I fasted today for my 4 month checkup, the first time the dr. has seen be
since advising me to try Atkins.  I was all set and (starving from fasting)
to get my bloodwork drawn, but he said that since I was still actively
losing, that He would wait till I started maintenance. The ...

Are pork rinds aka chicharones OK for a low carb diet?
I know that they are basicaly protien right?  Anyway, they do have zero
carbs.

For those who may have been following my recent posts, and others as well, I
will very briefly summarize what is going on:
* I started on Atkins over a year ago. Lost a lot of weight - about 40 lb -
over the first six months. Then I leveled off for about 6 months and my

Last night I got one of those marketing survey's and since it was about
artificial sweeteners I went ahead and participated. The guy wouldn't say
who he was, but he was calling from Toronto and like 70% of the questions
were geared toward Splenda, like "of the following brands, ...

I'm hoping some of you can give me some recipes for chicken for the induction
phase of Atkins?  I'm getting sick and tired of grilling it on my george forman
grill and for some reason, it always comes out dry and all rubbery.
I was thinking about cutting up strips of chicken breast ...

I hope to do several long hiking trips this summer in the UK and Europe and
I need some advice on foods to take. Traditional low weight hiking food is
dehydrated but is mainly pure carbs so I need some alternatives. I guess I
will have to carry 5 days supply with me at anyone time ...

I had a 3 hour layover in the Minneapolis airport, so tried the Atkins menu
item.  It was pretty thin and kind of dry with two slices of "kraft slices"
melted on top.  A small salad came along with it with a pretty tasty sundried
tomato dressing - about a teaspoon full.  I should ...

 The little white things next to the yolk means that the hen that laid
the egg had been visited by a rooster. It means the egg is fertile and
would have hatched into a little chick if it had been incubated. If the
hen had never been with a man, I mean rooster, the white thing ...

I just bought a snow cone maker. I am dying to try many flavors of snow
cones now!!1 What site is the best to order from as far as price, quantity,
and shipping are concerned for sugar free ones?

Ok, I need some new shoes and fast!
Here are my stats: 30yrs old, 258 lbs , on my feet on a hard concrete floor
for 8 hours, flat footed.
I , in the past, had New Balance and liked them for the most part, but now I

I found this in a bipolar newsletter:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1160088,00.html
The author says low-carb (Atkins specifically) stops serotonin production.
This doctor is selling her own diet to enhance serotonin. I know many feel

after 4 months I decided to go off-plan for one day - I planned it for a
long time and deffered it for more than month, but in the end I did it
today. (Just to suggest it was not cheating, I just wanted to have this
experience and even if I am not at my target yet, I am pretty close ...

plateau is NOT the word. brick wall, yes. i'd like to peel myself off
the brick wall and start enjoying continued weight loss again. Any
personal tips greatly appreciated.
thanks. sabina

HELP!!  Someone must have figured it out by now.
I've been trying to make cheesecake with stevia for the last few weeks
and it's not working!!!!  There's always a flavour of it being too
sweet or too .. ick??

What you will be reading, if you continue, is my personal theory about the
workings of most people's digestive system. My purpose is to try and see the
forest from the trees of endless technical research papers. My belief in the
effectiveness of a low carb diet is based on my ...