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Love this group and my Team, Skinny Dippers. if you need support and motivation, please join the Fat2Fit Challenge. It truly is a fun way to lose weight with like minded others.

Being a part of this group has really helped motivate me to continue my journey and succeed. And as we go into the holiday month, it's so nice to know I have a group of like minded teammates who understand the struggle and can help encourage and support me to stay the course. We hope you will join us.

@mari_moulin Guts to Dust needs to be changed to Skinny Dippers under the Top Individuals. :)

@kpk54 thanks for the input. I've been given the all clear to resume life as tolerated. I had painful bone spurs and bunions taken off of both big toes. I actually only spent 4 days on the couch because if I sit too long, everything else starts hurting. It could still be slight inflammation, I didn't think of that. And…

Rao's Marinara is 3 carbs and so tasty. I use it to make my no noodle lasagna and fat head pizza.

@Theeerica I'm on a baby dose of 25 levothyroxine. It's just enough to stave off all the nasty effects I was having. Oh the joys of autoimmune disorders.

I haven't tried it, didn't know if you could use just mineral water for balance. I use no salt for potassium, I get enough salt usually in a day for sodium or I drink a cup of bone broth (Wal Mart now has it), and I use liquid magnesium at night. That kept me pretty balanced during the keto process last month. I did look…

I also have Hashi's and don't believe everything you read about keto being wrong for people with Hashi's. I experimented with keto last month and in addition to losing a resounding 7.4 lbs, I saw an marked improvement in my energy levels, gut performance and my skin and hair were not as dry. During that month, if I found…

Pure inspiration!

Yes this. This is what I'm experiencing. I'm not tired in the afternoon and I don't have sugar crashes all day. If I get a little tired, especially if I've been sweating, I drink some ketoade and I'm good to go some more. I have energy, it's not frenetic energy, just a steady hum all day and into the evening. I also upped…

^^^^yes this....some are purists, some do convenience, and some fall in between. You have to find what works for you. I take all the tips I can, some I utilize, some I store for a rainy day body shakeup.

@myketojourney87 welcome. I wish you well in your journey. I'm a newbie myself so I don't have a lot of advice to offer but there are some knowledgeable people here that are willing to help. You can look at my diary too if you'd like.

I asked this same question and there was a whole thread on it this this week and no one suggested what @midwesterner85 suggested. So what I'm finding in keto and low carb is everyone has their own school of thought just like in Paleo and any other lifestyle diet. You have to play around and adjust and readjust to find what…

@Sunny_Bunny_ thank you! I'll probably do the increase after I reach 150. I'm losing at a steady rate right now and feeling full for the most part. If I go over, I do. I don't stress that as long as I know I'm somewhere in the target of where I should be. You've been most helpful in this.

@baconslave thank you. Simplicity is what I'm looking for. I don't understand all the scientifics and numbers. Right now, 10 days in, eating at approximately 1100-1200 calories and staying in the range of 5/30/65. Most days I am losing around 1/2 lb so I'm happy. I'm down a total of 5 lbs and for me that is awesome. @kpk54…

@KnitOrMiss you described what I am going through perfectly. I go to bed around 11:00 and wake up at 1:30 am wide awake. The rest of the night I'm in a semi-awake dreaming vividly sleep. One of those you wake yourself out of and go right back to :( And then when I get up, I'm more tired than when I went to bed. It takes a…

@Gallowmere1984 what is NEAT?

The dreams have been crazy! Very vivid, at times viloent and scary. Like where is that coming from lol?

@Sunny_Bunny_ My stats are age 55, height 5'0", weight 153, body fat 42 (may be a little less but go with that). I exercise 5 or 6 days a week doing P90X and/or cardio and I don't phone it in and give it my all. If you want to play around with numbers for me that I can just plug in I'd be in your debt! @kpk54 thank you. I…

@Sunny_Bunny_ Okay - I followed your directions even though MFP is a little confusing in and of itself. So this is what I got from the calculator that you used. 1387 calories, 117g fat, 62g protein, 20g carbs. I plugged that into MFP and then went on to the next step and this is what I ended up with 1280 calories, 17g…

@baconslave you rock. That I understood almost 100% @Sunny_Bunny_ yes that made it much simpler lol. Do you remember Charlie Brown when his parents would speak and all you heard was "waa waa waa". That's what my brain has always heard if it pertains to science, calculations etc. I'm a math whiz and I read everything I can…

@Sunny_Bunny_ still totally confused. What is TDEE? And the numbers I originally posted came from one of the calculators mentioned. I'll go back and try again, but I tried different ones and none of them gave me the same reading. @kpk54 most likely I am losing weight because of the decrease in calories and most definitely…

@tayusuki right? I was confused before, I am moreso now. Now I don't know if I'm losing weight because my calories are super low (CICO) or because I'm eating high fat. They need to make a "keto for dummies" and simplify it.

@RalfLott I did get macros etc from those calculators. Not one of them gave me the same reading so I just went with the lowest one. I'll get the book you recommended and try and look at the videos. Sometimes that stuff gets so scientific that I can't understand it all. Thank you for the suggestions.

@RalfLott what is strategic energy reserve? And in your opinion, with the fat that is stored already in my body, what should I be eating. Right now my calories are set at 1298, fat at 101g, carbs at 20g and protein at 65g.

@kirkor Not meaning to sound ignorant, but I'm only on my first week of keto, so what is n=1?

@middlehaitch you are my new role model. You are rocking it at almost 64!

@LizinLowell I own all the Well Fed books. They are my go to's. I've done 2 whole 30's and they were like a Bible to me. Also Practical Paleo.

I'm not big on Kindle cookbooks as a whole. The format is always off and most of the time the information is so inaccurate. I stick to Pinterest and blogs but I sure do like to sit down with a cookbook and get ideas.

@DharmainHeels thank you. In addition to beginning LCHF/KETO I'm doing a Facebook detox for 30 days to recenter myself. Too much negativity on there. I'll check these pages out when and if, I go back on.