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[mrs-trophy-wife]

[travelinglowcarb]

👩‍🍳 BEST Keto Biscuit Recipe: https://www.travelinglowcarb.com/31747/best-keto-biscuits-recipe/

I made low carb cheddar drop biscuits again this week. 😋 Recipe (easy!) 👇

I had one yesterday with thin sliced rotisserie chicken, and one today with thick sliced ham. 🍖

[sillykittypirate]

How keto diet works 💪

[drrexdexter]

5 Keto Bread Recipes and How to Make Keto Bread

Keto bread is a popular choice among individuals following the ketogenic diet. The ketogenic diet requires individuals to consume foods that are low in carbohydrates, moderate in protein, and high in fat. This diet helps to promote weight loss and offers a range of other health benefits. However, finding bread that fits into this dietary lifestyle can be challenging. Fortunately, there are a variety of keto bread recipes available that are not only delicious but also easy to make at home. In this article, we will explore 5 keto bread recipes and provide instructions on how to make keto bread.See our full keto tips Tumblr Site here. 

What is the Ketogenic Diet?

The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, and moderate-protein diet that has gained popularity in recent years. The primary aim of this diet is to put the body into a metabolic state called ketosis. When the body is in a state of ketosis, it burns fat for energy instead of carbohydrates. This leads to weight loss and provides a range of health benefits, including improved blood sugar levels, increased energy levels, and better mental clarity.

Why is Keto Bread Necessary?

One of the challenges of the ketogenic diet is finding foods that are low in carbohydrates. Regular bread is high in carbohydrates, which is why it is not suitable for the ketogenic diet. Keto bread is necessary to provide individuals following the ketogenic diet with a bread alternative that is low in carbohydrates and high in fat.

What are the Benefits of Keto Bread?

Keto bread has a range of benefits, including:

Low in carbohydrates - Keto bread is low in carbohydrates, which makes it     suitable for individuals following the ketogenic diet.

High in fat - Keto bread is high in fat, which helps to promote feelings of     fullness and satiety.

Rich in nutrients - Many keto bread recipes include nutrient-rich ingredients such as almond flour, coconut flour, and flaxseed.

Easy to make - Keto bread is easy to make at home, and there are many keto bread recipes available.

5 Easy Keto Bread Recipes

Here are 5 easy keto bread recipes that you can make at home:

1. Almond Flour Bread

Ingredients:

2     cups of almond flour

2     tsp of baking powder

1     tsp of salt

4     eggs

1/4     cup of melted butter

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

In a mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, baking powder, and salt.

Add the eggs and melted butter to the mixing bowl and stir until well     combined.

Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes.

Once done, remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.

2. Coconut Flour Bread

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of coconut flour

1 tsp of baking powder

1/4 tsp of salt

4 eggs

1/4 cup of melted butter

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

In a mixing bowl, combine the coconut flour, baking powder, and salt.

Add the eggs and melted butter to the mixing bowl and

Stir until well combined and let the batter sit for 5 minutes to thicken.

Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for 40-45 minutes.

Once     done, remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.

3. Psyllium Husk Bread

Ingredients:

1 cup of almond flour

1/2 cup of psyllium husk

1 tsp of baking powder

1 tsp of salt

4 eggs

1/4  cup of melted butter

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

In a mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, psyllium husk, baking powder, and salt.

Add the eggs and melted butter to the mixing bowl and stir until well     combined.

Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for 50-55 minutes.

Once done, remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.

4. Flaxseed Bread

Ingredients:

1 cup of flaxseed meal

1 tsp of baking powder

1 tsp of salt

4 eggs

1/4  cup of melted butter

Instructions:

Preheat  the oven to 350°F.

In a mixing bowl, combine the flaxseed meal, baking powder, and salt.

Add the eggs and melted butter to the mixing bowl and stir until well     combined.

Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes.

Once done, remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.

5. Cheese and Garlic Bread

Ingredients:

1 cup of almond flour

2 tsp of baking powder

1/2 tsp of salt

4 eggs

1/4 cup of melted butter

1/2 cup of shredded cheddar cheese

1 clove of garlic, minced

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

In a mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, baking powder, and salt.

Add the eggs and melted butter to the mixing bowl and stir until well     combined.

Add the shredded cheddar cheese and minced garlic to the mixing bowl and stir until well combined.

Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes.

Once done, remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.

How to Make Keto Bread?

Making keto bread is relatively easy, and it requires simple ingredients that are low in carbohydrates and high in fat. Here is a general recipe that can be adapted to make a variety of keto bread recipes:

Ingredients:

1  1/2 cups of almond flour

1/2  cup of coconut flour

1/2  cup of psyllium husk

2 tsp of baking powder

1 tsp of salt

6 eggs

1/2 cup of melted butter

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

In a mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, coconut flour, psyllium husk,     baking powder, and salt.

Add the eggs and melted butter to the mixing bowl and stir until well     combined.

Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes.

Once done, remove from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes.

Tips for Making Keto Bread

Here are some tips for making delicious and fluffy keto bread:

Use almond flour as a base as it has a neutral flavour and works well with     other ingredients.

Add psyllium husk or flaxseed meal to give the bread a more bread-like texture and structure.

Use baking powder to help the bread rise and give it a lighter texture.

Experiment  with different flavours and add-ins like garlic, cheese, herbs, and nuts to add variety to your keto bread.

Make sure to grease your loaf pan well to prevent the bread from sticking.

Let the bread cool for at least 10 minutes before slicing to prevent it from falling apart.

Store your keto bread in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week or freeze for longer shelf life.

Conclusion

Keto bread is a great option for those following a ketogenic diet who miss the taste and texture of traditional bread. With these five delicious and easy recipes, you can enjoy bread while staying true to your low-carb, high-fat lifestyle. Whether you prefer a classic almond flour bread or something with a bit more flavor like the cheese and garlic bread, there is a recipe for everyone. So, grab your ingredients and get baking!

FAQs

Is keto bread gluten-free?

Yes, keto bread is usually gluten-free as it is made with low-carb flours like almond flour and coconut flour.

Can I substitute the almond flour with coconut flour in these recipes?

No, almond flour and coconut flour have different properties and cannot be substituted 1:1. You may need to adjust the recipe if you want to use coconut flour instead of almond flour.

Can I make keto bread without eggs?

Yes, you can make vegan keto bread by using a combination of flaxseed meal and water as an egg substitute.

Can I use a bread machine to make keto bread?

Yes, you can use a bread machine to make keto bread by adapting the recipe to fit the machine's requirements.

How  many carbs are in a serving of keto bread?

The carb count can vary depending on the recipe and serving size, but most keto bread recipes have less than 5 grams of net carbs per serving.

[melvingaines]

The Christian Diet

A message for Akron Alliance Fellowship Church, Sunday, August 25, 2024. If you haven’t already heard, my lovely bride and I have a new family member.  We had prayed for a young kitty to replace our beloved Harry, and last weekend, we picked up Oliver (nicknamed Ollie), a four-month-old Siberian mixed kitty with a brown tabby color.  We found him at a local PetSmart a week before we adopted…

[wellextol]

Master Keto Meal Prep | Keto Diet Plans and Keto Recipes | Discover a Delicious Keto Diet Plan: From Keto Breakfast Ideas to Tasty Keto Dinners

[palsaa]

Keto diet plan is good for weight loss as it puts the body in a state of ketosis. In this process, the body starts taking energy from fat instead of carbohydrates. Keto diet plan helps in increasing the metabolic rate of the body.

[life360tips]

8 Dangerous Fad Diets That You Should Never Try Beach season may be behind us, but that means we can’t let our bodies go. From the candy snacks of October to the holiday feasting of November and December, we have more reason to watch our weight now than ever before. It’s tempting right now to try to hop on some kind of fad diet … Continue reading

[viridescent-din]

favorite food

you and joel discuss life before the outbreak, and he shares a bit more than you expected.

no warnings apply. just some very sweet (though melancholic) borderline domestic joel and reader bonding time <3

btw i am NOT sponsored by shipley’s do-nuts and shipley’s do-nuts: plz don’t sue me

~

“I think she’s finally out,” you quietly tell Joel. He turns in his sleeping bag, looking across the dying fire at Ellie’s sleeping form. He frowns, but not entirely in annoyance. You can see traces of affection etched into Joel’s face.

“First real meal in weeks. Makes sense she’d go right to sleep,” he says, then glances at you. “Good catch, by the way.” Warmth blooms in your chest at Joel’s approval. You shrug.

“I do feel kind of bad for that bunny, but...” you trail off, looking at Ellie once again.

“She’s more important,” Joel says, surprising you with the gentleness in his tone.

“Yeah,” you agree. The two of you are silent, the air suddenly seeming heavy. You know Joel feels this, too: the affection building in both of you for Ellie. You liked her from the start, but that fondness is becoming palpable. It’s the same for Joel, and you’re sure it’s harder for him to reconcile with. “Hey,” you say, trying to lighten the mood. “If you could have any meal in the world, what would it be? Like, what was your favorite food before all this?” Joel looks at you, brow set, and you realize how stupid you are for bringing up the world before it went to shit. But to your surprise, Joel doesn’t chastise you.

“C’mere,” he says, making room in his sleeping bag. You blink.

“What -”

“I’ll answer yer question,” Joel begins to exaggerate his drawl to get a smile out of you. You shake your head, looking at the ground. “But not from all the way over here. I don’t want to wake her up,” Joel glances one more time at Ellie. “She needs her sleep.” You nod, but still don’t move. Joel tilts his head back, gesturing for you to come closer. “I don’t bite.”

Before you can even stop the thought, it flashes through your mind. What if I want you to?

You shove the thought away, making your way to Joel. Your whole body is screaming at you as you slip into his sleeping bag, red alerts of this is it! It’s happening! sounding in your brain. You try to ignore them. You lay on your side, facing Joel, and he does the same. You blink.

“Warm enough?” He asks, practically whispering. You just nod. “Good.” Joel lets out a long sigh. “My favorite food... Well, I can’t remember the last time I ate it, because I was Atkins when this all happened -”

“Wait, what?” You ask, interrupting Joel. “You were on Atkins? You?”

“Now what’s so hard to believe about that?” Joel counters, borderline offended. You let out a short laugh.

“Nothing, I guess, I just... I can’t imagine you caring about that sort of thing.” You leave out the fact that you think Joel is the most handsome man you’ve seen.

“Diets could be for health you know.”

“From what I’ve heard, that one wasn’t.” Joel lets out a chuckle.

“No, I suppose it wasn’t.” He concedes. “Anyway,” he continues. “Texas was one of the states with Shipley’s Do-Nuts. If I remember correctly, the headquarters was somewhere out there.” You listen intently. Joel’s eyes aren’t focused on you, though you can barely tell. The only light is coming from the dying fire. “Every so often, I’d get a coffee, a kolache, and two donuts. See, I’d always hide the second donut from Sarah. She’d start to eat hers, then run away to watch her show, or grab her journal or something - and when she’d come back, I’d of eaten half of it. And she would grumble, saying I had my kolache, and it wasn’t fair for me to eat half of her donut because she didn’t like kolaches, so she couldn’t eat half mine. And every time, I’d pull the second donut out of the cupboard. She knew I’d do that. But she always grumbled anyway, because that was just... it was just...” Joel trails off. “It was just part of what we did.”

You don’t say anything. Joel looks distant, like he’s not entirely here with you. You take a breath.

“Sarah was your daughter, wasn’t she?” You ask carefully, not wanting to press him. Joel tenses.

“She - I always drank my coffee black. But I’d order it with cream from Shipley’s, because it came in these tiny little containers. Sarah loved to pour the cream in for me. So I’d always drink it with cream from there, just because she liked to do that for me.” Joel knits his eyebrows, snapping out of his memories. You watch as he hardens himself, slipping back into the guarded man you know better than the one who just told you about Sarah. You expect Joel to get upset, kick you out of his sleeping bag. But he doesn’t. 

“Was she - yes. Smart girl,” he tells you. You shiver at the praise. Joel frowns. “You cold?” You shake your head.

“No,” you say it like you’re telling him a secret. Joel softens.

“Alright,” he murmurs. You curl into yourself. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I -”

“It’s okay.” You don’t let Joel doubt himself anymore than he already does. “I don’t mind.” Joel seems uncomfortable, antsy with the fact he just revealed so much. You swallow. “I don’t remember much from before. I was on a plane when it all happened. And my mom was sort of a health nut, so she packed fruit. I was eating an orange instead of the pretzels the flight attendants handed out. That was how it happened, wasn’t it? The grains.” Joel nods. You continue, hoping hearing about your experience helps Joel with the fact you now know something about his. “My parents didn’t make it off the flight. I don’t know how they managed to keep me safe, but... they did.”

“Did you have any siblings?” Joel asks, a slight rasp to his voice. You meet his eyes.

“My mom had just had a baby,” you tell him. “I was... I was so excited to be an older sibling. I even asked to name it. If I recall correctly, I wanted Cinderella if it was a girl and Prince Charming if it was a boy.” Joel lets out chuckle. You smile at the memory too. The laughter dies down.

“Which was it?” You clench your fists.

“I, um, I don’t remember.” You bite your tongue, tasting blood. You let out a bitter laugh. “Isn’t that fucked up? I don’t remember.” You’re both silent.

“Your,” Joel clears his throat. “Your parents are lucky.” You look at him incredulously, almost glaring. “They are. They managed to save you. That’s all a parent wants: to protect their kid. And your folks did that.”

All a parent wants is to protect their kid. You poke your head out of the sleeping bag, looking at Ellie. The fire is gone now, but you can still make out her form. She’s still sleeping, and safe. You burrow back into Joel’s bag.

“Yeah,” you agree. “I guess so.” Joel’s hands slide over your waist, pulling your back to his chest. He’s so sturdy, emanating warmth. He moves his arm under your head, giving you a pillow of sorts.

“Go to sleep,” he says. “I’ll take first watch.”

“But -”

“I’ll take first watch,” Joel is firm. “I won’t be sleeping tonight, darlin.’”

If Joel wasn’t holding you so tight, you’d be afraid that he’s angry. But instead of shutting you out, he presses his lips to your temple, and tells you he’ll see you in the morning. When you close your eyes, you dream of coffee and donuts.

[travelinglowcarb]

This is a "protein bowl" 🥣 from Subway. It's basically a salad - a bowl with chicken + everything off the sub bar 🥗 except the bread, with spinach instead of lettuce. It is not mine. 😏 A friend stopped by eating it. Now I want one, exactly like this. 💁‍♀️

[originallandlockedmariner]

You would think that by now (nearly 55 trips around the sun) I would have accrued a fair understanding of health and fitness; anything that would make me healthier. With age comes wisdom right? Wrong. With age comes age.

I’m not so arrogant that I can’t admit I’m wrong or woefully undereducated when it comes to what is truly best practice for ensuring I am as healthy as possible. I was, just like probably the majority of you out there, under the impression that managing food, exercising and cutting out the shitty stuff would equate to being fit, and if I went hardcore - maybe even thinner. I was wrong.

For many many years, I’ve had a love/loathe relationship with food, my body, the scale, mirrors, exercise and my overall aesthetic. Dysfunctional is probably more accurate. Diets, cleanses, and calculated fastings. Paleo, Atkins, Whole 30, intuitive eating, and on and on. I’d see results for a while and then succumb to cravings, binges, make excuses, feel guilty af, lose any gains and more likely gain all my weight back plus some. Mentally, I’d feel beaten, hate myself and vow that next time it will be different. I’d read blogs about new and amazing fitness regimes, seek out trainers and experts, make vision boards, post accountability pics… you name it, I’ve probably tried it. Weight loss, portion control, and micromanaging macros became a daily practice. I felt my confidence - my worth - tied to my weight. Thinner tied to happiness. But since it inevitably doesn’t work (or at least meet my bloated expectation), it was a roller coaster of feelings; yo-yoing between miserable and proud of myself. I had been drinking the diet culture Kool-Aid for so long, it was incredibly difficult to accept that I am what I am. I will never be thin. Period. I will always be the shape I am, always have a natural set point that my body wants to wobble around, and I will always be struggling with making peace with that. And that’s okay.

Having a partner that encourages me to own my shit, inspires me and accepts me has helped immeasurably. I’m grateful. I still believe that exercise is good for you. That will never change, but my perception of food and diets needed to be addressed. And has been. Food isn’t the enemy. I’m not preaching go eat anything and everything, but for myself, I need to stop vilifying carbs, sugar, and fats. I’m tired. I’m tired of struggling to hit a number. I’m tired of feeling defeated. I’m tired of comparison. Tired of fighting biology, my hormones and negative headspaces.

Acceptance, learning, and joy - these are my new aspirations.

It took me 50+ years to figure this shit out, I plan on enjoying the next gaggle of days I have left. I’m giving myself permission to be happy. You should try it.

@daily-esprit-descalier

[ms-demeanor]

So if the body needs 45-65% of calories in carbs to be functional, does that mean low-carb-diet that brings people to the lower end of that range (45%) is inherently the most legitimate diet?

The most legitimate diet is one that makes you feel satisfied, does not make you sick, and meets your nutritional needs.

Beyond that, no. There is no "most legitimate diet."

The concept of "a diet" is honestly kind of flawed, depending on how you define "diet." And if you are defining "diet" as "a means of eating that will guarantee and maintain weight loss" then yeah the idea is flawed from jump.

Your metabolism is the sum total of all the chemical reactions in your body. Your diet is all of the foods and liquids that you consume.

Different people have different caloric needs and different metabolisms; eating in different ways can change your metabolism, as can exercising in different ways.

There is no universally correct way to eat. There is also no universally correct way to exercise.

If you are looking for ways to improve your diet, here are the very few things that are applicable to a lot (perhaps the majority) of people:

You probably need to eat more fruits and vegetables

You almost certainly do not need to worry about getting enough protein

You should do an activity that raises your heart rate to aerobic levels for 150 minutes a week

However, setting that aside: getting 45% of your diet from carbohydrates is not considered a low-carb diet. There are a lot of ways to define "low carb" but two of the more general ones are "30% or less of your daily caloric intake is carbohydrates" and "100 or fewer grams of carbs per day."

The Atkins diet, a very popular low-carb diet calls for 100 or fewer grams of carbs per day. If we're going by the 2000 calorie RDA (which is flawed but a common baseline way of doing the math on these things) that means that 20% of an Atkins dieter's calories would come from carbohydrates.

The Keto diet calls for 50 or fewer grams of carbs per day. So 10% of calories from carbs.

You will recognize these as far below the recommended minimum for the average person.

Low-carb diets are also not especially effective for weight loss or improving metabolic health in the long term.

There are some people who eat low-carb diets who feel great with that mix of nutrients. There are some people who are on medically necessary low-carb diets (and there are people on medically necessary low-fat and low-protein diets!)

In our current culture, when people talk about "diets" they are not talking about all of their food and liquid intake and how it relates to their metabolic function, they are talking about dieting, or "going on a diet."

Dieting is not an effective way to lose weight and maintain weight loss in the long term (we do not know of a generalizable way for most people to lose weight and maintain a weight loss in the long term!) and is more likely to cause weight gain rather than weight loss 2-5 years after the start of the diet. Dieting is not by itself an effective way to improve metabolic health in the long term, and may actually significantly damage metabolic health depending on how restrictive the diet was and how long it continued. (Also: just to be clear, it is much more effective to focus on improving things like resting heart rate, fasting blood sugar, lipid levels, and vitamin deficiencies for better health outcomes than it is to focus on losing weight.)

Looking for the best/most legitimate diet so that you can start eating that diet is very unlikely to net you positive results for your health. Dieting is not effective.

A better way to approach the issue of your diet is to think about what changes you can make in your eating and exercise habits that will help you to feel good, make you feel full, maintain your health, and maintain muscle strength, cardiovascular health, and flexibility.

Don't go out looking for the "most legitimate diet," see if you can add some more fresh fruit to your diet. See if you can make sure you're getting enough fiber. See if you can eat at least one whole serving of vegetables with each meal.

When people talk about things like low-carb diets or diets with no refined sugar or paleo diets or low-fat diets they are asking "What are the bad foods? What should I never eat? What food should I never buy again? What is the food that will make me better if I stop eating it? What can I cut out? What are the bad things that I can avoid?"

Unless you have a medical restriction from a particular food, I don't think that it's good to think of your diet and how you eat in terms of rigid rules and I definitely don't think it's good to approach your diet asking what you can take away from yourself. I think you should ask what you can add to your diet that will improve your overall health.

[fierceawakening]

So there’s a post on my dash rn talking about how carbs are bad” is diet culture and explaining how carbs are a basic nutrient and I’m torn.

On the one hand, I’m sure there are people who say you’re literally not supposed to eat carbs ever, and I do think that’s crap and restrictive in a creepy way.

But the way I’ve always understood is less that some foods are poison, but that:

Humans really really really like refined sugar. It makes our food taste better! So much so that we put small amounts of it in savory foods when we cook them! However, it hasn’t been available for a long enough time for us to adapt to those quantities.

This is compounded by something that I grew up with that may not be a thing any more, called the food pyramid. This encouraged you to eat quite a lot of grain. So much so that I remember trying to be good and eat more cereal and just feeling as if my mouth was full of gravel.

(From my recollection we have since learned that there were some lobbyists who pressured Congress into inflating the grain servings, though I can’t remember where I learned that.)

When Atkins came along it felt to me like a relief. Eventually I came to feel like hey I should eat some bread too but it was massively lovely to hear that I wasn’t insane.

Anyway. So what I think now about the whole thing is that while shunning any food (unless you have a medical diet for reasons that are not about weight loss or general promotion of health) is a bad idea, it’s worth noting that with carbs especially, our modern default diet likely includes more than we might want just because other primates don’t add sugar to other things and we can and do.

Reasonable?

[nostalgicamerica]

My Weight-Loss Journey

Over the last three decades, despite a relatively active lifestyle, my weight has steadily increased a pound or two per year. I could see it was becoming a problem every morning in my foggy bathroom mirror.

I finally realized that I had to do something about it last fall when I walked out onto my porch one morning. The neighbor's kitten came over to say good morning and got caught up in my gravitational field and went into orbit around my waistline.

It was then I started looking into different diets. Keto, Caveman, high fat, low carb, lima bean, Atkins. Holy crap! The number of different diet choices were staggering. Greater still were the numbers of dieticians and nutritionists shrieking that this diet is best and only a booger-eater would choose that diet.

After a bit of cogitation, I started researching the Carnivore diet.

It sounded right up my alley: eating nothing but meat, cheese, eggs, and dairy products, and drinking water. And I could eat bacon. Basically, I could eat anything that is animal-based.

The bacon thing sold it for me.

The week before Thanksgiving 2023 I started my new diet plan. You might think that dieting during the holidays wasn't a grand idea, and you'd be right. Eating nothing but meat while watching my family chowing down on traditional holiday meals (turkey and all the fixings for Thanksgiving, and ham and all the fixings for Christmas) and stuffing their faces with cookies and candy and pie and everything else associated with the holidays was as much fun as stuffing a cactus up my rectum.

But I stuck to it.

To this point in my life I had never been disciplined about anything related to food, but somewhere along the way I found the strength to keep anything not indicated by the diet out of my pie hole. (except coffee - I'll be cold, dead, and buried before I stop drinking coffee.)

And the weight came off. 3,4,5 pounds a week. It seemed to literally melting off me. My initial goal was 50 pounds by the end of February and then I'd transition to something more sustainable.

It wasn't easy, at times, especially during the first 2 or 3 weeks. I bought some bite-size sugar free candy to take the edge off for the times when I was jonesing for sugar. And I ate a ton of bacon.

By Christmas Eve I had lost 20.5 pounds. By January's close I had dropped 34 pounds. On January 8th, 2024 I got out of the shower and looked down and saw my penis without a mirror for the first time since about 2003. Also, I could see a six-pack peeking from behind what remains of my belly fat. As of this writing I'm down 39 Pounds. I have a few more days to go, but I don't think I will hit 50. But that's okay.

On March 1st I will start introducing fruits and veggies and whole grains to my diet. I intend to stay away from cane sugar and continue drinking only water.

There have been some negatives along the way. 1. I now abhor the sight of steak. 2. My dog won't stop licking my legs. 3. I have had to go out and buy essentially a new wardrobe.

What I've learned - coupled with portion control - is that 90% of weight loss happens in the kitchen, and the plain fact that bacon makes everything better.

Even though I didn't meet my first goal of 50, I intend to keep going until I've met my ultimate goal of 60. I know I can do it by the end of this year.

I don't know if this will work for everyone; I only relate what I did and what happened. Overall I feel great, I am sleeping great, and my spousal unit says I look better than I have since the beginning of the Clinton administration, although she wants to buy a new car so she may be playing me...

There is enough info about the carnivore diet on the interweb-thingee so I won't add anything else except to say if I can do it, anyone can.

[madamlaydebug]

There are about a billion different diets circulating these days. Atkins, south beach, while thirty, paleo... and on and on and on.

One that has left a few scratching their heads is the blood type diet.

The blood type diet is a diet that, well, is based on your specific blood type. Created by naturopath Peter J. D'Adamo, the idea of the diet is eating based on your blood type -- O, A, B, or AB -- to help you trim down and get healthier.

So what are you supposed to eat? Well, depends on your blood type.

Type O blood: A high protein diet heavy on lean meat, poultry, fish, and vegetables, and light on grains, beans, and dairy. D'Adamo also recommends various supplements to help with tummy troubles and other issues he says people with type O tend to have.

Type A blood: A meat-free diet based on fruits and vegetables, beans and legumes, and whole grains -- ideally, organic and fresh, because D'Adamo says people with type A blood have a sensitive immune system.

Type B blood: Avoid corn, wheat, buckwheat, lentils, tomatoes, peanuts, and sesame seeds. Chicken is also problematic, D'Adamo says. He encourages eating green vegetables, eggs, certain meats, and low-fat dairy.

Type AB blood: Foods to focus on include tofu, seafood, dairy, and green vegetables. He says people with type AB blood tend to have low stomach acid. Avoid caffeine, alcohol, and smoked or cured meats.

So, whether or not you subscribe to this train of thinking of eating for your blood type, it is certainly something worth investigating and seeing what works for YOUR body. .

[sgiandubh]

Interesting. Cait's distillery follow is a bit strange, when you remember her at that food podcast thing she did last year? The beginning of this year? I don't remember the timeline. But in that setting she mentioned the gin coming soon and she didn't want to give a timeline but it was coming soon. Obviously nothing came of that, so it's a bit odd that she needs to go to the distillery school shouldn't she and her partners know how to do it already? Obviously she's not going to be distilling it herself but shouldn't Duncan, a drinks guy, know something? The less said about the roommate the better. It's just questions, I guess we wait to see what develops, no pun intended.

Dear Gin Podcast (or just Gin?) Anon,

It was on the 8th of March, a forget-me-not date for me, for completely different reasons. This year. In GLA. And it was as dull as dishwater.

I will reboot my Atkins Diet. Soon.

For the moment, let's leave these questions here, hum?