I am not lactose intolerant, but there are several who eat this way who don't do dairy. There are more non-dairy folks in the other group I'm in - http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

I'd suggest being in both groups, though there is some occasional overlap.

Using coconut oil with the almond milk and/or coconut milk/cream in place of some of the dairy can be beneficial. There are many more suggestions in that other group.

Peeing on a stick only tells you how much ketones you are wasting, not what you're creating or using. So at first, to ensure you're actually producing them before your body figures out how to use them, they can be a positive reinforcement, but if you keep your macros on track, you will stay in ketosis, and as you adapt, you will waste less ketones, so the levels on the sticks will become ineffective. Using a blood or breath monitor is more effective for monitoring continuing ketosis.

In the beginning, I ate fat bombs far more often. A few a day. Helped me adapt and get through. Now more I use an informal fat bomb as a dessert if I want something sweet, etc. Typically I might do one or two small servings of something a day, depending on what it is.

I do loaded tea, which is my version of combining bullet proof and primal (coffee) recipes in a tea medium (not a coffee drinker). http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/KnitOrMiss/view/my-loaded-tea-746518

I don't have the link close, but www.healthfulpursuit.com has a "Rocket Fuel Latte" recipe which minimizes the dairy (because the lady who runs the site notes why diary is bad for women, and other hormonally driven info, too).

That's my recipe. I generally do my loaded tea 5 days a week, M-F, as my easy "breakfast" for workdays. Sometimes it results in a fast - other times it doesn't. I try to follow my hunger signals to repair my metabolism and my recognition of it and my responses to it...

KnitOrMiss wrote: »

I don't have the link close, but www.healthfulpursuit.com has a "Rocket Fuel Latte" recipe which minimizes the dairy (because the lady who runs the site notes why diary is bad for women, and other hormonally driven info, too).

Ah, you are familiar with Healthful Pursuit too. I discovered her about a month ago. I made her flax muffins two days ago and I really liked them. I haven't tried her Rocket Fuel Latte yet.

I'm just learning a bit about hormones now so I don't really know what mine are doing right now. I am on thyroid meds and get hot flashes so that must mean something regarding my hormones but I hope to learn more about it. Hopefully switching to high fat will help.

Thanks, for that info. I do have an endo. I'll have to ask her to do a full hormonal panel. Thanks again

susiean437 wrote: »

I am lactose intolerant. I find it odd because it hits me very hard, I am sure you understand what I mean. But for some reason the 35% cream does not bother me in the slightest. Yet if I have a little milk of any kind I am running. Have you tried having a little cream? As I said my intolerance is severe. It used to just be gas when I was younger, but as I have aged it's ten fold. My thought is maybe the lactose isn't near what it is in milk. Not sure if this will help. It's just my personal experience.

Someone explained to me something about the differences in allergies to whey (like in milk, I think) and casein (which is more the cream/hard cheese/butter stuff), and that is why certain things react where others don't. Don't quote me on all this, but I remember the discussion recently, so you might check recent threads for the discussion.