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For on the go? If you need sodium, I'm sure bacon could do that for you. Pre-cook the bacon and take it in baggies with string cheese perhaps.

Thanks for the info! ! It just looked so delightful. I want to try it but I don't want to screw myself over. If I used that, I wouldn't need the stevia. Is that correct? I mean. ..I just switched recently from using about 6 packs of sugar to 4 packs of stevia. So I do like my coffee sweet. It will be sweet enough without…

I'm really new to low carb, too. Anyone is welcome to send me a friend request. Mutual support is always a good thing.

Going to google the free kindle app for pc. Sending my email to you in a message. Thank you so much.. that's very nice of you. :)

I will try to do that. Thanks. :)

Lots of awesome info! I do have a smartphone.. just wasn't wise to all the ways of Kindle. Thank you for all the links and the heads up about the loose bowels when starting with coconut oil. Lol. I'm excited about trying all this new stuff! :smiley: Thanks again!

I truly am wanting what you describe. .a lifestyle change in my eating habits. I've made small lasting changes in the past couple years (some for the better and some, I'm seeing, were not so wise after all). I stopped drinking sodas and so much table sugar. I switched to splenda in my tea, things like that. But I also…

Thanks. I think I'm gonna try the coffee like that and see how I like it. When I first started I said my coffee was the one thing I wouldn't change even if I had to do without carbs the rest of the day. I considered it one of life's little enjoyment. Lol. It took me a few weeks to make the change from sugar to stevia. No…

I don't own a kindle. :/ But I'll see what I can find. I was just looking through the launch pad links and saw the definition of bulletproof coffee and fat bombs but didn't see any actual recipes or measurements so I wasn't sure. Does the coffee taste bitter like that?

Thanks for the info! And congrats on the loss.

Thanks for the encouragement! Ugh..potlucks. I have one of those to go to Sunday afternoon. I don't even wanna think about it. I can lose weight easily, but I always gain it back or stall for so long that I just give up.

Thanks for the friend request. I added you. :) and thanks for the info!

Thanks. I'll see if I can maybe find this at the library. Little short of funds at the moment. :/

No, I haven't considered that. I don't even know what bulletproof coffee is. Lol. Ice seen people mention it here and there but I don't exactly know what it is. If I switch to something like that, it's gonna really suck that I just bought a box of stevia from Costco with about 800 packets in it. Lol. Perhaps I could use…

Yeah, that'll do for today, at least. I've never been crazy about that restaurant anyway.

I just checked out their website. Grilled chicken nuggets (8-pc) with buffalo sauce is 5 total carbs! I'm so extremely happy! Lol. I used to eat there all the time and I swear I don't remember them having grilled chicken nuggets. Is this new? Granted, I didn't care and always went for the fried, breaded stuff so I could…

Thanks. I just went and checked out their website. Omg.. they have grilled chicken nuggets and can have buffalo sauce with it for 5 total carbs! :dizzy: I am so happy! Lol

Thanks for all the encouragement! I gained almost 3 pounds last weekend with bad choices. Wednesday morning and I've lost it all again now, thankfully. And what do you know? I'm meeting a friend for lunch that I haven't seen in about 8 years. We picked Chik-fil-a because it's the only place in that area that has a play…

Thanks. I'm not generally a breakfast eater but I've been trying to eat something the past few days even if it's just an egg. If I wait till I get too hungry then I'm likely to make bad choices. :/ I feel ok around 50 carbs but it's extremely difficult to stay under that if it's a day that I have to eat away from home.…

[/quote] Remember, too, that at first, you don't want to be as strict on calories. You are changing the way your whole body works, and that takes time and energy. You'll need extra calories to make the changes. Also, your body will be working to repair that metabolism, and that also takes calories. While you're getting…

Thank you for asking this. Following the thread

Made more poor choices today. He and I have now come to an agreement that we will decide where we are eating before we leave home so I have time to not make rushed decisions and can see if they have something that works for me before we go. No more surprises! I truly hope we're able to stick to that plan. Otherwise I'll be…

I tried googling the info and no luck. I'll look harder on MFP and see what I can find. Thanks. :) and I totally understand about being afraid to go there. My heart sunk when we pulled in the parking lot. Whatever harm I did today I'm just going to forgive myself and move on.

Thank you all for being so encouraging! My jaw dropped when I found out we were going to a Chinese buffet but I thought surely I could make it work. I don't think my significant other totally grasps how many things have a lot of carbs in them but he's trying to be supportive of me. I may eat some cheese and pepperoni if I…

Yeah I really don't know what all was in the sauces. Pepper steak, Mongolian chicken, spicy basil beef... those were the ones with the sauces. And about one big serving spoon each. I stayed away from the sweet ones like sesame chicken. :/ I have my daily target set for 50g but I'll be happy if it was even under 75 today.

Make that about one plate of meat with no sauces and one plate with sauces.

Fully agree with this! I drink mixed drinks using diet soda or Crystal light lemonade. Last night's special at my house was cherry vodka and lemonade. No carbs I'm aware of in that. Tonight I might have Southern Comfort and diet 7-up. A few carbs in the Southern Comfort, but not many. I don't do mixed drinks with whiskey…

Wow. I had no idea! That's pretty dirty. I have some things that say "<1" and I assumed those had carbs but were less than 1, obviously. But I always thought if it said "0" then that actually meant 0. What a bummer!

My eggs say zero carbs. What does your egg carton say?

Thank you. That link is really helpful! I will see what happens with a 20% deficit. I only went with the 30 because it was more like what MFP says is doable. .a pound a week. My metabolism is not that great, I think. I stay tired a lot and tend to lose weight slowly compared to others.