Low Carb Does Not Mean No Carbs

In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were given everything they
needed to be healthy and happy. They had plenty of vegetables,
fruits, fish, and meats. The garden was a buffet of all you can
eat healthy foods.

Now when I say all you can eat, I am not talking about your
local pizza buffet or the greasy spoon buffet. I am talking
about an abundance of healthy carbs and lean meats.

Yes, they probably had potatoes but without a deep fryer or
butter and sour cream, those potatoes were not a problem. There
were no chocolate trees, no potato chip factories, no sweet soft
drinks, and definitely no ice cream.

They were provided with the nutrients that their bodies were
created to need and nothing more. Unfortunately, when they were
thrown out of the Garden, the road to unhealthy eating had
begun.

As with everything in history, as man progresses, he regresses.

The first warrior’s weapon of choice was a stone. Look how far
we have come from that stone that was used for the first murder.
Now we have bombs that can blow up whole countries.

Progress? — maybe not.

In terms of food, we have more choices than ever before in
history, but one truth has survived since the beginning of time.
If you consume more calories than you utilize, you will gain
weight. Every diet, no matter which one you look at, still runs
on this principal.

Eating a balanced diet of Adam and Eve’s fruits, vegetables, and
lean meat will allow anyone to lose weight.

Add exercise and you will lose more weight. Even a twenty minute
walk will help you lose weight. How many of you ride around a
parking lot five or ten minutes to find the closest parking
space rather than walk a few extra steps.

Don’t deny it; I know you are out there because I have seen you.

I have lived in the South my whole life. Yes, we love fried
foods, bountiful tables of food, and a good dessert and yes even
bread.

For centuries our Southern ancestors ate this way and created
our tradition of fabulous Southern cooking. We cooked our
vegetables in meat and couldn’t imagine a meal without biscuits
or cornbread. My grandmother cooked that way and to this day I
remember her meals. My mother cooked that way and I can still
taste her fried chicken.

The difference is that in those days people didn’t have to run
on a treadmill or use exercise equipment. Exercise came from
hard work. My mother picked cotton when she was young. My
grandmother never had inside plumbing. She worked hard all of
her life. She expended those calories she was eating by years of
cleaning, cooking from scratch, walking to the out house, using
a wringer washing machine, and carrying heavy pans of boiling
water for baths and dish washing.

Yes, in short they could eat what they wanted because they
expended more calories than they took in each day. Today, we
simply do not work as hard. With all of our appliances that make
work easier and non manual labor jobs, we simply cannot eat the
way our ancestors did. We can’t eat the fried everything, the
greasy vegetables, bread at every meal, and the desserts our
forbearers ate. Of course, we can, but we will pay the price by
gaining weight.

My blog is all about finding ways to eat healthy without feeling
deprived or hungry. I include recipes that I have created for my
husband and myself that follow the guidelines for low carb
eating but are delicious and easy to prepare.

I don’t know about you, but if a recipe has more than five
ingredients, I move on. Learning to stay home and cook simple,
delicious meals will also help you to stay away from restaurants
where the chef piles your plate with enough food for not only
you but the whole table.

Restaurants are definitely a place where you can eat low carb,
but take a look at the calorie count. When I did, I was
horrified. The slightly boring meal that I thought was low carb
and, therefore, low calorie was a disaster. I could have had
something really tasty for the calories contained in that
mediocre meal.

Low carb has become my life and I have never felt better or
healthier. Remember; when you have that desire for bad foods,
ask yourself what would Adam and Eve have done. On second
thought maybe that’s not such a good idea. It’s their fault we
have all these problems in the first place. If it weren’t for
them, we’d still be in the Garden of Eden eating the way we were
created to eat and we would all be slim as super models without
all the air brushing.

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