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thebionicbroad

Wildomar, California
I am the LA Low-carb Examiner at Examiner.com, a Lap-band patient, a low-carb lifestyle proponent,... Full Bio
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80% sat fat/ 15% protein/ 5% carb by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating My apologies to Flowerdew and Cathy, for being so slow to respond to comments. Maybe it's my advancing age and decrepitude, but time seems to fly, along with my attention span ... Read on »
I'm finally crawling out from un ... by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I'm finally crawling out from under a pile of graded papers to post and let you know that I'm still here. Why couldn't I have taught something other than English? Harrumph.As ... Read on »
Coffee, cookies, and thou... by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Everyone is out doing something on this fine Saturday morning. Best Half and Eldest Son are at a Practice SAT (PSAT) session, and Youngest Son is at a church camp-out. I am, o ... Read on »
6-week Cure: An update by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating It works. It really works.I'm ashamed to say that, after last year'shealth fiasco,I gained about five pounds after getting out of the hospital. Then, vacation, and I was up an ... Read on »
Book review: Curing my middle-aged middle by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I finally understand. For those of you who follow this blog and my articles atExaminer.com, you know that I have been a faithful Atkins-eer, on and off, for three decades. My ... Read on »
A Pizza Heaven by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Before I took control of my health, my idea of heaven on Earth would've been a deep-dish pizza large enough to accommodate a diving board. One, two, and splash, mouth-first, i ... Read on »
A Pizza Heaven by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Before I took control of my health, my idea of heaven on Earth would've been a deep-dish pizza large enough to accommodate a diving board. One, two, and splash, mouth-first, i ... Read on »
Potluck Problem by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating And so it begins...School starts next week (finally) in my dinosaur of a district, and our first day of professional development is on Tuesday. Because of budget constraints, ... Read on »
Potluck Problem by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating And so it begins...School starts next week (finally) in my dinosaur of a district, and our first day of professional development is on Tuesday. Because of budget constraints, ... Read on »
The Reality Behind the Blog by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I borrowed this fromBig Daddy D's LowCarbohydrate.BlogSpot.com, a blog I depend on for inspiration and good cookin'. If I were (naturally) blonde, this would be me. The Bionic ... Read on »
The Reality Behind the Blog by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I borrowed this fromBig Daddy D's LowCarbohydrate.BlogSpot.com, a blog I depend on for inspiration and good cookin'. If I were (naturally) blonde, this would be me. The Bionic ... Read on »
Bone of Contention by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating One of the arguments I hear most often concerning the low-carb lifestyle is how it's hurting my bones. Along with the "exploding kidneys" myth, and the "sky-high cholesterol" ... Read on »
Bone of Contention by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating One of the arguments I hear most often concerning the low-carb lifestyle is how it's hurting my bones. Along with the "exploding kidneys" myth, and the "sky-high cholesterol" ... Read on »
Revenge is Sweet and Sugar-free by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I made my doctor eat crow, and I'm still doing a Snoopy dance about it.Some of you remembermy post about my doctor, who is not exactly my biggest supporter when it comes to th ... Read on »
Chinny Whiskers and Chili Rellenos by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I just posted an article onExaminer.comabout a new study that links rising testosterone levels in menopausal and post-menopausal women and that dreaded belly bulge. As if we d ... Read on »
Breath of Life, Doughnuts of Death by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I have decided to stop breathing oxygen. In fact, I'm only going to breathe oxygen when I'm feeling bad and need to make a change in my breathing pattern. Otherwise, I'm going ... Read on »
My eyes! by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Woo hoo! We're finally back off of vacation. We traveled by car almost the entire length of California, and as far north as Seattle and Port Townsend, Washington. My buttocks ... Read on »
Living on borrowed time? by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Is there anybody else out there besides me who is wigged out to read yet another obituary of someone who is barely into his 50s? What happened to the "50 is the new 30" schmal ... Read on »
Virtual pub crawl: Scotch eggs by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating There comes a time in every low-carber's life where just the idea of eating one more fried egg or piece of bacon is enough to turn us into tower snipers. I knew that if I didn ... Read on »
Back from the "Dead" by thebionicbroad Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Woo hoo! School is finally out, and I had no idea just how much damage stress was doing to my low-carb lifestyle. Up at 4 am, with a 40-mile drive to work, classes full of mos ... Read on »