07. How Did I Get Here? Dana Carpender’s Journey of 29 Years on Low-Carb

CarbSmart Podcast Episode 7How Did I Get Here? Dana Carpender’s Journey of 29 Years on Low-CarbYou read her articles, you buy her cookbooks, you make her recipes, now you can listen to her CarbSmart Podcast! In the episode, Dana Carpender describes her Journey of 29 Years on her healthy Low-Carb lifestyle. Explore her ups and downs to becoming a Low-Carb author & guru.Want to know how a girl who stole to support her sugar habit turned into a hardcore nutrition buff who has made her career writing about nutrition?How I got here by Dana CarpenderMy carb addiction started early, and so did other problems. I started seeing a shrink when I was 11. I also already had an unhealthy relationship with sugar. At Girl Scout meetings, I always went back to grab more cookies before I’d finish the first handful. I was afraid they’d run out.Note, I am now eligible for Social Security, and they’re still making Oreos. That scarcity mentality was strange. I was the weird kid. Super bright, unmotivated, compulsively talkative, overweight. My social skills were, shall we say, lacking. All of this inspired my parents to turn to a psychologist when I was 11.My mom and I joined Weight Watchers that same year. It’s worth noting that the original Weight Watchers program was generous with lean protein but limited carbs quite sharply. For the youth program, a few slices of bread a day with no alternatives such as rice, potatoes, or pasta, and one-half cup of higher carb vegetables per day, non-starchy vegetables were unlimited.It was the common wisdom of the time that if you wanted to lose weight, you gave up potatoes, spaghetti, bread, and sweets. I did lose weight on that plan, but at that age, the notion of a permanent change in eating habits wasn’t within my grasp.Then came the Atkins Diet.When I was 13, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution first hit the market.Links and Show NotesWebsite CarbSmart.comhttps://CarbSmart.comFind Hundreds of Articles and Delicious and Easy-to-Make Low-Carb Recipes by Dana Carpenderhttps://www.carbsmart.com/author/danaShow NotesHow Did I Get Here? Dana Carpender’s Journey of 29 Years on Low-Carb – CarbSmart Podcast Episode 7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.