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10.24.08

TGIF!
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Friday, at last! I'm holding steady at 143.5, which is to be expected. From past experience, whenever I have a big loss, I usually have a day or two of holding steady and eventually I go back to losing. It was annoying at first because you're like - I'm doing everything the same! Why am I just sitting here at the same weight! But after awhile I noticed a pattern. It's like my body likes to keep things in check so I don't lose too much in a week. Last year, it liked 3.5 pounds a week as my maximum ...
10.23.08

When is weight loss success a success?
Food (1)
I was on another board yesterday and someone was commenting on someone else who had lost weight and kept it off for a year. They said - well he's not a real weight loss success until he's kept it off 5 years (or something like that). I really took offense to that comment. Sure, some report or some study might say it takes 5 years to see if your weight loss is going to "stick" so to speak or if you are just going to go back to old habits and gain it back. But in my opinion, that attitude ...
10.23.08

4 lbs, 4 days…but it’s the first week
Food (0)
143.5 this morning. Woo hoo! I went back and checked my Monday weight and it was 147.5 so that's 4 lbs in 4 days. This is probably the fastest I've lost weight, but I'm realistic. It's my first week of getting back to eating low carb 100% so I know I'm whooshing like a mad woman. I usually have a really big first week and then average out to 2-3 lbs the rest of the time. I was shooting for 135 by November 15th but if I can hang on and avoid the pumpkin donuts and pumpkin lattes that seem ...
10.22.08

Planning is the key!
Food (0)
I'm cruising along - down to 144.5 this morning. What started out as an overcooked quiche has actually been the secret to me being able to keep up my plan this week. I made a quiche to eat for breakfast during the week. I'm usually in too much of a hurry in the morning to eat so I need to pack a lunch AND a breakfast. Back in the old days, I got eggs from McD's on my way to work, but I'm sort of sick of them and I haven't been in the mood to sit in the drive ...
10.21.08

Case of the Missing Pork Chops and Some Broccoli (Chicken) Love
Food (1)
Sunday, I had it all planned out. I had 2 recipes I was going to make: some pork chops and some broccoli cheese soup (which is known as Broccoli Love by the forum members). I get to the store and there are no uncooked pork chops! There was a big gaping hole where the pork chops should have been. The only thing they had was precooked Paula Deen ones that had some wacky sauce packets with high fructose corn syrup. No thank you! So after milling around the meat department for what seemed like hours, I finally picked up some ...
07.19.08

Set your DVRs for Ask Aida!
Food (0)
I just checked the Food Network calendar. Ask Aida debuts August 2 at 12:30pm with the Hot Off the Grill episode. I think the episode my question is on will air August 9 (the Steak and Potato episode). I'm supposed to drive to the beach that day so I may not even get to see my own Food Network debut! Wah! Somebody tape it for me! LOL either that or I'm going to have to pull over somewhere in NC and knock on someone's door and beg to watch food network!
12.09.07

I’m finally back!
Cookware, Food, Recipes (4)
After being sick for 2 weeks (and still am not completely better), I'm back to making my recipe videos. This was the worst cold! I must be feeling better because I spent all weekend shopping. I got gifts for my niece and nephews and got a big Dutch oven for myself so I can make my Christmas Eve pot roast at my parents' house. Speaking of pot roast, I just posted the pot roast video so go check it out. I made it with carrots (since that's the way I'll make it Christmas eve - this was a test run) ...
11.08.07

I *heart* water…NOT!
Food (8)
I just tallied up what liquids I have had today and I'm embarrassed! As of 2pm, I have had 2 coffees and 2 diet cokes. Because I am a creature of habit, I know I will probably have a diet orange soda with dinner (that I will finish during the rest of the night) and two coffees after dinner. Sometimes, if I'm thirsty, I'll have another diet soda at night. Basically, the majority of what I drink is brown. Or fluorescent orange. I used to drink a lot of Fruit20 which seems better but really diet soda is water, fake ...
11.03.07

Low Carb Snack Ideas
Diet Advice, Food (5)
When I was losing weight, I actually cut down on the snacking but I did try to have a few snack items around in case I got hungry. Turkey bacon was my go-to snack. I would make up a batch of it and then keep it in a ziploc for a snack on the go. It saved me during several endless meetings! EAS Advantage low carb shakes were another snack that I always kept around (and still do!). They are portable and yummy, but I tried to limit them to just one per day. Turkey pepperoni is a newer snack ...
10.30.07

Give ME some advice - lol!
Blog, Food (32)
This originally started as my low carb cooking blog and has ended up encompassing many different topics. I want to post more blogs along the lines of my Zen and the Art of Weight Loss post but some of those kinds of posts end up being more general in nature and not focused on low carb cooking. So I guess the question is - should I just put those kinds of blogs here or should I make a whole new blog that is more like motivational tips or something like that and leave this blog for the low carb cooking ...

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