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I may have missed this if it was discussed already (I'm really having issues with my vision this past week), but here is my Q: With LCHF, macro's for me have been 75/20/5 ot 80/15/5. Do you think in terms of macros on a carnivore WOE, like 80/20 or 75/25? I'm thinking of trying this as my carb desires have been dropping.…

Ditto to this. And some of those nay-sayers are professionals. Several of DH's coworkers have started following keto after DH's wt loss (about 70 pounds now) plus another couple whose doctors actually put them on it (diabetics). However, one gentleman who has about 150 pounds to lose took the plan to his doctor who…

@Puppylynn Welcome! You asked for things learned along the way. One thing I have found that's been helpful for me is preplanning. I jot down or log my menu for tomorrow usually after dinner tonight. That way, I know I have all the foods I need and don't need to make sudden substitutions which could lead to not so great…

Yum, that recipe sounds good @Kirstie155. I have a package of chicken thighs in the freezer and will probably try this out this weekend.

I'm late joining but better late than never, right? My goal is focused. An all out spring to logging my food and exercise every day.

This is good advice for all of us.

My worst is ordering at restaurants. I find myself prefacing my order with "this will sound weird but..." However, the waitstaff always have been cordial. I've even got, "not weird at all". So it is mostly me, I know.

After having my fbs and HA1c right at diabetes limits and getting a 6 month chance to get them down before being dxd with diabetes by my NP, I started first with WW (hated it and only lost a few pounds), then checked out Atkins and began losing some weight. Someone posted about LCHF on the Atkins website, and I looked up…

I'm in! This month has been rough going in and out of ketosis though my yearly labs were terrific! FBS was in the normal range, HDL went up 20 points, triglycerides were below 80 and total cholesterol was just over 200. CW 212.4 lb GW end of Jan 205 lb I joined the Y today b/c I love swimming.

Being on keto can also bring about lower BPs, also. I've gone from typical BPs of upper 120's to 130ish/78 to 82. My BPs (have had it checked 4 times so far this month due to end of the month rechecks with my various physicians) have been 110ish/70ish. Part of that is the drop in weight (40ish pounds), but also the changes…

As we age, we don't absorb nutrients as well as we did when younger. My hair has thinned to about 1/4 of what it once was. For a perm, they used 2 people to roll my hair and it still took over an hour. Now I have scalp showing through. I had added all the "hair" supplements I read about but still thinned (even using…

Umm, do you know your describing the way Midwesterners have eaten for eons?? Supper at 5 p.m., up at some un-Godly hour to get ready for work (DH is up at 4:30 a.m. for his day shifts and I was up between 5 and 6 a.m. for my job). We're usually in bed by 9, lol. There was a joke on the old "Frasier" show when Roz's mom…

That reminds me of a new neighbor we have. One day, we saw her walking a gigantic white and black dog with longer hair. Beautiful! So had to stop and ask "what kind of dog is that???" It was a...Great Dane and Great Pyrenees mix. She saw the dog at the local shelter, fell in love with it, filled out the papers, got the…

Can anyone clarify why the Wheat Belly Holiday Survival Guide says wine fits best? When I entered gin and vodka in the MFP food diary, it showed these as zero carbs, but when I tried wine, (2 glasses), it was quite a bit of carbs, almost my days allotment. I usually have wine if I have a drink and tonight is a holiday…

Sigh, thinking bad thoughts about dressing makes me feel sad. :'( Maybe if I just send it to Heaven to wait for me there...I know I'd be extra good so I could eat dressing again someday. The garbage disposal should be an adequate method to send it on its way >:) .

You may want to check this out with your doctor. You just described exactly my symptoms when I had a gall stone shuttling around in the bile duct. Pain, nausea, low-grade fever. It would last until I threw up which was anywhere up to an hour. Then the pain would resolve until the next time. I had to eat absolutely low fat…

Thanks @RalfLott. Even though I was careful through Thanksgiving, I ate some dressing (my fave) that day and been struggling on and off since.

Thanks for publishing this. I printed it out to refer to during the holidays. I have a party Monday evening and while I have my meal planned (love online menus!), I wanted to switch to something a little more "party-like" for happy hour. I love gin and I have an old recipe from when I was numerically a much younger person.…

@JessicaMcB I think BeautyDoll is right. It isn't any of our business what another person thinks of us. That said, it is painful when someone says something publicly. Your success speaks for itself, and you did it on your terms with what you know works for you. Chalk it up to either an insensitive person or a clueless…

I'm following what I've found on Ketodietapp, ruled.me, bulletproof.com, etc., for how to's on this. Fat/pro/carb is 85-90/10-12/<5 roughly with calories 1000-1200. Today B was 2 bacon and "keto coffee" (2 TBL coconut oil and 2 TBL cream), L was 1 ounce cheddar cheese and 6 olives. S was 1.2 oz ribeye, 1.5 oz green salad w…

Oh, I bet they will be so so sweet. When the pups are ready to pose, please post a pic or 10! I'd love to see what they look like.

So for a 62 year old post menopausal women, 2 or 3 days of fat fasting would benefit me far more...point gotten! Thanks.

I've had 5 rescues over the years. Our current Daisy (who I believe calls herself Bruce) is a pushy, bossy Great Pyrenees who weighs in at 120 pounds. I love her to pieces and she returns that 100 fold! Boy, she really needed a haircut in this pic! She is my last really big dog so she gets spoiled even more than our…

Is there much different between Torani and DaVinci brands?

I've made it to 46 hours with nothing but decaf coffee, decaf tea and salted broth. Like you, I have insulin resistance. Currently I do IF twice a week, but I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could do a 36 hour fast. Once morning came, I wasn't hungry and just waited to see when I would actually feel hungry. I had…

So does that make Truvia off limits? Liquid Stevia tastes bitter to me rather than sweet (it's an MS thing from trigeminal neuralgia causing numbness on part of my lips and tongue). I've used Truvia in my fat bombs (aka power poppers). I've changed my morning keto coffee to not include any sweetener, but I do like a fat…

Antifreeze, hmmmm. This brings the toxicologist in me out. While the current treatment for ethylene glycol OD is fomepizole, the old standard - which is still used if fomepizole isn't available for some reason is -...wait for it...ethanol!! Seems a bit drastic just to get IV alcohol flowing in the veins, but to each his…

Vive le difference'! That's the best never learned French I can do, lol. I'm a keto'er with carbs 5% which is 16 grams for me currently. I was one test away from being officially diagnosed with diabetes. This has brought my fasting blood sugars down to near normal and normal ranges depending on the day. Stress always bumps…

So THAT'S where those voices are coming from...I thought they were all in my head. Bad scale!! Bad, bad scale!!

@Aquawave, as a retired medical technologist, I understand your concerns. After retirement, I also did some Biometrics "physicals" including blood draws on occasion. Usually, but not always, we were told to reschedule people who weren't fasting if they told you that BEFORE you drew them, but never after (cost savings??). I…