@canadjineh I hope all went well with the surgery. Do you have to stay off it for a while? I have foot surgery in my future , again, next year.

@canadjineh I have a foot deformity called tarsus varus. Big toe goes out sideways like a thumb. Also fallen arch, heel needs repair. Broke a bone in that foot at some point, too. Still functional but often painful. Just no time right now to get it fixed. Next summer maybe.

Happy Tuesday all! Been a while since I checked in here now. Had a busy weekend, introduced my cat to my partners cat and apart from some growling and a small fight they got on well for a full three days which was just awesome. Such a relief.

Been working from home the past few days which has been awesome, but a really busy day today, so have managed under 1K steps today! Yes it is true, pitiful I know, but I literally got the laptop out, sat down and zoned out. But I have bought my first Christmas present now!

ProCoffeenator wrote: »

Good Tuesday Morning!
All I can say is brrrrr! It got cold fast! I don't do cold. Nothing I can do about it other than layer, layer, layers! Funny that I still have some clothes that are too big for me since it makes it easier to layer up!
I attempted to get my lunch break walk in and quickly said no way. So I'm not sure what to do! Luckily I did enough walking around on the playground with the kids that my Fitbit called it exercise! Thanks electronic bracelet for giving me an out!!
It's even colder today so I know right now that walk just isn't happening! Worse is that our schedules are screwed up so I'm not getting out early this week or next! Bleh!
Just going to keep going and do my best!

I hate the cold too! Even tho today could not be considered cold by Kansan's standards, I guess I have officially become a true Floridian. I miss my winter home. I have been very good though about bundling up when necessary and getting our (mine and the pup's) walks in each day. The evening walk is always in the dark and of course colder, but I'm getting it done.

Keep doing your best!

I need to get out for a walk today. Walked about 4 city blocks on Sunday. 1/2 mile? Twice. Paid for it with painful feet and swollen legs till today. (Wed) Will prep veggies, squash, onions and bake bread ( for the non low carb people) for stuffing. Last minute groc shop for the things that I forgot Monday. Have a great Thanksgiving giving, folks!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I am thankful for this group of people, who are working toward better health and are respectful of each others' differences.

I made the Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins for my feast dessert and they are hands down the BEST holiday dessert treat of ANY WOE... whoever posted that link for the recipe... BLESS you. I will re-post it here so that anyone who wants to try it can find it

https://onmywaytohealth.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/low-carb-pumpkin-cream-cheese-muffins/

Here's to smuggled steak! We had BarBQ'd Mediterranean burgers (cinnamon, chili powder, oregano, basil) with homemade cucumber raita and a mixed leaf lettuce salad, and big stuffed mushroom caps (filled with baba ghanouj). Dessert was a spoonful taste of my hubby's lemon yogourt.
Too hard to log.... I will worry about logging maybe tomorrow (or not, I get my ankle staples out )

Happy Friday. I did ok yesterday. I ate a couple Hershey Kisses, a half slice of garlic toast and a chocolate pie that was keto but I put in a graham crust. I have no idea what I ate macro wise but considering what I would have eaten this time last year I have NO complaints. I don't feel bad today but woke up ravenous! I wanted to dig into the pie but opted for BPC with mint and unsweet chocolate added. Filled me up and gave me the sweet I needed. I also woke up at 4:30 this morning which means I will probably be ravenous all day. That seems to happen when I wake up extra early.

On Wednesday night we went to his Mom's and saw family there for a while. Then I went and did a little shopping at a pre Black Friday sale with my oldest daughter - that was crazy - and now I know why I don't Black Friday shop.

Yesterday my oldest son, daughter in law and grandson came for the afternoon. We watched the Cowboys win their 10th in a row, shot guns, decorated the tree and ate dinner. My grandson is 2 and he fell in love with this little handmade oranament that looked like a bird feeder with real seed in it. Of all the shiny, sparkly oranments that's what he loved...it was too cute! We had a great time. Rowdy got a deer yesterday morning so that was a nice addition to the day. We also smoked the tenderloin from the boar my son in law shot the other day. It tasted pretty good overall. Today I'm going to pop it in the crock pot so it's not quite so tough.

Today my oldest daughter and her husband come over in the afternoon where we will eat left overs and have another great time. Until then, I'm working today but off the weekend.

All in all a great few days!

Well I planned for a few cheats on Thanksgiving day and happily it went as planned. Two spoons of chocolate mousse and a fork full of chocolate layer cake. Everything else was LC. So happy I did not binge on sweets! That is totally something to be thankful for!

I hope everyone is recovering from the long weekend. I am holding the line on my weight so far. Since starting LCHF WOE in August, I was losing well in Aug. and Sept. but now I seem to stall out every couple of weeks, then drift down very little, and go through the same cycle.

I have less than 20 lbs I want to lose and it just doesn't get an easier no matter what I tweak. I think I will start paying more attention to calories, I have been focused on macros primarily and I have slowly upped my net carbs, I would like to get to the 75-100 range. Been hitting more like 45-60 nc. At this level, I do eventually lose, just very slowly. I do like this range, I get good variety in my carbs and have plenty of energy to do my exercise, etc.

Enough whining. at least I have lost and haven't gained and we are in the middle of holiday feasting time of the year, so that is a big win. I need to concentrate on that.

gregpesot wrote: »

Hi Everybody!

Need some low-carb support! This looks like the place!


GREG

Hi there and welcome aboard. This is exactly the place for support! You found an amazing group of people with tons of knowledge. Check out the launch pad at the top and feel free to ask questions! Feel free to add me as a friend if you'd like. I find myself not logging my food as much as I used to log it (usually the weekends go by the wayside) but I do log in every day to see what's up on the forum. Again, welcome to our humble group!

Hello. I was faithfully low-carbing, logging and losing weight last year, until I fell off the wagon. I'm working to get back to where I was last year, and hopefully avoid falling off again.