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2 years of SL5x5. Wow. Impressive. And kettlebell swings! I'm not experienced enough around here to add much. I've been weight training for a couple years and now on my 12th week of keto trying to cut. I'm at a similar calorie deficit and I'm finding the same lackluster feeling at the gym on keto. Caffeine helps, but…

Sorry i wasn't get getting notifications and forgot to check back for the last while. I'm at the 10 week mark in keto, initially went 21 days before a cheat/carb refeed day, and been on a kind of 14 day cyclical keto since then (carb refeeds every second week). As time went on I seem to "snap back" into ketosis pretty…

This. I think this is a major part of it. I struggle with sleep, trying lots of different things to solve, from sleeping masks, to meditation to melatonin...

Thanks all for the suggestions. I have had much blood work done recently which all came back fine. I had the fog really bad yesterday and found that a homemade gatorade made it feel better. I have to look into some affordable long term magnesium supplementation as well. I have a spray I use, and I get a small amount in my…

It's so funny when I still hear people warning about salt intake and treating it like it's the devil. Same as their reaction when you mention anything about a high fat diet. It will take a long time for the science to settle in. I make a homemade gatorade with stevia sweetened water enhancer, water, and pink Himalayan sea…

That's good to know @Gallowmere1984. I think I need to ramp up my record keeping. Actually get a scale and start measuring more so I can properly monitor changes. I understand there are better ways to track ketosis than ketostix, but I believe they are a bit pricey and/or require drawing blood (ACK! Not gonna happen!). But…

@swezeytba interesting. Yes I've heard some anecdotal and self experimentation stories like that, especially with resistance training put into the mix. Given my IF/work/gym/life routine and eating habits if I can't get the additional calories from carbs (which are soooo easy to consume), it's gonna have to be more of my…

Thanks for the quick replies. I only have ketostix to go by, which are known to be somewhat inaccurate. But I guess I'll have to start some experimentation. I am having a hard time with that last 5 - 10 lbs of fat. The fat loss progress is slower than I hoped for, and I'm totally stagnant building muscle in 30/5/65 keto…

I made curry chicken in a slow cooker with chopped up cauliflower (kinda of as a rice substitute) and thought it was great. There was no real recipe that I followed, just improvised. That twice baked casserole though sounds awesome, pinned it!

I went 3 weeks on fairly strict keto before allowing myself a "refeed", then continued to allow one every second week. I'd like to think of them as refeeds, but I confess they really aren't. They're just cheat weekends. The first one was just Superbowl Sunday, then the next one was a Saturday, but then Friday night after…

Following this thread closely. I am deciding where to go after keto if/when i reach my bfp goals and want to bulk up again, hopefully without too much fat gain. My lifts are staying about the same, minimal if any gains month to month (though injuries aren't helping), definitely feeling smaller and weaker on keto, but I'm…

I called my nearest Nutters and of course they were out of stock on any of the large sizes. All they had was 16 oz (about 473 ml) for $22-ish. So my $5.99/250ml Co-op MCT oil deal kicked it's *kitten*. But if this Power Tuesday is coming up next week (would be 1st tuesday of March) I should try to make it out there before…

@kimberwolf71 so funny you mentioned the vodka, just bought it for the first time last weekend. I'm no connoisseur but I guess it's good. Bottle's so huge it doesn't fit in my cupboards and will probably last me 3 months. I'm not a hard liquor drinker, but keto stole my beer and wine so I'm trying something different. Back…

I think that's the way this will play out for me in the end. Regular coconut oil may be mostly Lauric acid but it's still good for you, cheap, tastes great, and I suppose for my cold smoothies I just have to get over the melting-it-in- the-microwave mental block I'm having. I wish I could get the Carrington Farms one they…

Ahhh, okay, lol, facepalm.

Thanks kpk54, that's good info. Personally I despise greedy marketeers like Asprey and his Bulletproof BS. $30 for 473 ml of his snake oil, how long would that last? Add to that all of our other supplement needs from multivitamins through potassium/magnesium for keto dieters, and one would go broke trying to keep this…

This past weekend I was in a Co-op and they had Co-op Gold brand liquid coconut oil 250 ml for $5.99 (regularly 7.99). There is nothing on the label to show the process or the breakdown. Under ingredients it says only one thing: MCT Oil. At that price it's $24/liter, not bad, but I wonder how it compares in quality to like…

Do you mean that your take on CKD is that going high sodium more frequently to get through the keto flu in re entering ketosis is hard on the kidneys?

The WM nearest me is Okotoks and doesn't have it, but some in Calgary would I'm sure. Will check if I'm in the city. I don't think it's the grass fed version but great price. I agree on MCT Oil being expensive. I've read convincing arguments on both sides of the MCT vs coconut oil debate. My issue is that coconut oil is…

Just turned 51, doing resistance training for a couple years now, but still just a noob really. I don't want to lose weight, just fat, and replace with muscle. I started keto at probably around 20% bf, want to get to 15% or lower then switch back to bulking mode (cleaner this time around) for summer. MFP has been a very…

OK, great to know, I like salt, always thought a little too much for my good health until I learned it was yet another myth fed to us by misinformed health professionals, along with cholesterol causing high cholesterol, etc. I'll make sure i'm consuming plenty of salt on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday after a Saturday carb…

I am in the West, Alberta, and yes we have Nutters here. I'll have to check it out. Thanks! Never thought of them. $29 for 946 ml (probably 32 oz) is not too bad.

The nearest city should have some of these markets, I'll check when I get into the city next. Thanks @KnitOrMiss Thanks once again! You are always a great resource. I found Carrington Farms regular coconut oil one time at Costco (they've since changed to another brand) and it was the best tasting stuff ever. @kimberwolf71…

This was where I was getting stuck with regards to macros, I was almost force feeding myself fat until someone here enlightened me. That said, I did learn some tricks that made the fat consumption easier. It just took a mental shift because the old way of thinking was that it was bad for me. Like putting butter on a steak,…

After reading an interesting book about the effects of stress on back pain, by Dr. John Sarno, and now more recently discovering Sue Hitzmann's MELT Method through a Ben Greenfield podcast, all in addition to feedback here, I'm starting to see effective ways to prevent pain from interfering with my routine. It's like…

Good points. I try to keep my head on the bench, and I recall having the ceiling lights glaring down on me that day on the bench I was using, staring up at the ceiling. I do try to keep my shoulder blades squeezed in to pull my shoulders back. I feel like it takes my shoulders out of the equation more.

Yes I'm with you on that. Will be working my core more for sure I know it's a silly thing to even consider, and I'd get over it soon enough, but I'd surely get razzed by some of the guys at the gym I go to. It's like a short guy wearing high heels to compensate. Thanks, yes I took a weekly yoga for backs class and did not…

Thanks all for the feedback. @sijomial my main goal is to build muscle for strength and my own personal satisfaction. If I could do that without ever increasing weight I probably would. I think you are on to something with the core strength. @iofred Yes when I lift with my feet on the bench I have to keep the weight lower,…

Thanks, as humiliating as that may feel, like requesting a booster chair at a restaurant, it's worth a try. :p