Low Carb Diet Support - Blogs - Shrinking Goddess by Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/ Atkins Diet and Low Carb Diet Support, research and free low carb diet recipes. Resources for low carbohydrate diet plans such as the atkins diet and the south beach diet. en Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:23:45 GMT vBulletin 60 http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/images/misc/rss.jpg Low Carb Diet Support - Blogs - Shrinking Goddess by Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/ My Husband: The Complimentary Scale Companion http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/271-my-husband-complimentary-scale-companion.html Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:14:19 GMT I've mentioned before my husband's uncanny ability to know when I've lost weight: http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-di...py-points.html.

Like clockwork, he notices every time I lose five pounds. He knows how my hugs feel, he says.

Funny thing that never hit me before now-If he notices every time I've lost 5 pounds, then he'd have to notice every time I've gained five pounds, too. :heh: And yet, he never says a word about me gaining weight. I do both regularly, so it's not like there are not opportunities. And yet, he's quiet as a mouse when my pants are getting tight.

That's funny. :nod:

Bless his heart. There is a wise man, no doubt about it. :biggrin1: ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/271-my-husband-complimentary-scale-companion.html <![CDATA[Merry Christmas, LCE'ers!]]> http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/254-merry-christmas-low-carb-eatingers.html Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:18:47 GMT

I hope you're all having a wonderful, merry, fun Christmas! *


This year has been full of challenges for me, as I know it has likewise been for many of you. And yet, we're all still here. And we're still low-carbing the holidays!


We usually have some old friends returning around the start of a new year, which I love. Although I have to be honest: my heart aches for many of you who seem to come back frustrated and disgusted.


I know people are prone to self-critisism when they feel like they knew better" than to slide backward. Everyone who has ever experienced much success losing weight tells themselves passionately they will never let themselves get to that place again; and yet, it happens.


I have two words of advice for you if you fit into this camp: Stop it! Stop beating yourself up, and stop figuring how long you'd have been at goal if you'd have stayed on the straight and narrow. Stop complaining and stop feeling bad.


:no: Stop saying, "No." "No, I can't eat that. No, I can't seem to lose weight again. No, I don't know why I ever strayed. No, I don't know how I'm gonna do this."


:nod: Say "Yes" instead. "Yes, I feel better when I'm eating well. Yes, I can figure out ways to make food I love that's also good for me. Yes, I can find ways to integrate healthy habits into my life. Yes, I can do this!"

:type: While you're at it, you might want to check out our articles on "Refocusing." Because if your health and weight is not where you'd like it, you can refocus. Put your attention on things that makeyou feel better.


What I advocate isn't a blank check to make consistently poor choices: instead, unwrap your experiences to find the gift of self-knowledge. Now you know what led up to your detour, you have the Mapquest to a different destination. That IS a real gift.


And if you don't find yourself in that place, good for you! Maybe you'd be kind enough to share some success with the rest of us. Let others hitchhike and help celebrate your journey.


But no matter where you find yourself in the LC scheme of things, I hope today, you find yourself surrounding by loving, happy energy.

:candles: Now go out there and have yourself a good day...

MERRY CHRTRISTMAS, LCE!

*Insert preferred Seasonal Greeting here. I'm more interested in the wishes behind the greeting than the form.
]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/254-merry-christmas-low-carb-eatingers.html rattle rattle boom! http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/149-rattle-rattle-boom.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:53:57 GMT I realized a couple of days ago, almost EVERY time I cook something, the mess of pot and pans I have shoved into the cabinet come crashing out on the floor. This is like, 98% of the time. So what would you expect from this? a.) Do you think that would convince me to ogranize something?... I realized a couple of days ago, almost EVERY time I cook something, the mess of pot and pans I have shoved into the cabinet come crashing out on the floor.

This is like, 98% of the time.

So what would you expect from this?

a.) Do you think that would convince me to ogranize something? Stack pans? Get some kind of plastic organizational aids?

Or b.) do you think I'd probably just laugh at myself, grab what I want, and shove the rest back in there, to come crashing out on my foot next time I cook? :whistle:

If you guessed B, you have guessed correctly.
:laugh: ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/149-rattle-rattle-boom.html conversations with the hubby series...holding out. http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/140-conversations-hubby-series-holding-out.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:52:07 GMT I made some of the NoChex Mix this weekend (http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-co...enkin-chex-mix). Hubby was happily munching away when suddenly, a pause.

"Hey, there are nuts in here..." It's dawned on him, after I've made these a few times now...I smile.

"That means you've been holding out on me. You've been hiding nuts! There are nuts in the house that I didn't know about."

I laugh. "Well, yeah, you didn't know about them. That's why they were still in the house!"

"Cashews and peanuts and Macadameias...man. This is like a good can of mixed nuts, and you hid them from me...you'd better watch that," he unconvincingly warns me. "I haven't gone looking for them...yet."

"I'd wondered how long it would take you to put it together. But you're still getting them in the snack mix anyway. And they go further that way."

Hubby has a love/hate relationships with nuts. He loves them, but hates the lack of self-control they seem to trigger. Calls 'em Fat Pills. I sometimes get him some if he asks for them, or for Holidays. A can of nuts does not stand a chance around him... :biggrin1:

This morning, I was downstairs with him as he was getting ready to leave for work. Oh so causually, he speaks up.

"So, where is your hiding place for the nuts now?" (They weren't in the usual place I stash them.)

"Well, Honey, if I told you that, then I'd have to get a new hiding place, wouldn't I?"

He smiled, and couldn't disagree. I think he was just testing me to see if I was sleepy enough to give it up on the nuts whereabouts. Ha.

Best place to hide nuts around here? Under the sink in a bag, next to the cleaning supplies. Nobody will disturb them there... :nyanya: ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/140-conversations-hubby-series-holding-out.html This made me laugh... http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/134-made-me-laugh.html Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:56:07 GMT Image: http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/funny-pictures-cat-food-box-diet-diary.jpg ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/134-made-me-laugh.html Got Some Lovely Roses Tonight! http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/125-got-some-lovely-roses-tonight.html Wed, 14 May 2008 03:22:44 GMT DH brought me some lovely flowers tonight!



I ask him why. I figured they may be in honor of Mother's Day recently.

Ever the romantic, he answered, "I got them off a dead hippie. I figured he didn't need them anymore..."

:roll:I laughed. :hippie: ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/125-got-some-lovely-roses-tonight.html LOL Cats - Big Boned Cat http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/124-lol-cats-big-boned-cat.html Sun, 11 May 2008 15:36:30 GMT Image: http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/funny-pictures-cat-sign-big-boned.jpg ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/124-lol-cats-big-boned-cat.html <![CDATA[Happy Mother's Day? It's Your Call!]]> http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/123-happy-mothers-day-its-your-call.html Sat, 10 May 2008 17:35:14 GMT
:momsday::mday::momsday:
I hope everyone has a lovely Mother's Day, whether you're a Mom, Son or Daughter. (I think I have all the bases covered there, huh? :biggrin1:) May you be aware and concious of all loving energy in your life...

I love holidays of all kinds. Probably comes from having grown up without celebrating them. (I was raised Jehovah's Witness). And I notice how people respond to them. It seems that my experience is very different from many people's, because each holiday seems to bring with it specific sets of expections about what makes a "good" version, what should be done, what levels of joy or jublitation must take place...everything. There's a prebuilt definition of the "right" way to celebrate and what constitutes a successful holiday rendering.

Now, I've been a mother going on 19 years now, and I've had all manners of Mother's Day experiences. Some years I've felt disappointed and disconnected, and others, loved and appreicatied.

That didn't mean my family felt any differently towards me from one year to another, at least necessarily. Because what appears to me as the single most determining factor of my experience is my own state of mind and expectations.

This year, my daughter will wish me a happy Mother's Day, as will my husband. My SD might, and my SS probably won't, as he's off in another state stewing over some slight or another that I am clueless on. But those are his demons to battle, and it isn't really about me, anyway. Those things never can be.

Instead of looking to my kids and family for the meaning of the day, though, I look to myself now. To me, mothering is about caring and nutruring; I feel like that's an important role in my life, and I can honor that by doing some of that for myself in addition to sharing that energy with others.

So this year, that was exactly what I did! I gave myself permission to do things that made me feel good. I treated myself in many ways. Whether it was reading breaks or baths or things that smelled good or the tshirt that made me smile when I saw it, I treated myself. I was kind to myself, and made sure to make time for things that I enjoyed. Small but effective indulgences.

As a result, I'm enjoying this year's holiday a bunch, and have unofficially extended it for a few weeks...ha! I feel better for it, without the pressure on others to make that feeling for me, and as a result, the people close to me are going to feel better as well.

I don't worry so much about the little things now. To me, they don't count for much. I just want to be loving and happy. And I can think of no better way to honor the concept of Motherhood than that, anyway.

Happy Mother's Day, everyone. Hope you make yours a fabulous one!
:heartbeat:
]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/123-happy-mothers-day-its-your-call.html Conversations with the Hubby Series...Alpha Geek http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/116-conversations-hubby-series-alpha-geek.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:01:42 GMT I'm babbling about the web server to my husband.

"I'm learning how to do an SSL Certificate today. My old one expired. It was a year old."

He flashed back that blank look; like when somebody goes geekspeak on ya and you don't speak that strain. He nodded a little.

"Hey, now! C'mon. I know I'm boring, but it's your fault! I wasn't a nerd before you met me."

He laughs. "You were always a nerd, Honey. Just not a computer nerd..."

"No way! YOU, on the other hand, were quite a nerd whe I met you. I was just a regular girl."

"Noooooo way. You were a nerd!"

He's full of baloney, you know. I was afraid of computers before I met him...how could I have been a nerd?! Doesn't add up, man.

It's not my fault I took to it. I became a nerd after many hours of listening to him wax philosophical on the beauty of binanry language and what having adequate RAM can do for your life.

When I met the man, he wore plaid shirts that his MIL had bought him and had Velcro tennies. And he always crossed the velcro strips in an X.

I was the nerd my $(%$...he's got it in his blood. I just caught it from him because I was crazy enough in love to with him try to listen to all that geekizoid stuff...

:nyanya: ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/116-conversations-hubby-series-alpha-geek.html simple business roles for the self-employed http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/85-simple-business-roles-self-employed.html Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:05:16 GMT People often wonder about being self-employed. It's one of those things people fantasize about after a bad day at the office or something. At least, I did...

It should surprise nobody that the reaility doesn't always live up to the fantasy.

Anyway, I thought I'd share some of my unoiffical business rules that I've found helpful...
  • The less they've paid, the more they expect. ALWAYS.
  • People that take up a big amount of time and energy before you've got a project always make high-maintenence, frustrating clients. See number 1.
  • If a client makes you cry, it's time to begin firing them. Ok, so not everybody is so emotional...but i can be.
  • Don't answer the phone when you're sleepy or not sharp.
  • Don't answer a client email when you're uspet.
  • say no when you need to. it's easist the faster you do it.
  • listen to your gut. it's always right even if you can't say why at the time.
  • take SOME time off every day, regardless of your workload. the downtime makes your work time more productive anyway.
  • fire clients that stress you out. it's not worth the money anyway.
  • projects always take approximately 3 times as long to finish as you think they should.
:type: ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/85-simple-business-roles-self-employed.html conversations with the kiddo series: the old days. http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/67-conversations-kiddo-series-old-days.html Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:09:49 GMT sometimes, my 18-yr-old speaks wistfully about "the old days," pre low carb in our household.

"I miss the days I could suggest we order a pizza, and didn't get laughed at," she sighs.

I laugh heartily, inadvertenly emphasizing her point. :heh:

"It's been a long time, huh?"

"Yeah!" she says. "It used to be, when I'd suggest we order a pizza, sometimes, you'd say 'That sounds like a good idea.' And we'd get pizza! We'd actually get it. And it tasted sooooo good!"

I laugh some more. "Well, dear, those days are over forever. But you like weighing less, I know...just comes with the territory. I guess if you want pizza, you'll have to get yourself employed and buy your own. 'Cause I ain't buying those carb discs, man!"

Snort. :nyanya: ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/67-conversations-kiddo-series-old-days.html One at a Time, Baby! http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/65-one-time-baby.html Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:01:39 GMT I went out to eat with a friend today. Sitting there perusing the menu, deciding what I was gonna get...including deciding how on plan I was going to eat. And it hit me. Yes, this journey takes staying power. Yes, it takes focus, and dedication, and commitment. And yes, it certainly takes time!... I went out to eat with a friend today. Sitting there perusing the menu, deciding what I was gonna get...including deciding how on plan I was going to eat. And it hit me.

Yes, this journey takes staying power. Yes, it takes focus, and dedication, and commitment. And yes, it certainly takes time! It's easy enough to say, "It didn't pile on overnight, so it won't drop overnight." :snail:And it's also true, no doubt.

But that doesn't help when you're dealing with the day-to-day, the real life choices. Because delayed gratification doesn't stand up so well against what you are considering, in the here and now....losing half a pound a week later isn't exactly inspriational when you're faced with something you think you want, right this minute. Right?

But the thing that was perfectly crystal to me at that moment is my journey isn't made one year at a time, or one week at a time, or one day at a time, or even one meal at a time or one pound at a time.

This journey is made one choice at a time. One choice won't make or break it, for sure. So when you make a choice that doesn't work, long-term, let it go...but realize, that's definitely how it's undertaken. One foot in front of the other, you know?

The baked potato or creamed spinich? The sandwich or the salad? The sugar or the Splenda? The carby dessert or no? Whatever. It's different but it's all the same, too.

One. Choice. At a Time.

Next time I'm making a choice, I'm going to think about that. I'm going to think to myself, "Here I stand, right now in this moment. I move in whatever direction this single choice takes me. Which way do I want to step?"

:walking: The journey of a thousand miles does start with a single step. But so does the journey of a single mile. And the length and nature of the journey is determined in large part by the direction of our steps. The short journey can be harder and more grueling than the long one, if you don't consistently choose the forward motion.

Today, I made a choice I feel good about-one that support my long term goals. It wasn't anything amazing. But I don't have to be amazing to get where I want to go.

The ONLY thing I need to do is make my choices and thereby guide my journey...one choice at a time. ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/65-one-time-baby.html Taking Care of Me http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/57-taking-care-me.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:14:40 GMT I am pleased with myself today. I did a better job of taking care of me than I sometimes do.

Nothing special. Just being a little less driven, I guess.

I've been overbooked with work for a while now. Good long while, actually. And the last couple of weeks, I've really been feeling the stress.

Now, I've been working for myself for a long time...Eight years, matter of fact. So I should have some idea of how to manage it by now. You'd think, at least. But when I get on a bender, sometimes I let what I already know slip, y'kno?

Some stuff I've done today:
  • Working at my own pace, regardless of what is on my to-do list.
  • Avoiding getting sucked into at least one technical problem that wasn't mine to fix. (That can be kind of hard for me sometimes with my clients; I tend to do if I can, rather than skipping it when I'm not getting paid to do it.)
  • Emotionally disengaging from anxious clients.
  • Working on (mostly) one thing at a time, giving it my full attention.
  • Doing my best and then letting it go.
  • Taking an outside coffee break this afternoon, as the weather was nice. This really helps clear my head and relax me. It's a great stress-buster! I'm looking forward to spring when I can enjoy my flowers on the front porch, too.
  • Kitty petting breaks!
  • A more relaxed attitude - I think this is key.
Fact is, when I don't pay attention to my own needs for breaks, time off, distractions and rest, I pay. My work isn't a good, my mood isn't as good, and I'm not as happy. And I end up taking shortcuts-many of which involve questionable (or not-so-questionable-not-so-good) eating practices, among other things.

Here's to self-care!
:nod:
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]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/57-taking-care-me.html Well, I guess it counts... http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/53-well-i-guess-counts.html Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:45:13 GMT You know how I've been getting my exercise today?

You'll never guess.

I call it the "Space Cadet Workout."

I go downstairs to get something, totally distracted the entire time, and then when I come back with something else or, better yet, nothing at all!-well, then I cuss a minute and turn back around and head right back down the stairs. I've been known to take up to three trips...maybe more sometimes...to acheive my origianl goal of gettig up in the first place. :roll:

I swear to God, I've been up and down those stairs several dozen times today.
:loco:
I'm calling it exercise, dang it! ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/53-well-i-guess-counts.html Starting to get Content Back Up http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/49-starting-get-content-back-up.html Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:34:20 GMT Slowly but surely, I'll get the rest of the LCE content back up. It's kind of a slowish process sometimes because:
  1. My "day job" clients don't always cooperate, and
  2. The import process is a little buggy and some of this content is old, so it all has to be cleaned up.
  3. There are several things rolling at any given time that need to be done here or on the webserver we live on or, for that matter, in any area of my life... :nod:
I dunno. I get frustrated because things don't always go as I plan. You'd think I'd be old enough to know better than that by now...
:bounce: I don't feel bad about how it's going overall, though. I wanted to have everything done a lot quicker, but it is how it is. I had to learn a lot, but I like learning, so it's cool. And I am enjoying doing some new stuff...

I'm also particularly digging all the good vibes around here... ]]> Goddess http://lowcarbeating.com/low-carb-diet-support/blogs/goddess/49-starting-get-content-back-up.html