catherineh1027 Member

Hi, everyone, I'm interested in starting 16:8 IF. I began introducing myself to it this week and truly starting tomorrow. I'm looking forward to reading your experiences and I hope this will assist me with weight loss, increased insulin sensitivity and energy, as well as better control of food cravings. ❤️

Feel free to add me, y'all :smile:

I may go to that with my coffee. Mmm, creamy deliciousness!

Down five pounds since starting Wheat Belly 12/27. I still need to make adjust to go lower on carbs. Definitely eating better now than I have in a while, and feeling better, too!

Lol!

Oh, man, I may have to start doing this, lol

So happy to be here! What a great group!

Wonderful job! Congratulations!

@SoosannahK - that is great to hear from another person who is post chole. I feel like my brain is being rewired and inputting a whole source of new information that goes against what I've been taught. I'm going to keep trucking forward with this because I feel great. I've already lost five pounds since starting, although…

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm the nurse manager for our unit, so when we're short on staff I typically cover. Right now, I'm down a night shift nurse, so until I can hire someone, I'm switching back and forth between office day hours and 12 hours nights. That first night, I can't sleep during the day prior to working and…

I ended up stopping metformin because the low carb effect combined with the medication made my sugar drop more.

Great advice, thank you! I'm a nurse and typically once we get our patients settled for the night it's about half the 12 hour shift of working on charting and chart reviews to stay awake. I'm planning on packing nuts, carrots, nitrite free slices of protein, etc. @sappho123 the schedule is a great idea and I'll have to…

I will need to try. I typically use lettuce for wraps.

It's even better when you tell folks you're going grain free. Lol.

I'm starting low carb for pcos. I'm looking always looking for fellow cysters so do add me, ladies :smile:

My favorite http://media.makeameme.org/created/finally-settling-down-c7at2y.jpg

My LG watch that uses Google fit so I can track my steps. MFP and Google fit linking together was aggravating to get working but they finally are. :smile: Also, my sister ought me cute, ceramic measuring cups when stacked together looks like a mason jar. I love using them for measuring my servings combined with my scale.

I have PCOS which makes me high risk for Dia eyes. I've developed some insulin resistance and low carbing is pushing me in the right direction. I'm focusing on net carbs and I've had a fasting blood sugar averaging in the low 70s without Metformin.

Will do. I appreciate the input!

You're all welcome to add me :) I'm following wheat belly focusing on net carbs and grain free lifestyle.

Continue with Wheat Belly, increase activity, and make progress towards my goal weight with 60 pounds to go!

I started last Sunday. There are suggestions in his book on how to help with adjusting to coming off all the grains, but what I primarily did was made sure I was hydrated and put a little extra salt. So far, the first week was not as bad as I though it would be. As for your tracker, you can adjust the percentages for your…

I've started Wheat Belly and it focuses on net carbs. It's easy with MFP to track, blood sugars are not spiking when I've checked and it allows for a little more intake on carbs because of fiber but it's still a much lower intake than what I was doing before. I'm enjoying it. :smile:

Sounds great! Will do! It's great meeting all of you!

This is great! I'm excited about the community. :smile: I'm curious to see as to how my body will react over the next several days, as well as the following weeks. In Dr. Davis' book, he recommended lowering or getting rid of insulin lowering medications, so I'm cutting out my Metformin. I'm not a diabetic; it's…

It's focusing on staying away from grains and detoxing you from them. He addresses the side effects of grains, as well as sugars, and what you should avoid, what you should limit, and what you need to eat more of. In addition, you focus on net carbs with a target range up to 50 grams a day. A lot of the doctors I work with…

Hello, my name is Catherine and I was finally diagnosed with PCOS at age 16 after being misdiagnosed with an adrenal issue. I'm now 28 and I'm getting myself back on track after being off birth control for a couple of years. I was on Yazmin from age 16 to age to 23, but I ended up in the ER with upper right quadrant pain.…