2008 is progressing well, far as I can tell. Jan.2 is a chilly morn in SoCal, so I'm writing with a tummyful of hot slosh (WPP+espresso+cocoa) as I await arrival of VCO (due here 1/3) to stoke my furnace, fuel up cells that I plan to deplete of fat.

Yes, my plans for 2008 are to become a slack skin bag full of depleted fat cells sucking up fluid to hold space for new fat - until my fat cells give it up, deflate, offer up their shape-holding fluid to The Whoosh Fairy™ as my faithful chugging of water attracts said delightful creature.

That's my plan for 2008. LC....

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Nothing like a hot dish of grits or oatmeal on a crisp winter morn - which is what it feels like to me in SoCal. Grits? Got into eating grits when I was a college kid in Florida and a roommate told me what that white goop on her plate was as she buttered and peppered it and then mixed it in with her scrambled eggs. OMG, with enough butter and pepper, hominy corn grits is pure heaven!

Not LC.

A friend speaks highly of Mock Cream of Wheat, based on ricotta cheese and egg. I found a recipe online. Sounds do-able: ...

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Good LC plans are based on facing facts, on doing basic weight/measurement. I'm struggling to get my true measurements into my Weight Loss JOURNAL as a companion tool to this BLOG in which I blather and seek support from LC friends.

Both are great tools. Tools are at hand for use.

Countdown for year's end is loud in my ears.

I have one more year-end task to complete: ME!

Full body measures at ~400#...set out plain. Wrist to ankle, neck to calf. All in B&W in my Weight Loss JOURNAL. I can ~DO~ this. I know I can. I shall. By...

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I'm finding my way around, a bit, on this board and have started a thread of my own at http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/go...e-lc-mode.html where I am celebrating being a geezer who is learning how much healthier LC is.

Some of the best LC lists are those that are filled with folks who are celebrating improved health with fewer symptoms of diseases that turn out to respond well to fewer carbs. Amazing how some report a return to good health as their doctors admit they are so improved that meds can be cut back - and some are even pronounced...

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Catching up with email as I watch a 1973 Kate - gloriously Kate - doing an interview with Dick Cavett. Stunning insights from a woman who says she always knew she could not have it all - and who knew what she gave up to win what she wanted from life. She is a role model for anyone - and inspires this LC aspirant to live a more focused life. Lovely way to spend a day!

Caught a glimpse of a recipe as I chased down something on a glancing google. Might try it, as it features two of my favorites (cabbage, caraway). What? Not your favorite combo?

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/2884...

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