[COLOR="SeaGreen"]The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. -- Charles DeLint[/COLOR]

Sometimes, though, that road contains disappointing detours. Today I finally reached the end of a long detour and got back on the main path!

I'd reached 152 pounds on my journey back to 145 (or less) when I had to have surgery. It was major surgery including a hysterectomy and removal of my ovaries, along with propping up my bladder to repair a prolapse.

I'd expected to gain a little weight as a...

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[COLOR="SeaGreen"]“Every year the number of new cookbooks increases, but in spite of them the progress made in this most useful of the arts is not ever overpowering. On the contrary, we must regretfully admit that nowadays people no longer prepare the fine and nourishing dishes that our mothers used to make.” -- Anna Dorn, Cookbook Author[/COLOR]

My mother collected cookbooks the way Imelda Marcos collected shoes. And because she got married in 1932, the ones she bought as a bride used none of the pre-prepared, pre-processed foods that are blots on today's foodscape. Instead...

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[COLOR="SeaGreen"]“Did you ever see the customers in health-food stores? They are pale, skinny people who look half dead. In a steak house, you see robust, ruddy people. They're dying, of course, but they look terrific.” -- Bill Cosby[/COLOR]

I'm a news junkie. I often flip from news channel to news channel on the TV, checking out the different takes on the news of the day. In the last few days I've been seeing features and discussions about January having been proclaimed "Fat-Free Living Month" by the USDA.

There are no "different takes"...

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I started this as the introduction to a blog, and it ended up as nearly a full-length book. I don't know if anyone will read all the way through it, but I'm putting it up here anyway, hoping that someone may -- and may get something useful out of my musings on why I believe my low-carb way of life is the only reason I'm still alive now, at almost 70 years of age.

Ten years ago I weighed 206 pounds. I could barely walk due to arthritis pains in my hips, knees and ankles. For three miserable years I'd starved myself on a strict, low-fat diet ordered by my doctor. While I was on that...

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