Looking for fellow keto-ers !

Hello my name is Audrey! I've been on and off keto for a while now.. just looking for some extra support and new friends. It's always nice to meet new people!

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  • StacyChrz
    StacyChrz Posts: 865 Member
    Hi Audrey! I'm Stacy, I've been doing keto for a little over 2 months. Check out the Low Carb Daily Forum group, it's full of great people and a whole lot of information.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
  • walkermichaelg
    walkermichaelg Posts: 98 Member
    Hi, I’m relatively new but on here daily. I'm relatively low carb for nutrition. Feel free to add me for support and motivation!
  • shallam87
    shallam87 Posts: 1 Member
    Hi! I've been on and off keto for the last two years. I know what it's like to need friends and like-minded people for motivation!
  • FuzzyUSA
    FuzzyUSA Posts: 5 Member
    Hi, I'm currently on day four of my Keto plan . Any on this post feel free to add me. I want to receive and give out support and advice
  • aspoerr1
    aspoerr1 Posts: 13 Member
    Nice to meet you all!
  • AlexTriesKeto
    AlexTriesKeto Posts: 7 Member
    Hey there! I've just started Keto myself and am hoping to connect with like-minded Keto-ers!
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    lots of people doing keto/low carb on this site - I second the motion to join the low carb group - best resource available! I personally try to keep my net carbs at 50 or less a day - some people go higher, come go lower.
  • amyds2104
    amyds2104 Posts: 7 Member
    Hi
    Been keto for 2 weeks now and feeling great :-) Nice to meet you all!
  • johnneedhamSr
    johnneedhamSr Posts: 223 Member
    edited September 2016
    I am following a Ketogenic diet. Currently on for 53 days now and down 25lbs so far. I would love to add some KETO friends also.
  • 53YOWM
    53YOWM Posts: 40 Member
    Just started a ketogenic diet yesterday. It's so hard to keep the carbs low!
  • WVUgirl92
    WVUgirl92 Posts: 3 Member
    I started a week ago!
  • aspoerr1
    aspoerr1 Posts: 13 Member

    53YOWM wrote: »
    Just started a ketogenic diet yesterday. It's so hard to keep the carbs low!

    Agreed!! They add up so quick! You get the hang of it though and your body stops craving them so much because you're full from all the fat
  • aspoerr1
    aspoerr1 Posts: 13 Member
    WVUgirl92 wrote: »
    I started a week ago!

    You got this!!
  • aspoerr1
    aspoerr1 Posts: 13 Member
    I am following a Ketogenic diet. Currently on for 53 days now and down 25lbs so far. I would love to add some KETO friends also.

    Hey congrats that's so awesome! It's so motivating to hear stories like that. Keep it up
  • divamama66
    divamama66 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm just starting on this and would love to connect with you!
  • nml1787
    nml1787 Posts: 1 Member
    I started keto about 3 weeks ago and am down 11 lbs. I'm up for some keto friends. :) It's been a challenege for me to get my fat intake up. The past 3 days I have been doing better.
  • willieswifejw
    willieswifejw Posts: 2 Member
    Hey! I've been doing Keto on & off for the last 6 months but have decided to commit to Keto for the next 30 days to see if I can finally move the scale needle down and make some real progress! I need someone to encourage me too! Let's be ketobuddies ☺️
  • chalau
    chalau Posts: 1 Member
    I just started keto last weekend. For about 2 years my sister has suggested using the MFP app and my nephew has been on paleo or keto diets for 2+ years. So I'm learning the guidelines. Aiming for 1,500 cal & 20 gm carbs per day. Close so far. I never knew how many carbs I ate every day.
  • CTeam5
    CTeam5 Posts: 3 Member
    Good morning , All! I'm new to the keto lifestyle and excited to learn from anyone who is willing to share what is working for you! :smile:
  • Casieopea
    Casieopea Posts: 4 Member
    Hi there! I have been doing keto since July in a big way and have really lost some weight. I am currently very low carb (aiming for less than 15 a day) and it has helped break through a plateau. I follow Maria Emmerich's blog and have pinterest boards for lots of ideas and help. happy to help/share/support each other!
  • mlslaterphoto
    mlslaterphoto Posts: 5 Member
    I just started A Ketogenic lifestyle 30 days ago and would love to support each other!
  • jil13
    jil13 Posts: 7 Member
    Can I be friends too! I am a week in to my keto lifestyle. I absolutely love it.
  • klaak
    klaak Posts: 47 Member
    Hi Everyone!!! I just started Keto about a week and a half ago and it's the first thing that has actually worked for me in YEARS of exercising and low-carbing. Would love to connect with Keto friends as well, and learn what you're doing and how it's going.
  • theclaw900
    theclaw900 Posts: 321 Member
    edited September 2016
    Three weeks into a keto diet. Down about 5 lbs

  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    StacyChrz wrote: »
    Hi Audrey! I'm Stacy, I've been doing keto for a little over 2 months. Check out the Low Carb Daily Forum group, it's full of great people and a whole lot of information.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

    I have been Keto for two years and have found most of the Keto info/friends to be more than helpful at this MFP sub forum above and expect you will find it to be the same. Keto has changed my life for the better but it has been a very different way of eating and wild results. Here are three lipid tests to make my case about being "wild" but AWESOME.

    Pre LCHF (two years ago) labs were:
    Total Cholesterol - 226
    HDL - 38
    LDL - 146
    Triglycerides - 209

    9 months of LCHF (one year ago) labs were:
    Total Cholesterol - 404
    HDL - 56
    LDL - 323
    Triglycerides - 121

    17 months of LCHF (today) labs were:
    Total Cholesterol - 257
    HDL - 63
    LDL - 186
    Triglycerides - 36

    The new doctor said keep doing what I am doing because it is working and that now Total Cholesterol has to be at >290 before they consider statins, etc. She was not hype pro LCHF but she said the numbers proved it was working for me. I think my numbers helped her better understand the first year of LCHF sending Cholesterol through the roof is NORMAL for some. I refused statins last year because I knew it was normal to shot up because the body takes a while to stop producing high cholesterol that is produced to protect against high inflammation.

    Two years ago I think there were several posters on MFP that thought LCHF was actually unhealthy WOE but I think most know otherwise now hence less attacks on this WOE for example.

    My personal goal for Total Cholesterol is 200-240 since at my age it gets the best odds of preventing my premature death but 257 is not far from that protective range. My ratios are now awesome. A1C was 5.1
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    edited September 2016
    aspoerr1 wrote: »
    Hello my name is Audrey! I've been on and off keto for a while now.. just looking for some extra support and new friends. It's always nice to meet new people!

    Welcome back to Keto.

    You may be interested in this free training mentioned already on MFP. I have not done it but I did leave my email address just now for this weekend.

    ketosummit.com/
  • nebrgrown
    nebrgrown Posts: 1 Member
    Hello,
    My name is Tammy. A little back history. Almost three years ago I had my youngest kiddo (I have 4 total) and I had gained SO much weight (over 60 lbs) despite doing every thing I was "suppose" to do. My friend introduced me to the LCHF WOE and I was able to drop over 30lbs. I was back down to my pre pregnancy weight and felt great. Well May of 2015 I had to have an appendectomy and then in July of 2015 I sadly had to have a total hysterectomy. I do still have my ovaries so there is no issue there with my weight in regards to that. Well during my time of healing and my depression even worse because of the hysterectomy I put on some weight. Once the doc gave me the all clear, I got back on my LCHF WOE and working out like I had always done. Over the course of about 9 months my weight only went up. I was so frustrated!! So I went back and saw my doctor and I was diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism/Graves Disease. Yes, most people with hyperthyroid lose weight, but there are some of us lucky ones who get hyperthyroid with weight gain. Anyway, I started on meds for that and then I was diagnosed with Thyroid Eye Disease. Long story short the best way to help get that into remission is to get my hormone levels into normal range ASAP. Well It is easier to do that when you are hypothyroid so I had Radioactive Iodine Treatment to kill my thyroid. But to protect my eyes from getting worse through the process I had to be on a 6 week regimen of Prednisone. So in total in a year I have gained my 30 lbs back and I am still working to get my levels into normal range for me. My question is does anyone know if LCHF will still work for me like it did before even though I no longer have a thyroid? I take Nature Throid as my hormone replacement. It is from pigs and it gives the patient both T3 and T4 hormones unlike the synthetic stuff that only gives you T4 in hopes that your body will convert some of the T4 to T3. My doctor has also put me on some DHEA from my adrenal gland since that was low and some progesterone cream to help with water retention and brain fog. I have always been a healthy and active person, but going through all of this has put me through the ringer. I just want to get back to somewhat normal and to start I would like to get this weight off. Thanks if you have read through this long story and I hope to get to know a lot of you on here.
    Good Night
  • Habiteer
    Habiteer Posts: 190 Member
    nebrgrown wrote: »
    My question is does anyone know if LCHF will still work for me like it did before even though I no longer have a thyroid?

    Not an expert on this, but anecdotally some people with hypothyroidism seem to do better with a keto diet
    (https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/search?q=hypothyroidism&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all)

    For a more rigorous case study, here is an interesting case about a morbidly obese patient with Hashimoto's Disease whose doctors put him on a "Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), levothyroxine replacement, and a low-carbohydrate diet (LCD) were initiated" treatment. The results were that he lost 25% of his body weight, 32.4 kg (71.28 lbs), over the period of 18 months. From the article, it sounds like they weren't aiming for a ketogenic state and was just doing low-carb.
    (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974739/)

    So, we can at least see anecdotally that keto and low carb way of eating benefits some people with impaired thyroid.

    Keto does carry some risks, electrolytes might be depleted, arrhythmias may occur, there might be a "keto flu" period of unpleasantness. So, if you choose to go this way, I'd try to mitigate as much risk as possible and listen to your body on whether it feels good for you or not. Best wishes.

    Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. I am not an expert.