Several years ago my wife and I decided that we should both lose some weight. At the time of our decision to take on the weight loss territory, low carb diets were all the rage. I have battled weight gain my whole life, but my wife has only started to add a few pounds as she approaches middle age. I thought it may be beneficial to go on a diet with the person I live with. Maybe this time I would keep my focus and stay on track.
We both enjoy protein foods so we decided to give the low carb diet a try. We decided we were not interested in counting calories or exchanging points — things that are required with other diets. Consuming meats, eggs, cheese and green vegetables would be cake, so to speak.
We purchased a book on low carb diets written by Dr Atkins
For breakfast we ate eggs: fried, boiled or poached. For lunch we would usually have a chef salad with ranch dressing and for dinner we would have fish, poultry, beef or pork with green leafy vegetables and steamed green vegetables. We discovered the delight of having different types of cheese for dessert.
In the Atkins book there are several recipes. My wife made the low carbohydrate cheese cake and we both loved it. We also discovered some flat bread that was low in carbohydrates and high in fiber — perfect with our dessert cheeses.
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