Day Seven
Well, I’ve made it one week. Woo hoo for me. One week of ingesting only specially-formulated lemonade, water, and peppermint tea. Last time I did this, it was truly a physical challenge. This time, it’s all mental. Physically, it’s been almost easy. I’m not hungry, no detox headaches, no weakness, no fuzzy thinking — none […]
Day Five Complete
I suppose you could say that I cheated on the diet today, as I took communion at church. I don’t think, though, that the wafer and teaspoonful of grape juice are going to do lasting damage … even if it’s not strictly cricket to eat it on the lemonade diet. As we only have communion […]
Day Four
Well, this is day four of the Lemonade Diet, and things seem to be going fairly well. I’ve not been hungry, although food smells do make me crazy. It won’t be too many days before that problem solves itself. The hardest thing is always the need to chew something. That’s a very strong urge for […]
What to Do With Lots of Tomatoes
Got tomatoes coming out your ears? Your vines producing bushels of beauties that you can’t eat fast enough? Here’s a low-carb-friendly way to use them up and get two treats for the price of one. Fresh Tomato Salsa and Spicy Tomato Cooler Ingredients: Two each red, yellow, and orange tomatoes 12 medium tomatillos one small red […]
Cholecystokinin Is Your Friend
Cholecystokinin (/KOH luh SIS tuh KYE nin/) is an important hormone that tells your brain that your tummy is full and that it’s time to send out the signal to stop eating now. It’s the reason you’ve had people tell you that it takes twenty minutes for your body to realise that you are full […]
How Goes the Low-Carb Diet
Well, as long as I stay low-carb, I do great. Staying low-carb, however, is a real challenge for me. When I avoid potatoes, white bread and pastry products, and sugary products, I have lots of energy, I lose weight, and I’m optimistic about life, even when the inevitable bad times roll. When I indulge in […]
Focus on What You Have
So often, while following a diet, I have noticed that I tend to focus narrowly on what I do not have or cannot have, as opposed to what I do and can have. For example, I’m doing this lemonade diet, which means no solid food for the duration, and a very gradual return to solid […]
6 Down, 69 To Go
Okay, the first’s week’s measurements are in. The six-pound loss is exciting, especially in light of the fact that this is the week when I usually put on 5 to 10 pounds. I’ve also lost an inch or two in some places. I did great with my eating yesterday, but not so good for lunch today. […]