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Me! My goal is 100 total per day. My husband lost 60 pounds in about 8 months with a daily goal of 150. Both of us have issues with blood glucose (pcos for me, prediabetes for him) and we’re both regulated with diet alone (this may vary for others- I initially had to go to 50 gm per day to regulate my blood sugar).

I’ve only been back at low carbing for a week and I can tell you my skin looks and feels so much better, and my hair seems fuller and shinier (and my scalp doesn’t itch incessantly like it does when I overdo it on the carbs/ sugar). My clothes are fitting better, I’m not uncomfortably full after every meal I eat, I fall…

Thanks, all!

Definitely get some salt. Pickles, broth, supplements if needed. It's your electrolytes begging for some balance. Salt will help restore it.

The label should say "cup o' sludge" I could see not letting me get in the car and drive around, but would a few laps around the parking lot really have been such an issue? Apparently, so it was me and a very kind 85 year old woman who was walking around the waiting room alongside me, hoping it inspired her bladder to…

Many medical professionals don't understand anything about ketosis or ketoacidosis or that there is even a difference. This is the same crap my husband was handed two years ago on a pamphlet provided by the folks who make a top-selling diabetes medication. For point of reference, this diet recommends 40 carbs (whole wheat…

That's such excellent progress for your daughter!! It is really terrifying to me that we count on these healthcare professionals for guidance and what we get in return is misinformation. I'm sure not every doctor or nutritionist or gestational diabetes educator is like this but there are enough of them that are. It's a…

Thank you! That's exactly right. I acknowledge that for many of her patients, 180 gm of carbs a day and eating whole wheat English muffins IS an improvement, and that's fine. Medicine just isn't one size fits all. I just can't understand how my OB is so open to hearing me and working with me on this and then this…

As long as I live, I never want to go near any artificially orange sugary drink again. That scarred me for life. They told me I could walk laps around the waiting room but that I couldn't leave their sight because I could pass out. Had they said as much before I consumed the sludge I would have run out screaming.

I just had the OGTT (I'm 17 weeks pregnant) and I "failed" it miserably, emphasis on the miserably. 45 minutes in I had a pounding headache that took three days to go away. My blood glucose was 191 at the one hour mark and it took the rest of the day to come back down. My doctor said she expected as much because she knows…

I got so so lucky! In case your Dr. isn't as "wise," tell them something like "I eat mainly veggies/ dairy/ meat/ whole grains (whatever your diet includes) . . ." instead of whatever you eat that you know they never want to hear. I decided that since I already had to change doctors (I was ready to kill my old one), I was…

Thanks! My doctor pointed out the same thing! Now I'm curious, but I'm willing to bet it's that she might not really know enough about it to advise me to go that course.

We just found out last week but we're 9 weeks along tomorrow. I've had pcos since at least college and I'm 35 now. I have no doubt that I can thank cutting out carbage for this. I expected my doctor, who I met for the first time last week, to be really against this. I also expected a lecture about my weight (not ideal but…

Even some regular vanilla ice creams have 19g carbs or less so it wouldn't be that many more. Blue Bunny's regular vanilla has 15 total. Hood vanilla bean is 17 total. If you're limiting to 100gm that wouldn't kill your day. My grocery store doesn't always have the CarbSmart either.

I had an insane craving for one. I made my own with Breyer's CarbSmart ice cream (14 g carbs/ 8 net carbs if you don't subtract sugar alcohols), 1/4 tsp. mint extract, and 1/2 C. half-and-half or heavy cream. It's definitely not an everyday food, but it stopped me from running to McDonald's and satisfied the craving. I…

B- sausage and eggs scrambled with cheese, coffee with HWC L- chicken bouillon cube in hot water D- we're going to an Italian restaurant to celebrate my sister's promotion. Super excited that one of tonight's specials is lasagna with spinach and portobello mushrooms, with eggplant slices instead of noodles. It's like they…

B- coffee with HWC L-deli ham, pepperoni, and provolone rolled up together D- porterhouse steak, cauliflower mash, Brussels sprouts S: 1/16th of a homemade ice cream cake (puts me at 53 net carbs for the day. I might just have a bite- things like this taste overly sweet to me now)

B: coffee with HWC L: salad (spring mix, red peppers, artichokes, olives, grilled chicken, mozzarella) Dinner: another salad (spring mix, radishes, sliced steak, blue cheese, cucumbers, and sunflower seed kernels) (It's grocery night and DH suggested we use up some produce before we shop- original dinner plan was steak and…

B: coffee with HWC L: hard boiled egg, 1/2 an avocado, and some ham, salami, provolone rolled up together D: Chipotle (bowl with chicken or carnitas (or both!)/ fajita veggies/ sour cream, cheese, and guac- no rice, no beans)

@anglyn1 I think that's exactly it. I think they figured I would eat like this for a week and then be stuffing my face with bread at my desk. That's the norm around here. Someone starts a "diet" on Monday and by Wednesday it's their cheat day, and by Friday the diet is over. I think misery loves company. Best moment in all…

I also either have "just a fork full" (and log it) or none at all depending on the day. Luckily most of the goodies that come in are put over by the coffee pots a loooooong way from my office. Yesterday, a vendor brought in bagels for everyone. I didn't take one (simply said "no, thank you" without further explanation) and…

I might frame this!

I remember in college we did an experiment where you partnered up with someone for 8 hours. You wrote down everything your partner ate. On the following day, you wrote down what you remembered eating. It wasn't uncommon for people to forget 1/3 or more of what they ate. I weigh/ measure most foods and it's worth it to me…

My cycles started getting longer when I started this at 100 gm of carbs a day. I started spotting when I went from 100 gm of carbs per day to 50. We're TTC and I have a history of miscarriages so I checked in with the Dr. and she said to expect that for the next few cycles at least. When I went LC in my 20's there was no…

Great idea! Breakfast- coffee, heavy cream, splenda Lunch- deli ham, salami, provolone rolled up together and 1 oz. almonds Dinner- zucchini noodles with meatballs, salad (mixed greens, cucumber, shredded mozz, olives, avocado with olive oil and vinegar)

So true!!!! I have tried it all. My husband and I have been at this for a year, I can't say I've even considered sticking with anything else for half that long.

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Oh that's awful! How infuriating! I am so sorry to hear this. My husband was told when he was diagnosed with T2 to switch to low fat foods and to strive for about 60 gm of carbs per meal and 10-20 gm for snacks 2-3 times a day. It's really really scary, and these instructions come with very real consequences.

This is exactly why I'm so glad I found this board and this WOE. When the doctor ever sent me to a nutritionist who gave myself and my husband a pamphlet (the same one they've been handing out for at least 10 years now) that said most of what's in that article, that was it for me. When I told her that this is how I've been…

I have three family members who have had a lot of success following a low carb WOE. They lost the weight over the course of last year and have kept it off ever since. My husband and I are having success at this. We all have so much more energy. Despite this, we are solidly on an island alone where our family is concerned.…