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Dieting Again

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Gregg and I are back on the low carb diet. I need a break from all the carby foods we have been eating. I haven’t really gained any weight only about 3lbs. Which is fine, I just worry that Gregg might gain too much and he tries so hard not to indulge.

So that’s it! We are low carbing it until Christmas. Not too low. About 20-50 carbs a day. I don’t want us to starve! We will be following the south beach plan, more or less. Low carbing is actually very easy. No rules really. All you need to do is cut out all the “white” foods.

Stop eating white flour. So, no more white breads, no crackers and no more baked goodies. Cut back on fruit and have berries. Eat lots of veggies, but not the starchy ones like potatoes and corn. Rice is ok as long as its brown. No milk, which I don’t drink any ways.You can eat as much meat as you want, but I try to stay with normal portions. Cheese is good too. And you can have real butter and cream.

That’s about it. Pretty simple. Just need to read labels and make sure the carb count is low and if the fiber is high that is great. You can subtract the fiber from the carb count.

The best part I like about low carb, my tummy feels better. Not so bloated anymore. I guess we’ll see if it works. Last time we didn’t stick to it cause there was too much going on. I hope we can this time.

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3 Fat Chicks

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I have been a member of a site called “3 Fat Chicks” for a few years now. Back when Gregg and I first started the “L.A. Weight loss” program. Well, Gregg was on it and I followed him. Paying for 2 people was just silly. As we started the diet we looked for online help also. 3 Fat Chicks was one of the first sites I landed on.

I have joined many others, but never found everything I needed. 3 Fat Chicks has it all. No matter what diet you are trying or maybe you are just looking for some healthy recipes, this is a great place to start. You might even find a friend or two.

Go take a look! Look in the forums to find what you need. The main home page has a lot of drop down lists to search through. I think you will all find something to help you in some way.

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Paul McKenna On TLC

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Sunday evening I noticed a show on TLC. I missed the first 20 minutes, but I sat and watched the rest of the show. It was called “I can make you thin“. Yes, I was a bit skeptical since there are so many people out there trying to get rich quick off of all the fat people out there in the world. I listened and I watched and it reminded me of a info-commercial.

I have to say that everything the man was saying made sense. Why? well, its everything we have always known. The man “Paul McKenna”  is just telling us what we already know. EAT SLOWER. ENJOY YOUR FOOD. This show will be on sunday evening for a few weeks as he shows us his secrets on how to get thin. This week he told the world 4 simple rules.

  1. When you are hungry, eat.
  2. Eat what you want, not what you think you should.
  3. Eat consciously and enjoy every mouthful.
  4. When you think you are full, STOP eating.

I have know this all my life. Mom always told us to “slow down, there’s no fire”. We got whatever mom cooked and we ate it, we enjoyed each mouthful. We stopped when our tummy’s had no more room. So yes, we have know these simple rules since we were kids. Only one problem, as we got older, we forgot. Life became busy with friends and school. Then marriage and kids, jobs and everything else in between.

Now Paul has come along and taken Mom`s rules and made them his own. Ok, maybe we need Paul to remind us of them. I am going to try and remember them at each meal and see if it does make a difference on my weight. I have told Gregg that we will be testing these theories. We started with last nights dinner. We took out time and enjoyed our meal at the table with no TV. It was nice.

I will keep you updated on our progress over the weeks to comes.If it works, GREAT! If not, oh well. This should be interesting…hehehe