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Carb grams...net or total?
For Atkins, carbs are generally referred to as net carbs (total minus fiber grams). For keto, when a number is thrown out there "I am at 20 grams carbs", is that net or total? Thanks.
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What is your sodium daily goal?
What is your daily sodium goal? I am updating my goals on here and would like to change this from the 2300 mg recommended. Thanks!
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One Month on Keto (Pics)
Happy Friday everyone! Yesterday was my one month keto-versary, so I thought I'd share my results. When I was first starting out, I scoured the internet looking for proof that this works, so now I'm giving back. I have kept my carbs <20g daily and have lost about 13 pounds since I started. I haven't been strict about…
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This is what 9 days of keto does to a fat wheat belly
I have been on keto for a total of days and in the beginning I didn't have a scale so I estimated that I was at around 265 but now I am sure I was closer to 275. All ny clothes were tight and my belly was so big I worried that some of my shirts were too small to keep it all covered. Embarassing! I was binging on ice cream,…
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Food Prep
How often do you guys do food prep and what do you usually do? I'm trying to think of ways I can prepare and pre-package and maybe freeze some meats and veggies and even whole meals to make things easier.
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Video on Cholesterol
Excellent talk (long and a little scientific) on Cholesterol, what it is, how it works and then on low carb diets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuj6nxCDBZ0
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fat
I can't get my fat intake up. Please help. What can I add easily to increase it. Counting everything but struggling.
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Food Logging
Why is food logging so time consuming for me? First, when creating a recipe MFP seems sooooo slow! I tried to edit one of my recipes yesterday and MFP would not save it. I tried 3 times! Something that should have taken 5 min at most took over half an hour and still was not successful! Second, when logging a food I find…
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Egg Intolerance Newbie
Hi all, I am new here and thought i would pose a question. I have been doing keto for about a month. Not a lot of weight has been moving and after today's research I am about to make quite a few changes. I think i was eating way too many nuts (almost obsessively), too much protein and not enough fat. How do you get all…
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Your Favorite Way to Eat Eggs?
O my gosh. I just boiled 8 eggs and made deviled eggs. Was going to take them to work for the next days. Unfortunately four (8 halves) didn't make it to the fridge :o Darn, I hate that when that happens. LOL! They were so good! Have you ever done that? I was thinking of all the ways you can cook eggs. I like them all, it's…
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Keto Pals
Hi there! I have been away from MFP for awhile due to moving across the country and starting a new job, but am starting up keto again and am extremely serious about it. Any friend adds or friendly advice on re-starting keto would be greatly appreciated! I set my macros to 10% carb, 20% protein, and 70% fat to start with.
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Blog #13 DittoDan's Milestone's, First's And Good Changes Since Starting the Ketogenic Diet
I wrote a new blog to show additional "good things, milestones, etc." that happened to me since I started the Ketogenic diet. Blog #13 DittoDan's Milestone's I hope this helps, Dan the Man from Michigan
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Attempting Keto + Endurance Sports...take 2!
After breaking my wrist mountain biking just over 2 years ago I embraced Keto/Atkins while I was recovering and attempted to stick with it once I was cleared to return to running and biking indoors on the trainer. I had been a dedicated keto/Atkins eater for a few years before taking up running, so I was happy to cut the…
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I Hate Water, Any Other Suggestions?
One of the hardest things about any diet/WOL is that you must drink a lot of water. My daily goal is 8-12 cups. I have a very hard time meeting that goal. I set a 4 cup waterbottle on my desk at work when I get there in the a.m. ~ and hopefully I have drunk it by the time I go home (6:00 pm). I use a "Britta Water" filter,…
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Blood Sugar has gone way up since starting keto diet, is this okay?
When I started this diet 13 days ago, my blood sugar was 95. It immediately went up and has gone as high as 167. This is disheartening. I've heard that this sometimes happens and usually will go back down in a couple/3 weeks. I don't want to do damage and cause problems that weren't a problem before. I know I'm not doing…
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Mayo Recipe, Turkey Flavored
Turkey Flavored Mayo As most Keto'ers know, its fun to eat mayo straight out of the jar. But to spice things up a little, lets add some flavoring to it. This recipe will make you shiver in delight as you eat one of your favorite foods! :D Ingredients: (I weighed everything on my digital scale in oz.) 4 oz. finely chopped…
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Recommendations for book?
I've found a lot of info on the web, here and elsewhere, but do any of you have a favorite book that covers the essentials of the Keto diet and recipes?
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Prime Rib Not So Expensive
In Michigan (and other states) we have a food service store called Gordon Food Services (GFS). I got their sales flyer, the other day, and it had fully cooked prime rib (NOT frozen) for $9.99 @ lbs. Keto shoppers know that $9.99 is a good price for any good meat. So I purchased it. $72 bucks. Tonight I cut it up into 18…
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How much weight have you lost on keto and how long did it take?
Just starting out so any success stories would be very motivational for me! :)
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Beware of the Costco Chicken Salad
Stay FAR away from this stuff! I didn't know that such a small amount of celery and onions could add up to so many carbs! One cup is 21g of carbs! TWENTY-ONE! I really wish that container had a nutritional label on it. This was supposed to be lunch every day. I guess I could have half a cup but that's still a lot of carbs…
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Ideas wanted!
Hi everyone, I'm starting keto in the new year and trying to plan meals/food for work/snacks - would you mind sharing a typical keto day with me please? Thankyou x
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Should I Buy?
I was 314 lbs :'( on the day I started the diet. Which means (all morbidly obese people know this) that I had to purchase my clothes online at the "Big & Fat" stores. Most normal brick & mortar retailers stop at 2X shirts and 54ish size pants. Now, I weigh 268ish. :D I saved some smaller pants (from 8 or so years ago and I…
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Keto and Exercise
hi I am new to Keto (Feel free to add me) i have been on the keto calculator and i have set it to sedentary as i cannot guarantee when i will get or have the time to exercise! so on the days that i do exercise do i eat my calories burned using my HRM should i eat those back? thanks
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ketoacidosis and type 2 diabetes
My hubby is awesome, and wants to try the keto diet. He's a t2 diabetic on two injected medications. He's done lazy atkins before including phase 1 without complication. I don't understand ketoacidosis other than to understand the normal person (moi) doesn't have to worry about it. He has high blood pressure as well as…
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Baking day
The kids and I made a double batch of peanut butter cookies, gingerbread cookies(decorated too!), and whipped shortbread. I ate none of ut, wheee! My 14yo also made a batch of Heath bar fudge. My reward for good behavior was a half pound ribeye steak. Yummy!
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Water weight when starting/stopping low carb eating
If you are like me, there are times that you go off your diet/WOE. I've often gone off for a few days before getting back on. When this happens, my glycogen stores get filled up with all of the carbs I'm eating or get depleted during the first few days of low carb eating. And with the glycogen, there is a lot of water that…
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Recipe question
Two days ago I made some butter for a co-worker's birthday breakfast. I used real sugar in it because I can't force monk fruit in the raw on them. I used the recipe builder in MFP and it doesn't have that many carbs, 5 at the most. My question is about the buttermilk produced. Should I just presume that it has the same…
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cooking in fat
When you cook in fat, be it coconut oil, bacon fat, whatever, do you count the whole amount you put in the pan? You don't end up ingesting the whole amount. Just curious how others do it.
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Trying to figure this out....
Hi Everyone, I am new here. I am desperately trying to get some weight off. I will turn 50 next month, am having some major joint problems (that originally started with an injury) and no orthopedic doctor wants to help because I am at 5 6" and 315 lbs. I have counted calories for the past who knows how long and maintain at…
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MFP's 5 week prediction
When you complete your daily food/exercise log, does anyone pay attention to the... "If every day were like today... You'd weigh xxx.x lbs in 5 weeks" I started plotting this prediction vs my actual weight to see how accurate it is. Won't know for at least 4 weeks. Curious if anyone has done this already?