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Kelley from Indiana is 50 years old and 5' 7 1/2" tall. She is fairly new to the low carbohydrate lifestyle and follows Dana Carpender's plan for 50 grams of carbs a day as written in her book How I Gave Up My Low Fat Diet and Lost Forty Pounds!

There's something to be said for seasonal eating. We can take advantage of the various foods that are in season, perhaps saving a little money in the process. In addition, we can "rest our palates," rotating different dishes in and our of your daily menus on a seasonal basis so that we don't get tired of any particular dish.

Let Rani Merens show you that low carb cooking is fast, easy and inexpensive in Low Carb Cook's Corner! Low-Carb Tips and tricks and great recipes.

Tejinder from India is 37 years old and six feet tall. He began the Atkins program on August 12, 2002, weighing 214 pounds and with a 42-inch waist. Today he is nearing his goal weight of 175 pounds, currently weighing 185 pounds!

Tonight's Low-Carb Lesson includes Fiesta Fish Fillets, Plain Ol' Broccoli Flowerets, and Simple Romaine Salad recipes from CarbSmart Low Carb Cooking 101.

Emma from Sydney Australia is 33 years old and 5' 7" tall. She has been following the Atkins program for four months, and has dropped from a high weight of 85kg (187 pounds) down to 67Kg (147.4 pounds). She is well on her way to her goal weight of 63Kg (138.6 pounds). She is already at her goal size of 14 Australian (a size 12 in the United States), down from a starting of size 18 Australian (a size 12 in the United States).

We are continuing our discussions of diets, dieting, and the various ways people have attempted to lose weight. In the last article we looked at the phenomenon of women's magazines as a huge factor in the return of calorie counting after World War II. And we saw the rise of meals in a can, which are still with us today.

Once in a while, the kids fly the coop and range about the city doing whatever kids do. In my case, that means that Chris is at his "other family's" house for dinner and the evening. (His girlfriend's mother is thinking of declaring him a dependent on their income tax return.) Judy is usually off to spend the night with a friend.

Sammy from Scotland is 38 years old, 5’ 10" tall, and has been following the Atkins program for six months. He began the Atkins program weighing at 15 stone, 13 pounds and had a waist size of 36/38. (A stone is 14 pounds, so Sammy weighed 223 pounds when he began low carbing.) Sammy currently weighs in at 12 stone, 10 pounds (178 pounds), and has slimmed down to a 32/34-inch waist. "I never set myself a goal weight. I decided to stop at my current weight as I thought I'd lost enough," Sammy told me.

We go to southeast Kansas, where most of my people are buried and where I spent a good deal of my childhood. To me, southeast Kansas is about joy and freedom and fields of ripening wheat to the horizon. It's about standing in a nearly abandoned cemetery in the silence of miles and miles of green rolling hills, and listening to the sound of God's voice in the wind, and the touch of His hand as it blows through your hair. It's also about Chicken Mary's.