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I'm very sorry to hear about your sister. Have you looked in to doing an elimination diet? I suffered for years with GERD, Erosive Esophagitis, and a Hiatal Hernia (all diagnosed via Endoscopy). My GI doctor wanted me to go on a PPI after I had weaned myself off of them because I was worried about the long term usage and…

I like to weigh daily, I feel like it helps me keep accountable to myself. I do so with the full understanding that weight loss is not linear, and sometimes my weight will go up and sometimes down and sometimes will even stay the same, but as long as the overall trend is going down, then I am okay with it.

I use Libra.

Where are you getting this information from? If you are eating real whole foods and utilizing fats in your cooking like EVOO, Coconut Oil, Butter, Tallow, Lard, etc you don't need to be drinking/eating additional fats. Take a look at my diary. I don't ever eat fat bombs or drink BPC and have zero issues meeting my macros…

And PS that is a huge NO to dry fasting. Please don't do this.

Agree with this completely. You need to be eating more real/whole foods and much less of these fat substitutions. I saw several days where you have over 500 calories of BPC alone. Fat is not a goal when you are doing a Keto diet. Goal #1: stay under carbs, Goal #2: get adequate protein. Fat is to fill in the rest and to…

Did you take measurements? Dollars to donuts, your breast sized decreased, it just did not decrease proportionately to your band size, thus your cup sized appeared to increase. When measuring for bra size, the cup of a 32D is much smaller than the cup of a 44D, it's not just straight measurements but also the ratio of your…

Why do you want to keep your carbs AND your fat low? Fat is satiating. Limit your carbs, eat your protein limit, and then consume fat to help keep you full. Can you lose weight doing that? Sure, but for me, it wouldn't be sustainable. I need to keep my fat around 50-60% of calories in order to be satiated and not snack…

Ditto. I love this scale. I've had it for 3 years I think. It's a little bit pricey, but I don't have any issues with it. I like that you can sync multiple users to their FitBit accounts, so my H and our two daughters can all use it. The boys can use it too, but they don't have FitBits.

Thank you all for your responses. My only reason for starting an exercise program is to work on improving my overall health. I walk several days per week as I'm trying to improve my RHR and cardiovascular strength, but know that for my overall health and well being that I need to start adding some more deliberate…

@Mjkozki would you mind opening your diary? It will be easier to make suggestions if we can see what you are eating on a daily basis. My diary is open as well if you'd care to peruse it. It's possible you are becoming too dependent on things like Fat Bombs and Shakes when you should be focusing on whole foods.

Change you diary to show fiber and just subtract fiber from total to get your net carbs. Unfortunately there’s no way to get MFP to do this calculation for you.

Are you tracking calories? Some people, like myself, still need to track calories even when doing Keto. Is it possible you are eating more than you think? Also, don’t worry about exercise right now. Move when you can, but weight loss happens in the kitchen, not the gym.

If you want to be more specific, it's actually .75-1.3 g of carbs per Kg of lean body mass. Many people WAY overeat protein using the wrong formula. Using a number of like 1g per 1lb of lean body mass is more for those trying to gain muscle.

I would probably not dive right in to a dairy-laced splurge meal if it were me personally, it may be too much for your system to handle after having no dairy for nearly 3 months. I'm obviously late on this so I don't know what you ended up doing, but in the future, I'd look into reintroducing different types of dairy one…

Your post isn't clear, are you at goal weight or are you still losing weight? If the latter, you can't spot reduce. The fat is going to come off from where ever it wants to and doesn't matter what exercises you are doing. If the prior, look in to doing a re-comp, you may still have a healthy fat layer on your core and you…

I generally don't eat breakfast, just have coffee with heavy cream. You don't have to eat "traditional" breakfast foods for your first meal of the day, eat whatever you want. I very rarely eat breakfast foods, my first meal of the day is generally anything from a salad to a cauliflower rice bowl to a grilled NY Strip steak…

It sounds like maybe you are not eating enough for the amount of activity you are doing. Personally, I would try to find your new maintenance amount with the starting of this new job, eat at maintenance for 2 or so weeks, and then start to try to lower your calories again to start losing weight.

I've used FitBits for years. I'm currently wearing a FitBit Ionic. I love it.

You can't spot reduce, unfortunately the weight is going to come off from where ever it wants too. I'm overweight and carry a lot of extra pounds in my stomach and my boobs, and that is also where I tend to lose weight from the quickest. Sadly, every one is different. Are you overweight? Are you losing weight currently?…

Here we go again! HW: 274.7lbs Keto restart (4/7/19): 246.8 GW: 135lbs June 06/02: 06/09: 06/16: 06/23: 06/30: My birthday is on the 21st and my husband and I are going away for the weekend 6/14-6/16. I plan on staying on track for both of these events. I have the rest of my life for cheat meals and special occasions, I…

Keto Flu is just an electrolyte imbalance. Make sure you’re getting your electrolytes and you’ll be fine.

I don’t track fiber at all. Fiber is insoluable and one of its main functions is to bulk up your stool which is important when you have a high carb diet, not so much when you are low carb.

HW: 274.7lbs Keto restart (4/7/19): 246.8 GW: 135lbs MAY 05/01 starting the month off right! - 236.5 05/05 - 234.7 05/12 - 232.3 05/19 - 231.5 05/26 - 227.8 Fri 05/31/19 Finishing the month of May! Good progress. I’m okay with this. It doesn’t match my effort, but that’s okay.

I try to keep things really simple. I will sometimes make "recipes" but for the most part, I just stick with the basics - meat and veggies. Feel free to look at my diary. A few sample meals: Shrimp with Cauliflower Rice - I season the shrimp with whatever floats my boat that day, toss, add avocado. Grilled steak with…

Leftovers. I just pack up a portion for my lunch when I'm cleaning up from dinner. Super easy.

I was having this issue yesterday and just let it be. Today when I logged back on, everything was syncing just fine as well as the missing info from yesterday.

I was diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome. I cut back the carbs, lost some weight, and started walking more. Even though I am still over 100lbs over weight, making those small changes and sticking with them dropped my FBG to 84.

It is absolutely chocolate, it just isn't "chocolate candy". It is definitely an acquired taste, but I actually quite enjoy it. Once I eliminated most sugar from my diet, it seems as though everything has become sweeter. I will occasionally melt the chocolate down and then cut with some coconut oil and some stevia if I…

I occasionally incorporate 100% cacao in my Keto diet. The chocolate itself isn't terribly high carb, it's the sugar that generally puts most "chocolate candy" into the no-for-Keto category.