This Fat Black Chick » low carb http://www.thisfatblackchick.com Low Carb with a Touch of Soul... It's possible Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:39:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Let’s Get Cooking! http://www.thisfatblackchick.com/2009/09/04/recipes/ http://www.thisfatblackchick.com/2009/09/04/recipes/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:58:02 +0000 admin http://www.thisfatblackchick.com/?p=40 I LOVE TO COOK! I’ve baked my first cake from scratch at 7yrs old and spent every Sunday in the kitchen making the most delicious Soul Food meals my Big Moms & Aunt Ida could turn out. As I reached my teens you’d find me in the kitchen with my friends parents learning the different spices and cooking methods from my little “Rainbow Coalition” of friends as my brother called us. Next thing you knew Sunday dinners had Arroz Con Pollo, Eggplant Parm, Curry Chicken, & Beef with Broccoli Stir Fry. I was horrified when my doctor told me Low Carb was my new lifestyle!!!

After months of eating the most bland diet foods I crumbled and was quickly back to my normal eating habits. Well now I have to stay on for health reasons, but it surely won’t taste like before. I’ve found away to not give up the tastes I love.

In this section you will be able to find some great recipes that reflect my love of flavorful food. My meals reflect my love of Soul Food, Caribbean, Latin, Italian, and even Asian Cuisine.  You may not believe it but all of these recipes are Low Carb! You can use them on the Atkins Diet, South Beach Diet, a Low Glyemic Impact Diet, or any Low Carb Approach.

]]> http://www.thisfatblackchick.com/2009/09/04/recipes/feed/ 2 Why This Fat Black Chick??? http://www.thisfatblackchick.com/2009/09/03/why-this-fat-black-chick/ http://www.thisfatblackchick.com/2009/09/03/why-this-fat-black-chick/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:37:05 +0000 admin http://www.thisfatblackchick.com/?p=12 I ran into a brick wall online the other day. Yeah, I know IMPOSSIBLE! I was searching for a blog or website by a fat black chick like myself that was working on improving herself inside and out. Bam!!! Brick wall!!! The lovely Google genies failed me. I found lots of blogs and sites geared towards weight loss but time after time the face staring back did not reflect my own. Now I know that weight loss is rarely looked at from a racial perspective as far as approach, but I have learned it needs to be sometimes. For mainly one reason, the worse four letter word in regards to shedding pounds FOOD!!!

Growing up on fried chicken, collard greens, corn bread, mac & cheese, peach cobbler, and sweet tea makes dieting a bit hard. Our taste buds have been conditioned to love lots of flavor. Well NEWS FLASH: most diets are full of tasteless menus. BLAH!!! I want to see someone dieting without the torture of constant bland food. I want to see someone getting healthy not to be a size 4 but a shapely women proud of her curves. I want to see someone constantly learning and challenging who they are. Hell, I want to see ME!

Watch me tackle life and dun… dun… dun… LOW CARB!!! (my way of course)This Fat Black Chick

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