Posted in Fitness, Personal Story on Nov 27th, 2012
So I’m still at that darned set point. My weight this month fluctuated between 180 and 183. Not horrible. But still oh so frustrating. Part of me wants to blame Hurricane Sandy for this. But even though it would be convenient, I can’t. I did it to myself. In 2003, I went through Hurricane Isabelle. […]
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Posted in Gluten Free, Low Carbohydrate on Sep 18th, 2012
While many people equate a gluten-free way of eating with low-carbohydrate, they are not the same. For many people, including myself, eating foods that are gluten-free is a medical necessity. We need to eat foods free of contamination by wheat, barley and rye to avoid being sickened. Low-carbohydrate on the other hand is a choice […]
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Posted in Low Carbohydrate, Personal Story on Jul 17th, 2012
“Reduce your diet by 500 calories a day and lose a pound a week!” I’ve been seeing headlines like that for a long time and I’m sure you have too. So why when I did exactly what was promoted did I not lose weight? Since I’ve had such great success at losing weight on a […]
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Wow, what a month. After a few months of calorie restriction that didn’t go anywhere along with copious amounts of exercise where I ended up gaining weight, I went on a 3 week milk cure and lost almost 6 pounds in three weeks. This month I embarked on my ketogenic (low carbohydrate) eating plan. I […]
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Posted in Ingredients, Low Carbohydrate on May 15th, 2012
While I know that most low carb diets don’t allow any dairy except hard cheese at the beginning (and Paleo allows no dairy at all), I had so much success with losing weight on the raw milk cure that I’m continuing to incorporate it into my low carb diet. A few days ago, I finally […]
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Posted in Fitness, Personal Health on Apr 3rd, 2012
I’m an idiot. Seriously. If I could I’d slap myself. Since that isn’t really possible (I’d duck), I’m posting this as a public mea culpa. Three weeks of drinking nothing but raw milk (3 1/2 quarts to a gallon a day) and watching the changes that came over my body was a revelation to me. I lost […]
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Posted in Personal Story on Sep 28th, 2011
In August of 2010, I was at a house party in Upstate New York when I realized that I was most likely gluten intolerant (if not celiac). For the last 10 years, I had followed a mostly low carb diet. It worked and I considered it a very healthy diet for me. Meats, full fat […]
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