When I set my grocery bags down, the boyfriend bobbed over and looked in. “Are we having fried chicken?” he asked. His relatively new awareness of the low carb spectrum (and how it fits together) was starting to become useful. There are only so many ways to combine meat, leafy greens and dairy. ”Of course,” I [...]
I weigh-in every Friday morning, but this week was something altogether special. I am, for the first time in at least a decade, in the 240s. With a 4.6 pound loss since last week, I now weigh exactly 248. The last time I was this weight, I was in 5th grade.
This is the kind of [...]
Other people see 2003-2005 as the low carb diet craze, when mobs of unwashed invaded the two decade old Atkins lifestyle. I, however, remember those as the golden days, when low carb condiments flowed off the shelves and bakers feared bankruptcy. The whole country’s diet would change, I remember, and America was finally making a [...]
Easter is an interesting time of year for most dieters; it is one of the few holidays that separates the men from the boys. Christmas and birthdays give a free pass to anyone looking for that “one day” of cake and sweets, but cheating on Easter is a sure sign of lowered resolve. Justifying it [...]
Once, almost four years ago, I happened across a full page ad for the Atkins Nutritional Approach. A large, modified food pyramid stood out from the page, which sat on my coffee table for at least a week before I paid it attention. When I did, there was absolutely no hint that it was going [...]
