The other day, before the start of yet another meeting at work, someone brought up Dr. Oz. One person said: “I always used to think that drinking skim milk was good for you, but Dr. Oz said you should drink 2%.” It was said as a revelation, a shock. I couldn’t help myself: “You know, [...]
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I use a program called WeightBot on my iPhone to track my weight. Being lazy and/or stupid, I didn’t know that I could produce these nifty yearly charts – it always showed the data month-by-month. They make a nice comparison between 2010 and 2011 – don’t they? Obviously, 2011 isn’t over yet, and Weightbot [...]
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I have been losing weight as of late – and am wondering why. In particular, I’m wondering this because of my thinking about writing a book on the topic of weight loss. One thing I’d like to avoid is creating another me-too book that is more of the same. Diet books have been done to [...]
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James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was shot by some kook whose name should be forgotten in July of 1881. He died a few months later after suffering terribly – not because of his wound, but because of his doctors. From Wikipedia: Most historians and medical experts now believe that Garfield probably would [...]
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I do a lot of reading that has nothing to do with low carb, but still has an impact on my diet, my outlook, and my dogged persistence. I dislike doing book reviews because I feel I do an awful job at them, but I’ll make an exception here because each of these books have had [...]
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The story I heard was that Ben Franklin, like most young men, was not necessarily destined for greatness, but at age 20 he resolved to better himself – and came up with 13 ‘virtues’ that he attempted to follow the rest of his life. it’s a good idea – and it worked for him well [...]
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I have chronicled my efforts at weight loss before. I don’t like the word ‘journey’ – it sounds so romantic: I imagine swelling movie music, perhaps standing nobly, chin up, on the deck of some beautiful ship, below a brilliant blue sky, sailing to some magical place, perhaps with a woman (in my case my wife, of [...]
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Ya gotta love this blog if you enjoy watching the best of intentions crumble in the face of a box of cookies. Well, here we are – another year – 2011. 2010 was my worst year in all my seven years following a low carb lifestyle. In the past year, I gained 20 lbs. I [...]
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About 9 weeks ago, I consciously decided to ‘make peace with myself’ as my wife calls it. I ate what I wanted – including candy and whatnot. Nothing odd here – it’s just that I didn’t beat myself up over it. I bought some new clothes that actually fit me and took the stand that [...]
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For years I have used ricotta cheese as the basis for a low carb creamy dessert. Most of that time it was done artlessly – just throw some Splenda in a cup with ricotta and you’re done. Tasty, but artless. I’m trying to take foods to a higher level – my thinking is that I [...]
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