Permanent Low Carber

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36344473736153438522011-04-21T16:53:20.728-05:00Permanent Low CarberTrials and tribulations of someone who realized that if you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got. So I became a Permanent Low Carber.PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-4340075264222127662008-03-08T10:38:00.003-06:002008-03-08T15:26:41.477-06:00OOOOHHH SNOW!!!

Living in the South, I don't see much snow. I like it that way. I have visited the North in the wintertime, and I just don't know how people cope with it. Down here, everything closes when it snows. That doesn't have anything to do with how much snow, either. Looking out my window, I'd guess we got about three quarter inches of snow. All the roads are closed, there is a runner across the

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-26077811662457069392007-12-26T14:21:00.000-06:002007-12-26T14:55:10.016-06:00Merry Christmas & Happy Yulebocken

Yesterday was Christmas Day, and we got to spend a relaxing day at home. Well, not as relaxing as it might have been. We began the day with the delivery of a set of twin goats. Then a Single doeling was born from another mother. It's a good thing we were home, because it was so cold here, they could have easily frozen to death. As it was the little buckling from the twin delivery was very

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-22834878188104908442007-11-06T21:35:00.000-06:002008-12-10T12:38:43.350-06:00Still here

I know it seems like I never update this thing. I guess I have been busy. I am trying to get my goats dried up for the winter, but they seem to have other plans. I have three that appear to want to give 3 quarts a day forever! The only good thing about that is that I can still make lots of cheese. I finally got a cheese press. In fact, I bought one and a few weeks later, a friend of mine

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-50273310306641837142007-10-24T21:28:00.000-05:002007-10-24T21:35:49.700-05:00Another great cheese recipe

Yesterday I decided to break into my home made Brie cheese. I wrapped it in about 4 sheets of Phyllo dough (8 carbs per sheet...so I didn't eat the crust) and baked it for about 20 minutes at 350 until the pastry was beginning to brown. I used sliced apples and scooped up melty cheese and it was just heavenly!Today, I took my other Brie to work (I always share with the guys at work! They really

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-33455581229608117122007-10-24T20:35:00.000-05:002007-10-24T21:20:58.042-05:00Not low carb, but its my life

Today, on the way home, I saw a hawk struggling along, trying to fly carrying a big ol' black bird. All I could think was, HOW LUCKY AM I??? I get to see things nobody else ever gets to see. Another day, I saw hawk flying over my farm, carrying a snake and landing in the trees. I have actually awakened to find a deer in my bedroom. I doubt anybody else has done that! (long story, the guard

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-6926238627388028392007-10-11T21:06:00.000-05:002007-10-11T21:36:31.438-05:00Holy Goat Milk Batman!

Her name is Chaos; I couldn't resist her.I needed another Dairy Goat like I needed a hole in the head, but she was so beautiful!She has turned into a pretty decent milker for a young little girlie. Unfortunately, she had her babies in late JULY! That means she will be milking all winter, in fact, my other goats will deliver their babies before I manage to get her dried out. I'm going to try to

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-52431690552272596532007-09-27T21:50:00.000-05:002007-09-27T22:13:51.788-05:00Bah, Bah, Barilla...

I understand wanting to justify your product, and encouraging people to purchase it, but Barilla has ignored common sense on their website. While Dreamfields Pasta actually tests for the glycogenic effect of their product, Barilla relies only on tired, old, outdated, and proven to be untrue saws from the high carb, low fat, myths to promote what actually might be a reasonably low glycemic

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-32233744615276967752007-08-28T19:32:00.000-05:002007-08-28T19:39:15.978-05:00Brownies...YUM!

I just made Carbquick brownies. I used the recipe on the Carbquick site using 4 eggs, less than a cup of Carbquick and Ghiardelli's Unsweetened Baking Chocolate and Hersheys Bittersweet Chocolate Chips (the recipe called for just "semi-sweet chips" but the Hersheys had way fewer carbs so I used them. My gosh they are absolutely delicious even though they are about twice as expensive. The

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-43106609359301521312007-08-11T13:53:00.000-05:002007-08-11T15:09:18.315-05:00Diabetes strikes home

I thought since my husband has learned to cook for me, read labels, and generally be highly carb conscious about what I allow to be consumed at home, that his overall sugar and starch consumption would be low enough that he would never have any health problems. Of course it seems this subject falls in the same category of "I'm just in deep denial" that I discovered I perferred to use to keep

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-21465947583746899982007-07-12T21:20:00.000-05:002008-12-10T12:38:43.644-06:00Do it yourself cheese!

Milk isn't exactly low carb, so I don't drink it. But I get almost 2 gallons of fresh milk everyday, and with the new price of milk being at or above $4 per gallon at the stores, I figure my dairy goats are getting more valuable by the minute!I don't drink milk, but I use it to make my own cheese. That's low carb :-)I also use it to make soap, and lotion. Anyone interested in making homemade

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-47824981487200485582007-07-11T18:58:00.000-05:002007-07-11T19:49:58.139-05:00Squash Casserole Recipe

My garden is producing great big yellow summer squash as fast as it can. That means I am making small squash casseroles to freeze for later use, as fast as I can. There is no way I can eat all that squash right now. Even a little summer squash pumps up the carbs when you are on induction. But, I do make a fairly low carb squash casserole:Ingredients:About 4 quarts of squash in large piecesOne

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-34727338701149181792007-07-03T10:57:00.000-05:002007-07-03T10:59:31.665-05:004th of July

Menu for the 4th:Pulled Pork barbeque (0 Carbs)Smoked Chicken (0 Carbs)Macaroni & Cheese (Goatmilk cheese & Dreamfields macaroni) (7 Carbs per serving)Mock Waldorf Salad (George Stella’s recipe ) (4 Carbs per serving when made with broccoli instead of cabbage)Home made LC Ice Cream (50 grams per complete recipe = 6 grams per cup)This will work on induction if I drink tea sweetened with stevia,

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-52611160350603498322007-07-03T10:54:00.000-05:002007-07-03T10:57:35.133-05:00Back on Induction

Well after a week back on induction I am glad to announce I lost 9 pounds. Knuckling down was hard, but not impossible. As usual, weekends were hardest because my husband wanted to eat out a few times, but I was very picky where I would go, so I could get “trustworthy” food (no sugar added to boost flavor). I have been in ketosis at a low to moderate level and decided to check something I

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-75185083346678194342007-06-23T10:08:00.000-05:002007-06-23T10:37:12.484-05:00Supporting Local Farmers

Today, I am going to go to a local Black berry and Blue berry farm to pick blackberries. I do have wild blackberries on my farm, but this year they are about the size of baby English peas. (drat!). So, off I go to pick from someone who irrigated. That's OK, I believe in buying from local farmers. To be honest, not only should the berries be bigger (but not as sweet) but their plants are

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-28766562208150859482007-06-04T11:54:00.000-05:002007-06-04T12:12:30.771-05:00Experimental Food June 4 '07

You know, I really miss stuffed potatoes, and stuffed potato skins. While looking at a totally unrelated recipe for stuffed tomatoes I realized the thing about the stuffed potato things was definitely NOT the potato part, but the stuffing! Of Course! Why not mush up the innards of other veggies that aren't so starchy and put the butter, grated cheese, crumbled bacon, and sour cream and chives

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-9771467946622051372007-05-31T14:40:00.000-05:002007-05-31T14:57:12.990-05:00My thoughts on the “Low Fat Cow, Marge” and ViaLacta’s attempts to capitalize on it.

Jimmy Moore blogged about a cow that naturally produces 1% milk. Check it out at Livin La Vida Low Carb . Boy that got me to thinking. Maybe some researchers or scientists, or more likely marketing geek thinks this is a great thing, but looking at it from an agriculturalist's viewpoint, somebody is a moron.I raise dairy goats, not cows. However, one of the things we do in the goatie world is

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-26300841912415837202007-05-28T17:04:00.000-05:002007-05-28T17:26:33.047-05:00Memorial Day Action!

Memorial Day, a day to commemorate those who gave their lives in defense of our way of living. I guess we mainly see it as the first real holiday of the summer. I just wanted to spend the day relaxing, but someone decided to ruin my day by hijacking my Internet Explorer. Luckily it is just on one computer. Why would someone do something so meaningless as that??? They can't possibly get

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-86445270758111560672007-04-17T20:23:00.000-05:002007-04-17T20:28:17.083-05:00About my Diet

One thing I haven’t written about me is that I live on an operating farm. We raise meat goats, dairy goats, laying hens, and rabbits. We also have many friends who raise cattle, and hogs. I am kind of picky (OK, almost militant) about the kind of things fed to animals meant for food, so that’s part of the reason I raise the animals I do, and I purchase beef and pork from my friends. I know

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-91712956231122015382007-04-16T20:31:00.000-05:002007-04-16T20:36:39.778-05:00Some Things are Obvious! (especially to the VICTIMS)

Why do people NOT stick to the Low Carb Diet once the weight is gone?One of the most omnipresent criticisms of the LC diets is that “nobody can do it long term,” Personally, I have to take issue with that statement, but nonetheless, just in the last 2 weeks I have seen this statement attributed to innumerable doctors, nutritionists, and researchers; particularly since the Stanford research

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-46251589908474898782007-04-10T20:16:00.000-05:002007-04-10T20:18:09.434-05:00Great News for Atkids

I just went shopping at Wally World, and guess what I found? Atkins Shakes are on promotional: 6 for the price of 4! WooHoo!!! Hurry to WalMart (where I have found the lowest Atkins Shake prices anyhow) and stock up on the nice big 6 can packs. I don’t know how long this will last, or if any other stores are stocking them. Makes them waaayyy affordable!Sid

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-30218993477453178662007-04-10T19:36:00.000-05:002007-04-10T19:55:10.028-05:00Favorite places

I've been wanting to share this post for quite a while now. I know it is really hard to eat out and keep low-carb, unless you just really like eating salads all the time. Even when you find a nice high protein entree, it usually comes with a baked potato or fries! I always tell my waitresses "no bread, or potato!" It usually works. Sometime they will take pity on me and offer a salad or

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More about me.By December 2003, I was on the verge of needing a scooter to get around my small farm, even around my house. I was in constant pain in all my joints, and weighed WAAAYYY too much. I went on the Atkins Diet again (3rd time is a charm) because I knew that not only would I lose weight, which I desperately needed to do, but that I would just feel better. Well, about 4 months after going

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-19381765568046080792007-03-26T20:05:00.000-05:002007-03-26T20:08:07.075-05:00Sunday's Foods

Sunday's food diary:2 slices of low carb French toast, 2 scrambled eggs. 2 cups coffee, One 3 net carb Atkins bar, 3 pcs pizza (topping only: mushrooms, pepperoni, cheese), 1 ribeye steak, ½ small baked onion, One 2 net carb Atkins bar - Carbs for the day approx 35

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-9498864226307855682007-03-25T11:25:00.000-05:002007-03-25T11:30:02.151-05:00Sunday Morning

Today is a little different from most. I am making my own breakfast. DH usually does that on the weekends. Well, I wanted French Toast. Luckily I had some LC bread in the fridge, battered it up and fried 2 pieces. I scrambled 2 eggs with a little salt and pepper and of course I used butter for cooking. I also used low carb syrup. I figured my breakfast was a grand total of 11 carbs. (

PLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220732142574893766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3634447373615343852.post-5022420767221537122007-03-25T10:45:00.000-05:002007-03-25T10:52:00.243-05:00The Permanent Low Carber

I've been low carbing off and on since Dr. Atkins published his first book. I know it works for me, and countless other people for weight loss and health improvements. I've backslid like most people on all diets, but now I live a permanent Low Carb Life, and never want to look back. I'll be posting my food journal here as well as sharing recipes, scientific articles about low carb as they

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