Hi @tanengre, this is a good place to find information and support. I started eating LCHF on March 1 and am learning the ropes, too. The ladies here are very helpful and willing to answer questions. You have a great start with a 12 lb. loss---congrats! Keep it going!

Hello Everyone!! Welcome aboard. There are quite a few newbies around here but these ladies are the greatest so you've found the right place to be.

@KnitOrMiss‌ thank you for explaining all of that. Will have to remember in the future that some of our buddies are from across the pond!

@GrannymayOz yes, I married at 15 and pulled my 14 years . I'm glad yours has turned out better than mine!

LOL at the way/areas people loose weight. I sometimes wish I could loose my breasts but they just don't budge. Mine is all in my face right now. Gotta get on taking those pics for before so I can show off my afters!

Headed into the weekend with my GrandFlowers and tomorrow is my youngest son's 27th bday so there will be eating out challenges for me.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

All is well here. I been working hard in the yard all day yesterday. Ha I walked 2 miles and never left the yard. Today was eye doctor day and I am scheduled for cataract surgery in April. One eye at a time. Can not say I have been l@@king forward to this but the struggle to see is wearing me out. Doc totally agrees. Not sure if being able to see will help my spelling any. Lets hope so. LOL So today I have been pretty laid up as my eyes still have not cleared from being dilated this morning. Still a little bit dilated 12 hours later. The up side is I can kiss coke bottle lenses good by. They are so heavy even in plastic. I was a bit confused. He said I will be able to see to get around with out my glasses, which I can not do now, but I might need them to read??? I think this is what he was saying. I was a bit in shock at the time.

I have been checking my macros against the Flexible but not always trying to hit the magic 2. I am trying to stay real low carb for 2 meals and allowing my main meal for veggies. Keeping track of everything in Excel helps me to see everything in one spot no more clicking around. I think I will be able to pin point what is working or not easier. Time will tell.

Have a good one I am off to bed. I have a lot to get done around here before April. so excited about the new yard look.

@GrannyMayOZ Yes I will be happy to have the surgeries over. For now I will continue to work in the yard. I have worn my glasses round the clock for over 40 years.Bi-focals for 30 years and trifocals for the last 10 years or so.

You will be back on track tomorrow GrannyMay. Try not to beat yourself up for goofing up the carbs It happens once in awhile even when you are trying to be good. The 4 carb fiber powder is a pretty hard hit to my day right off but needed so I make room for it.

@sbom1 (*) I certainly vote yes. Your changes might help some one else.

Hi I'm new to the group (48.5) but have done LC off and on for years.

Right now I'm struggling a bit to get into ketosis.
I'm using Trendweight and everything is trending downwards, but it would be nice to actually "see it"

It would be nice to see it in the tape measure and the way clothes fit.

www.trendweight.com

you weigh everyday and it removes the "noise" and calculates the trend you are on.

Mathmatically I am rocking this!

I've seen the Aria sell between $120 -$169
8 people can use it.
We got it because actually writing down his weight was too much work for my husband
I would check eBay and Gumtree

I've had a tough 2 weeks - not eating well at all. I went through a counseling session and it sent me spiraling into emotional eating (my worst habit). Now trying to climb out of the whole and back to my WOEing.

I learned that carbs make me tired, gives me headaches and I feel blotted. My Dr wants me to eliminate wheat which is easy if I'm eating LCHF. I had lost 10 over 8 weeks or so and have gained back 7. Sad really.

I did track my eating because I do believe that eating in awareness is a vital tool to keeping the calorie count down. There were days I ate 3,000 calories of bad foods but had I not been tracking it could have been much worse. So thank goodness for MFP and my pals here.

Happy Sunday everyone. Blessings to all.

Introduction here...

Short story: No Thyroid, stable on meds; T2 using long & fast insulin, with Metformin.

I have hard a rough journey emotionally the last 3 years, in which at the end I threw my cigarettes away. In the last year 2014 I went up on weight 25#s and abused my fast insulin as well. "Yeah doughnuts, I have insulin ... So I'll take 2." Finally, I was sick of having to buy new clothes and I felt like dog poo.

At Christmas 2014, I tossed another bad habit in the trash bin: Sugar.

I went to my doctor and said, help, and he said, "It's the insulin." So I knew my goal was to reduce my insulin usage, which meant carb intake.

After going to a weight doctor and not losing an ounce in the first month, I got serious. I reloaded MFP on my phone and iPad, bought a FitBit Flex and got serious. I don't weigh in with the fat doctor until Friday, but I have been reducing my carb / calorie intake each week. I knew from history if I went cold turkey to 1100 calories and 90 carbs a day, I'd fail. So slowly I'm going down there slowly.

My doctor has told me - diabetics have it harder and that I will lose in 2 months what most people who aren't lose in a month.

I'm here to encourage others on the same journey.