Low Carb Diva

March 8, 2010

Temptation from trans fat goodies and treats is everywhere. The key is to remind yourself why you are not going to induldge. This can be easier said than done especially when the scale is not moving, but eating these frankenfoods is not going to speed up your efforts.


In fact it may derail you for more than one meal. Be strong and remember that the food you used to consume got you to the size you are today.


In order to be the size you want tommorrow you have to be willing to sacrifice the temporary pleasure and delicious taste sugary and carby snacks provide.

So what happened? I know so many of you have been asking and all I can say is I have been extremely busy. Did a lot of traveling in the past 6 months and just have not had a chance to get back on here.

Not to mention my web host company www.bluevirtual.com quit responding to support tickets, quit answering their phones and took down their support forum, yet still collected my funds.

I have a new web hosting company who works to make sure everything is working and their response time is great too.

Nonetheless I am looking forward to taking a break this holiday and continue amazing my freinds with the amount of bacon I get to eat.

June 25, 2009

July 1st marks the start of the last 6 months of 2009. Since I like schedules and dates so much I thought this would be a good marker for anyone who has been struggling like I was in the month of June.

Lets start July focused on getting healthier for the last 6 months of the year rather than dwelling on any screw ups, cheats, etc we did for the first half of the year.

Let's face it the first half of the year has pretty much been less than stellar with bad news on the television, swine flu fears, etc. Maybe all of this negativity has caused you to just say the heck with it and start an all out binge fest.

It doesn't matter because that was then and this is now (a great movie from the 80's by the way). So if you have been looking for a reason to get back on your program here it is. For the next 6 months lets all work towards changing our lives. One pound of fat at a time.

So after a week of eating less red meat and more chicken I can honestly say that it sucks. Talk about being hungry. I have to eat even more chicken just to feel somewhat satisfied as opposed to eating a nice fatty cut of meat and not being hungry.

For those of you doing South Beach I don't know how you do it. I mean chicken breast has little to no fat and just doesn't do it. Now chicken thighs can keep me full a lot longer so I will still have those to add a bit more variety to my diet.

I haven't been as into blogging lately after the bad news from my doctor regarding my CRP. But some of you have helped me put it into perspective and I decided to not blow the over 100 pounds I have lost so far and start eating everything in sight.

I have decided to eat what I have to in order to lose the weight (thanks Jake) and worry about the CRP later.

Though I have added more fish oil and veggies to my diet to hopefully balance the supposed inflammatory properties in the red meat, eggs, butter and saturated fat.

I think it is easy to overdo anything, even high fat moderate protein and low carb by eating pretty much the same things everyday. Variety is an important key to being healthy!

Wish me luck as I try to lose this last 85 pounds once and for all.

June 17, 2009

Good news everyone I am now back on plan. Changing my eating once again after a year of doing it one way is really hard.

When you fall into a routine with your food it takes a lot of effort to change to another way of eating. It is almost like starting over again from day one.

So I am eating more veggies (leafy greens) and will add more spinach into my diet since it has a good omega 3:6 ratio. I hate having to add the fish oil since it is so expensive but I guess at this point it is necessary.

For breakfast this morning I had 1/4 cup blueberries, chicken strips cooked in coconut oil and spaghetti squash with tomato sauce.

I am trying to get my carbs to at least 30-50 a day (the higher range on the veggies the better). I think some people stay on 20 or less on the carbs too long.