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Petri Dish here. I am doing this; I am adding protein and carbs and making them equal to (=) or less than (<) my fat intake. Simple. I read this on one of those low carb math sites that make your head spin and you keep needing to check back to review. ( if a car travels west at 60 miles per hour and the dog gets loose, how…

( bowing my head) Thank you all. I can do it and am excited. Calm . A four letter word not in my vocabulary. My business is not about calm but I am working on it.

....or, get the stomach flu for 8 days...

Someone send the bacon salad link to CICO. Stand back and wait for the fall out. hahah

Well, 4 days of lower GI flu is a great starting off point. I highly recommend .

Angeleangie? send the temptation to the front porch with instructions not to return until the bowl is clean. I am thinking there is a low carb ice cream you can make. Cream, Stevia, egg. Only difference is NO SUGAR. Bet if you ask this forum or google, you will be able to join him.

If I am going to eat meat, I am paying the extra to eat natural . It helps me to know these animals are treated humanely. I live in a small NE area and can fortunately eat locally. NEVER nitrites. Once I saw a slaughter house in Colorado and the site made me weep. Try hard to know your source was treated with dignity.

Here's another thing: watch My 600 lb. Life. It is jaw dropping and what you see over and over is how enabled these people are. Mothers, husbands, wives. How does someone get to be 600lbs?

When I was about 15 approaching puberty, my father who was a doctor , came to my bedroom and gently asked, " just wondering how your weigh is doing." I was so overweight and so in denial. I responded by saying, "fine, just fine." He asked how much I weighed. I said, "oh about 130." He said, "why don't you step on the…

Thanks for your input and I am sure it will help others.

ok. Stomach flu day 2; calories in, calories out :)

Yes. Getting your head right about what it is your want is a good place to start

Wonderful, honest responses that touched me deeply. I took a fabulous memoir class with Joyce Maynard last summer . Before she let us write, she stripped us of all the pretense, all the cover up and when we were at the bottom, she told us we were now ready to write. The authentic life starts with yourself. You matter most.

PS. Doctors are not always right. They are also human. also this: Interesting NPR interview on sugar. What a shock to hear doctors say it is ok for you "in moderation." Sugar in take in this country is out of control. What is moderation? No one says. Doctors use to use use blood suckers. Medicine evolves. We learn.…

try cream cheese with salsa. Wowzer

lemon ginger tea. seltzer water. Amodium A-D I have a touch myself but managed some creamed spinach. Homeade: Cream Cheese, butter and a touch of heavy cream. Thinking I can keep it. Low cal day for sure.

pork rinds. Salty, crunchy, sometimes I spread with cream cheese for lunch with tea and a small amt. of Stevia. Sweet and salty.

Read about low carb, high fat and consider this as your entry to surgery. It is possible that you won't need surgery. I think learning how to control your food issues may be , in the long run, healthier than surgery. Just saying. There is a huge amount of information on this site if you want it.

two words, 3 meals: BACON. NO nitrite bacon. Remember.

gaining muscle movement. I am doing the lateral machine at the gym; like XC skiing. Couldn't do that 4 weeks ago. Knees were a mess. Level 10. Oh boy. Still have no idea what I weigh but don't give a rat's a**. Know what I mean?

Honey, we have all been there in some form or another. It is called , Life. Accept and move forward.

seems a bit low considering that some of that old fat is coming from protein based foods.

I believe you need to commit fully to this diet. Cheating can't be your lifestyle. That is how we got where we are. Cheated ourselves for one reason or another. Everyone has a story. I am holding on because of this site; it's belief in this approach to eating, the results posted by so many and even though I bringing up the…

I think Atkins recommended 3 days. After that return to your <20 or whatever . Maybe next month, try it again. You are basically injesting all fat.

Wowzer , Goat you are one smart dude. Can you keep this at the top of the list all the time like an entry gate to LC/HF ?

thank you , everyone for such great support. Hope I can return the effort.

ok. I reset my macros. Actually a bit scary but I am willing to try with nothing to lose... so to speak!

good information, I will go back and look at what I have set up. I do believe that is way more fat than I have been doing. Yikes

Thanks everyone. I realize portions are sometimes off, but in fact I am often under 1500 and NEVER count my exercise calories. I do use Stevia in tea, maybe 2 packs a day. My protein is mostly chicken and eggs and beloved bacon. I tried what Atkins calls a "fat fast" basically carbs were almost nothing for 2 days. That…

Anyone watch My 600lb Life? Listen to the doctor say, ' lower your carbs and increase protein.' Just saying.