I'm Liz and started low carb a week ago. I was already keeping my carbs low-ish (under 100 grams usually) so I haven't had any keto flu (yay). I lost 35 pounds last year in the first 6 months by counting calories. Then I started being always hungry. I'd try to eat lower calorie food to maintain my calorie deficit which led to eating more carbs which made me hungrier. Finally came to my senses and dropped the carbs and upped the fat. I'm so much happier this way. I was able to take my a1c from 7.2 to 5.5 by keeping my carbs around 100 but I need real LCHF to lose the pounds.
Glad I found this group!

Exactly. The first couple of months were OK, then the misery set in.

Hi I'm MzT. I'm going to be 25 in two weeks and a student (trying to become a barrister) from London, England. My bf introduced me to LCHF diet/keto and I dedicated myself to it wholly a couple of days ago on return from holiday. I'm trying to shift about 15kgs of fat this year. I used to be extremely active in secondary school but since I went to uni the weight piled on. This way of eating is a struggle for me coming from a Ghanaian diet high in carbohydrates combined with the fact I'm a serial snacker (the cravings are REAL I tell you, just after a couple of days). I'm looking forward to the results so I'm praying that's enough to keep me dedicated. It's my turn to have an amazing before and after!

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I'm Chris...I've fallen off the wagon too many times to count. Here I am at it again rounding out week two. Week one I lost 10 lbs and I'll weigh again Monday morning. Fingers crossed. Best of luck to you all

whooo hoo. 10 is grand.

Hi! I'm Maggie. I just joined. My doctor just put me on a high protein/lower carb meal plan. I'm looking forward to learning from everyone!

Good Morning!,
I lost 73 pounds 7 years ago doing Atkins over about a year an a half with absolutely no cheats...until.... a summer vacation in Cancun, followed by buying a new home in a new city.... followed by quitting my job to be a SAHM and ultimately followed by a divorce. Over 7 years and with all these changes.. I have managed to gain 60 of the pounds back and completely lost touch with myself. So here I am, 43 years old, a single mom of what seems like every teenage kid within a 20 mile radius (although only I only actually birthed 3 of them), done with with my M.A. (finally!), in my 4th year of teaching these AMAZING special ed students and I finally feel like I'm stable enough to refocus on myself.

Recommitted to Atkins on January 1, 2015 and am down 7 pounds in under 3 weeks. It seems so clear to me now..... I know this works for me, I know I feel better when I'm eating this way, what took me so long to get back on the wagon? Anyhow, here I am. Ready to go.... again.

Hello - Theresa here. Just starting nutritional ketosis (Lchf). Have watched a lot of YouTube inspiring me to make these changes. I've yoyo'd all my life and tried practically every diet known to man. My latest was the Hcg diet - lost but it was trying to find that carb balance that sabotaged my losses. So, now that I'm keeping the carbs down to 17 g...I know that I have to increase my healthy fats up - 120 g and proteins will be around 50. Looking to start the Bone Broth recipe this week as well. This time, I'm expecting this to be a way of living for me. Best wishes to everyone. Stay positive and remember our bodies are different so, not a one-fit regimen for all.

Could have sworn I answered this post the other day but can't find it for the life of me.

I'm Carly, 38, have PCOS, hypothyroid, and other related conditions. I'm finally getting treatment enough for everything that feeling human is on the radar.

While I did Atkins for a while when my daughter was little (she's 14 now and was 1-2 then), it worked great until I figured out how far I could cheat and stay in ketosis. Once I figured that out, it was a downhill slide.

I am on Day 5 of LCHF and am loving it. I've had a few headaches, but since I have mineral, salt, fat, and water logged myself, I've managed to head most of them off so far. I'm running out of ideas for how to do this well on an extremely short budget.

My heaviest weight was between 335 (recorded) and 350 (estimated). I use 335 for my calculations. I've lost roughly 80 pounds since then (highest numbers were around 2006-2007 from what I remember. Pictures on my profile are from 2008 I think.). I also during that time separated, divorced, gave up primary custody of my daughter (long long explanation there), have entered into a long term relationship, and finally found the strength to find myself (before I pushed to end the divorce).

As I said, I have a number of PCOS related health conditions, though the argument of which came first, the chicken or the egg plays here, too. Regardless, I'm finally surfacing from more than a decade of living my life in a fog. I found an excellent endocrinologist not afraid to go off book and treat my symptoms carefully rather than rely strictly on bloodwork, for which I thank him so much.

I was still having episodes of what I jokingly called my food-narcolepsy, where every time I would eat, no matter what, I would nod off or pass out slightly without warning. Usually it only lasted seconds. At home it could last minutes. Regardless, no one could answer why. Blood sugar was fine, as was blood pressure, and everything else they could think to check... Seems it was oddly tied to insulin that didn't show as bad on bloodwork. Treating with Metformin, supplementing the thyroid, PCOS, and other miscellaneous issues, combining that with LCHF and I am finally out of that daily fog.

I just need to figure out the best ways to manage LCHF on an extremely short budget and in a high stress life. Looking forward to everything.

Thanks, Carly

Hello, I'm Keith, retired, 68, diagnosed as T2 about 4 months ago. I've been logging my food intake on MFP for about 3 months using it as a tool to reduce weight and control blood glucose. I lost about 40 pounds in that time and as of my last lab work a few weeks ago the numbers are all going in the right direction.

I've been lurking on this group for about a month and found it to be a great source of info. I thought it is time I participated a bit more actively.

Diana here in DFW area. My doctor suggested cutting down on carbs to prevent going on insulin. So, I just joined this group to see suggestions on ways to cut out carbs. My husband does the cooking at our house and the one meal we have together is loaded with carbs...in fact everything he cooked last evening was carbs. The only vegetable he likes is corn, so we have rice and corn, pasta and corn, potatoes and corn and then usually throw in some kind of bread for good measure every single night. I looked at the cheese enchiladas, Spanish rice and refried beans last evening and just shook my head. Ended up eating a salad and sardines. So, as you can see, I need lots of help.

Hi, I'm Elizabeth. I just joined the group in January, so I can learn how to "do" low carb and then apply it to my lifestyle. I don't have a thyroid that functions, and have severe hypoglycemia and other health issues. I read that low carb is supposed to help, particularly with weight loss and my thyroid issues. I may have to be on the upper side of low carb due to my severe hypoglycemia; but I figure I will learn as I go. Thanks for letting me join.

Hi everyone, I'm Stephanie (or Stef for short) - I have been LCHF since June 9, 2014. I have lost a total of 42 lbs and until this past Saturday I had not cheated once. I live in Louisiana - and it's Mardi Gras season - so I had a small piece of King Cake to celebrate - no harm - I'm now back to my normal eating habits.

I enjoy everyone's stories and while I'm no expert - I'm here if you need me. I don't log, like the original poster - I'm just such a creature of habit - my logs are boring. LOL

Be blessed and cheers to a successful 2015 - whatever you're aiming for!

Hi I'm Jamie! I am new to myfitnesspal...I am a widowed mama of 2 beautiful babies (11 & 2) and I want to be a healthy role model for them. I would LOVE to have some low-carbing pals to help me on my journey and hold me accountable and I can do the same in return! So far I have lost 17 pounds total-I have MANY MANY more to go and that's ok-I didn't get this way overnight-so I can't expect to be at goal weight instantly!

Hi I'm Rena

I just started trying LCHF as a way to back on the ball of things. When life gets very stressful I tend to neglect something and this time the something was my weightloss. I'm in the process of trying to sell my house and living in my parent's rental for now while my new house is supposed to be built. It sounds all exciting and should be that's not who I am. I worry. I worry about the future and the house I'm selling for me was my security blanket so this is stressful to me for many reasons. That in itself is another story.

Anyways I'm very newbie here. I once did Atkins but got very tired of it. Last week I decided to try LCHF but not really as a way to lose weight but a way not to keep gaining. I had fallen into the bad routine of eating ice cream every single night because I craved it. It was very hard to give up . I still find myself salivating at the idea of some carmel cone ice cream.

Anyways I'm not as bad now. I found with LCHF that I feel good. Better than I have in a long time and my cravings are pretty much gone. I'm not constantly hungry or maybe I should say I'm not constantly looking to eat.

So after I found how I felt I slowly decided to try tracking again and it's been pretty easy. So since last week I've gone from 219.8 to 216.4. Probably water weight but I'll take it.

I'm still trying to figure if it's the calorie deficit which will work or if ketosis is working. I bought to urine test strips and I've been showing to be high in the ketosis but now I recently found that this may not be a good thing as I thought it was.

Either way I have been dropping on the scale and if it's just calorie deficit that's fine. If it's both then that might be awesome because I'm thinking if I'm burning fat and in calorie deficit then maybe a win - win?

The most important thing to me is I feel good on this. Hard to explain . Even my husband mentioned he was feeling good after I had him eating salads for three days for lunch LOL. Not intentional but we had been working on our house and trying to not spend more money by going out to eat so it was picnic style for us for a while.