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Ummmm hypoglycemia and insulin resistance are two opposite things. If you're insulin resistant than typically you'll be hyperglycemic because the insulin is not depositing the sugar from the blood into the cells. When you go on a low carb diet your insulin level will drop because you're no longer introducing enough carbs…

I'm a walking dead fan as well, comics more so than the show.

It was a sad evening

Dirty soul

Green mile

"Preacher" and "Outcast" premiered recently. Anyone else read the comics? Excited that Outcast is following the comic book story line, and am interested to see the adaptations the creator of Preacher made for television!

I'll second ole here. 5g net carbs and use them every morning for a bacon, egg, cheese, and ranch wrap

Definitely have gotten the side eye/wtf face when I've told people no to food offerings. They get even more confused when I try to explain the process lol

There's a thread on Reddit called /r/ketogains and in the sidebar they discuss CKD (cyclical keto diet) TKD (targeted keto diet) and SKD (standard keto diet). If you're set on adding carbs back in after being on keto either the CKD or TKD might be a good option. The TKD basically is ingesting carbs before and prior to…

Just make sure to hit you caloric deficit and don't go over. Watch the weight drop and the abs shall appear!

That's the worst typo ever in the history of MFP.... LOL

Get a kitchen scale

I agree with what everyone has mentioned. It's like when you're doing a study and you have controlled variables. Here the controls are the scale, time of day you weigh yourself, and what you're wearing. I personally weigh myself every morning naked and using the bathroom. Finding a consistent method will give you the most…

For me, it's definitely about research! Knowledge is one of the greatest tools. If you just do a little reading on weight loss you'll find the secrets. It doesn't have to be sold to you through an infomercial, or at a kiosk in the mall. That's where the internet helps out so much because everything is right there at your…

Mine is open as well!!

I'm up for mentoring someone!! I'm 26, turning 27 this July (what up cancers!!!??). I started my weight loss Journey about 3 years ago when I reached my highest weight of 290lbs! The moment I stepped off that scale I began dieting. I lost a good amount of weight, so I took a break. Started dieting again and lost even more.…

ROFL!!!!!

I'm assuming she's not doing a consistent surplus so that she can lower her chances of fat being gained on days she doesn't workout

Will add the rest of my half sleeve later You're cool

Agree

I'm afraid that one day I'll say f it and gain all my weight back.

They weren't making you sound like a fool but pointing out that you know you can't spot reduce, but you went ahead and asked, how do I spot reduce? Like everyone else has mentioned, you're genetically predisposed to lose fat in areas first. That's the one part about weight loss that people get tripped up about and then get…

Im just going stop here and agree to disagree. Good luck on your endeavors OP!!!

I agree with you, there is definitely more to proper bulking. Like calorie cycling methods, proper training, nutrient timing, as well as other very important facets. Just like proper body fat percentage is. If the OP had just mentioned bulking, instead of bulking and toning at the same time then we would have a totally…

I never said it should garner your decisions. I'm just stating facts. Have I lied? I don't think so. Everything I've said has validity. When you say you control your fat gains, you're telling me that a female that decides to start bulking at 35% is going to yield the same outcomes as a woman who begins at 21%? If your…

Spot on

You should definitely weight yourself everyday, but look at weekly averages, and then monthly averages. Weight loss is not a linear progression. It's going to be up and down, up and down. But it should be more down than up. That's how you know you're still on the right track.

You're not too far off!! 17-21% is a good range for women to start bulking. You won't regret if you cut first and then bulk. Make sure to not create too big of a deficit. Our bodies get energy from stored adipose (fat) or muscle, so push yourself hard on the weights to maintain the muscle you have now and signal your body…

www.aworkoutroutine.com and www.acaloriecounter.com Read read read read. You'll learn a lot from those two places.

IMO you should NOT bulk first. You want to get your BFP down enough so that your body will partition the calories better towards new muscle than new fat. If you bulk during high BFP then your hormonal profile (unless you have super freaky genetics) will send those surplus calories towards fat. Read up a little bit on when…