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I was going to recommend organic black soy beans as a bean substitute (they taste just like kidney beans) but you said no soy. I use shreded or pureed cauliflower as a substitute for rice and mashed potatoes. The best noodle substitute that I like is spaghetti squash.....Hope this helps you stay on track. Why does a bad…

Can I ask a dumb question? What is the affect of adding friends? I don't do facebook but I suspect that here it is not the same anyway. There are other boards I post on and each has a slight variation in what a friend has access to. But I'm not clear about what a MFP friend really means.

Thanks for the advice. I've been digging in the garden a lot lately and haven't been doing much walking. I guess it's time to walk the fence line again. I should do it once a month to check for problems. Walking it takes me about 12 hours that I break up into 2 to 4 hour chunks. The last 2 months, I've been lazy and used…

Your results are better than mine. My triglycerides went up and my HDL went down. Don't knw that I did anything different except lose more weight.

Everything and anything. The other night I made a simple cauliflower bake and ended up eating all 10 oz. I need to find my control switch. Even protein doesn't seem to work at stopping my hunger sometimes, especially after working hard on the farm. I'm avoiding baking low carb goodies. I've banished any type of…

Yes he does mention broth but not enough. If I had not been regularly drinking bone broth, I would have been seriously ill. I know the symptoms of dehydration and it ain't pretty. I just wish he would just mention it as a requirement to water fasting. I went right into ketosis and without the homemade broth it would have…

Well, I did a fast of 6 days last month. No food just water. I was already keto adapted so I think for me it was easier because of it. But still, I don't think I will do it again. { I want to add that I am on no medications, and have no major medical issues. My daily work is farming so I exercise a lot. I would NOT…

In defense of net carbs: When I went under 30 carbs to about 20 carbs, I got err....stopped up so to speak. When I went to 20 net carbs instead of total carbs, things were fine. Just saying for some of us the net makes a difference. And let me tell you about stalls. I've been at this weight since the end of January. I even…

I understand the limitations of being able to buy locally produced organic foods. That's what I'm complaining about. Why should you have to be rich to get the healthy good foods? Why do you have to be rich to get a vote in our food system? Dollars are NOT equally distributed based on hard work or merit. Many people are…

When I have artificial sweeteners, I sometimes get a chemical smell and get slightly sick. Most artificial sweeteners are really bad for me. I seem to not be able to tolerate them.

Run amuck capitalism or a Soviet Style over controlling governments are NOT our only options for an economic food system. I am an organic farmer and the reason I sell at the farmer's market is because the huge corprate food giants have taken over almost all the other markets. I can't sell to grocery stores because they…

For the first 5 weeks that I went on LCHF I avoided all sweeteners. That was 2 years ago. I'm glad I did. I learned that most fake sweeteners cause my arthritis to hurt more and I learned to love coffee without any sweeteners. It really helped me to learn to eat foods without sweetness. Now, when I do cheat, everyday sweet…

Geez, I envy some of you. I have to eat 20 to 30 net carbs and about 1200 calories to even think about losing weight. After about 5 weeks, I've lost 5 lb. But it didn't come off evenly. I lost 2 lbs the first week, then nothing for 2 weeks. Then 1 lb the 3rd week, nothing the 4th week and then 3 lbs the 5th week. So, I can…

Interesting you would post that about Borax. As an organic farmer I add borax to my fields. I started on the advice of a friend who found her vegetables had fewer problems growing with the addition. It certainly makes for healthy plants and has prevented our tomatoes and squash from getting blossom end rot that we use to…

I started at total carbs but when I went to 30 carbs, I got, well ahm, to put it bluntly, constipated. So, I count net carbs now at 20 grams a day and things go fine. I know some people here don't eat vegetables but I can't. I have to have at least one serving of raw vegetables and 2 servings of another vegetable just to…

Yeah, I stalled for about 8 months. Lost 20 pounds then Lost inches but no weight. I weighed 164 lbs and am 5ft 4in. and really needed to lose. So, I discovered fat fasting. I eat 80 to 90% fat and try to stay at 900 calories for Only 3 days. I wouldn't do it longer because it really isn't meeting all my vitamin needs. But…

IF is an interesting subject. I'm glad I found people talking about it. I once just disregarded it until I used it with low carb, high fat dieting and wow, I am back to losing half a pound a week. Of course at first I Iost about a pound a day but we all know weight loss like that is probably mostly water. So when I had…

Just what I needed...thanks for posting.

There is a very easy natural solution for constipation for me....COCONUT MILK....works like a charm every time. If I'm starting to feel a little heavy down there and I know I'm working up to constipation a half a cup of coconut milk clears things up within hours. And it's good for you too.

You sound like me. I lost 25 pounds last year and then the holidays came. I went high carb until January. In January I got serious again but have not lost a single pound. In fact I gained 5 pounds. But I did lose 2 inches off my waist and I look like a deflated balloon in certain parts. I wish I had measured my arms and…

Definitely measure yourself. I hadn't been losing any weight even though I've been very strict with my low carbs for months and months. The other day my pants fell down while I was playing with the dogs. My hubby thought it was hilarious (because the dogs jumped on top of me when I fell.). After wiping dog slobber off my…

I've used thick sour cream with the drippings of the pan and it makes a tasty gravy. Here's a trick with a hole in it as my hubby says. When using Xanthan Gum, mix it in oil or fat first, before mixing into a liquid. It seems Xanthan Gum can get clumpy very, very easily because it starts thickening the minute you dump it…

A reason to go back to my gin and lime seltzer water. I thought alcohol caused an insulin response. Yeah. A cocktail before dinner sounds really good.

When I was doing 100g of carbs, I had no problem fitting some honey into my diet. But at 20g, trying to break a plateau, I would rather use the carbs on my favorite vegetables. It kind of depends on your current goals.

So true about the sodium. I was feeling absolutely fine, in fact better than fine, when I first started and only realized I was dehydrated after a blood test. And dehydration makes my blood pressure go up. Not scary high but high for me at 144 over 85. It can sneak up on you without you even knowing it.

I thought I was getting carpal tunnel. My wrists and hands would ache and burn. I would get shooting pains up right arm. There were days when I couldn't even pick up the glass of water on my night side table. Then I gave up aspartame and in about a month it went away. It could have been a coincidence, so I did some diet…

This is for when you are craving carby sweets. I make a batch about once a week and I've lost weight eating this. 2 cups heavy cream 4 eggs 1 tsp vanilla flavoring 1/2 tsp almond flavoring (just because I love almond flavoring..but not really necessary) 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg or more sprinkled on top (again just because I…

I started counting total carbs and it worked but then I discovered that my total carbs usually equaled twice the net carbs, so I went to net carbs. Not at first. At first total carbs were 3 sometimes 4 times higher than my net carbs. As I learned to eat LCHF better, my net carb and total carb counts got closer and closer.…

Pay attention to Number 4 on RalfLott's list. It can really throw out your weight loss by making you think you have lost weight when you have only dehydrated yourself. I use bullion cubes at least every other day and keep a glass of water by my side at all times. Even if you feel really good, you could be dehydrated and…