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Wow thank you so much for sharing your story!! Very inspiring. Good luck to you :)

It's nice to hear this medicine has helped you and the side effects went away. Thank you so much for sharing and good luck with everything!! Anxiety is awful :(

Yes I agree with the last thing you said about the choices you make, I'm hoping the Zoloft plus a positive outlook will help- with no weight gain lol :) Thank you for your help

Thank you for your answer. I'm sorry to hear about your rough time. Depression/anxiety is just awful.

Thank you so much for your input!!

I've seen that you said before you use the breath analyzer. I'm gonna look into that also, I might as well at this point lol. But I did just test again and I'm at 1.9 :smile: So it was def one of the sweeteners knocking my ketones down. So strange and interesting how everyone is so different.

Oh ok. I was wondering about that. I thought maybe .5 was barely doing anything. I know they say with the ketostix, as long as you're pink then you're good but I didn't know about the blood testing. And I hate how expensive these strips are!

Awesome! Thank you! I noticed yesterday that i got good readings on the ketostix all day until I added a water flavor thing to my water and then I had a diet soda, then I came up no trace. I know they aren't reliable but I never had an issue before. So today I'm gonna see what happens

That's what I was thinking about the "sugar free" foods, I never had them before and I've never had a problem until now. So I'm thinking it's something to do with that. I just know that .5 is barely in ketosis. I think "optimal" is 1.5 to 3 so I guess just to make myself feel better id like to see those types of numbers.…

Okay. Thanks! Not that 13 would make or break me but I'd rather not waste 13 calories on it lol.

Add me. Love Keto friends :smiley:

I do a protein shake. I use Iso protein, unsweetened almond milk, heavy cream, MCT oil and coconut oil. Is 390 cals and 3 grams of carbs, but the fat keep you full for hours. I drink it around 8 and I have to force myself to eat lunch at 11:30. Feel free to add me to see my diary. Then I eat eggs and pork roll for dinner…

I'm 5'4. Started at 147 and I'm down to 133.5. I started low carb October 4th. Lost 13.5 pounds since then. Goal is 115 but I work out a lot so maybe 120 will be better.

Pork roll <3

@GaleHawkins I love that article!!!! Thank you :)

It's not working lol

Thank you! I'll look at this tomorrow :)

Thank you sooo much for your help!!!! :)

I seem to average 120 protein, 20 carb, 95 fat. Maybe I should up the protein..

Okay, that's what I figured. So basically my protein intake is making up for it? It would be a problem if I was eating carbs or protein.

That shake sounds amazing!!!!!! Yum! Maybe the problem is that I didn't "blend" it...I just have a mixer cup that I shake. The liquid coconut oil shipped today and so did the MCT oil so I'll be good to go in a few days lol. Can't wait to try it

Lol! Okay I will try again another time. Maybe it was the butter that messed it up. Or just a fluke. Who knows

Okay..so this won't last right? Lol I just figured j was adapted after a month. I will try upping my sodium

Yea just the coconut oil and butter. It was probably about 20 seconds and then it was all liquid so I dumped it and and it was awful.

I think it would've been fine in coffee or something hot like a lot of you are saying but like I said I use it in a protein shake..which is cold. I ordered MCT oil, should come this week, I'll just use that. Thanks everyone!

Thanks everyone. Tried it today with some butter to add to my protein shake after I microwaved a serving, and it was the biggest fail ever. There was a million clumps of stuff. The top layer got hard and goopy and fuzzy. I had to dump it all out and use my other protein shake. I'm so annoyed.

Thank you everyone for the awesome ideas!!!!!

Ohhhh! I see the difference! Okay I will add coconut oil next time! And I also found a low carb protein shake recipe that has a bunch of fat. Thank you!!!!

I eat nuts at lunch. But I need to try them pepperoni crisps! But I eat pepperoni and cheese when I'm done work as a snack lol and I LOVE it. LCHF is the best lifestyle change everrrrrr

I eat nuts at lunch. I was thinking about turkey though! I didn't even think of organic turkey. That's a good one! Thank you