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Atkin’s Ongoing Weight Loss, and Working out with my Sweetheart
OWL is Atkin’s lingo for ongoing weight loss. I have been maintaining my 25-30 grams of carbs per day, mostly out of habituation. It has become pretty easy to just naturally stay in that zone. I decided to add more regular workouts since joining the Y. I’ve done lots of bike, elliptical, a cardio-pump class, [...]
Today’s Most Amazing Workout and the Day’s Sample Diet
Today I decided to take advantage of my new Y membership. There was a class called Cardio Pump, which I had not heard of, and didn’t really know what was, but I was going to go, because the Zumba class is only in the mornings. I couldn’t go to the morning class because I ended [...]
Low-carb and Cruising right Along- and some Product Reviews
Well, I haven’t been blogging much about low-carb, because I have settled in to my 132-3 and don’t seem to be too worried about really losing a lot more weight, just maintaining the loss I have. My body seems to have adjusted to about 25-30 grams per day. I sometimes have less, but not intentionally [...]
Some Studies Suggest a Link between Sugar Cravings and Alcoholism
From caloriecount.about.com: ARTICLE: Does a Sweet Tooth Mean Alcoholism? An affinity for sweets appears to be a marker for those at risk of developing alcoholism. This could be because both sugar and alcohol affect the same pleasure area of the brain. By:Colin Allen Sugar-addicts beware; an affinity for sweets appears to be a marker for those at [...]
Ain’t We Got Fun? 131!
Yes, it has been a week over two full months, but it seems like a year ago that I began Atkin’s Phase I- induction. I have to say, I wasn’t impressed with immediate weight loss. However, it started to come off at about week 4. I am still losing it in the OWL phase, even [...]
So, What’s for Breakfast? Low-carb, Delicious, Different!
So, What’s for Breakfast? Low-carb, Delicious, Different!.
Breakfast Burrito and Blueberry Breakfast! Brilliant! OWL 10 g breakfast with Coffee
Today’s breakfast, including two large coffees, comes in at 10 grams, tops. Three grams of the carb comes from this delicious La Tortilla Factory low-carb wrap, with 7 grams of fiber. I have been looking forward to OWL for some time, and these tortillas are the main reason. They are a great, high fiber way [...]
134 lbs Today, the lowest since I’ve started Atkin’s- Ask me HOW!
I wanted to follow-up on the exercise/ Just Dance comment in my post from last night- “The Joy of Blueberries”. I DID actually do a fairly intense workout last night! I don’t really know how long I kept going, but past the point of “Congrats, you’ve walked across Central Park”, and also past “You’ve done [...]
The Joy of Blueberries! My First Fruit in 7 Weeks.
The title here pretty much sums it up. I had about 1/4 cup of frozen blueberries this morning to go with the Atkin’s bar- “Sweet and Salty Almond”. I actually had 1 3/4 bars, for a carb total for breakfast of about 10 grams, counting my blueberry mini-feast. Lunch was a Peanut Butter/chocolate Atkin’s bar, [...]
Atkin’s OWL Commencing, and Seducing brides-to-be!
So, here I am. My weight has settled nicely down to 135 on most days. I have decided to only weigh once per week ,because I have been driving myself crazy weighing in every day. I know that exercise is still something I am struggling with. We all know that it takes about 3 weeks [...]
