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I thinks in general artificial sweetener and empty stomach is bad combination. but it might be ok when consumed with food. I had no problem using them in keto bake goods that I have a little bit after meal, but adding to tea when fasting just increase my hunger.

There is a different between physical hunger and emotional cravings. Part of weight loss is to differentiate them. You don't have to feel physical hunger when you try to lose weight, but you will definitely need to endure many emotional cravings.

Good for your and your partner. Unfornately, still so many people on MPL cling to the old ideas of fat is bad and fasting is going to cause you over eat. Don't mind them, you are doing great. I am un the same course, for now I only do intermittent fasting by eating one meal a day, but I want to try longer fast in the…

Set point isn't permanent, but changes take long time. like for example, you have been around 150-160lbs for last 10 years, and you goes down to 120lbs in a year, your body's set point might stay at 150 for a while so the first few years of maintenance is hard, and for many people, weight rebound when they stop tracking.…

I had similar experiences, I started again to diet and lose weight last March and was pretty in control the whole year, I was eating small qty of sweets as treat, I can easily stretch one cookie for a whole week without wanting to eat the whole thing in one go. However, I had a binge episode early this year where I crave…

I am not a doctor, but from personal experience, one of your major problem is lack of sleep. Lack of sleep can lower your immunity, increase stress level, increase your appetite etc. Find a way to get more sleep, even a nap in the afternoon would be good.

You can search keto/low carb snack online for inspiration even if you are on Mediterranean diet. My snack include nuts, cheese crisps, jerky, and home made keto bake goods(made with swverve and almond flour).

Good for you for willing to try it , really silly so many people bash on keto/carnivore diet without trying themselves. It might not be a good diet for people who just want to lose weight but definitely worth trying to help with certain medical condition with help of doctor if possible. I have not done carnivore but just…

Just from personal experience as I was overweight also around your daughter's age. One thing important is DO NOT TALK TO HER ABOUT HER WEIGHT. I have Asian parents, so comments about my weight since childhood is frequent and at every family gathering. Some relative will say you look like you lose weight trying to be nice…

How long do you fast? I don't think it is that important how you divide the meals as long as it fit your life style. I am like you not a breakfast person, so I do 16:8. I eat a light breakfast(200) after finish with all the morning emails, around 10-11 then coffee and morning snacks(400), I ate lunch late lunch 1-2…

It is obvious not accurate for everyone. I felt it was good advise for the OP. For average height women, if not counting exercise, the number is about right. Also I felt the important take away in the nutritionist advise is to think about maintenance calorie from the beginning. Do not set a goal for an idea weight because…

I am same with you, I know how to loss weight, but not how to maintain. I am at 157lbs now, about the weight I quite in the past. I think this is a weight that my body feel comfortable, so I lose motivation and relapse to old habits. Oddly, the pandemic kinda helped me this time, I go straight home after work, eliminated…

It is not necessary caused by your current diet but likely your past diet. There are hormones and other nutrients stored in your fat cells, when you lose fat, those stored hormones also get released. Depends on what you ate when gaining these weight, things like medication taken(eg, birth control), you can have all kinds…

Keto coffee are for people who follow keto diet, it is a easy way to add fat to reach fat target, it does help provide energy when you are keto adapted. Drinking bullet proof coffee when you still eat otherwise a standard american diet with high carb is a fad.

I started just few pounds below your starting weight, but I am much shorter 5'3". I didn't take measurement,but18 lbs loss, I definitely already felt my cloth fit different. Most obvious loss are my shoulder and leg. My belly still big but softer, so pants also fit better. Have you feel like your cloth feel looser even…

What are you eating? If you try to eat 1500 worth of vegetable,high fiber grain, lean meat, the volume of food might make you feel stuffed. All the fiber take longer to digest which might make you feeling bloated also. Try eating 1500 but add more fat to see how you feel.

Is sedation necessary? Depends on your condition, your level of pain tolerance and anxiety, I would discuss with your doctor. All I got are local anesthesia injections when I had all four wisdom teeth removed at once. Because they didn't actually grew out properly, so the surgeon cut my gum open to remove them. It was…

Do you want to do cheat days because you really crave carbs? then maybe keto wasn't right for you. Some people do carb cycling because they want to build muscle and do lots of weight training. Eating carb help replenish glycogen storage in the muscle. Depend on what your goal is, you can set a your own carb limit that suit…

1. As many said, pre-log your day would help 2. I am also eating low carb. so no ice-cream! Too much vegetable will make you feel bloated. Too much protein might be bad for your kidney. So Fat is the one you can have more. I think at this point fat is evil is more or less proved false. But if you want be extra safe, use…

Since you just started, how confident with your logging accuracy. It’s very easy to under or over estimate by 100-200. I’d say Just eat like you are doing now for another 2 weeks and see how your body react, if you are losing really fast then up you daily intake.

I started IF in Feb, and it really help with limiting my appetite, it might work a bit too well as I was eating too little thus in Mid-march I started having constipation, so I stopped IF and increased my food intake. I just start this Monday to go back on 16:8 but shifting my feeding window a hour earlier, hopefully no…

1400 calorie sounds like a good mark if you wish to lose weight. I would suggest stay at this level for at least 2 weeks decide if you wanna change.

I also start keto since Jan, but just start with 16:8 in the past two week. It suite my daily schedule well. Just the past weekend, I tried 20:4 but feel too stuffed in both meals within the 4 hours. Going to stick with 16:8, maybe trying to shorten the window over time.

Here is my tip to still eat unhealthy food but minimize the risk. Few years back when I do not cook, I lost weight by supplement fast food/takeout with vegetable. For example, only use half of noodle and seasoning, add an egg, bunch of pre-washed baby spinach to make a meal. Around same amount of calorie but half the…

I think the great SoCal summer is just to much for me while winter is much nicer weather for out door activity. Also, generally I use no heating in my home or office, probably burn more calorie in winter just to keep warm as I always have warm hand even in winter.

If you want to try it, definitely buy them now, Walmart only have sell them as seasonal item. Although you can always buy them online I think. Add a bit of heavy cream and sweetener to make more like a dessert.

Me too, I cannot do perfect keto, I am Chinese, so when eat with my family, I definitely not going to eat rice, but I am definitely going to enjoy my mom's amazing braised pork belly even though there are sugar in the seasoning. I just use dessert flavored tea to curve craving for snack. I don't need to even add sweetener…

I usually start with low daily calorie but do go up after one or two month since I lost weight. I think am actually more active in winter since I only go walking on weekends when it is not sunny because I hate the summer sun light in LA. But in general I don't do too much exercise when I am trying to lose weight.

Do you live in hot summer area too? I wonder if the hot weather is what affecting my mood thus affecting my self-control

I have tried Keto myself, it worked well. But I don't think there is agreement on long-term effect of keto diet. What I felt most important in my process of researching keto diet is "Eat Less Sugar". I think most people on this forum would say cutting out sugar and reduce simple carb is good.