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The theoretical use of HCG is to stop you from feeling hungry and to make you burn fat while preserving lean mass. That's exactly what a proper keto diet will do so you can get similar effects without spending hundreds of dollars on prescriptions and shooting yourself up with hormones. Most people who say they are doing…

I always have coffee with a few tablespoons of heavy cream and then a little of whatever solid food is laying around. I might have an egg, a hunk of cheese, or a few slices of ham. Hunger isn't really an issue when I'm in ketosis so I avoid doing anything big and fancy during the morning rush. Plenty of time to eat all the…

I drank Michelob Ultra and PC Low Carb (a Canadian beer) and even Coors Light while losing. I lost 100 lbs in a year drinking beer about once per week. I usually kept my carbs still under 25g, maybe up to 50g if it was a real special occasion, and just counted the beer with my dietary carbs. I really like beer and I think…

There could be a few reasons for a negative stick. You might be eating more carbs than you think. It's easy to misjudge portions if you don't weigh, or to not realize maltitol doesn't work for you if you are eating sugar free products. You might have just had a bad stick. Sometimes one of mine won't change and I'll know it…

Yogurt has a rather small selection of probiotics and most commercial brands don't label what strains of bacteria they are using so it's hard to know if it is going to have a useful probiotic effect. A good multi-strain probiotic supplement would likely be more effective and lower in carbs. If you're set on a whole food…

If you eat less carbs you need less vitamin C because they compete for the same metabolic pathways in the body. By eating sugary sources of vitamin C you're actually increasing your requirement for vitamin C because you are eating more sugar. Tomato juice and light cranberry juice (oceanspray anyway) each have 10g of carbs…

Other than electrolytes, are you drinking coffee? When I did keto levels of carbs the first time I had to switch to decaf for a couple months to stop racing heart and anxiety for some reason. I've been a multi-cup per day drinker for 20 years but caffeine stopped agreeing with me for a while. My first guess was sodium or…

Shoppers, Rexall, Pharmasave... Pretty much any pharmacy will carry them because they are used by diabetics. You need to ask someone at the pharmacy counter for them as they are behind the wall. They are about $9 at Shoppers in Ontario.

I'm in Toronto and you can find Walden Farms at many Metro and Loblaws stores. The Metro I go to keeps it on the end of the aisle with canned meat. The Loblaws family of brands tends to put it in the kosher section for some reason. The Low Carb Grocery website has free shipping over $100 and $7.99 flat rate up to 10 kg…

Sometimes when I need fat and am feeling lazy I'll put an ounce of cream cheese, 10 g of butter, and a tablespoon of heavy cream in a bowl. Microwave it for 20 seconds. Stir. Microwave for 20 more seconds. I put it on eggs or a burger or steak or whatever I happen to be eating. You can add parmesan or herbs/spices or…

Lots of people claim diet soda will stall them or give them cravings. My personal experience is that I handle it well. I drink a lot of coke zero (like one a day at least, sometimes several) and I lost 102 lbs eating LCHF and bp/cholesterol/blood glucose etc. all improved just fine with no cravings. If it works for you, go…

I have a bunch of these in the pantry I can't bring myself to eat. I'm almost certain the nutritional info is not correct on the package. If black beans generally have three times as much total carbohydrate as fibre, and black beans are the only ingredient other than water, how does this pasta magically have a much more…

86 lbs in 9 months so far.

If I'm tight on calories or it's early in the day I do a scrambled egg or two with a piece of ham, bacon, or pepperoni and a sprinkle of cheese. I could eat this three times a day. I'm an egg and salty meat kind of person. If I'm not tight on calories my quick go-to is a big hamburger patty (cooked from frozen for quick…

I have found it easier this go through. I lost 80 lbs when I was 25 and it was pretty hard work (then again I was eating raw vegan and felt like I was starving to death). I've lost 62 lbs in the last few months at 31 and it's melting off.

Four cups in a litre. One cup is 250 ml.

Most people only take three or four days so you should be there. The acetone breath is a pretty good sign.

I take too many supplements. I probably have a problem. Multivitamin, coq10, D3, K2, fish oil, garlic, magnesium, potassium, saw palmetto, probiotic daily. Whey, pre-workout, BCAA some days. I also supplement with gelatin, green powder, and fibre mixed into foods or drinks.

Carbs 5-10% Protein 25-30% Fat 65-70%

Speaking of cutting in half width wise, I do that with quest bars. Half of one is plenty of protein for a snack for me without blowing my macro ratios. The isomalto-oligosaccharides are also digested to a small degree so I like to somewhat limit my intake. I usually have about half a quest bar a week. The half bar doesn't…

Some of the products taste nice. Some are garbage. Everyone seems to like different ones. I like the bacon dressing and hate the bacon dip. The chocolate syrup and berry jellies are ok but the peanut butters are way too salty. The alfredo sauce is gross but the BBQ sauce is good in my opinion. They are never as good as the…

Fat and protein will make you full. Almost everyone who eats low carb has their appetite go way down naturally causing them to eat less. If you need the bulk for some reason you can eat a huge green salad for pretty few grams of carbs. If you can handle shirataki noodles you can eat a whole bag of those for very few carbs…

Mirrors were the worst for me. I didn't "feel" obese in daily life. Then I'd catch my reflection in a mirror and feel sick. I'd still like to lose 40 more lbs, but I can look straight in a mirror now and feel fine. I'm happy with the progress. I would also hide from cameras. I'm still not quite over that one yet.

I'm not sure what there is to be skeptical about. All of the research has been saying that low carb is as effective as low fat to lose weight. There isn't much of a debate about that. The only possible controversy is if you'll gain it all back if you change diets, and of course you will if you go back to eating the way…

In the end weight gain and loss is about energy balance. If you take in more than you burn you will gain weight. Low carb diets are a great weight loss tool but they don't change that fact. Low carb diets tend to shut down the urge to overeat in many people so those people can only count carbs and be successful. Other…

It's going to fluctuate throughout the day based on what you ate, if you didn't eat, and how active you've been. Personally, if I'm keeping my carbs low I know I am in ketosis so I only test if I ate or drank something that makes me question the state I'm in. In that case I usually measure several hours after the offending…

If your ketostix change color you are doing fine. It's not a matter of the darker the better. The color will vary depending on your hydration and how many ketones you are actually using to fuel your body as the stick only measures the excess your body is spilling out. It also only measures one type of ketone, so while your…

Yeah, for sure it's very individual. I wish there was one answer for everybody but I love that we can all get together on this forum and share ideas and experiences. Hopefully we'll all figure out what works best for us :)

I'm down 51 using MFP and 61 total since September 2014. I eat at a deficit, restrict carbs, and go to the gym a couple times a week.

There are many reasons. You need some calories coming in or you will eventually experience metabolic adaptation and stop burning as much energy. Eating mostly fat also primes your body to burn fat (both dietary and body) by building up the efficiency of the metabolic pathways that burn fat. A huge excess or protein causes…