependent) DM2 - Diabetus Mellitus, type II (Diabetes, Type 2 -- non-insulin dependent) DS - Dear Son DW - Dear Wife ECA - Ephedrine, Caffeine, Aspirin ED - Elimination Diet FIL - father-in-law FWIW - For What It's Worth FYI - For Your Information HFS - Health Food Store HG - Hunter Gatherer HIT - Hang in There HTH - Hope this helps HRT - Homone Replacement Therapy IBS - irritable bowel syndrowme IDD - Insulin Depedent Diabetes IDDM - Insulin Depedent Diabetes Mellitus IR - Insulin Resistance IIRC - if i recall correctly IMHO - in my humble opinion JMHO - just my humble opinion KISS - Keep It Simple, Sweetie LBM - Lean Body Mass LCE - Low Carb Eating or LowCarbEating.com (this site) LC - Low Carbohydrate LCWOE - Low Carb way of eating LOL - Laughing Out Loud MIL - mother-in-law NIDDM - Non-Insulin Depedent Diabedes Type II NT - Neander Thin - the book OMG - oh my god OT - Off Topic OWL - ongoing weight loss PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome PCOD - Polycystic Ovarian Disease PP - Protein Power PPLP - Protein Power Life Plan PSMF - Protein Sparing Modified Fast ROFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing ROFLMAO - Rolling on the Floor Laughing My *** Off RM - Reward Meal (for the CAD/CALP woe) SAD - Standard American Diet SAD/SADD - Seasonally affected depression " ...depressive disorder " S/F - Sugar Free SO - Significant Other SIL - son-in-law or sister in law SsIL - Sister In Law TKD - Targeted Ketogenic Diet TOM - time of the month TTYL = Talk to you later USDA - U.S. Department of Agriculture WD - Well Done WOE - Way of Eating WOL - Way of Life WTG - way to go YMMV - your mileage may vary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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