I'm doing intermittent fasting, today was a feed day, the kids and my grand came over and we had bbq and fixings which were all low carb except dessert which was an apple pie, I had a piece about 1 inch x 2 inches and it was all I wanted. I love that on my feed day I can eat at maintenance. Kept it all low carb, throughout the IF experiment so far I have stayed in ketosis.

Went away for the weekend for my MiL's 90th. Stayed low carb all weekend, even while eating at a restaurant. I brought my own food just in case because I knew there would be a few meals at the house where we stayed.

After the big party it was just me, my husband, his sister, & my MiL having dinner at home & afterwards they all had leftover birthday cake which, for me, after 13 years of no cake, is not a temptation issue. But I still didn't feel like sitting at the table with them while they ate cake & ice cream because, meh. So I stayed close by in the kitchen & did the dishes instead. My SiL said "Oh I feel so BAD!" which drives me bonkers. I'm just doing self care over here, don't make it about you, lol

Anyway my SiL is always saying she shouldn't be eating whatever she's eating & saying how GOOD I'm being. I just smile & try to ignore it because I am not a fan of labeling someone good or bad based on food choices, no thank you. I wish I could get her to try LCHF but I know I've no chance, the carb addiction has a grip on her & it makes me sad because I know the feeling.

Great day! Carbs at 6 net. Decided to eat mostly meat for a while. I did put cream in my coffee and had a bit of cheese. Oh and my stick of gum.

I am on Day 14 of my month long adventure. No deviations. I still feel really tired, trying to figure out how to get rid of it. One day at a time

Question: Do you think watching Cupcake wars is going to damage my calm? LOL I love that show and haven't watched really any food shows since starting keto/IF 2 weeks ago. Would you brave it?

littlecrunchy190 wrote: »

Question: Do you think watching Cupcake wars is going to damage my calm? LOL I love that show and haven't watched really any food shows since starting keto/IF 2 weeks ago. Would you brave it?

My town actually has a bakery run by a Cupcake Wars winner. I'll wander in every so often (I get my pedicures in the same business area) and get cupcakes for the family. Tempting, but haven't given in!

Another great day! I think I did my macros darn near perfect.

Bouddie wrote: »

Another great day! I think I did my macros darn near perfect.

That's great!! I never meet my macros but I'm not worried about it. I stay under or at my carb (5% or 17g) but I seldom ever reach the protein or fat amounts. I do get close to my calories in each day though. I'm not sure how I could possibly eat more to meet my protein macro, not so much worried about the fat.

I've come down with something. Perhaps a bad cold, hopefully not worse than that. I've still been sticking with LC but probably wont log my food as much until I'm feeling better. But I'm still sticking with the WOE which I'm happy with and proud of myself!

Hi everyone, I'm 3 weeks in to full on Keto. I haven't lost much weight yet, but I know it's coming. I think my body first had to get past some inflammation and digestive stuff. It seems to be getting better.

Mississippi trip was exhausting (yet not that active), but I ate okay. Hard to control and when I was in the middle of nowhere I ended up just having low cals and breakfast for dinner, since there were few options. Yesterday was good, not my ideal but pretty decent -- there were salads with blue cheese and chicken as well as sandwiches for lunch, so I had that (a little dressing, probably with some sugar, some dried cranberries I mostly avoided), breakfast was easy (breakfast bar with eggs, bacon, some smoked salmon and cucumbers), dinner was steak and collard greens (and I was weak and exhausted and had more potatoes than intended, oh well). So not perfect, but okay.

Flew super early this morning so just skipped breakfast. So looking forward to getting back to my kitchen tonight.

Have definitely found my 'rhythm'...! Have lost 2.7lbs in the last two days - am down to 8 stone 6-and-a-half lbs... that's just over 118lbs.... The target is within my sights!! Woo-hoo!!

I have actually done this without any form of specific exercise at all.
Walking any long distance is difficult and eventually quite painful...

I had a back injury in 2002 which compromised the sciatic nerve down the left leg...it's not firing on all cylinders... the upper thigh region works very well. The bit below the knee however, is totally uncooperative - !
I have to wear a supportive brace, which is both cumbersome and unsightly, but there you go - at least it keeps me upright and walking less like a drunken sailor on a listing boat....
(photo 1)
However, due to the brace being wrapped round the foot itself, my left foot is encased in a man's shoe, size 6 (UK) and the right foot, in a size 3 child's shoe. Which is still too big, because I actually take size 2 - 2-and a-half.... This is my only, one pair of permanent shoes....

In the second photo you can clearly see the difference between the two lower legs - although I have lost weight in both of them (!) the left leg is obviously much thinner than the right, because the nerve-impulse isn't firing in the calf... and the foot won't respond to any form of request to stand on tiptoe, so pretty heels are totally out. The 'dent/yellowish bruise' on the front of the left leg has been caused by the constant pressure of the brace strap...

Sorry if the above is all TMI... I just wanted to let folks know that "I can't exercise fully" is not some feeble excuse to be a couch spud!

Having a pretty good stretch of keto days here, no big hurdles coming up for a couple weeks. Planning to give keto top priority. Ketostix in purple range.
Several outings for the week as well as some work hours.
I think it looks like a good week.

Been sick (upper respiratory infection) for the last week, but managed to still eat on plan.

Ate peanut butter by the spoonful last night... and managed to drop nearly 2 lbs! I've been stuck at 187 for the past couple of weeks and today I dropped to 185! I also think I drank more water than usual yesterday, so maybe that helped too?