FitBit Mania
When the “10,000 steps a day” craze started, my husband and I bought in. We strapped pedometers to our waistbands and got hoofing…
Everything Goes Better With Bacon
If you’re trying to eat healthy, (aka clean eating) you’re likely to have an opinion about bacon.
Losing My Mind and My Equilibrium
When I was 34 years old (25 years ago) I had a very bad day that lead to more than 4 bad months. 25 years later, I now know what…
The 5 Big Weight Loss Lies
These are all things I bought into as I continually tried to lose weight. Unfortunately, it was a losing battle. The more I…
These Are a Few of My Favorite (Green) Things
I’m Irish and particularly fond of St. Patrick’s Day. The color of Irish celebrations is Kelly green, so today I thought I’d…
From Cigarettes to Sugar
Sugar is everywhere, just like cigarettes were everywhere. Yet we now know sugar not only makes us fat, it makes us as sick as…
Order This…Not That
When you’re on a diet, or just living a low carb lifestyle, you can’t expect to cook every meal and never go out to eat. That’s…
The Resolution to Exercise
Our dieters know you don't need exercise to lose weight. For those who love going to the gym, here are the best exercises for…
Gunk Gone
Here's how to get the dirty gunk off cookie sheets. There's a low carb cookie recipe for you, too.
Say Cheese!
While developing Plan Z, I never really thought much about what I now call the Crunch Factor. I was never the kid in our family…
Porterhouse Primer
As one of 7 children, I didn’t eat a lot of steak as a child. There were just too many mouths to feed and we couldn’t afford it.…
Gobble Gobble
The avian flu outbreak across the country has already taken a toll. The price of eggs has jumped a minimum of 13% but in some…
The Party Report
I think you all know we had a big party here at Plan Z HQ. It was a Saturday night blow out. For those of you who could not make…
How Now Brown Cow?
“Sugar — in the form of lactose — contributes about 55 percent of skim milk’s calories, giving it ounce for ounce the same…
School Lunch
President Truman started the National School Lunch Program in 1946. A little over a decade later I was born. I went to a Catholic…
Party Time
Next week I’ll be preparing food for 80. Most people gasp at the thought and want to know how I do it. So I thought I’d lay out a…
Required Reading
So why am I asking you to read this offering in the NY Times’ Op Ed Page? It’s because I think it should be required reading for…
What Happens to the Nutritional Value of Your Food Over Time?
When I was a kid, my mother and I did all of the grocery shopping for the week on Saturday. My mother was cooking for seven kids,…
80 Grams – A Day in the Low Carb Life
There is no number set in stone that tells you how many grams of carbs you can eat per day before you begin to gain weight. It…
Rice. A Four Letter Word
For me, a portion is ¼ cup COOKED. The kasmati rice container I bought suggests a portion is ¼ cup DRY. That would make about two…