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For what it's worth, keloids are hypertrophic scars, in other words your body has actually made too MUCH scar tissue. There is no healing them, although they can be injected with steroids, treated (sometimes) with laser and so on. They are tricky because sometimes removing them just makes them grow back even worse. Many…
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What a great thread! I'm nearly cross-eyed from exhaustion from moving one of our business facilities today and haven't had a chance to read through everyone's posts here yet.. but I will! :) Just turned 58 and wanting to lose a bit more (have successfully kept off 80+ lbs for almost 15 years, after struggling with my…
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Hi, I will throw my experience into the mix here. I work out pretty heavily (weight training 4-5X per week), hill climbing/hiking at least 5 hours a week (normally more). The largest refeed I've had was about 75 gm carbs (maybe twice) in the past several years. Normally stay under 20 gms per day. I had a very difficult…
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There is definitely some psychological benefit to knowing that you can pretty much have anything you want (with, as you say, "a little work") We may choose to just scarf down some lettuce wrapped cold meat in the moment, but knowing we are not truly deprived in any sense of the word, makes a big difference. My husband is…
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There is a fairly large ketogenic dieters group here. Search 'keto' and you'll find it. Good Luck! Deb (keto for 3 yrs, l/c paleo for 6 yrs, down 70+lbs)
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I don't really know the definitive answer to this, but I thought I'd pass along my experience. I don't necessarily think the ketostix are a good measuring tool though, because as you keto adapt, you stop spilling ketones into your urine (from what I've read such as Phinney and Volek anyway) and use them more for fueling…
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Sorry Kirk, but have had it break that way too.. must be me! :) I'm all for DIY, but sometimes convenience can be a good thing too, esp. when you spend 10-12 hours a day working!
