Carbquik Pancakes

Again, real pictures, no doctoring up. I made these straight off of the box. I used coconut oil to fry in. As in regular pancakes the first ones turned out kind of greasy but the rest were sort of "strange" looking. I thought they tasted fine. My husband noted the crunchy ones tasted like "pancake dust". LOL With sugar free syrup they were a fair substitute. I'm still going to look for a "real" texture. These would be VERY band friendly as they were a bit on the flat crunchier side!


2 cups carbquik - LC Baking Mix
1/8 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup water
1 stick butter, melted
1/8 cup water

Stir together and cook following directions on the box.

Made 8 pancakes - 1 pancake:

Calories: 234 (a little on the high side for me)
Fat: 20
S. Fat: 10
Carbs: 20
Fiber: 16
Protein: 8

Cream Cheese Crockpot Chicken

Cream Cheese Crockpot Chicken

This is a creamy delicious dish that even your non-low-carb friends (isn't that about everyone we know! LOL) will love. We serve it over a very SMALL amount of Dreamfields pasta (like 2oz of cooked pasta).


4 each Chicken Breast - skinless boneless
3 each Chicken Thighs - bone-in with skin (my hubby LOVES the skin)
2 tablespoons butter
1 package Italian Dressing Mix - Good Seasons
7 ounces chopped onions, frozen
14 ounces condensed cream of mushroom soup
8 ounces lowfat cream cheese
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 dash salt
1 dash pepper


1. Brush chicken with butter and sprinkle with the dry Italian seasoning mix/ (I did two layers in my crockpot to make sure that the Italian seasoning got on all the chicken and not just those pieces on top.) Do this on both sides.

2. Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or cook on high for 3-4 hrs.

3. About 45 minutes before done, brown the onion in the butter and then add the cream cheese, soup, and chicken broth to the saucepan. Add the crushed garlic and stir all ingredients until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.

4. Drain some of the liquid in the crockpot (about half) and pour sauce mixture over chicken and cook an additional 30-45 minutes.

5. Remove chicken to platter and stir sauce before ladling some over the chicken and serving the rest in a gravy boat. Serve over faux rice or LC pasta.

For 4oz of meat and 1/4 cup of sauce:

Calories: 307
Fat: 21
S. Fat: 8
Carbs: 6
Fiber: Trace
Protein: 26gms

LC Food Review - VitaMuffin Vita Tops - Banana Nut

As I mentioned in the Post about the Chocolate Tops - these are pricey ($18.00 for 1 dozen). They are 2oz in size. They also contain Malitol, but that does not seem to affect me. They are only 6 carbs per muffin. They also contain NO soy.

As for the Review:

I also toasted these in the Toaster Oven and can I saw: WOW - they were LOADED with walnuts on the top and the toaster oven, toasted them up BEAUTIFULLY and gave the nuts such a great "toasted" taste.

Ease of Use: Again, if you can use your toaster oven, then I'd give them a 10.

Taste: These are GREAT. Very banana flavored and if you miss bananas, these are a nice substitute. I'd give these a 7 for flavor.

Band Friendly: Well, if you can't eat bread, don't try these. They are afterall a MUFFIN top. I don't wear my band too tight, so I can have these on "most" mornings and every evening (not that I do - they are an occasional treat). So I'd give them a 2 for band friendliness.

You can buy these here:

Vitalicious Low-Carb Muffin Tops

Big Week for My Daughter & I - Suppliment Adjustments

This was a HUGE week for both my daughter and I. She has managed to lose 41lbs now and has hit the milestone of going UNDER 200lbs. She was delighted and I couldn't be prouder of her. I got to thinking how hard it is for ANYONE to lose 41lbs, but for a teenager to do it is nothing short of amazing.

The best part of it, is that she's "not starving herself" and really doesn't see herself as dieting. She is just eating "good food" and making sure she's not eating unless she's hungry and eating til satisified. WOW - how smart is that??

I have also broken through some sort of wall and managed to lose 3lbs this week. After a week of gaining 2lbs. I do believe that gain was PMS gain - which is odd as I shouldn't technically have PMS as I'm on the "pill". But that old PCOS reared it's ugly head and had it's way with me last week. So in the midst of my "cycle" I LOST 3lbs. How weird is that? I'm also down another pound since then, so next week looks good as well.

I did change up a few things this week. I'm still eating on average 1400 calories a day and under 40 carbs a day AFTER subtracting fiber and sugar alcohols (but I'd like to add I eat VERY little sugar alcohols because I try to keep things as clean as possible). I have added back the Glucophage I quit taking when I first started low-carbing as it was making me so sick to my stomach I was almost vomiting (a big no-no for lapbanders as it can cause slippage of our bands, which most of the time means going back under to the knife for a small repair). I also have added the following suppliments after looking up good ones, that Dr. Atkins recommends for those of us who are VERY metabolically challenged (the first group is what Dr. Atkins recommends and at the amount her recommends and the second group are some additional supliments I've added as well):

Chromium Picolinate - 1000mcg
L-Carnitine - 1500mg
CoQ10 - 100mg

Flax - 1000mg
Fish Oil - 1000mg
Krill Oil - 1000mg (for the anti-inflamatory properties - I hope to get off the daily Naproxen Sodium for the Fibromyalgia)

I used to take the Flax and Fish Oil before my band, but was worried they'd be too big. I've had no trouble taking them.

I can't say why I've dropped weight, but I have and I'm delighted. I'll continue taking these suppliments as long as I can.

CBS News Reports that the Fight Against Childhood Obesity is FAILING

The government has spent over $1 billion dollars on changing how schoolage children are eating and the results are NOT GOOD.

Dancing fruits and veggies, paying kids to eat them and even the kids who are "following" this new program is NOT working.

Dr. Tom Baranowski, a pediatrics professor at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine who studies behavioral nutrition, says..."Any person looking at the published literature about these programs would have to conclude that they are generally not working".

Here is the complete article:

Fight Against Childhood Obesity is NOT WORKING.

Caveman Diet 'Combats Diabetes'

My husband is pre-diabetic/Insulin Resistant so I was so excited to read this article here:

Caveman Diet 'Combats Diabetes'

In short it refers to Swedish research shows a "paleolithic" diet is considerably more effective than the popular Mediterranean diet in reducing blood sugar levels. The main difference in the diet was a much lower consumption of grains and dairy and a higher consumption of fruits on the paleolithic diet. This diet mainly consists of lean meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, root vegetables and nuts....hmmm, sounds familiar??

Go and read this short article for yet another research study showing how well this lifestyle can affect your health!!

Childhood Obesity - Tell Them Where It's At - Even if We Hurt Them

I am so saddened to see that "a committee of medical experts" are agreeing that we need to compound the self-loathing & humiliation that kids & teens who are fat already have by not "soft pedaling" that they are really really fat and just tell them like it is. That they need to lose weight. Read here:

Doctors urged to quit softpedaling obesity


I wonder if they really think these kids/teens are so stupid to not already know that they need to lose weight; maybe it's the comments they get from other kids or even their own parents trying to put them on another diet. Now they want DOCTORS to tell them that they're fat, just in case they didn't already know.

I get so tired of hearing "just eat less and move more", like it's really going to help some of these kids. When will they start testing kids further and finding out what's really going on with a child/teen?

I know that me pushing the doctors to test my daughter for Insulin Resistance/PCOS was the turning point in her weight loss and overall improved health. Guess what, she didn't eat loads of garbage food and lay around all day. She had some super high insulin problems that made it nearly impossible for her to lose weight and even caused WEIGHT GAIN (sounds familiar to ME). Once that MEDICAL ISSUE was addressed, she continued to eat til satisfied, lowered her carbs (as advised by our physician - because the Insulin Resistance makes you far more sensitive to them) and the weight has been melting off of her. Hmmmm, imagine that?

Then to add insult to injury, they want to put them on a low-fat high carb diet that clearly is not the most effective diet for insulin resistance.

Diabetes Health - Low-Carb is Alive and Well

So what happens if the UK and the US follows and starts taking kids away from their parents for the "neglect" of having an fat kid? Yep, that's definately being considered. Here's an article that talks about what the UK is considering:

Doctors: "Put obese kids in Care"

And the US has a whole other "plan of action" - if the FORCED diet, exercise and life control doesn't work, they will even consider WLS SURGERY on Children. Here are a few links to a few of my favorite blogs explaining what the US would like to "do for our overweight children"

Doctors — forced into becoming lifestyle police

Only the Finest Propaganda will Solve Childhood Obesity

This is scary, because if my insulin resistant daughter were forced to go on a low-fat diet, she'd most likely GAIN weight. Yep, I said it, and I KNOW it's true. Plus she knows way too much now and would be dangerous to argue without about what she should and should not be eating! LOL