Hi guys!

My name is Katie and I just started college this summer and want to be an Occupational Therapy Assistant. I have been over weight my whole life and hopefully lose a good 90 pounds before going to a University next year. I just heard of the "caveman diet" also called Paleo that is no carbs and you can eat as much veggies, meats, pultry, fruits that you want and wont gain weight.

Thanks, for listening,
Katie

Hi,

My name is Jenny and I just started a low carb diet yesterday. I've done low carb before and had success with it, but when you fall off the wagon, it is hard to get back on. I need to lose about 100 lbs and I am hoping this time I will stick with it for the long haul. I feel healthier and have more energy when I do the low carb lifestyle.

I am experimenting with this free tracking system and the SparkPeople system to see which I like better. They are both free, so I want to see which is more user friendly and helpful.

I'm open to hearing about any low carb recipe ideas anyone has and I'll share any favorites as I discover them. Any tips about the website would be helpful too,
Thanks!

Hi All!
I am Alexandra and Ive been doing a low-carb diet since Jan. of this year. I started with Atkins, but now I kind of do my own modified version of said diet. I've lost 50 lbs so far. Shooting for another 30. My weakness is that I usually crave something sweet at the end of the night. Sugar-free candy helps, but it can be caloric, so not the best option.

My husband finally started dieting with me this week. It has made the world of difference and I am so grateful. He was supportive before, but now there's no reason to keep any junk of any kind in the house! I started logging on the wed just the other day. Previously I just wrote everything down by hand , so this is adding a new and fun aspect to everything!

My name is Nicole, and I just made the choice to eat LCHF, so I could loose about 50lbs. As well my son is on this journey with me, so together we can supoprt one another.
Any feedback from anyone regarding the success on the LCHF plan? I notice tracking through MFP may be challenging since the food ratios are out of whack for me...carbs proteins etc

My name is Nicole, and I just made the choice to eat LCHF, so I could loose about 50lbs. As well my son is on this journey with me, so together we can supoprt one another.
Any feedback from anyone regarding the success on the LCHF plan? I notice tracking through MFP may be challenging since the food ratios are out of whack for me...carbs proteins etc

You can go in and manually adjust your ratios. That's what I did.

Hi!

My name is Carly and I am also relatively new to the LCHF diet. I was first introduced to the concept a few years ago by watching the documentary "Fat Head," and even though I found the science behind it very compelling, I convinced myself I could never pull it off. I simply loved baked goods too much!

More recently, I became interested in the Paleo/Primal lifestyle. I was unhappy with the results I was getting just by calorie counting, and knew that a drastic change in my diet was going to be necessary if I really wanted to reach my goals. After talking to a friend who takes LCHF to the extreme (he's living a completely keto lifestyle), I decided that even Paleo wasn't really right for what I was looking to do, and instead I took matters into my own hands and found a balance that works for me. These days I sort of straddle the line between keto and paleo, and right now I am on day 5 of the 21 Day Sugar Detox program, and I am loving it!

I'm super excited to get to know more people who do LCHF. Honestly, one of the biggest challenges I've faced hasn't been with the food I eat, as much as it has been with getting the people I know to understand this choice. I have a very supportive husband, who loves steak and bacon and would probably eat it for every meal if I let him, so getting him on board was pretty easy, but we do have some friends who consider themselves "health food experts" and the idea of getting the majority of one's calories from fat (especially the dreaded SATURATED FAT!!! lol) is like blasphemy to them!

I am 5'8", and at the moment I weight about 165lbs, and I think I would like to get to 145. This may change, as I've also started doing CrossFit, so it will really depend on how much muscle weight I put on where my "goal weight" really ends up being. To be honest, I'm less concerned with the number and far more concerned with how I look and feel. Right now, I am shooting for no more than 10% carbs, 25% protein, and at least 65% fat, more from fat than protein if I can manage it, and it has been pretty easy going.

Please feel free to add me as a friend! I would love to have some more LCHF people on my friends list! Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Hi all! My name is Sarah. I am 29yo I live in Texas and currently I am a student at the University of Texas at Arlington.
I have been searching for a life style that will change me for the better and I have always been taught that eating a balanced diet is best and that I should eat "good" and exercise to lose weight. Every time I have tired to do that I fall off the band wagon within weeks and start eating fast food and processed food and gaining MORE AND MORE weight. I also found that I am hypothyroid and pre diabetic, So I started researching and found that CARBS make you fat, not fat! WHAT AN EYE OPENER!! OH MY GOODNESS! It makes SO much sense to me! I am still researching and looking into many different "diets"
Ketosis diets seem to make the most sense to lose weight! I am new to this all but I have lost (since my last DR visit in sept) 17lbs in just 2.5 weeks of tracking with MFP!
ADD me if you would like to be friends!
THANKS!!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

On the populist front, it was Kat James touting the benefits of good fats several years ago that roused my interest. So I did some more research on my own and permanently gave up fat restriction.

Ten years earlier, when Nourishing Traditions first came into print my friends and I began re-designing our family meals to de-emphasize grains and embrace omnivore eating with a heavy representation from vegetables & legumes as the main carbs.

I have set my nutritional ratios on MPF as follows: carbs (35%) //protein (25%) //fat/ (40%) //25g fiber //20-30g sugar (a carb, but it helps me to keep my fruits in proportion).

What I achieved through low glycemic eating, few grains, plenty of vegetables & plants (cooked & raw), reserved amount of flesh protein (I am post-childbearing age and lightly active apart from set exercise times) and finally an adequate amount of good fats from my favorite oils (sesame, unfiltered olive, unrefined coconut), dairy (butter, yogurt, some eggs some cheese), a generous amount of nuts and seeds...was great bloodwork (super high HDL and low LDL) and good urine profile. I wear no glasses and have no ongoing prescription pharmacueticals.

Yet, I weigh too much. Weight that comes on suddenly then takes for ever to loose a portion. And I was RA episodes were still in the picture. Just when I was trying to convince myself that this was the best physical version of me I could expect for the 2nd half of my life I came across a article discussing pH balance. So in the vein of continuous improvement, I researched this.

Although the original tractory of that first article was somewhat misguided, it had a kernal of truth. I continue to research and improve my diet on this thread,

So in addition to being what many would consider to be a high-fat diet, I have added 2 more features that address the digestive process of the small intestine-pancreas-gall bladder that I believe that the earlier pH article should have defined: filtered water and digestive enzymes.

I joined MPF in January 2013 to track and manage my progress (or not) with these added features to my diet. What I am finding is that I now can lose weight at a more less predicatible tractory and RA episodes have not yet been triggered.

I do not think any one piece is a magic pill. What I think is that I finally have found what is balanced nutrition for me. A clean diet and exercise was not enough.

I too have struggled with Low Carb off and on for many years, loving it at first, and then...something is missing and I cave as well, regain, the works. Yet, I still always felt it was "right" for me, felt well on it etc. Frustrated that I couldn't stay on. But the alternative was lowfat/lowcal 24hr-a-day struggling forever.

I am now back on for 10weeks with a Dr.s' support, and with a big change in fat percentage (very high like 80/15/5) and more sodium (it's very diuretic and I tend towards low blood pressure anyway). It seems to be a wonderful change, I love the food, always satiated, able to feel calm about food, not overeating, losing well, very happy. I keep worrying this will end and i'll be back trying to get into ketosis like other times. I too have just read "The Art and Science of Low Carb Living" (along with other resources like Ron Rosedale, Gary Taubes and the Jimmy Moore website) and these materials have really inspired me to keep going with the high high fat. It seems to be a game changer as the body gets keto-adapted (we test me with a blood finger-prick meter for ketones) and processes most everything differently. Can I stay with this for the long run? Will it continue to feel so relatively easy? We will see what happens in 6mos, 1yr, 5yrs? I dare to hope this can be a lifestyle.

Hi folks, I'm Michelle, and I've found this lifestyle helps me to maintain my blood-glucose levels in normal range. Since reversing Type 2 diabetes is important to me, this is working great toward supporting that success. My fasting blood-glucose numbers have been in normal range since giving up the carbohydrates and only allowing complex carbs into my system. I still have a long way to go to ONE-derland, and even further to goal (whatever number that ends up being). I could use a few like-minded friends.

Hello LowCarb family!! I am excited I found this group and can finally receive support from somone in the same boat as me. It is very difficult to find acceptance for the LCHF lifestyle and it makes it difficult to sustain low carb eating for a long time because of the constant critizicing and bullying. I officially started the Atkins diet back in August when my doctor diagnosed me with severe anemia. I did not want to gain back the weight I had already lost by starting to eat "regular" so I went on a research frenzy trying to find a diet that would help me lose weight but also help with my health condition and I was so happy to have found low carb dieting! I loved it from the very first day and will continue to live a low carb lifestyle. I am looking forward to chatting with all of you and sharing our weight loss journeys!

Hi everyone!

I have been following the LCHF diet for a week now and it is delicious - I cannot wait to successfully lose the weight that I have been unsuccessful at losing over the last few years. It is incredibly encouraging to see so many success stories on this message board - I hope to be one of them soon!

Hi Everyone!
I've been in ketosis for the last five weeks. I'm trying to loose the weight I've packed on somehow since stopping breastfeeding. I got through three pregnancies and lost the weight easily each time, but after weaning our youngest 20 pounds crept on!
I follow a strict diet very similar to paleo, I do eat high quality dairy in addition to paleo. I'm continuing this diet while on keto and initially only started keto to drop the extra weight. However, I've found a wonderful balance in my hormones in the last month and wonder if it isn't something I should keep doing? I look forward to hearing from others here. And if anyone want's advice/recipes/inspiration for 'eating clean', i would love to share with you, our family has been grain/sugar free for two years and we all feel great!
oh, and my goal is to loose 20 pounds on keto. I've five weeks in and have lost 11. Feeling pretty daunted about five more weeks with no honey or fruit! But also motivated!

Hi everyone! I've been following this WOL since the end of October. I've been changing my lifestyle since October of 2009, though. :happy: I am a 43yo mother of 3, former nurse(disabled since early 2002). Love this WOL, and seem to have no trouble with it except a *very* low CLL. I eat 15-20 carbs/day and most times when I use ketostix, they barely get to "trace".

Hi everyone, I'm Michelle. This is my 3rd go round with low-carbing. I plan to stick with it this time, as having a gluten sensitivity pretty much means I'll be doing this eating style forEVER. I started out at 218 pounds (my heaviest) and I'm currently at about 197ish. I'm looking to get down into the 140 range...will see when I get there.

Feel free to add me, I'm always looking for supporters and motivators!