I always forget to buy something for low carb life.
It does take planning. Since I eat lots of eggs, they are constantly in demand, but I also use the egg substitute, and am finding more low fat cheeses these days. But it has to be in the fridge to be useful.
I'm also roasting larger numbers of chicken breasts for lunches and snacks. With gardening season almost upon us here in Western Canada (we plant end of May with luck) I'm going to grow lettuce this year, so lots of salads.
Always planning. Planting some herbs as well, as mint and dill are always welcome in salads. My kids are even following low carb and sometimes my daughter phones and asks me what she should eat in restaurants, and I tell her "meat, salad and vegetables!".
It can be done. Thinking and planning.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
My Review of Paul Revere - 2 Piece Entertainment Set
Set includes: Casserole Spoon and Servall
Very nice, and useful!
Shawn Regina, Sask, Canada 4/18/2009
Pros: Nice Weight, Comfortable Handles, Dishwasher Safe, Attractive Design, Durable
Best Uses: Daily Use
Describe Yourself: Cutlery snob
I have had Oneida Stainless (many of the same set) for 33 years and they are still in excellent shape.
Friday, April 17, 2009
They are coming around
Check out Dr. Mehmet Oz on Oprah.com. He is coming around to the low carb way. He and Dr. Michael Roizen recently gave advice on that website on how to lose weight, and included such advice as not eating anything white, including baked potatoes, rice, white flour, sugar.....sound familiar? He talked about eating the right kinds of oils. They caution about the sugar in salad dressings. They talk about the right kinds of snack to carry with you at all times in case you have a craving, and alternatives to snacking (water, sex.....) Also suggested is to eat breakfast, and to limit your choices so that having breakfast becomes easy and automatic. They are still afraid of egg yolks though. Blueberry smoothies were also a suggestion I like.
Exercise suggestions are walking, light dumbells, yoga and breaking into a sweat at least once a week.
Dr. Oz also suggest fidgeting to keep your metabolism working.
All in all, considering the reach of Oprah, this is good news. There was no low fat ranting. He seems to be a convert of sorts. Not sure he would agree with my evaluation, but I can see less daylight between him and the low carb approach than before.
http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/health/weightloss/slideshow1_ss_health_diet/1
Exercise suggestions are walking, light dumbells, yoga and breaking into a sweat at least once a week.
Dr. Oz also suggest fidgeting to keep your metabolism working.
All in all, considering the reach of Oprah, this is good news. There was no low fat ranting. He seems to be a convert of sorts. Not sure he would agree with my evaluation, but I can see less daylight between him and the low carb approach than before.
http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/health/weightloss/slideshow1_ss_health_diet/1
Thursday, April 16, 2009
How to low carb
Some people have a real hard time figuring out how to lose weight, and when I talk to them about low carb living, they really get confused.
Most of us are nutrition illiterates. I was until I started reading articles like What if its all a big fat lie and the Soft Science of Dietary Fat by Gary Taubes. I also read his book, Good Calories, Bad Calories. What a revelation.
Then I bought a few books on metabolism that would be termed texts. And I got some from the library. I think I understand more about how my body works.
It is the why that most of my friends and colleagues don't get. "Aren't carbs good for you?" and "They are low fat." Well, no and yes. They are low fat. But they make you fat. They make your body store fat.
My kids (all adults) now understand about the few good carbs, all whole grain or super complex carbs which are relatively low GI. I tell them the trick is to eat as few of them as you can manage. Two of them go on South Beach from time to time, with some success.
In Canada, the expected intake of carbs is about 300g per day. Way too much. I try and stay around 50 g, from my breakfast cereal and bits of other things during the day. I know a lot of people who would probably eat 500g of carbs a day because they love a big serving of low fat potatoes or rice with supper.
And we eat way too much. Those of us who don't dig ditches for a living really need to eat more like birds.
It's an ongoing struggle, for sure, but low carb does work.
Most of us are nutrition illiterates. I was until I started reading articles like What if its all a big fat lie and the Soft Science of Dietary Fat by Gary Taubes. I also read his book, Good Calories, Bad Calories. What a revelation.
Then I bought a few books on metabolism that would be termed texts. And I got some from the library. I think I understand more about how my body works.
It is the why that most of my friends and colleagues don't get. "Aren't carbs good for you?" and "They are low fat." Well, no and yes. They are low fat. But they make you fat. They make your body store fat.
My kids (all adults) now understand about the few good carbs, all whole grain or super complex carbs which are relatively low GI. I tell them the trick is to eat as few of them as you can manage. Two of them go on South Beach from time to time, with some success.
In Canada, the expected intake of carbs is about 300g per day. Way too much. I try and stay around 50 g, from my breakfast cereal and bits of other things during the day. I know a lot of people who would probably eat 500g of carbs a day because they love a big serving of low fat potatoes or rice with supper.
And we eat way too much. Those of us who don't dig ditches for a living really need to eat more like birds.
It's an ongoing struggle, for sure, but low carb does work.
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