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I find if I eat Low Carb I don't get hungry often.

Pip - Kirby is lucky to have you. Such a thoughtful gift. Snowflake - Makala is very talented. Machka - thanks for the inspiration Allie- you are doing the right thing. I wish I could get mine to turn a corner. I mean well it looks like she has but I've been there before only to find out no she hasn't. I'm hoping once…

Well I have to run so I did read your stories and find this group to be inspirational keep it up. LIve life the best you can. Sharon - there are strips you can get at the pharmacy to measure ketones in your pee. They will be by the glucose monitors. Ketosis is simply burning ketones. That shows up in your pee for diabetics…

Barbara thanks for the thread so many wonderful posts. R in Indiana try it the other way. I need to start eating healthy so I can be in a good place to make better choice on vacation, birthday, holiday what ever. I know for me it has gotten easier now that my gallbladder is acting up. While it has always been a matter of…

I skip 'breakfast' and the first thing I often eat is a few mushrooms with a soft russian cheese and a bone broth beef soup. Edited to add: If you don't mind eggs again in a week or so... I make a casserole with some low carb veggies like spinach, onion, broccoli or what have you and lots of cheese and bacon. Then you can…

Hello. I'd like to join. I'm 51 and been through this too many times to count. I am 202 pounds 5'2". I have found I can't use the traditional Calories in Calories out as I can eat 1200 calories and not lose weight. I've recently been watching a lot of video by Dr. Sten Ekberg and they have me so much more hopeful for…

OP at your size you are most likely insulin resistant. I'd suggest you watch the video by Dr. sten ekberg. https://youtube.com/watch?v=DU84RvE568k

You can get a blood glucose monitor at any pharmacy for $15 or so and then test strips. I just got mine at Walgreens $18 for the monitor and $10 for 30 strips. Any fasting blood sugar of 100 or over isn't good truth is 85 is much better. But what you really want to know is are you insulin resistant which comes before Type…

I'd do an insulin test. You can order your own from my walkinlabs.com if you combine that with a blood glucose test (buy a meter at Walgreens for $14 bucks or so). You can calculate your insulin resistance. Many people become insulin resistance before they get diagnosed with type 2 diabetes by their regular doctor. Insulin…

Have you ever tried Keto. You can do that without eating meat it's harder but most of the low carb diets really help with the hungry all the time. I'm sure you can live on powders as long as you get powders that have the appropriate nutrients. I'd worry about a lot of soy intake though.

Dr. Sten Ekberg video's are awesome. Really explains how keto and intermittent fasting is a healthy lifestyle and how calories in and calories out dieting is making us fat. I've done atkins before but this is my first low carb intermittent fasting go. So far I like it. I haven't gone full keto and don't know if I will.…

A russian style cheese. It's fluffier than a lot of cheeses it is an active culture and so creamy. It helps keep me in ketosis.

This of course depends on lots of things. Full fat has more calories but there is at least one study that shows people can lose more weight consuming full fat dairy. It has to do with satiety and absorption of certain nutrients. But of course if you are lactose sensitive you might find dairy causes stomach disruption.…

Actually it may not be a myth a recent study shows intermittent fasting 16/8 had more fat loss than regular dieting with similar calories. I don’t know about belly fat though

Fair life protein shake only 140 calories for 30 grams protein. Or premier 30 grams same 30 grams protein

I am on 1000 to 1200 calories a day. The key is getting enough fiber and protein. I see many posts before me worrying about or debating the 1200 calories. I can tell you I did 1400 to 1500 for many years and it just didn't seem to work for me. Then I got gallstones and had trouble eating due to nausea. I told myself I…

I certainly don't write it off and unimportant or impossible. I'm not going to bet my health on it at this point. I've been obese for 20 years with only slight variations. My whole life doctors have been shocked how 'healthy' I am. The nurse always was shocked when my blood pressure is 90/70. My stats have been good…

No I don't lose a pound a week. I never have even when exercising hard. Which my current health exercising too hard only makes me exhausted for days so it's not an option. I have to do mild activities like walking at 3.5 mph, circuit, weight lifting. I lose about 0.4 pounds a week at 1200 calories and I can't live on less…

I have not given up weight loss, as I do need to lose weight, lots. But with cholesterol, I mess up and eat too much of the wrong things for the week of christmas to new years and I can be back on track in a week or so. With weight. I can wipe out 3 months of diligent food choices. So right now due to my bad blood I"m…

I won't post every website I visited when I was researching. But I found this one interesting. https://freestylefarm.ca/2014/07/21/did-kombucha-tea-lower-cholesterol/ Kombucha out does Lipator in a person. Granted just one person. I had read a chicken study there are some animal studies that it lowered it as much as 50%.

Yeah this is the mantra I got from my post in March. Lose weight. (LIKE we don't have an entire site of people trying to do that with differing success levels.). But let's think about this. There are many studies on certain things like Oatmeal and those studies show a wide success not just 25% of the people. What we don't…

I agree weight loss would be great. I don't have any problem with weight loss as an idea but I'm not betting my life on it since I just haven't been all that successful and it takes a long time when you are much overweight. I think the biggest bang for my effort has been. I often eat 35 or more grams of fiber a day. Bone…

The short of the above is lots of people may or may not be able to control what they eat. I've always had pretty good luck it just hasn't always resulted in weight loss or because it's so slow one week of birthdays or holidays wipes out a month of progress. The best thing I did was research a great big list and say... I…

No I made lots of changes. I target blood health instead of some of the things I had been doing for general health. Omega / fiber/ anti-oxident/ health fat/ gut I started most mornings with overnight oats made with 2 tblspn ground flax seed, 8 grams walnuts, 1/2 cup raw milk, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup blueberries. I don't eat…

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What some view as healthy doesn't necessarily effect blood sugar. I targeted things. Like I added Oatmeal, sources of omega's like flax seed, walnut, salmon, avacado. I had a fairly healthy diet before these changes. I read and targeted food specifically known to change the stats. But like I found out with Bone Broth. If…

Overnight Oats with ground flax seed, 7 gr walnuts, 1/2 cup raw milk, 1/2 cup blueberries, hot tea

I love mine for whole chicken roasted. Freezer to table in about an hour. Bone broth. Which I keep in the freezer/fridge for soup base.

Then you have never had free range non-cornish slow grow older chicken. I raised my own chicken for a few years for eggs but when they got older and the eggs stopped coming we would not waste the meat. The meat was WAY more flavorful even the breast was more like grocery store leg because hey they would fly about and use…

Doctors who counsel on nutrition and blood sugar are more worried about the glycemic index or insulin response your body has to food. When you eat high glycemic foods your body releases insulin often times too much which then bombards your cells which can lead to insulin resistance which is the primary cause of Type II…