Looking for fellow keto-ers !

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

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!

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.

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.

I started a week ago!

I'm just starting on this and would love to connect with you!

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 ☺️

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!

I just started A Ketogenic lifestyle 30 days ago and would love to support each other!

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.

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

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.
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