I am SO psyched today!! I received two books from paperbackswap that have been on my wish list ever since I started eating low carbs. Two on the same day from the same person. My name must have come to the top of the wish list just in time and she listed both of them. So I'll stop keeping you in suspense and tell you the books I got......

The first one is George Stella's Livin' Low Carb : Family Recipes Stella Style and it looks great! In new condition. Makes me wonder about...

Been pretty busy this summer so far. My garden is not doing as well as it should be. Our area has a late tomato blight that is affecting tomato and potato plants in our area. Hasn't affected mine yet. But since we have not been getting a lot of sun the tomato and pepper plants have not done well at all. Even my green bean plants which by this time every year have been feeding us daily have not even had one bean on them!!!! I am not happy about this at all. I figure it is to be expected as you cannot...

I am getting lettuce and greens from my garden daily now. Love them! Makes the ones in the plastic bags in the stores look so sick. Not to mention tasteless. Lots of people like them though. I am going to do my best this year to get some started for my winter garden. You should be able to grow greens all winter in a cold frame. After all they are a cold weather crop.

Lettuce and greens are about the easiest plants to grow. So even if you have never gardened before you can easily do...

Well I am going to start this again
my doc wants me to lose some weight before I can have the wls I will be going thur a lot of physical and mental testing for 7 months I have to go to mandatory meeting at the hospital with all my wls doc and my family doc 1 time a month so i will be seeing doctors 2 times a month plus all the testing as of right now i have 10 test to do and was told i might have to do some more depending on my surgeon
so i am going to start the low...

I am researching vitamins today. There are so many that it makes your head spin! I have been reading my DANDR (Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution) and made a list of the ones Dr. Atkins mentions. They can be very pricey! But so can bad health. I am not one to put confidence in the medical community and take responsibility for my own health as much as possible. I know my own body only too well.

So I am seeing that I probably need a basic low carb vitamin formula that I found that was...