Healthy Diet at Home

What Can Halloween Traditions Teach Us About Ourselves? Halloween traditions have disintegrated for us.  Since we live in a basement apartment right now, we no longer have kids knocking on our front door, yelling, “Trick or Treat.” There's just silence. Up to this point in our lives, hubby would purchase enough Halloween candy to over-spill a huge popcorn bowl, kick back in his hefty easy chair, watch the History channel, and eagerly listen for the tiny patter of footsteps and chatter to make its way to the front porch and ring the doorbell. Each year, however, that pattering and chatter has grown more distant, until last year – when Halloween totally evaporated into the nothing. Now, instead of a dozen kids bringing a smile to hubby's face on Halloween night, there is just us. October 31st will be like any other night now. Halloween traditions will probably be rekindled once we move to Texas, where our granddaughter lives, but for right now, they are simmerin...

Worried About Whether You're in Ketosis or Not? How do you know if your body is in ketosis? I have been getting quite a few emails and comments lately from people who have been asking me exactly that: “How do I know if I am in ketosis?” After a bit of discussion back and forth, the conversation usually reveals that: 1) The ketone strips that Dr. Atkins recommended are only turning pink; and/or 2) They are not losing much weight. For that reason, many people believe they are not in ketosis. Since both of these ideas show a disconnect between: the purpose of ketosis weight loss and low-carb diets I went searching through the archives to see what I had already written. During that search, I found this old post on how to tell if you are in ketosis. Originally, it was written back in 2012. It contained a bulleted list of symptoms that could help you know if you are in ketosis. It also explained what you can do to ease the symptoms and make yourself more comfortable while going through t...