Some folks ask me what plan I'm following. Here is the answer, albeit not tremendously simple, but simple enough for me. I'm following Dr Thompson's Low Glycemic Diet, but I'm using modified OWL numbers from the Atkins plan. Now, before you … [Read more...]

It's supremely not cool that the love affair we have shared with Blue Bunny has been hampered somewhat by the seemingly sudden divorce of Blue Bunny from Super Wal-Mart stores. I had finally found Blue Bunny's Sweet Freedom low-carb yogurts and was … [Read more...]

I ended up in the urgent care facility of the hospital today with chest pain, tingling, all of the classic symptoms of what seemed to be a heart attack. Talk about not cool. I hadn't been that concerned since the Sea Hawks lost the Super Bowl to the … [Read more...]

There has been a lot of controversy over the Kimkins Diet plan, a plan which many, including yours truly, believes is a dangerous VLCD being marketed to a get-thin-fast mentality of people. I am going to also state that while more people don't know … [Read more...]

I thought it was the rousing game of Apples to Apples. Slapping down those cards with aplomb and yelling that, indeed, there is nothing more unloving than an octopus was, in my opinion, an exciting event of grand proportions. Or maybe it was the … [Read more...]

There is a grand assumption on the part of many who don't understand the low-carb lifestyle that we don't eat normally. One mention of "Atkins" and folks picture Michael Moore bathing in a vat of bacon grease, scrubbing under his armpits with a big … [Read more...]

Eating a low-carbohydrate diet is a lot of work, and especially when you have children. You can't eat your kids, so you have to learn to cope with them. In the interrim, while you're making changes to your lifestyle, you find you're trying to hide … [Read more...]