[Sca-cooks] Pattern welding meets cooking. . .

[Elaine Koogler]

We started about 3 1/2 weeks ago because my husband was really feeling 
low about all the weight he had gained...he has a 60 mile commute (often 
turns into 3 hours or more) when he's in town and does travel a fair 
amount, so he doesn't get a lot of exercise.  And we have to eat dinner 
after 7:00 which means that he eats a big meal then goes to bed!  Not 
good.  But the South Beach diet seems logical and makes a lot of 
sense...both low carb and low fat.  And it doesn't cut out all carbs.  
Even on the lowest level, we could get a few carbs.  Now, on level 2, we 
can eat limited amounts of bread, pasta, etc., even rice, so long as 
it's whole wheat or, in the case of rice, brown.  And I get to eat 
fruit!!!!  That was my main complaint about Atkins.  Here in Calvert 
County, the farmers grow incredible strawberries and cantaloupe and it 
was painful not to be able to eat any. 

Best of all, it's working.  Phillip has lost 16 pounds (as of Sunday 
morning) and I've lost 12.  Now that we're on phase 2, it will slow down 
a bit, but I hope to continue losing. 

Susan Fox-Davis wrote:

> Stevia is an herb that has an intensive sweetness, and an extract is 
> made into little powder packets like Sweet'n'Low, etc.  I will be 
> happy to mail you some if you tell me about the adaptation.  I rather 
> thought that the bulk of the sugar was necessary to the texture, but 
> then again maybe you've come up with a new taste treat.
>
> I've been on Atkins since the day after the Oscars;  there was this 
> pact between me and Baroness Morgaine, if RETURN OF THE KING made a 
> sweep, we would go on The Diet and lose the weight we both need to 
> anyway. Halfway through the evening, I started asking her to define 
> "sweep"... it didn't matter, did it?  Well I've lost 5 pounds in two 
> weeks so I can't complain even though Morgaine's lost 9 whilst living 
> on Lean Cuisine frozen dinners.
>
> Selene

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Learning is a lifetime journey…growing older merely adds experience to knowledge 
and wisdom to curiosity.
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