Moving, again

Hi all,
I'm admittedly fickle when it comes to where to park my blog! I'm moving again to:
http://minthickandthin.wordpress.com
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Six Pound Summer Challenge Begins!

It's due time to dust off the ol' blog and put it to use!

So when you listen to this week’s episode of Low-Carb Conversations with Jimmy Moore & Friends, you will hear me announce that I am giving myself a Six Pound Summer Challenge! My goal is to lose 6 pounds by Labor Day.

I have been at the same weight with minor fluctuations for a lonnnggg time. I would like to lose another 20 or maybe even 30 pounds in total, so that’s not going to happen unless I lose the first six!

Why six, why not 10? 8? 15? There is a method to my madness in this regard. I think a pound a week is a nice steady weight to lose. It *should* be doable for a lowish-carb-Paleo eater even if she is getting old and struggles with adrenal, cortisol, and thyroid issues. So I should be shooting for 8 pounds, right? Yeah, but I know this about me…my body will NOT let go of that pound during, you know, THAT week each month. It just won’t! So I won’t fight it. I’ll play along and make six pounds my goal.

How do I plan to do this, when I’ve been at status quo for so long, you might ask? I have a few ideas:

Stop eating so much! I’ll be keeping my macro-nutrient level pretty close to what it is now, but I know I need to eat less of it. The Paleo rule-of-thumb is to eat when you want to eat but to avoid weighing and measuring and counting. I will NOT be logging my food. I’ve gotten away from that and I think I’m more mentally healthy for it. But I know when I’m eating because I want to eat and when I’m eating because I’m hungry and plan to pay much more attention to the latter. I also plan to make my 3 meals smaller. Maybe subtract an egg at breakfast, make my lunch look more like a snack, and make sure dinner includes a big salad with my meat.

Don’t eat after dinner! We eat dinner at around 6 PM at night. I go to bed at about 9 PM. There is no reason to eat in this short window and when I do eat then, it’s the SF ice cream, the excessive dark chocolate or even the occasional corn tortilla chip! None of it is needed, nor nutrient-rich. I’ll still have my square of 85% cacao Ghirardelli or Green & Black but I’ll do it right after dinner and be done with it.

Keep walking! I am a cool-weather exerciser. I HATE to sweat. And it’s July! We do not have central air conditioning. So, with my dear husband’s cooperation, I’ll continue to dog-walk each night but may even need to switch that to later in the evening when the sun’s gone down. I will continue to do some strength training, which is probably even more important.

So that’s the plan! It’s not earth-shattering, by any means. It’s basically to keep doing what I’m doing but tightening up the loose ends. Be sure to listen to our of Low-Carb Conversations with Jimmy Moore & Friends on September 2nd to see how I make out! So what do you say? Will you join me?

What is your summer challenge to yourself? What can you do to change where you are in the next 8 weeks? Are you stuck, too? Do you want to change your fitness plan or set a new goal for your workouts? Maybe you haven’t started eating low-carb or Paleo/Primal yet and want to give that a try to see how you feel….if so, JOIN ME! Go to the Facebook page for the podcast and tell us what your goal is and we’ll all support each other! C’mon! It’ll be fun!

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Pizza, pizza,

I thought I would try my hand at making a recipe video. Dana Carpender and Sarah Fragoso do not have to worry that I will be competing with their cookbook sales anytime soon! I don't create recipes, I read them! I don't know what it is, but searching for recipes is relaxing and fun for me. So by all means, watch my video & have some pizza!







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iTunes, anyone?

This just in!  "Low-Carb Conversations with Jimmy Moore & Friends" is now on iTunes!  We are super excited!  Click HERE for the direct link and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE leave us a good review.  If you have criticisms or suggestions, we'll take those too, but please post them here or at LowCarbConversations.com

Getting My Blog On

Lately I’ve been having trouble getting my blog on!  It’s not that I’m not interested in writing, it’s just that I’m spending so much time reading, that there is no time for writing.  Reading and listening, that is, as I am an admitted podcast-o-holic!  There are so many bloggers out there with something to say – really smart things to say – that I get wrapped up in their thoughts to the point that by the time I synthesize it into my own beliefs and thought process, that I’m just out of time!

So a quick update for both of my readers (ha!):  I have been SlowBurning at home.  At first I thought it was not effective.  Keep in mind, it’s been a longggg, cold winter in these parts – and in fact it still is with a good 2-3 feet of snow all over my yard – and my physical activity has been non-existent with the exception of a bit of snowshoeing and dog walks.  So I expected PAIN with the first session of Fred Hahn’s SlowBurn.  It was hard – it’s hard to go slow – and the next morning I woke up feeling nothing.  Later that day, I had been sitting at my desk for a couple hours and decided it was lunch time.  I got up to go to the office kitchen and HOLY COW, it was all I could do to walk!  Every muscle hurt and I felt GREAT!  So I’ve done that a few times and my dear Husband has been helping me – he watches and times me, makes sure my moves match those in the book.  I am hopeful that Fred is going on the Low-Carb Cruise and that I can get some tips on my technique.   I also want to ask Fred if I can substitute an exercise ball for the towels to do crunches.  These feel sketchy to me with my old back injury and subsequent surgery.  I feel like I need more support.

Other than that, the big “event” in my life currently is my infected little toe.  Oh, I am in so much pain from this little appendage that it’s almost comical.  In some regards, I am glad that it’s still cold and slushy and gross outside because if it was 50 or more degrees, I’d be itching to walk.  And as it is, I can barely get around my house!  Getting the groceries was torture this week.  I’m on an antibiotic but it doesn’t seem to be doing much.  And because I was hobbling around to protect my toe, I put my back out of whack!  This interrupted my SlowBurn for a few days.  If there’s not some significant improvement with this ailment, I might ring up my Doctor again tomorrow.

Otherwise, my diet is pretty good.  I had a run-in recently with some Hershey Miniatures at the office.  I ran out of sugar-free chocolate but just put in an order for some more (if I can’t stay out of it, then I need to make sure it won’t effect my blood sugar!)  I’ve been following Dana Carpenter’s recent egg-fast and I’m going to do my own modified version.  I started yesterday.  Eggs for b’fast and lunch, regular low-carb dinner with the family.  I’m hoping a week (or more) of this will move the needle on the scale.   Seriously, I have a CRUISE coming up!  I want to feel as good as I can!

Oh yeah, and there’s this little podcast that I do with Jimmy Moore…we’re gearing up for a big recording day which is so exciting!  Thus, the excessive reading as noted in paragraph #1!  I love getting to know these folks who are new to me and reading about their thoughts and views on low-carbing, and hearing about their journeys.   Very cool.  Very inspiring!

Thanks for stopping by!  Please leave a comment so I know you were here!

Welcome Low-Carb Conversationalists!

If you’ve happened my way as result of the new podcast, Low-Carb Conversations with Jimmy Moore & Friends, WELCOME!  I’m a fledgling low-carb blogger with no science or health background.  Here I share my experiences in my n=1 experimentation as I tweak my way to a healthier, thinner life.  It may take me a longggg while to get there (though I am thankfully quite healthy!).

Thanks for stopping by, leave a comment, add me to your RSS reader, and enjoy the ride!   I’m very interested in meeting you and hearing your story so please share!!

Fast Forward

Sorry, loyal followers, that I’ve skipped a beat or two here on the ol’ food blog!  I had quite a week last week and while I did have time to eat, I didn’t have time to blog about it!  I hope to be getting back into a regular routine again both with chronicling the journey and with the quality of my meals. 

In summary, I was good as gold right up until Saturday where I kinda when awry with too many carbs.  And not the good ones!  Potato chips, cookies & Hershey’s Miniatures were among my fare for Saturday and Sunday and part of today!  I’ll give myself a “pass” for Saturday – it was about survival – but Sunday and today were just overkill.

Stay tuned.  I’m not perfect at this lifestyle.  I’m 100% sure that I will slip and fall again – the victory will be in longer periods of time between these events!

~Min