Note: this low carb hummus recipe is not suitable for people on Atkins Induction or other plans that don’t allow eating peas and beans. To make it lower in carbs, serve with sliced cucumber and zucchini (courgettes) instead of carrots.
Most of the food I cook is a very simple combination of protein, vegetables and olive or coconut oil. Here’s one exception where I actually follow a recipe – a very simple recipe!
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I received an interesting question today in the comments section to my post about the causes of binge eating. Lucy asked, “Why do I binge after drinking alcohol on an evening out with my friends?”
Both the question and my reply about how to stop binge eating in this situation were pretty long so I figured they could have a whole post to themselves. Let’s start with Lucy’s question. She says: Continue reading
Smoked mackerel with spiralized zucchini (“courgetti”) and olive salad, homemade mayonnaise
April 6th, 2013
Weight: lost 4 lb in the past 2 weeks (17.5 lb lost in 6 weeks)
Measurements:
Waist: lost 1/2 inch this week, total 2.5 inches in 6 weeks
Hips: lost 1/2 inch this week, total 0.75 inches in 6 weeks
Body fat: now in the healthy range! đ
Last weekend was Easter and I wasn’t home. Being separated from my trusty electronic scale, I decided it was better not to weigh myself. Scales can vary so much, and the one at my mother’s house is very old. I grew up with it! So I skipped record keeping last week.
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Bacon breakfast
March 22nd, 2013
Weight: 1 lb gain this week đ (13.5 lb lost in total)
Measurements: no change
Body fat: no change
I know exactly what went wrong this week. It wasnât the Unleash Your Thin program, it was me. I was doing fine â in fact I had lost 2 lb â until the middle of the week. Then I fell on ice and hurt my back.
I had to take ibuprofen and I couldnât find a brand that didnât contain sugar. Suddenly I was having huge cravings. I ate a weekâs nut rations in one day and the next day was worse.
But I stopped taking the ibuprofen yesterday and got back on track.
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Like more and more people these days, you’ve probably tried losing weight before. Maybe you didn’t lose as much as you hoped. Maybe you did lose, but gained all or some of it back afterward. I’ve been there many times myself and I know how you feel.
Unleash Your Thin is a 2013 program from Dr Jonny Bowden and at first sight it might seem like just another diet. But there are a couple of things that make it very different from other diet plans that you may have tried.
Jonny Bowden’s new diet plan is The Metabolic Factor.
Click here to go straight to the Metabolic Factor official website
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