Keto/LC 4 Week Challenge April 23rd - May 20th
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I'm in! Thanks Mary for pointing me this direction. I'm Marcelyn, 57 and live in the Houston area. My husband also eats low carb which makes my life a lot easier. I crave Mexican food.
Goals
Daily weigh in
20 net grams of carbs a day
More water!
45 minutes dedicated exercise minutes per day
Weight loss - will take anything would like -5 pounds
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Hi, my name is Cathy and I would like to join this challenge. I am 64 an 4'11". I have been on the Keto lifestyle since September 2016. I have lost 47 lbs and have 23 more to lose to reach my goal. I live in North Texas and dread the summer heat soon to come.
My goals are to:
Eat within my macros of 79 g protein, 20 g carbs and 59 g fat
Weigh daily
Walk/run 3 days a week
Weight train 3 days a week
My biggest challenge is to continue to prepare meals at home. I live alone and never really learned ( or enjoy) cooking. I have an Instant Pot and Opti-grill which have made meal prep much easier since both appliances can cook meats that are frozen.
Cathy1 -
Marcelyn and Cathy glad to have you here with us! We are going to crush our goals!
Mary0 -
Aaaaah HA! I knew I'd find you!!!
I'm in, please!
Day Four....AGAIN.
I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET!2 -
Lori! You made it! Glad you are here with us.
Mary1 -
I made this cauliflower pizza today and it was delicious!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9X8vpFAfYJg
I'm all set and ready for tomorrow. How is everyone else doing with prep for the challenge?
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Hey and thanks for starting the KETO challenge! I am a newbie to KETO but am very familiar with Dr. Atkins low carb diet. After reading a great deal of the information you posted, I am excited to give it a try.
Thanks again!
Ann
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Hi. My name is Chena, 34 yo, 5'2"
GOALS:
Weigh 185 by May 23
Have NO cheat days
Eat at least 88 grams protein and <20 grams of carbs
Exercise 4-5 days a week (waiting on potassium to arrive before starting)
LASTLY, love my body that carried my 4 babies more.
Thanks for this group. I will cheat in here daily. Tomorrow I will take measurememts, I weighed myself today.1 -
Ann I'm glad you were able to get some information from those links. There are people on here that will be able to help that have been doing Keto a long time. I started the beginning of February.
Chena you have nice goals! Four little ones can keep you busy! I measured today and will weigh tomorrow. I am excited to get started!
Mary3 -
So excited for tomorrow!
In typical fashion, overdid carbs today. Tomorrow, I'm crushing it! Even if i have to chain myself to my bed to stay away from carbs. Would be worth it.2 -
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Hi, I'm Sheila new to Keto for the last two days. Would love to join this challenge. My goal is to have no cheat days between now and the end of challenge. I'm aiming for 20 carbs a day and a minimum 65-70% fat. That sounds so wrong in my head but I'm trying to change the mindset that's been ingrained in me for so long about fat!3
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I've been doing Keto for a week now and love it! I'd like to join the challenge and get more food ideas and gain new buddies! Feel free to add me2
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Hi everyone! I'm Rande. Looking forward to seeing you all around here. I've done Keto for a short period last year and am ready to tighten up my eating. I started the week before Easter and lost 3 lbs that week. Whoohoo! My MIL came out for a visit for Easter festivities and I gave myself a couple days of eating fun stuff lol, then I caught the flu! I'm feeling better and whatching my macros more closely, I intend to be fully 60fat/30protein/10carb by Monday. I'm down a couple more pounds, tho I haven't logged it yet. As for my workouts I do T25, StrongLifts 3x a week and crossfit when I can go to the free classes. Oh and I walk around 6+ miles 4x a week.2
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Shelia, Rande and @mznik114 very glad to have you here with us!
Good morning everyone! Day 1 /28 today being our first day! I took my measurements yesterday and weighed myself this morning. I hope to be 8-10 pounds lighter by the 28th! Thanks for introducing yourself and joining in to help support and motivate others as well as get the support you need to be successful.
Suggestion for day one is for everyone to take a look at the recipe and food thread and find something that you might want to make this week and share what you think and maybe even take a picture! I find that I tend to eat the same thing day in and day out so that I meet my macros. So for variety sake it is nice to see what other people enjoy eating! Great way to get ideas from other people!
Let's make this a successful first day!
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I'm going to take some pictures to go by. I don't weigh until Tuesday. (My own personal challenge)
I have one goal. It's not calories. It's not exercise. (Although I'm one active woman) It's to keep my carbs at keto levels.
I started last June, and over six months lost almost thirty pounds! It wasn't even the holidays that lobbed that curveball, it was the seven birthday parties in January!
Needless to say, I've been wrestling with staying on that GOSH dang horse. This is my idontevenknow how many, Day Five. Did that make sense?
So I'm keeping the carbs under 20 net.
Calories loosely between 1500/1800.
And of course I'll get tons of functional exercise with my profession. (Classic muscle car restoration)
So that's me. Pleased to meet you all.
PLEASE HELP ME STAY ACCOUNTABLE!
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Good morning all, I would like to give this a go, again. I dabbled with Keto / LC with Mary's last challenge, and got down to my lowest numbers in awhile, but the scale is up again. I am hoping to find my happy medium, by cutting the crappy carbs.2
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Thanks Mary... I was starting again on Monday.. but today works!3
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I'd love to join. I just got back on MFP today and have started keto this week and am actually feeling really positive about it. Hoping for more balance energy through the day and hoping to stop crashing and binge eating! I have hypothyroidism, work crazy full time hours and have two beautiful daughters !
My hair has gonna mega greasy this week, is this from keto ? Haha too much avo and salmon lol1 -
Hi I'm shannon I'be been on keto for about a week and just got over the keto flu I have done keto in the past and had great results I need to lose a hundred pounds so would love to join the challenge to keep me accountable1
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@azsundancer glad you are here with us! You were so helpful in the last challenge with your support and information! We are so lucky to have you!
Shannon glad you are here! I hate the keto flu! But you know your body is transitioning at that point. You definitely will have support here!
@biancadallas82 I know that my skin is much improved in my hair is shinier from eating Keto. Greasy hair probably too much salmon sounds like a possibility mine would be too much bacon
@SuperCarLori I always love reading your posts because you have such a flair with words! Sounds like you have a great plan for success!
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I wish I had known about those cauliflower pizza crusts! It took me at least an hour yesterday to make my cauliflower pizza crust. I made mine with Parmesan cheese which was really good. It took a lot of time to dry out the cauliflower in the pan though. Thanks for sharing!0
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I'm in!!!!
Been Keto since April/May 2014, but need to get my head back in the game. Carb Creep is my nemesis!
Goals:
Keep net carbs @ 25 or less
weigh in 1x/week (Wednesdays)
Exercise (other than cooking) 30 min/day, 4 day/week
jump start my stalled weight loss.2 -
Brand new to MFP and looking for Keto answers. I've been trying to change to a low-carb lifestyle on my own. I started at the beginning of March and lost 18 lbs. in the first four weeks. I was feeling confident and wanted to add a physical fitness element to my new eating plan. So I decided to add a 15-min. daily workout. I immediately gained 5 lbs. and after two weeks of being faithful to the diet and exercise, (and not losing a pound) gave up the exercise. I'm still stuck at 18 lbs. down (it's been over 3 weeks now). I'm discouraged and need help from people who have already walked down this path. I found this App and this community today. I feel so much better cutting out sugar, but haven't quiet figured out the right balance.
Goals:
Break through the weight-loss stall
Figure out what my daily macros should be
Track all food/water intake (so I can figure out what works and what doesn't)
Meet weight- loss goal of -40 lbs. (22 to go)0 -
@kendallvon you will be a great asset to everyone with your experience in this way of eating! I think I know what carb creep is but not sure! Fantastic goals!
@bolsen777 this is the right place for you! You will get a lot of help and advice from people that have been on this journey for a while. Take a look at the first challenge I had in February it has a lot of information for people that are just starting this way of eating. The problem that some people have with exercise is that they feel hungry after and tend to over eat but, in reality their body is craving water! Both thirst and hunger make your stomach growl!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10507486/keto-3-week-challenge#latest
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I am going to give keto one more try. I attempted to do it back in August and failed miserably after only a week. I wasn't mentally prepared for how challenging it was going to be. I think the keto flu also really got me. But, I was able to lose 25 lbs just controlling my calorie intake. I fell off that wagon in December and have gained 5 lbs back. So now, my goal is to lose 40 more lbs. My birthday is tomorrow and I've got a family celebration planned on Thursday. I am not going to attempt to go full keto before then, but am going to try to start weaning my carbs down in the meantime. I think I'll probably try to start in earnest next week on Monday. I'll be a week behind the challenge, but I'm hoping for some support and pointers from this group. Thanks!0
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I've never done keto. Starting tomorrow. Pretty psyched to start. Feel free to add me!1
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@anjajacobs10 Happy Birthday! I am glad that you are going to join us. You will get a lot of information here from others that have been on this type of eating program for a while. Read the links that I have posted there is a lot of information for beginners. Check in daily with your questions and concerns and your successes! Starting next Monday and weaning yourself off of sugar and processed foods this week is a great idea! Of course you need to eat a piece of cake for your birthday though!
@sunigetsfit read all the information that I posted it will be very helpful to you since you are new to this way of eating. Come back with any questions you have there are a lot of ladies on here that had been eating this way for up to five years! They will be very helpful!
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Starting today. I have 110 lbs to lose. I've done low carb before, but never stuck with it long enough to see much success. Counting calories alone has not been working. I'm currently nursing a 9 month old (he also gets 3 meals a day of table food) ...does anyone know if I need to make adjustments bc of this?0
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