I have had one of the worst 3 week periods of my recent life, because of pain and stress. There is no way to even describe how hard it was to start back to school this year. Suffice it to say there were just setbacks and impediments everywhere I looked. It seemed like the Devil had stacked the deck on this hand. During all this I was feeling pretty good about myself and low carb lifestyle-- hey, I managed to keep losing most of the time, turn down some amazing trigger foods (homemade ice cream...

I have started re-reading my The Power Of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. This book changed my life a couple of years ago. My father had given me some books he had on his bookcase and was trying to make room in his house. So he gave me these old books and I was planning on selling them online. I found this book The Power Of Positive Thinking and looked through it. I started reading it out loud to my husband in the evening. We have no television and many nights I read out loud to him....

Still going strong, but had major withdrawals during the weekend, so I spent lots of time in bed. I’m better today, and back on track. I’ve been craving the nuts, big time though

To be honest, I wasn't as bummed out about my tomatoes getting the Northeast blight as I normally would have been. I think maybe it is a good thing. The reason being one of my favorite things to eat in the summer is tomato sandwiches made with real soft white bread and mayonnaise. Not exactly a low carb meal!

Every year I usually can about 60 quarts of tomatoes and that is what I normally make my sauces for pasta from. But lately even my husband does not seem to care for pasta meals....

I always knew I covered up some emotions in fat-- emotional eating and self medicating to dull the pain works, but at such a terrible cost. I am starting to think that fat "stores" the emotion just like it stores mercury or pesticides. Yes, I know there is very little chance of empirical evidence to prove this, but my recent experiences make me wonder.

From 02-08 I was one of my grandparents' primary caretakers, helped move them from the home that was my "sanctuary"...