New Low-Carb Blog!!!

Hey everyone! I just wanted to quickly tell you about a new low-carb blog. I believe you are going to find this blog fun, informative and entertaining. It's owned by none other than Karen Rysavy of Truly Low-Carb fame. With 8 years of low-carb experience under her belt and two fabulous cookbooks, she will have a lot to share with us! And right now she is having a fun contest called "Like a _____ low-carber _______" where you fill in the blanks. The winner gets a $25 gift certificate to the TLC store!
So be sure you check out her blog, contest and her great online support forum. I'm adding her blog to my favorites right now.... :)

Speed Blogging

It's like speed dialing, but it starts with blog...

I guess it's just going to be one of those weeks where I don't get much done here. So here's a quick rundown of things.

New Internet Video Series
Jimmy Moore is once again on the cutting edge of things, and in this post tells us about the latest internet video series that I believe all low-carbers should see. I watched this interview with Dr. Mary Vernon last night (while folding laundry) and it's fantastic. I highly recommmend you take the time to see it. I'll be watching it again to make sure I didn't miss anything. I'm looking forward to the many other videos to come!


We're Back!
For those of you who felt completely displaced when a hacker took down the Low-Carb Disscussion forum, I'm happy to announce that we are back up and running at full speed. The new forum is at www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com and is better than ever. Not only are there fun new features, but this baby is secure and being backed up daily. Sadly, we lost a lot of great content from the other forum. But many of us are working as fast as we can to get what little bit that was saved back up for everyone. I'm very happy to announce that the Good Calories Bad Calories reviews, posted by our wonderful Moderator Charles, are slowly being put back up. If you were a member of the old forum, please come join us once again. If you are new to our support forum, we'd love to have you join us! We really are just like family there!


Low-Carb Cruise in 2009
For those of you who may not have heard, last year approx. 45 low-carbers all got together for a Cruise to Mexico. They had a fantastic time and have planned to do it again. On this cruise you could meet many of your online friends, including myself, Jimmy Moore, Christin Sherburne, and the one and only Dr. Jonny Bowden! You can find out all the details by going here,
here, and here. I hope to see you there!


My Life
Things are busy here. We are trying to finish up school and get ready for summer. I can't wait! I need the break and so do the kids. There's more going on than I really have time to get into, but I promise I'll get back to more in depth blogging as soon as things calm down.

Have a good one!

Emotional Eating & Slow Burn

Hey Gang! Sorry I wasn't around yesterday. Too much going on. You'll be proud of me though. I done good. :)

My kids had a 4H meeting/Valentines Party yesterday and I didn't eat one bite of anything carby. I brought my own diet soda and a small bag of nuts with me to munch on.

I also determined in my mind yesterday that I would not longer eat emotionally. I know that's easier said than done, and I may fall flat on my face here and there, but yesterday I did it! Wanna know how? I started a challenge on Low Carb Discussion forum called "What's Eating You?" where we go to post our feelings when we feel the urge to eat emotionally. If this is something you struggle with, feel free to join us! No huge requirements. Just check in daily, if you can, and let us know how you are. And anytime you feel that maybe your "hunger" isn't true hunger, come post about it and get the support you need. It helped me a lot yesterday.



Another new thing I'm trying is a workout program called Slow Burn by Fred Hahn. I read the recent interview with him that Jimmy Moore did and was very impressed. I decided to look into it further and I like what I see. I ordered the 3 dvd set and it arrived yesterday. I've only watched the first DVD, but I am really pumped about this workout! It requires very little equipment - just basics like dumbbells, ankle weights.. you can even use soup cans and water jugs! And the best part? It requires very little time, which is about all I have anymore. The testimonials sound good and I'm going to give it a shot. I'll be sure to keep you updated on how it's working for me.

OK.. another busy day ahead of me. I am dying to tell you about that new nutrition scale I have and hope to get to that tomorrow. Have a great one!

Healthy Low-Carb Support Forum

It seems to be working for now. I think I may have to move it to a dedicated server. I'll check into the price of that and see if it's feasable. Meanwhile.. JOIN! TALK! HAVE FUN!

So sorry.. experiencing technical difficulties.

I want to apologize to those of you who have tried to use the forum in the last couple of days. I thought I'd check in and found that it's throwing errors left and right. I have a request for help out and hope to have it fixed very soon. I don't know how much I can do from the hotel room, but I'll do what I can. I'll be sure to let you know when it's back up again.

Thanks for your patience!