by Mary Carver | Jun 25, 2012 | My Life
When I decided to eat low carb for a while, I was surprised by a) how good it felt to follow that diet plan and b) how well it worked for weight loss. In just a few weeks, I lost 10 pounds. Then my brother-in-law died. And I started a new job. Life just got crazy in...
by Mary Carver | Jun 6, 2012 | My Life
It’s true. My inner voice – the one I hear in my head nearly every waking minute of my day? She can be a total jerk . . . and sometimes she sounds a lot like Joan Jett. Or a lot like what I would sound like singing Joan Jett. See, somewhere along my...
by Mary Carver | May 3, 2012 | My Life
When I started my low-carb adventure last month, I had high hopes of dropping huge amounts of weight in a short amount of time. I should know better, but I really envisioned a much slimmer me shopping for a brand-new swimsuit – and even wearing it in public...
by Mary Carver | Mar 19, 2012 | My Life
I’m not going to beat around the bush here. I really want to say that the scale is a fickle bitch. But I don’t usually swear here, so I hesitated to express my true feelings. When I weighed in this morning and gained a pound and a half instead of losing...
by Mary Carver | Mar 8, 2012 | My Life
You know what’s a pain? Pulling grapes off the stems. I mean, a bunch of grapes just has so many stems! And sometimes, I try to be a hero and pull off three at once . . . and you know what happens? I get grapes with tiny stems in my mouth. The good news is...
