I haven’t posted about my own weight loss adventures as of late because, frankly, there has not been much to report. Three months back, I hunkered down and started a committed program to get back in the saddle and take that weight I’ve gained since I was 185 – and I got to 201…but bounced [...]
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“If I go on low carb, what the heck am I going to eat?” It seem I hear that a lot – most people think it’s bacon, eggs, butter and steak. The problem is that most people go on a low carb diet before they read up on it. They usually end up eating eggs [...]
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Inspired by someone who did something somewhat similar (whose link I promptly lost), I happened to have one of those ice trays that allows you to create long, thin ice cubes to fit in drink bottles – and came up with this: 1/2 jar of Trader Joe’s Almond butter 2-1/2 scoops of chocolate low carb protein [...]
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Check out this link before it disappears and you accuse me of making this up. You have to respect the sheer audacity of creating such a thing – but I have to admit – part of me wants to buy one. Here’s where I saw it – to give due credit.
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I don’t have anything against vegetarians and vegans. Whether they adhere to this way of life for health reasons, ethical reasons, or the perception that it benefits the environment, I respect their decision. They sure eat some strange stuff, though. I toyed with vegetarianism in the early 2000s and remember my experience with a packet [...]
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More ‘Research Gone Wild’ – where wacky researchers who apparently never talk to one another come out with more pronouncements to bewilder the public. First: we’re exercising more, but fatter that ever. Huh? 34.7 percent claimed in 2009 they engage in regular leisure physical activity, up from 31.9 percent in 2008. The prevalence of obesity [...]
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Oh. You mean that all those years they told me that dairy fat was going to kill me…they were wrong? Oops. Seriously, it’s just one study, but reading this sort of thing makes me wish researchers could just come out and say: Honestly, we don’t have a clue what’s good for you and not good [...]
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