Ok, we've all heard the bad buzz on low-carb diets right? I hear it quite a bit from my vegeterian husband and I know there are a lot of mixed opinions. I'm sure as I log my food choices now and then, I might seem like one of the crazies...but I promise, I'm not. ;)
There is a method to my madness....so here are a few of the reasons behind the path I've chosen and the things I put in my mouth along the way.
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I don't eat bacon. BOOM! Ok, common sense has to be part of this process. Eating a ribeye and a pound of bacon, slathered in your choice of cheese or mayonnaise every day...not a good diet and NOT what I do. :) To me that's not about Low Carbs, that's just about using my noggin. I'm actually enjoying learning about the things that ARE low carbs and aren't otherwise deadly...LOL.
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So, my daughter was recently diagnosed insulin resistant, close to Diabetic and in her doctor's eyes that would be an irreversible death sentence. Well this mama got crazy. I control every bite that kid takes and it's working. She's lost almost 30 pounds so far. I already have a vegeterian husband and two 'normal' teenage boys so I didn't need to add MY diet to that list of menus, I had to choose one. Well my daughter is the only one losing any weight and since I have to micro-manage her anyway, I figured she and I living the same lifestyle is best.
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Food choices. Sometimes, I just have to get something IN my stomach. I don't have time to make the BEST choice, but if I choose NOTHING, then I'm starving and I'll mess up even worse later on. So.... do I stop at Sonic for a New York Dog, throw away the bun and eat the meat, cheese, onions and sauerkraut?? Yes, yes I do. :)
The BEST success I ever had on a diet was after reading a book by Mary Lou Henner on going organic and using food combinations. It was good clean livin' and it worked.
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