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@ProCoffeenator You sound pretty stressed out right now... There are two rules that should be observed in the holiday season. 1- Don't sweat the small stuff!! 2- It's all small stuff.
You have goals and this is a marathon, not a sprint... cut yourself some slack and make sure your loved ones (including YOURSELF) feel loved and appreciated. Look inside and try to appreciate how things will work out, even if your laundry basket overflows or whatever your pet peeve is.
I am thankful that you are keeping up with this thread; You have done a fantastic job, and I appreciate your honesty, your enthusiasm in working for better health and the fact that you are raising a family and nurturing others' children. Brava!!5 -
@canadjineh I hope all went well with the surgery. Do you have to stay off it for a while? I have foot surgery in my future , again, next year.0
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Agreeing with kmn118, WTG ProCoffeenator! Less stress is important for all of us. Let go of the small stuff. It can wait.
@Jan93L I am to use it as much as possible... it is weight bearing fine for me and flexion/extension is not too shabby, but needs work on inversion/eversion (mainly due to pulling on the stitches, and the fact that the 'worksite' is underlying those muscles/tendons necessary for that kind of movement). Top of foot and outer ankle area are tender to touch though - the bruising in the photo shows where they 'clamped' me down to drill out the metal.
I am lucky in that I do great with general anesthetic, quick recovery, no nausea/tummy upset, nothing.
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@canadjineh I have a foot deformity called tarsus varus. Big toe goes out sideways like a thumb. Also fallen arch, heel needs repair. Broke a bone in that foot at some point, too. Still functional but often painful. Just no time right now to get it fixed. Next summer maybe.0
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@ProCoffeenator You sound pretty stressed out right now... There are two rules that should be observed in the holiday season. 1- Don't sweat the small stuff!! 2- It's all small stuff.
You have goals and this is a marathon, not a sprint... cut yourself some slack and make sure your loved ones (including YOURSELF) feel loved and appreciated. Look inside and try to appreciate how things will work out, even if your laundry basket overflows or whatever your pet peeve is.
I am thankful that you are keeping up with this thread; You have done a fantastic job, and I appreciate your honesty, your enthusiasm in working for better health and the fact that you are raising a family and nurturing others' children. Brava!!
Thanks guys!
I had to leave work early for my son who woke up sick. When I left for work he was running a fever that wouldn't quit even with meds! My boss pulled some strings and got me out by 9 am to go take care of him and get him to the doctors!
Being home for this extra day seemed to calm things down here as well. So, not sweating it! Going to keep calm and carry on... or and Keto on too!2 -
Happy Tuesday all! Been a while since I checked in here now. Had a busy weekend, introduced my cat to my partners cat and apart from some growling and a small fight they got on well for a full three days which was just awesome. Such a relief.
Been working from home the past few days which has been awesome, but a really busy day today, so have managed under 1K steps today! Yes it is true, pitiful I know, but I literally got the laptop out, sat down and zoned out. But I have bought my first Christmas present now!0 -
canadjineh wrote: »Congrats to everyone for muddling through this past week.... this is what I've been up to since Monday:
That and a stupid head cold on top of things. I have not been Keto or even that low in carbs... keepin' it pretty well under 50 or so though. A couple of Hot Split Pea Soup meals, some popcorn, 3 bananas (
), etc. So far no weight gain and the plus of no constipation - just normal pooping for a change, lol. Keto under 25 screws with my bowels, there is no way around it 
Sorry... TMI lol.
Yep...TMI...OMG that ankle looks like OUCH! Hope you are healing up quickly.0 -
ProCoffeenator wrote: »Good Tuesday Morning!
All I can say is brrrrr! It got cold fast! I don't do cold. Nothing I can do about it other than layer, layer, layers! Funny that I still have some clothes that are too big for me since it makes it easier to layer up!
I attempted to get my lunch break walk in and quickly said no way. So I'm not sure what to do! Luckily I did enough walking around on the playground with the kids that my Fitbit called it exercise! Thanks electronic bracelet for giving me an out!!
It's even colder today so I know right now that walk just isn't happening! Worse is that our schedules are screwed up so I'm not getting out early this week or next! Bleh!
Just going to keep going and do my best!
I hate the cold too! Even tho today could not be considered cold by Kansan's standards, I guess I have officially become a true Floridian. I miss my winter home. I have been very good though about bundling up when necessary and getting our (mine and the pup's) walks in each day. The evening walk is always in the dark and of course colder, but I'm getting it done.
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Happy Wednesday everyone!
It's a tad bit warmer today would be perfect Walking weather... just with rain forecast for the entire day
So I have one sick kid who's suffering from the worst creeping crud. He's a trooper that's for sure!
I'm slowly getting myself motivated for work today. The kids have their Thanksgiving feast at work. And I'm there late tonight. At least the numbers are going to be lower today!
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I need to get out for a walk today. Walked about 4 city blocks on Sunday. 1/2 mile? Twice. Paid for it with painful feet and swollen legs till today. (Wed) Will prep veggies, squash, onions and bake bread ( for the non low carb people) for stuffing. Last minute groc shop for the things that I forgot Monday. Have a great Thanksgiving giving, folks!0
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Happy Thanksgiving!!! (To those American members)
Happy Thursday (To the non Americans)
People are up early and getting their Turkeys dressed and in the oven... it's that day of the year when friends and family are gathering for the day and eating "all the food!"
I want to eat all the food too! But I'm not going to. I'm going to eat the Keto friendly foods and avoid the rest. That's my plan!! Now it's just a matter of sticking to it.
Here's to hoping for a stress free, tension free day!1 -
Happy, happy to all!! I'm making all the traditional dishes, but going to stay keto, except for a few bites of roasted sweet potatoes. Turkey, veggies, and deviled eggs will fill me up, and then I'll have a mini cheesecake for dessert. Yum!! Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I am thankful for this group of people, who are working toward better health and are respectful of each others' differences.
I made the Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins for my feast dessert and they are hands down the BEST holiday dessert treat of ANY WOE... whoever posted that link for the recipe... BLESS you. I will re-post it here so that anyone who wants to try it can find it
https://onmywaytohealth.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/low-carb-pumpkin-cream-cheese-muffins/3 -
Happy Thanksgiving (or regular Thursday)!!! I'm the cook this year, and I'm making/have made 13 things I can't eat, lol! No worries, I like to cook and it keeps me busy so the guys can watch their football. I'll be in the kitchen snacking on bacon, shrimp, devilled eggs and a steak I smuggled in, bwahaha!3
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Here's to smuggled steak! We had BarBQ'd Mediterranean burgers (cinnamon, chili powder, oregano, basil) with homemade cucumber raita and a mixed leaf lettuce salad, and big stuffed mushroom caps (filled with baba ghanouj). Dessert was a spoonful taste of my hubby's lemon yogourt.
Too hard to log.... I will worry about logging maybe tomorrow (or not, I get my ankle staples out ) 1 -
Happy Friday!!
It's the last day of the work week! Yay!
Many of us have today off. Not me, I'm making up for leaving work early the other day. Thankfully today will just be a half day..
Yesterday went pretty smoothly. I only stress picked one finger! Lol. Nervous habits! Gotta love em! My son has ADHD, Thanksgiving is always held at my sisters house which we joke about being a museum. I'm on high alert making sure he isn't touching things or getting into trouble! This year she's gotten a kitten which she's super protective of so on top of it all I'm making sure my son isn't scaring the kitten. *sigh*
So glad this part of the holidays is over!!
Food was fine for me! No cheats and no temptation really. I ate turkey and Brussels sprouts with butter. Fasted over breakfast and only drank coffee so my stomach would only handle a smaller meal dinner was leftover turkey and bacon with pickles! Better yet? The scale gave me a slight victory loss as a congratulatory bonus!!
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Happy Friday. I did ok yesterday. I ate a couple Hershey Kisses, a half slice of garlic toast and a chocolate pie that was keto but I put in a graham crust. I have no idea what I ate macro wise but considering what I would have eaten this time last year I have NO complaints. I don't feel bad today but woke up ravenous! I wanted to dig into the pie but opted for BPC with mint and unsweet chocolate added. Filled me up and gave me the sweet I needed. I also woke up at 4:30 this morning which means I will probably be ravenous all day. That seems to happen when I wake up extra early.
On Wednesday night we went to his Mom's and saw family there for a while. Then I went and did a little shopping at a pre Black Friday sale with my oldest daughter - that was crazy - and now I know why I don't Black Friday shop.
Yesterday my oldest son, daughter in law and grandson came for the afternoon. We watched the Cowboys win their 10th in a row, shot guns, decorated the tree and ate dinner. My grandson is 2 and he fell in love with this little handmade oranament that looked like a bird feeder with real seed in it. Of all the shiny, sparkly oranments that's what he loved...it was too cute! We had a great time. Rowdy got a deer yesterday morning so that was a nice addition to the day. We also smoked the tenderloin from the boar my son in law shot the other day. It tasted pretty good overall. Today I'm going to pop it in the crock pot so it's not quite so tough.
Today my oldest daughter and her husband come over in the afternoon where we will eat left overs and have another great time. Until then, I'm working today but off the weekend.
All in all a great few days!1 -
WooHoo!! My staples came out today. Orthop. Doc said (3x!!) how wonderful it looked and what good care I took of the surgical site. (I suspect lots of vitamins & keto healing, lol). Feels awesomely better without the metal pulling when I move. I just have to keep it covered for a couple more weeks to prevent abrasion of incision against my sock & boots.
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Well I planned for a few cheats on Thanksgiving day and happily it went as planned. Two spoons of chocolate mousse and a fork full of chocolate layer cake. Everything else was LC. So happy I did not binge on sweets! That is totally something to be thankful for!1
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Having a great day tomorrow so making lamb shanks with a very small portion of gravy and a little bit of mash, and found these little babies for starter. Hog roast served on pork cracklings with a tiny bit of stuffing and apple sauce at 3 net carbs for a portion. Roll on tomorrow and OMG I need to learn how to make these. Canapés here I come!
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Morning!
Never got a chance to post here yesterday, I was busy trying to be lazy!! Didn't work out so well.
Had a pretty good day.
Last night my worst nightmare came true. I broke a tooth! Ahh! Right at an old filling and the darned thing just split!! So now I'm being very careful what's going in my mouth and how I eat and waiting for Monday to roll around so I can call the dentist. Thank goodness I have insurance!!0 -
Happy Monday everyone!
Just a quick morning hello, I overslept! Thankfully my back up alarm went off an hour after my first!! Crap! I'll try to post later lol0 -
I hope everyone is recovering from the long weekend. I am holding the line on my weight so far. Since starting LCHF WOE in August, I was losing well in Aug. and Sept. but now I seem to stall out every couple of weeks, then drift down very little, and go through the same cycle.
I have less than 20 lbs I want to lose and it just doesn't get an easier no matter what I tweak. I think I will start paying more attention to calories, I have been focused on macros primarily and I have slowly upped my net carbs, I would like to get to the 75-100 range. Been hitting more like 45-60 nc. At this level, I do eventually lose, just very slowly. I do like this range, I get good variety in my carbs and have plenty of energy to do my exercise, etc.
Enough whining. at least I have lost and haven't gained and we are in the middle of holiday feasting time of the year, so that is a big win. I need to concentrate on that.0 -
Hi Everybody!
Need some low-carb support! This looks like the place!
My name's Greg... 51 year old happily married father of three boys (19,17,15)...
I'm weighing about 255-260 these days and only 7-8 years ago was doing short triathlons and weighing about 205 give or take a few pounds.
Of all the diets out there, Atkins and low-carb seems to have the greatest results for me, probably because I'm probably insulin resistant and low-carb seems to reprogram my metabolism.
I've always exercised my entire life (ever since a weight comment by a classmate in high school) but my wife on the other hand has NEVER exercised!
Now she has become fed-up with her "mid-life" weight gain and has begun working out (just riding stationary bike or walking treadmill) at the gym and watching what she eats (has been doing Weight Watchers for about five months or so) and she's down 23 pounds and looking great and feeling great!
So after all these years being the one out of the two of us that's always been concerned with my weight and always watched what I ate... she's putting me to shame!
So this morning I got up at 5am and jumped on my tri bike and got a good workout in and also started low-carb/Atkins today!
Looks like this group is very supportive of each other and that's what I need - my profile pic is from 7-8 years ago and that's where I'd like to get!
Thanks in advance for any support!
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Hi Everybody!
Need some low-carb support! This looks like the place!
GREG
Hi there and welcome aboard. This is exactly the place for support! You found an amazing group of people with tons of knowledge. Check out the launch pad at the top and feel free to ask questions! Feel free to add me as a friend if you'd like. I find myself not logging my food as much as I used to log it (usually the weekends go by the wayside) but I do log in every day to see what's up on the forum. Again, welcome to our humble group!1 -
Hi, Greg! This is a great group with a HUGE collective knowledge base that is very helpful. I love this Low Carb way of eating (WOE) and have a starter suggestion today... make sure you keep your electrolytes in balance, which usually means supplementing sodium and magnesium. Sodium, because low carb really dehydrates, and magnesium, because our foods don't contain enough to keep the muscle cramps away. Good luck!1
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Hello. I was faithfully low-carbing, logging and losing weight last year, until I fell off the wagon. I'm working to get back to where I was last year, and hopefully avoid falling off again.0
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Welcome Greg and welcome back Lillith!2
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It's Tuesday!!
I was hopeful that my body pushed out of its seemingly "comfort weight" over the weekend I dropped down... and right back up it went with the start of the week!! Ugh! I can see and feel the difference as I know I'm losing fat it's just comical to watch this bouncing ball of up down with the scale! I'm not complaining at all. Just watching and commenting.
Despite the rain for most of the day yesterday I was able to get out and walk! Yay!! Today is going to be the only day this week with no precipitation so hopefully I can get another one in today. That and I recall them saying it will be warm-ish too!!
Welcome @gregpesot and @Lillith32
This is a great place full of great people!
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