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Seared Ahi Tuna with Wasabi Vinaigrette Recipe
I enjoyed seared ahi tuna for my fish challenge last night. It was delicious. Is sushi in my future? My fish food challenge continued last night with a delightful Seared Ahi Tuna appetizer. My husband...
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Final Fish Challenge – Sushi!
This life-long member of the Fish Hater Club decided to give sushi a try the day after Thanksgiving. It was awesome. November is coming to a close, which means my fish challenge is ending. I’d thought...
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Sugar By Any Other Name…
Want to avoid sugar? That’s hard to do if you are buying any packaged food these days. Just reading the label isn’t enough. Sugar has so many names. Thankfully Prevention Magazine lists 57 names of...
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Low Carb Pumpkin Pie For The Holidays
I tested a low carb pumpkin pie recipe last night. Tasty and awesome, it will make my Thanksgiving Day menu. I love baking. Putting my hands in the dough, turning raw ingredients into something else....
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2 Holidays Down, 2 To Go
If I want to secure my place in Onederland, I’ll need to avoid all those little holiday treats at upcoming parties and celebrations. Image courtesy of joephotostudio and FreeDigitalPhotos.net. It’s...
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Weekly Weigh-In: Fat Loss Continues; Down 1.4 Lbs.
I ended February on a high note, losing 1.4 pounds. For the first time this year I feel like I’m mentally in the weight loss game. I end February strong. Not only did I lose 1.4 lbs. this week, but my...
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Nuts!
I spent part of the morning weighing nuts before bagging them into single portions. Nuts are a great, healthy snack but be careful about overdoing it! I’m busy coming up with quick, easy snacks for the...
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Eggplant Pizza Snack
Clockwise from top left: A sweating eggplant piece, fresh tomato sauce, pizza toppings assembled, and the finished product — eggplant pizza! As you know, I’m all about Julia Child recipes now and...
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10 Reasons I’ve Lost 140 Pounds And Kept It Off
Conventional dieting wisdom – eat less, exercise more – is wrong. For me, cutting sugar, carbs and starches resulted in more than 140 lbs. gone. Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net and Stuart...
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Recipes: Home-Made Kit Kats & Chocolate-Avocado Pudding
Packing up a 3-bedroom home is a lot of work, so cooking any thing fun or new is kept to a minimum for now. But these two recipes came to my inbox, and I couldn’t resist sharing. They look amazingly...
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What’s Really Important When Eating Out
Food use to be the most important thing when I went out with family and friends. Since I stopped dieting and focused on improving me, I’ve gained a new perspective on my relationship with food. Image...
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Book Review: The Ketogenic Cookbook
My new cookbook. The recipes taste amazing. This to this book, I’m even more inspired to get into my kitchen and start experimenting! Since going ketogenic, I’ve struggled with getting more healthy fat...
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Facelift Friday Fun
I’ve done lots of before and after photos, but none really focused on how my face changed since going low carb. Wow! I never realized by head was that fat chunky. What the photo doesn’t capture? How my...
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Why You Should Ignore The New Dietary Guidelines
The new federal dietary guidelines are about to come out, but the fight over the bad science used to create them is still raging. It’s about time. It seems that every 5 years the federal government...
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How Dot’s Getting Her Weight Loss Groove Back
Well after not really trying to lose weight, I’m at 185 lbs. this morning – the same weight I was at my physical earlier in the year. Time to take a look at my goals and refocus my efforts after a 3...
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My Top 10 Kitchen Staples For Weight Loss
I always get asked about what I eat to lose and keep the weight off. So I decided to put together a list of foods you will always find in my kitchen. These are my staples for weight loss. Since June of...
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Weekly Weigh-In: The IVF Side Effect
Yes, I’m up 4 pounds. But it isn’t all food. My IVF treatments are coming with a little side effect. I’m up about 4 pounds this week. After a slight freak out this morning, my husband reminded me of...
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Why Women Are Getting Fatter
Four in 10 women are obese in America and that number is climbing. Yet they are more focused on diet and nutrition than men. So why are women getting fatter? Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhoto.net and...
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LCHF Quiche With Spinach, Sundried Tomatoes & Goat Cheese
A little project the hubby and I have been working on is now ready. No, not the quiche. Here’s a video we made of how I make my quiche. Hope you enjoy the video as well as the dish. The goal is to...
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Getting Into Ketosis By Year’s End?
What’s your plan? It’s holiday season. Which means lots of celebrations, food and weight gain. I mentioned to husband yesterday that I didn’t want to hand out any tasty Halloween candy this year. He...
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