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Oh god, water retention for sure. Have a salty meal or two, even if your calories are inline and you will see a jump on the scale. Same for if you naturally eat a bit lower carb and then have a high carb day, that will keep a touch of water on, too. If you see a bit of a plateau and everything else is in order, stay…

Not a magic food, but I always find sunflower seeds in the shell to help with snacking. It's a whole lot of work to get a few seeds and by the time you go through even half a serving you're tired of eating them. We take them on long car rides because it's minimal amount of calories for snacking in a car versus shoveling…

What matters more is what you eat between New Years and Christmas, less between Christmas and New Years.

I'm not too upset if clothes fit the same and I look the same. I could always stand to lose weight and could always stand to be in better shape, but I try to focus less on the number and more on the how I feel, how far can I run/bike, how much can I lift, etc kind of thing. Going to change batteries, weight some water,…

My wife is on team resistance training, but I know my training has been half-assed enough, combined with being AFAB, I shouldn't have converted over more than maybe a pound of muscle, if even that. Leaning towards team "replace the scale" here.

I found my Fitbit would over-estimate calorie burn if I had the heart rate monitor on (we're talking close to 1k extra calories for 12,000 steps). Once I turned it off, it started sending more reasonable amounts of calorie burn over to MFP. Now I usually eat back maybe half of what it is and I know I'm safe, probably not…

Mileage may vary. A lot. My wife and I did it last year. She flourished. She had energy, never felt tired or hungry, she was rocking it hard. She lost a good bit of weight in 18 weeks, probably close to 30 pounds. Me, I didn't do so well. Grumpy, always hungry, terrible mood swings, lethargic, etc. It didn't matter how…

Mine still hasn't synced. Anyone else unsynced still?

Don't forget to keep an eye on potassium. If you're not keeping potassium up on low carb, that might lead to an increase in blood pressure. Do you track it as well? If not, maybe do so for a few weeks and then see where you're falling. If you're drastically under the recommended amount for a day, maybe try to up that a…

I take that article with a grain of salt, especially considering it's 8 years ago. I saw it earlier this year, pulled out a pair of Old Navy jeans and measured them from button to button hole on the pants. They were within half an inch of the size on the label. Same for everything else in my drawer of various sizes. I…

Other things to think of, your skin sensitivities may have changed and you might be more sensitive to certain soaps now. I was in my late 20s when all of a sudden I had eczema all over the place. Accidentally noticed one day it was appearing on my neck where my shampoo was dripping down. Trip to the dermatologist confirmed…

Someone mentioned hormones. So yeah, depending on when your water weight gain is when it comes to your menstrual cycle, that could be the culprit. Some women gain when they ovulate, some right before they menstruate, etc on the variances of when it happens. If this is week 3 of keto and you're noticing a sudden plateau and…

Echoing everyone above, it should pick it up automatically. I stopped wearing mine to sleep, though. It stressed me out that I wasn't sleeping enough according to it, so then I ended up having a hard time sleeping because I was worried about getting enough sleep. It was a vicious cycle. I take the fitbit off at night and…

I think it has more to do with muscle composition. Two people can be the same height, weigh nearly the same, but look different based on muscle mass. So someone who does some weight training next to someone who does no weight training, the person who does the weight training might look "thinner". YMMV. I know when I…

Don't try to change everything all at once, focus on one thing at a time. It's more manageable. Just because you had a bad meal/day/skipped a workout doesn't mean the whole thing is lost and you write off a bigger time period. Just get back at it at your next opportunity. Measure your progress against your past self, not…

I've noticed the same thing, hangovers come easier so far. We have a whisky tasting to go to tonight, so I'm pre-hydrating like a frat boy before homecoming. :smiley:

I don't have anything to add in terms of helping with the app and tracking exercise, but congrats on doing C25K training! I did the whole plan a few years ago and it turned me on to running. I *never* would have thought I'd be someone who enjoyed running. Ever. :) I hope you have fun with it! (and if you need more…

Woos are bad? Crap. I thought woos were like "Whoo-hoo! Yeah! Rock on!". Oopsie, tee-hee, sorry for anyone I have woo'ed in the past.

I use WorkIt, I like it. It's flexible, you can email back ups to yourself so you don't lose progress info to phone mishaps. It's free unless you want extra features.

Oh! Also! If it's a potluck style thing, always bring crowd-friendly keto options that you can eat, that way you have something you can have for sure. My friends are used to me not being able to show up empty handed and I plan on making good use of that reputation this summer to bring keto-friendly foods to gatherings.

Drink wise you can pull the old trick, if there's a bartender or bar "fixings", of getting a sparkling water or club soda, a straw and a wedge of lime or lemon in it. People will think it's a vodka/gin mixture of some kind and not pressure you. I've done that a few times and it works. Same for cola, get a diet cola of some…

All the avocado. Clear out one store and go to the next. You might have enough then to last a week. Then repeat the process for eggs. ;) Besides everyone's suggestions above, almond milk (unsweetened), almond and coconut flours, hemp hearts (we love the hemp heart low carb overnight fridge oatmeal), and fancy olive oils.…

I bought the Gold's Gym XRS 20 with the squat rack and I like it after a year of use. The leg curl part (don't know the technical name) doesn't go up as far as I'd like in weight (I think it tops out at around 130 or 150), but the rest of it is more than sufficient for my needs. But nothing has broken, nothing has failed.…

Yeah, understand that very, very well. Again, this isn't my first rodeo, I know things have to be sustainable, calories matter, etc...it's her that's learning this, and keto is an approach that some how is getting thru. ;)

And no idea WHY my response showed up as a quote there, it's not supposed to be. *sigh* Sorry about that.

I do not. I probably should, but eh...I only take one multivitamin, so I figure it's not going to break me. If I started taking more supplements and they added up calorie wise I'd start tracking them.

Thank you for the article (and to everyone else for all the good advice here, too)! I think I'm more worried about going over on protein because I'm not lifting this week; I decided to give working out a break during the first week of keto and pick it up next week (I assumed the "keto flu" would pass by then and I was…

Portion control goes out the window for me when I stop using MFP. When I'm logging I'm way more aware of what I'm eating AND how much. Oh, I'll eat that cookie and log it, but if I'm not logging then one cookie turns into 2+.

Thank you to everyone - that makes more sense, the whole thing of it being between 20 and 50. I was wondering about that, if it was a hard, strict limit or something with more flex depending on your body. I'm finding it's hard to stay at 20 and not have my protein shoot through the roof (I need to be better at finding high…