Category Archives: Low Carb Lifestyle

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

~Alan Lakein

I’m a diabetic. When I got the diagnosis in November 2008, I knew it was coming. After all I was overweight, not living the healthiest lifestyle and diabetes runs rampant in my family. Following a low carb diet and deciding to really turn it into a lifestyle has helped me go from an A1c of 6.9 to an A1c of 5.4 and has helped me improve my overall blood glucose and shed 45 lbs so far.  I want to lose another 30 to 40 lbs Can I do it? You betcha I can! What’s it gonna take? A solid plan, good food, good friends, daily exercise and the realization that I can only take it off the same way I put it on, one pound at a time.

One of the things I’ve noticed in looking for tools to help me, is that there are sample menus, but nobody really teaches you how to plan your menus for a week. No plan = Major Fail.  You don’t have a snack with you midday when your co-workers are headed towards the vending machines, you’re just asking for temptation to whisper sweet somethin’s in your ear. That Snicker’s bar WILL call to you if you’re hungry and not prepared. But with a little planning you’ll have the strength to ignore sugar’s siren song.

So what am I doing here? I’m recording my my low carb menus, my low carb recipes, my wry observations about the challenges of losing weight, how I shop, cook and live my big, fat, low-carb life.  I invite you to follow along with me and maybe we’ll both learn some new things