i love low carbing! unfortunately, i also love high carb food!

when i low carb it, i feel so much better! but, unfortunately, i have been so sugar laden this past month, that trying to get back into  that "low carb swing" is frustratingly hard. Add to that that i have to major grocery shop and there's a big problem in the Poconos!

i have thrown away almost all the "high carb" Christmas goodies that were left over...but alas, all we have for food choices the next few days are sandwiches and rice and macaroni! then i start with the chocolate cravings! OY VEY!!!!

there's a great site that i have linked to down under "Fun Internet Places" for a whole slew of carb-free fun! lots of great info also. There's also a free "Carb Counter" to download in Adobe, 17 pages of listings for all sorts of foodies!

so, i'm starting over again (after i just ate 4 cookies! ) and the shopping list has all sorts of good carb stuff on it...break out the chicken cutlets and tuna salad! (at least i can have REAL mayo! *giggle, snort*) i'll start adding some good low carb recipies i have, most are from the Dana Carpender book, "500 Low Carb Recipies", but some i just sort of made up on my own.

my daily goals are:

40 total carbs (i'd really like to get below 30, but i have to start somewhere!)

6 glasses/bottles of water (why is it easier to  open a bottle than run the tap???)

1 smoothie per day with flax seeds and Kefir for intestinal health (and my sugar fix)

1 fresh juice per day, carrot, apple and celery (hey, i have a juicer, may as well use  the darn thing!)

i'll also post my ticker somewhere once i change over my blog design...yes, i'm trying to figure it all out...hopefully i can do it without bugging dear AmyBeth, but methinks i will have to one more time to really get it looking great...she is such a sweetie! (go tell her that! she won "Best PhototBlog" in Spunky's awards!)

blessings to all today!

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Posted by Janne

Your new template is lovely :)

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Posted by sghulett

I am just like you. Love low carb but love the carbs. Good luck.

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Posted by blessedmama

it looks great barb! :)
btw i was reading about the sonoma diet. have you heard of that? i'm going to be looking into that book when i can buy it...
for me low carb dieting is what worked. but it is SOOOO hard!!!!
did you ever get those low-carb chocolate bars? :D

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Posted by cudltot

It is beautiful.

Chrissy

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Posted by 4beachbabies

Hey you hippie,
We have been moving since the day after Christmas so this is a little late....Happy New Years!!! I am praying many Blessings for you and yours.
Also, I started low carbing 3 days ago. I think I am already detoxing, I really want sugar. I need to lose all that weight I gained since Thanksgiving, why do I do this to myself every year?
Blessings,
Andrea

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Posted by DandelionSeeds

Please take a moment to stop by my blog and read a prayer request for a woman whose blog I came across... she needs prayer.

Blessings,
Amy

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Posted by 1crazylady5kids

At 40 I struggled to loose any weight after the birth of my 5th - I finally couldn't take any more and went on Atkins and started to work out. I hate the diet (meat-yuk!), but feel great when I eat lo-carb. I have lost 50lbs, and feel wonderful. So, I keep working at changin my eating habits permenantly and working out.
I could live on breat and chocolate (!) and I miss my morning smoothies.
But, how can I argue with feeling great, and great health - LOL.
We use Konos in our family too!
And just love it.

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