New to the board!

[Carol]

Hi....I'm Carol from Kamloops , B.C.
Found your board the other day & was pleased as there are no Canadians on any of the other boards I visit.I'm a returnee to low carb and hope this time I can make it work! I'm doing PPP!
I posted some recipes on your recipe board!
Carol

[tamarian]

Welcome Carol, I think we now have a few members from Kamloops, enough for another coffee club :)

And thanks for the recipes!

Wa'il

[Carol]

...for the welcome!
I'm looking forward to getting to know the Kamloops girls and everyone else here! I am a regular poster at Barbo's Diet Kitchen where we support any healthy eating plan.There are probably close to 1800 recipes in her archives, many posted by me but not tested by me!!:)Here is her board addy and once there just click on the gold Archives box.Lots of good recipes! A new one was posted for Tami's French Toast and it is incredible...you have to see the ingredients!!

http://www.laguna2001.com/barbo/index.pl

Hope to see you there!!
Carol

[Sharon]

Thanks for the recipes...and website. I'm constantly trying new recipes.

Welcome, hope to see you around lots.

[Robin]

Just wanted to say Hi to all the new people. I don't post as often as I should.

My hubby and me hail from Winnipeg and we have a small little low carb group that gets together occasionally. Trying to set up a coffee nite right now. It's hard to believe that in this connected world of the Internet and a city this size that there are only five or six of us doing low carb!

Have a good day everybody.

Robin

[LCSue]

Hi to Carol and Robin! Glad to meet you! The more the merrier as they say ...

[atomhockeymomm]

Hi Carol....I was going to ask you if you were the Carol from Barbos board, and then I read in your second post that you were. I have all your recipes from the other board and they people here at this Canadian board are in for a real treat!!!

Stephanie

[Carol]

Thanks for the welcome Stephanie and everyone else!
I have been with Barbo's board for over two years and before that I was at the Low Carb Cafe! I haven't posted for awhile as I was testing WW again to see if going back to wheat products would flare up my headaches and joint pain.Well......it did so I'm officially back on low carb.I always feel so much healthier on low carb and plan now to make this my WOE for life.
I have converted a wonderful bran muffin recipe to low carb and Iplan to rest it tomorrow...if it's a sucess I will post the recipe.It will make 24.

Carol

[lizzy38]

HI: I'm Liz and new to the board. My daughter (number one Wendy)got me interested in the low carb. I'm still reading the books I have such as Dr. Atkins and Living Low Carb. I haven't started the two week woe of eating yet as I have concerns regarding it, especially the high fat foods with saturated fats. My cholestral is great but my husband had a bypass operation last yr. and I am very concerned about the high fat foods it mentions. Cholestrol is a big issue when it comes to him. Most of this is confusing as I have the right (HDL) that my system makes but he has (LDL) and it runs in his family. All his uncles and his Father has passed away now. I want to be able to make the same meals for both of us, not two different meals. I would like to keep a very low chlosteral count in my recipes. Sorry to go on and on but would like to hear from anyone with these concerns or if you have any feedback on this.

[numberonewendy]

Hey Lizzy (Mom),

Good for you, you posted! I knew you could do it. Great support here Mom so don't be afraid to post any questions you have. Naturally I'm not able to help you much as I am learning right along with you :)

I"m replying to your post to show you how it comes in your email.

Love, Wendy

[numberonewendy]

Hi Carol,

Welcome aboard. I too am pretty new. Look forward to sharing this experience with you :)

Wendy

[numberonewendy]

Oh my, missed you Robin,

Yep I'm one of the newbies. Good to meet you. How long have you being doing this woe?

Keep posting Robin, we newbies need all the help we can get...lol. And truly appreciate it :)

Wendy

[Liz]

Atkins claims even though his diet is high fat, his patients end up with lower cholesterol because of metabolic aspects of ketosis. I've been on induction 9 weeks, eating the usual lots of meat on this woe, and lots of high fat cheeses, heavy cream etc. (or at least way more than I normally would have eaten of saturated fats). I asked my own doc about the risk, so he's sent me for blood tests to see if my previously normal cholesterol counts have gone up. I'll let you know when I get results.

[tamarian]

Originally posted by lizzy38
HI: I'm Liz and new to the board. My daughter (number one Wendy)got me interested in the low carb. I'm still reading the books I have such as Dr. Atkins and Living Low Carb. I haven't started the two week woe of eating yet as I have concerns regarding it, especially the high fat foods with saturated fats. My cholestral is great but my husband had a bypass operation last yr. and I am very concerned about the high fat foods it mentions. Cholestrol is a big issue when it comes to him. Most of this is confusing as I have the right (HDL) that my system makes but he has (LDL) and it runs in his family. All his uncles and his Father has passed away now. I want to be able to make the same meals for both of us, not two different meals. I would like to keep a very low chlosteral count in my recipes. Sorry to go on and on but would like to hear from anyone with these concerns or if you have any feedback on this.


Hi Liz,

Nice to have family on board! :)

You're doing it the right way, by reading first and making sure it's right for YOU.

Some people who have cholestrol problems still follow a low-carb diet, while maintaining a low-fat diet at the same time.

Keep us posted on your progress!

Wa'il

[numberonewendy]

Hey wa'l,

Your reply came to my email...lol...thought it would go to my mom's? Nothing has been sent to her, strange eh?

Oh well, thought I would get my Mother on this board so that she can have answers to her questions?

Sure hope you all can help her out.

Wendy

[tamarian]

Hi Wendy,

You mean the "notification" email? This usually goes to anyone who clicked on the "Email Notification" option when posting a message. It's pretty handy for those who want to know when there's a new post to a topic/thread they follwo, and can be turned off as well in the "Profile" options.

It's really cool to have your mom on board! :)

Wa'il

[doreen T]

Welcome aboard. I can understand your concerns about blood lipids and the connection with saturated fats. Liz, that connection is a myth, propagated by the same folks who tell us we need to eat more lowFAT foods and yet we are getting fatter, and more and more diabetes and in young kids too. I could go on and on, but I confess to you my brain is fading at the moment from exhaustion. However, I will leave you with some thoughts.

1. All of my paternal relatives have died due to heart disease and cholesterol problems, except one aunt, and she is diabetic and has angina. Three years ago, my brother, then 46, had a massive heart attack, and underwent emergency quadruple bypass. He had no history of heart problem or angina, but had high blood pressure and a constant yo-yo battle with obesity since his twenties. Anyway, he followed lowFAT religiously, and took Lipitor. By last August, he weighed more than before the heart attack, and his cholesterol had skyrocketed to 9. I'm sure you know the cost of Lipitor, $400 a month at least. He was terrified that what happened to our dad was going to happen to him. So, he figured he had absolutely nothing to lose, and told his cardiologist he was stopping the Lipitor, and starting the ATkins diet. In 4 months, he lost 30 lbs, and his cholesterol dropped to 6. His triglycerides improved also. His cardiologist has documented my brothers case, and is using lowcarb diet and niacin to treat some other patients as well.

2. If you click here (http://www.lowcarber.org/forum/showthread.php?threadid=483) , it will take you to a post from another member who has corrected her cholesterol with lowcarb.

3. Click on The Cholesterol Myths (http://home.swipnet.se/~w-25775/), by Dr Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD. It's a real eye opener.

Anyway, nice to say hello to you. Take care, all the best to you with your new WOE, and all the best to your hubby too. Look forward to hearing of your success....:)

Doreen

[tamarian]

Doreen's reply reminded of a great old post on this issue (fat/cholestrol):

http://www.lowcarber.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=269

[numberonewendy]

Hey Wa'l,

Yep I know that and I helped my Mom through the whole register thing ma jig too...lol.

She isn't getting any emails from here when someone posts and this surprised me? I am, but not her, she didn't even get my reply :(

Wendy so wanted to show her how things operate...lol

Thanks Wa'l :)

Ok, now's the time to ask, feel like we're friends now...hehehe..or will be, what in heavens name is Wa'l?
Is Wendy pulling another dumb dumb or what? LOL

Wendy

[numberonewendy]

Gosh,

Doreen, I was really pleased that you replied to my Mother, she is truly doubting things due to her worry naturally, and Wendy here is just learning like her! I was finally able to get her here :)

Hey Wa'l,

Gotta love Doreen :) She is just full of information, I want to bring her home! :)

Oops, don't get me wrong, your all full of information! Got to like having an RN aboard too though :) I do believe we have another RN here too...Tina I think?

Wendy :)

[tamarian]

Originally posted by numberonewendy
She isn't getting any emails from here when someone posts and this surprised me? I am, but not her, she didn't even get my reply :(


This is probably because she didn't click on the "Notify me" button. This can be set to yes by default by changing the option in the profile as well.

Ok, now's the time to ask, feel like we're friends now...hehehe..or will be, what in heavens name is Wa'l?


Beleive it or not, it's my name. Quite a common name in the middle east :) Unlike "Tamarian Shepherd" which I use for the internet nickname, from startrek "Darmok" episode.

[numberonewendy]

No kidding...oops....figures Wendy has to ask something like that...LOL..

Doesn't surprise me though...LOL

Take care Wa'l ,

Better head up to bed now, way past my bedtime....

Wendy

I love this board, bunch of great people here :)

[lizzy38]

To all who responded I am very grateful:

Thank you for all the information you have given me. Hoping to share more with you as soon as possible. Still reading and trying to absorb all of it.

[cookicrumb]

Hi, this is my first post.....(hi Carol, I'm from Manitoba). Well, I have lost 106 pounds since May 2004, with a low carb diet. I have 28 more to go to reach my goal weight. I started by omitting white flour products and all sugar. I then started to only eat my complex carbs in the form of vegetables and the occasional fruit. I'll eat a whole wheat product once every 4 weeks or so....other than that, I stick with chicken, fish and veggies. The weight has come flying off finally. I also go to Curves 5 times a week and walk between 3-5 miles a day. I of course take a calcium supp. and a multivitamin every day. Well, thats my story! Glad to have found the board.

[MissScruff]

I hope you get this post! Click on the link and follow the directions to open a Journal! http://forum.lowcarber.org/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=36

Let me know if you have any problems. It might be kind of hard for anyone to find you in this thread so the Journal is the thing to set up!!!