love that dog!!! Black lab or some combination of? My fav I had to put my Baxter down in2010 & it broke my heart!! Can't have a dog where I live now but I do have a cat who thinks she's a dog but shes also a diva with major cattitude
love that dog!!! Black lab or some combination of? My fav I had to put my Baxter down in2010 & it broke my heart!! Can't have a dog where I live now but I do have a cat who thinks she's a dog but shes also a diva with major cattitude
I'm getting tired of avoiding carbohydrates -- though I'm still sticking to it. I checked a copy of Gary Taubes's "Good Calories, Bad Calories" out of the library to keep myself motivated. We went out to celebrate my son's participation in the district spelling bee today. The kids had milkshakes they couldn't finish. Oh, but it was hard not to finish them for them, (and those fries they didn't eat too), but I managed to eat my kids' uneaten food.
Gary Taubes is always worth a read; GCBC is a valuable reference (if imposingly dense), and his Why We Get Fat is a pithy, much more concise, recap of his earlier work.
The dog is a Lab, goofy and lolloping and unremittingly food-motivated. Eats all sorts of garbage.
Today was the end of my three weeks (21 days). Yesterday was a carb-heavy day for me; I actually ate about two tablespoons of white rice with dinner mostly for my DH's approval (he says "carbs are fuel" and I don't argue. I just know that there are many sources of fuel). Also lots of cooked carrots and a couple of apples, so that is carb heavy. But then, the chocolate.....dark, dark stuff that is quite self limiting.
Anyway, even with all of that I am down three pounds in the three weeks. It would have been more if I dropped out those veggie carbs (and the rice) but I'll take it. This week is my birthday and I am planning (!) to eat cake. Real cake made with wheat flour, so we have to have a small one so that there are NO leftovers.
A couple of years ago I said "no cake" for my birthday and my beloved, who actually listens to me, didn't provide a cake. I found myself distraught at not having a cake for my birthday so I have decided that since it seems important to me, I will enjoy it thoroughly. But just ONE day.
The low-sugar, low carb way works well for me. We have had a thing at our house about there being "too much meat" so DH and DSD are having their pasta nights and their bean burrito nights but I am continuing to cook with lots of leftovers so there is food for me. Seems that a pot of chicken soup made on the weekend makes the week easier (for me). I had chicken soup for breakfast this morning, and the last of the beef stew for lunch.
Keep up the good work, Paul. I do think it gets easier but then I am not controlling my fat or protein intake. Those things are pretty much free food in this model....mostly because they are self limiting. You just don't binge on cocoanut milk, or olives, or avocado. Too much comes pretty soon.
Last summer when I went into this paleo-primal thing I bought Taubes' GFBF but have not yet mustered the wherewithal to actually READ it. Must do, though....should have gotten it from the library.
Jane, I think of you whenever I think about vitamin C...and your note that there is more in green pepper than in oranges....maybe I'll have some pepper strips with my chicken tonight....
Red, orange, and yellow sweet peppers have even more. You can go wild!Originally Posted by leslieann
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