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Good luck to you too! My food list looks almost exactly like yours, minus the eggs. And I am eating a lot of coconut milk for the cream. I miss HWC. I plan to try to make dairy free coconut yogurt this weekend. Just need to buy the probiotics for the fermentation :)

Great article, thanks! Preventing reoccurrence of cancer is one reason why I went low carb last year. Interesting YouTube channel from a guy who beat cancer if anyone would like to check it out; search "Chris beat cancer." He has a very compelling story about he cured himself through nutrition.

Good job avoiding dairy for so long! Yikes about the headaches. Great idea getting tested to find out for certain if it's dairy causing the problems. Let us know what you find out. I am going about finding out about my food intolerances also, through elimination. So far no gluten, dairy or eggs for a week, and I feel…

@Sunny_Bunny_ I hope your sister watches it! Hopefully over time your persistence will pay off :) I am about to get persistent with my Mother. I think she is finally open to change since she has had a really bad year healthwise. She has finally losing weight, and has cut alcohol out of her diet completely (after 2 trips to…

This video is awesome! Thanks for posting. I will be sending a link to this video to several members of my family who are pre-diabetic.

@klkateri Yay, what an awesome accomplishment, and without even counting! Great work for supporting him with providing healthy snacking choices, and lots of encouragement!

I just discovered chia pudding, that is my favorite treat this week. Also 89% chocolate squares.

Oooh nice site swimsuitsforall.com. Thanks! Maybe I'll do something this year besides a solid black one piece, under a long-sleeve rash guard, and board shorts. I usually buy an 8 in suimsuits.

I need to buy a hand mixer and try it again! sounds like I just blended the heck out of it and the butter could not separate. I have one of those stick immersion blenders, but it overheats quickly. I'll keep trying differnt things, thanks! :)

Building my grocery list off of this thread!

I tried to make butter using HWC once. I carefully followed directions on how long and what speed to blend it so that the butter would separate from the milk. I nearly broke my blender (overheated), trying to get the butter to separate. I think it was all the additives in the HWC preventing it from separating.

I just invited my Dad over for tri-tip tomorrow night and he said he will bring a tub of ice cream, because my Mom, who is on vacation with friends, wants it out of the house before she gets back! Ug, their grocery regrets are on their way to my freezer (temporarily until I toss it of course). Funny how they deem it…

I recently lowered my carbs even more (from around 50 to 15) as a result of cutting out all dairy, nuts and eggs, temporarily until I figure out what is causing digestive issues. I am now back to the keto-flu feelings of yuckiness. Drinking broth has helped to aleviate the headaches and fogginess I've felt the last few…

Breakfast at my Moms house was coffee cake and cinnamon rolls. Me: No thanks, I had 2 eggs this morning and I'm full. Mom: Aren't you worried about your cholesterol? Sigh...

Just some citrus fruit, lemon and lime juice to flavor club soda or sauces. Guess I'm drinking fruit lately! I miss bananas though.

5'6" CW 132 GW end of March 126 UGW 124

Thank you for posting this! Grams of carbs per day on the chart, is that total grams?

Good point! I am thinking meat fast too. I have upped egg consumption lately so that could be it. If I can get hubby to BBQ a tri tip this weekend I should be in food for several days! Ribeye sounds amazing too!

Thanks Mami! I often cook with onions, so that could be it. I bought a ton of nuts at the grocery earlier this week and they have been on the counter where by boys can snack freely. I think I've been into them too much. Ok, just got out of a lunch meeting at work and I am in gastro pain! I had roast beef deli meat, a slice…

I'm too much of a newbie with this WOE to give advice, but so sorry to hear you are feeling this way. I have low blood pressure too, so am listening intently to the advice everyone is giving.

Yes, very well might be the sweetener. Thanks for the insight!

2 or 3 with butter, blue cheese and horseradish on top. Just got home from a big grocery run... need to go back for steak!!!

Currently recovering from a cheat weekend :/ . I should be able to zip my jeans up by Wednesday if I behave myself.

@mandycat223 I am highly motivated by scare tactics. Finding my walking shoes now... :)

Thanks everyone for your responses and ideas! Plan to go hiking and sledding with the family tomorrow, and to get my bike out of the shed and start riding again next week :)

I have a cookbook by Danielle Walker, who has UC and wrote it for others with the same condition. It is called Against all Grain. Gluten, grain and dairy free recipes. I have tried many of her recipes and they are very good! I think she has a website too...

I was totally motivated to do that, back in my 20 somethings (a long time ago). I worked out at a military gym back then and everyone there was motivated. Then I went too far lifting heavy and ended up with costochondritis... ended my somewhat heavy lifting phase. Now I have little pink and purple hand weights up to 15…

Haha! I think I was planking for 2 days... I stink at exercise too, but there definately is hope.. I am a work in progress :)

Love this! The farm and household chores are a big part of my exercise routing as well

@wabmester. Too funny! I do squats when cooking! And when at the office I'll do squats in the restroom, few women in my office building so the restroom is usually empty :) . Good advice about body weights and push-ups. Yes, I need to get into a routine and do them consistently. I used to run when in my 20's and I really…