I've been working hard this past week to get copies of my missing videos back here on DietHobby,
and I've made a great deal of progress.
  All of the Ask Grandma videos, Grandma's Recipes videos, and Diet Wisdom videos,
and many of the Words of Wisdom videos can now be watched here under their Headings
which are listed across the top of the page, right under the Banner at the top of this
website. In order to make these videos available quickly,  I started a second YouTube Channel for
storage only, and uploaded many, many videos. I also used copies of many videos that I had
already stored at other locations.

Note that In the Videos section under the RESOURCES heading,
only the videos that are uploaded to YouTube will appear under the the "Videos" heading,
so even though many of those videos are actually now here at DietHobby,
the video directory will still show all non-YouTube videos as missing.

I will be correcting that problem eventually, but for now the videos can be played
in their individual Categories under their Headings at the top of the website page,
even when they can't be accessed through the Resources - Videos area.

 I'm hoping that eventually YouTube will help me fix my YouTube DietHobby Channel
by restoring all of the videos deleted by the Hacker, along with all of their comments,
viewcounts, and annotations, so that the link connections all over the internet won't be lost.
My adult son thinks that if YouTube doesn't help before then,
that we will be able to get in contact with someone for help when we got to VidCon 2012
at the end of this month.

Many years ago, as a child, I was continually told: "Be Patient!".
I pretty much took the meaning of that to be: "Shut-up and wait". 

The dictionary says to be patient means:

1: bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint
2: manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain
3: not hasty or impetuous
4: steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity

It has never been easy to be patient, but it's probably harder now than at any time in history.
In today's world messages and information can be sent across the world instantly.
Everything is available with only a few clicks of a mouse.

But patience is a behavior, and most behaviors are learned through practice.
Developing patience requires a change in one's attitude about life,
and a positive focus becomes imperative when dealing with matters requiring self-control.

DietHobby is the place where I share my thoughts.
Take what you like, and leave the rest.

One of the things I talk most about is Portion Control, which is something that we must do for ourselves. The picture posted above demonstrates one of the reasons why we can't rely on others to do this for us. When we see one of something, one hamburger, one bagel, one small bag of chips, or even one plate of food, it is natural for us to believe that this is one serving.  But in fact, even one banana is considered to be two servings.  My previous article, Portion Control, gives a rather thorough explanation about this. 

I am relieved to have the suspense over.
Today at about 12 noon, I was able to get back online at DietHobby's companion channel at YouTube.  The first thing I did was remove all the offensive Nazi material put up by the Hacker, and then I investigated the damage.  As I feared, all 312 of my uploaded videos were deleted.  YouTube has the ability to restore all 312 of them if it chooses to do so. This would be the best way, because this would save thousands of YT viewer comments and about 1.4 Million YT views, as well as the many online connections throughout the internet.  So, I'm going to keep trying to get their help.  Also, I'd like them to immediately remove the 3 community strikes against me at YT which were caused by the Hacker instead of having to wait 6 months for them to expire.   I don't want to wait a long time to have videos back here on my website.. especially the recipe videos, so if I don't get help, or promises of help, from YouTube by the end of June,  I'll do something to post replacement videos here on DietHobby. 

In the meantime, any new videos that I make will be posted here.