Two weeks into 2009, I am keen to celebrate how many of my LC skills seem more readily available to me than in past years. I have both Atkins books - Atkins72 and DANDR - handy to refer to and I am following threads at LC Friends that offer warm support as I work hard at bringing LC skills to the fore to replace dysfunctional habits from carbier years!

Best threads for me? Deb's 300+ Support, Ilpirata's BMR and the Alternate-Day (UD/DD) plan. Several others too, but these are my daily support threads. Wonderful support!

Most noteworthy event of 2008 was acquiring...

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Looking at quinoa as a protein-rich food, a tad carby but full of amino acids that create proteins. My first prepacked meals from personal chef arrived. She is working in some wild rice and quinoa that I've had on hand but not yet cooked up myself. We are adding these in small amounts, to test their carbs as I battle to lose 200# from my current 400# weight.

Looks like a good plan, creating a meal in a box, with several boxes ready to go in the fridge: 8oz of poached salmon fills half the Glad box, with the remaining half being split between baconfat-basted greens (rich in...

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Anyone interested in a portable folding chair with its own BLOG? See LaunchPadChair for what I consider a perfect answer to inadequate seating at restaurants and other places that offer unstable or snug seating. Seat adjusts from 24" to 30". Wow!

I don't know WHEN such a chair will be available to the public, but let's let the mfr know that there is interest in this sort of seating: LaunchPadChair and please let me know if you DO know of other upsized furniture that is tall enough, big enough, for easy use and easy rising. Surely there is such furniture being made....

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Just found a site that shakes me up. Does this apply to my own situation as I work to get with a LC program that will pare me down to a size that is healthier and less cumbersome than my current size? I think maybe this applies to me. ...

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Time to move my muscles! That phrase gets a lot less backtalk than the excruciating "E" word - exercise! Jezzie started a thread on a chap who lost 90# walking in his backyard. What a concept! Got me to thinking how safe and smooth my parking lot is (except for the speed bumps I'm easily able to circumvent at my current rate of speed - hobbling on a hinky hip) and how nearby and private it is for most of the time. Handy!

Good thread, Jezzie! Backyard walking for weight loss. Some of us are too shy to hit the bricks, too shaky to try a treadmill. ...

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