I have talked about my success following the Atkins lifestyle before, but I wanted to touch on it a little more in this week’s column.
I have basically lost an entire person, going from 275 pounds and a size 24W to a size 8 wearing small and medium tops. I was considered pre-diabetic and suffered from high blood pressure before I found this way of life. I tell people often that Atkins literally saved my life ... because it frankly did. I was overweight and just a very unhappy person. Atkins gave me my life back and I will forever be thankful for this company.
I flew to Denver two years ago to shoot promos for their website talking about my success story. Atkins told her public relations firm in New York about my success and I’ve been contacted by two different magazines to feature me and my weight loss in upcoming publications.
I had my first phone interview with one of the magazines last Thursday, Fit for Women. This magazine interests me because it is geared more towards older women looking for suggestions on how to lose weight. My friends get tired of me talking about my love of living the low-carb lifestyle, but I honestly do that so I can help someone. If I can just help one person not feel like I used to then I feel like I’ve accomplished something.
Anyway the interview with Fit for Women went well. I’ll keep everyone updated on when that feature will appear.
Let’s talk about this weath er for a minute. I don’t know about you but I have been burning up. I hate cooking in the kitchen when it’s 100 degrees. It just takes hours for the kitchen to cool down. That’s probably why I love grilling as much as I do. It keeps the house cool and clean-up is so much easier.
This recipe is for low-carb Greek chicken foil packets. You start by cutting two red peppers and four chicken breasts into lengthwise strips while you heat the grill to medium-high (you’ll turn it down when you put the packets on the grill). Make double thick pieces of foil and spray with nonstick spray. Then put some red pepper strips, drizzle a little olive oil, season with salt and pepper and Greek seasoning and sprinkle with a generous amount of Feta.
Carefully fold up the packets so they’re not too tight, turn down ...
