After my last medical visit I was prescribed KetoCal. A case a month. Wednesday, my first case arrived. This is not something you would ever go to Super Supplements and pick up. It's a prescription that has to be cleared through your health insurance. The website doesn't tell you how much it costs because unless you're a hospital, you can't afford ( Read more... )

My first check up was last week.  I got to show off the cool app (Carb Diet) that I use to track my daily intake. So much easier than the paper forms they gave me!  There are others available. What I like about this one is that it also tracks water (very important for me) and I can custom edit/add in stuff that I make as regular items once I go ( Read more... )

I've now been on my high fat diet for just over a month. Soon I'll be going in for my blood tests and monthly meeting to make sure I'm doing OK health-wise.  I think I am.  I feel OK.

Considering some of the side effects that are reported, I've done great. I've experienced real benefits. No more aches and pains. Whether that's from removing all ( Read more... )

This week's lesson (and it should have been obvious, I suppose) is that protein is not enough. It's the fat that counts.  In retrospect, this should be obvious. The point is 60% fat. I should have figured that the natural consequence is that if I don't eat enough fat, I will fall out of ketosis.

So this week I went out to a restaurant where there ( Read more... )

I was asked for this recipe. You can make it as spicy or not spicy as you like. Leftovers turn into excellent shredded pork for barbecue or tacos or whatever strikes your fancy. It's pretty luscious.

You will need a crock pot or other slow cooker.

Spicy Pork Roast

2-3 lbs pork shoulder (get one that's tied, and don't stint on quality. We got ours at ( Read more... )

The human body is roughly 60% water. Our skin is mostly water. Our cells are full of water. And, while things like disease and obesity can affect our water content, on average we're 60% water.

I found that very impressive. Particularly last night when, after a day of only drinking 4 glasses of water, my kidneys were leting me know I was more ( Read more... )

Zells used to make Mark's favorite omelet. It was this astonishing melt-in-your-mouth confection of egg, apricot, cheese, and almonds. It's not on the menu anymore.

This morning, I had a craving for it. I wasn't sure, given my dietary restrictions, that I could do it. I didn't want to get Mark's hopes up until I checked our apricot jam. But yes, it ( Read more... )

I've learned a lot about food (did you know that the carbs in regular milk are sugar?) and am learning how to understand labels better ( Read more... )

Like many people, I crave chocolate. Which is OK except for the part where I can't eat sugarized chocolate. I've also found most of the recipes online for chocolate items to be either uninspiring or too high in carbs. So I found a real choclate pud recipe and modified it to suit ( Read more... )

It is difficult for me to drink 8 glasses of water a day. It is even more of a struggle to drink 10 glasses of water a day, which is my new daily regimen after last week's pancreatic/kidney meltdown.

During the week it's easy as I sit at a desk and can keep water at my side. Type a line, drink some water, repeat as necessary. On weekends when I'm ( Read more... )