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Check out my new style! I'm loving it. I like the simplicity of the black text against white background but I also adore the whimsy from the font I used.

New Page
Check out the new page I created to thank all the people who kept me from going insane this past year. I don't even wanna know where I'd be now without these people... probably 50 pounds heavier. I don't even wanna imagine that! So thank you! Thank you!

More Updates
We are in the middle of moving to a new apartment. It is smaller but closer to places like grocery stores, pharmacy, church, etc. so life has been a little crazy around here. We've been packing and moving stuff.

How can two people accumulate so much stuff in less than two years, you ask? I honestly have no idea. But here we are with two fridges, a standing fridge, dining set that can sit six people, a couch, two footstools, two wardrobes, a recliner, a HUGE generator set... it goes on and on.

Moving day is less than 48 hours away. Wish us luck.

Eating low carb has been a challenge with the move, by the way. Tonight I had to cook eggs with sour cream and cheese using a plastic fork to move the eggs around while they cooked. I packed away all our cooking utensils including knives. Thank God for plastic forks. Thank God for take out.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend and here's to an awesome week ahead!

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health:



The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 4,400 times in 2010. That's about 11 full 747s.

 

In 2010, there were 51 new posts, not bad for the first year! There were 132 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 71mb. That's about 3 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was October 31st with 167 views. The most popular post that day was SugarFreeSheila's Amazing Induction Friendly Pancakes.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were lowcarbfriends.com, lowcarbpinay.blogspot.com, lusciouslowcarb.blogspot.com, networkedblogs.com, and facebook.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for low carb peanut butter pie, low carb pinay, deep fried bacon wrapped scallops, low carb pie recipes, and crustless peanut butter pie.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

SugarFreeSheila's Amazing Induction Friendly Pancakes April 2010
12 comments

2

Crustless Peanut Butter Pie November 2010
10 comments

3

About Low Carb Pinay October 2010
2 comments

4

OMG It's OMM! September 2010
1 comment

5

Weighing In October 2010

 

Here's to a better 2011 and more lost pounds AND exercise! What's your resolution?

The Essential Flax

When one begins a low carb journey, one comes face to face with words or terms that one never knew existed. "Ketosis". "Stevia". "Critical Carbohydrate Limit". "Induction". "Flax." If you mention any of these to someone who's not on a low carb diet, you might get a blank stare. I would have to admit that before doing Atkins I've never heard of any of these words including flax.

But the more I read about flax, about its benefits and how using it as in ingredient can make something akin to bread, the more I wanted it. So I did what anyone would do, Google it. I looked into buying it from the US but the shipping cost alone would be more than the price of the flax itself. Then I stumbled onto FlaxAsia where more benefits of flax are posted and most of all the company is based right here in the Philippines! It's more convenient and definitely cheaper to get flax from them.

Flax is not just for low carbers like myself but it also helps in lowering blood sugar and preventing heart disease. I strongly suggest you visit their site to read all about the numerous benefits from this highly nutritious plant. The good people at FlaxAsia sent me a sample of their product complete with reading material that would further educate me about The Essential Flax. I received the package yesterday and I have already made three different variations of a low carb recipe using flax. I will post these recipes in a little bit but because I am a tease, here are a couple pictures of what I've made so far.


Cheeseburger with Flax Seed Bun: Look ma! I can hold my burger now! No need for fork and knife!


Cinnamon Flax Seed Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting

Didn't those pictures make you drool just a little bit? The best thing about flax is it's okay for Induction and helps in "regularity". Now, I have a secret I want to share. For both those recipes, I did not use any flour. Not even a little bit!

But don't fret. I will have separate entries for both recipes but let me just reiterate how wonderful flax is and how I am so amazed by the taste and texture. This is the closest to "real bread" I've ever been. Thanks to the wonderful people at FlaxAsia and I will be ordering more soon as my bag is already half gone!

I Rise From Laziness

Hello to those who still drop by. I haven't updated my blog in so long. I apologize. As usual, real life has a way of derailing well... real life. I got a job, got tired of the job, quit the job and found another one. Went to Singapore and had an awesome time but also ate off plan. Went back to Induction but couldn't handle it. Now eating low carb and still hating my scale.

I hope to update this blog soon with more recipes and food porn pics :) Thanks and have a great day!

Soon...

I've been feeling under the weather lately and haven't cooked much but I'm going to make a big batch of SugarFreeSheila's pancake recipe tomorrow. I will take step-by-step pics (if my camera cooperates) and post it here. I really love this recipe because it's so easy to make, few ingredients and so delicious.

Watch out for it!