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Last November featured PJ’s journey for "Success Stories." (https://www.carbsmart.com/pjillinois.html) At that time PJ had lost 140 pounds, dropping from a high weight of 313 pounds down to 191 pounds. Today, just 18 months from her low carbohydrate start date, PJ is a mere 4 pounds from her goal weight of 150! I thought it was time for an update on her progress, here is what she had to say.

This Low-Carb Gluten-Free Greek Marinade recipe is perfect for grilled Greek chicken but also works for other great Greek dishes - pork, steak, lamb and even white fish will make your Greek dinner spectacular. Greek Marinade recipe by Tony Blakemore.

Cathie from Florida is 5’ 5" tall and 36 years old. Following the Atkins program, she has dropped from 220 pounds to just 128 pounds. Cathie is a mere 18 pounds shy of her goal weight. She has "ungrown" her old size 2X clothes and now wears 9/10’s. And she did all this in just nine months!

Sometimes you just have to take the time to have dinner alone with your spouse. It's so nice to have a little quiet time together, even if it means fixing a separate dinner for the kids earlier in the evening. It's worth the effort, even though it's not something you'd want to do every night.

This weekend a fellow low carber has come to my town on a business trip, and I have enjoyed his company immensely. In a conversation in which he successfully attempted to recondition my thinking about the seminal event I've written about which I will call "The Fat 5-Year-Old," I blurted out, "But if I'm not fat, I wouldn't know who I am anymore. Who am I if I'm not fat?

Brian Pierce offers his slightly skewed view of low carbing and the world in general.

I loved potatoes. Bake 'em!! , Fry 'em!!, Chip 'em!!, Mash 'em!! Unfortunately potatoes have no place in our LC eating plans. So what do we eat instead of potato? The answer is the common cauliflower. Like all members of the cruciferous family the cauliflower is a rich source of vitamins and minerals particularly vitamin C. It also contains sulfurous compounds which may help to prevent certain cancers from forming. It also causes the smell when cooked. We cook in an enclosed microwave container with a lid.

I love it when people take a recipe and run with it, with their own shifts and interpretations. James Beard once said, and I'm paraphrasing here, that baking is science, but cooking is art.

During World War II, there was not a lot of focus on dieting. People had other things to worry about, and there was rationing of many items, including food. There was less time to think about personal weight issues. Many women worked in factories and industry while the men were overseas. But when the war ended, things changed quickly. Large numbers of women left the workforce and returned to their homes, many as newly-wed housewives.

Last week I celebrated my two-year anniversary of low carbing. I have had many requests to share "my story" with my online support groups. In doing so, I received dozens of online and offline thank you notes from people for sharing not only the ups, but the downs, and all the mistakes, revelations, and lessons I have learned along the way.