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Blood Sugar Impact: Millville Caramel Nut Bar
My weight’s been bouncing all over the place recently, so this morning, I decided to start a series of trials. Basically, the trials will so something like this. Each morning (in a fasted state), I’ll start by checking my blood … Continue reading
Transformation Update: 09/09/13
I’m really excited about my progress over the last week. The scale is moving in a meaningful direction again, and I seem to be getting my blood sugar, blood pressure, and energy level more balanced. Now, if I could just … Continue reading
Canning Projects at the Homestead
Surprisingly, this summer has provided several opportunities to get more proficient with my canning skills. And I’m stunned by the value of one purchase that’s made it all go so much easier. I believe it was last winter when my … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Homesteading, Low-Carb, Keto & Paleo, Prepping
Tagged canning, food production, product reviews
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Transformation Update: 09/02/13
While “Transformation Day” has long since passed, I’m still making progress toward meeting my goals. I thought I’d start posting regular updates again for those who’re interested. I had some labs ordered at my last doctor’s visit. I went and … Continue reading
New Milestone
Over the past few days, I started seeing numbers on the scale that I hadn’t seen since 2008 (as far as I can recall.) On Saturday, I hit a new low since trying to take control of my health back … Continue reading
New Doctor, New Direction
Last week, I promised a blog post dedicated to the issues that have sidetracked my journey to better health, so here goes! It won’t be a short post, but it should be pretty thorough. After the new year, I was … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, health, hypothyroid, updates, weight loss
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Low-Carb IS Expensive — Until It’s Not!
How many of us in the low-carb world have heard, “I can’t eat that way. It’s too expensive!”? And how many of us have argued that it’s not expensive if you choose the right foods and plan carefully? I know … Continue reading
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Candy — Losing a Battle vs. Losing the War
Yesterday, I posted on the Claiming Liberty Facebook page: “The kids’ [Halloween] candy was calling me, and it was saying really bad things. I realize though that the ‘call’ is purely emotional and habitual. You’re ‘supposed’ to eat candy around … Continue reading
Transformation Day 2012: Update for 10/30/12
I’m betting those of you who’ve followed my Transformation Day 2012 updates thought I’d given up. Well, I hadn’t given up, but I also didn’t have a lot of progress to report. And then there was the issue of photos. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Low-Carb, Keto & Paleo, Transformation Day 2012
Tagged nutritional ketosis, updates, weight loss
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Experts Question Fate of Obese ‘Health Sinners’
Rarely have I felt physically ill after reading a news article, but a scathing post at The Blaze literally turned my stomach. Long-held judgements about fat people make it easy for some “experts” to question, “Why not just let these … Continue reading →