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I have to amend my goals.. still want to get down to 232, down 10 lbs., and I am down to 240.4.. BUT, my brother wants to do Keto, to help control his BG, to help his leg wound heal, and is unwilling to do Carnivore, so I will be doing Keto under 20 grams a day.. and my goal is to stay on plan for the whole time still..…

I know people who have done Carnivore for years. I have decided for various reasons to quit it, and go back to Keto. Glad it was interesting. I felt the same way. I understand what works for me a lot better because I did this. I lost about 42 lbs. in 83 days. minus the 4 high carb days in the hospital. I got better control…

Lost 1.6 lbs. Down to 240.4. Back to where I was before going to hospital. Today, I am having sausage links for breakfast, perch for lunch, and ground beef for dinner. I had mayo on my burger patties yesterday, after cooking them in butter and it was just too greasy. 86% fat is too high.. it tasted good, and I lost weight,…

Busy for a few days. I am back down to 242.0, just a bit over where I was on November 9th, before I went into hospital. I have 90 days until I see my cardiologist again.. saw him yesterday for a follow-up from hospital. Everything is going fine. I don't see my "doctors' until February. I do have my INR ( check blood…

I am currently 242. I am starting a 90 day zero carb cycle, so the first 30 days will be in December. That means 0 g of carbs.. no eggs or cheese even.. just meat, fats, and water. 86% fat, 14% protein. So my goals are: 1) stick to zero carbs plan. 2) lose 10 lbs. get down to 232.

I'm a guy, and I am 47, and have a receding hairline.. BUT, what might apply to your situation is the comment about your diabetes concerns. I have had diabetes for 20 years, and back in 2002, I noticed something weird.. I'm a guy, with no leg hair, below the knee. When I asked my doctor, he said it was due to diabetes.. a…

I think this kind of depends on your definition of " healthier ". Probably the best substitute though is water, in place of anything else. I eat Carnivore, so the foods I eat don't really substitute other foods that were harmful to me.. since the foods which were harmful were carbs. I would probably consider the…

OK, I settled on a plan for the next 50 days until my 48th birthday.. starting today, I cut the eggs some.. 2 Jumbo eggs, 3 sausage links, and upped butter to 4 Tbsp. My lunch is 10.88 ozs. of 73/27 GB from Aldi's. I will be adding 2 ozs. shredded cheddar to it. Dinner is 9 ozs. perch, cooked in 4 Tbsp. butter. The GB is…

OK. I ate good on Thanksgiving.. no carbs, and I did have a lower BG.. 68.. no blurry vision or anything.. not that low.. and today my BG was 107. I ate 3 eggs, 3 sausage, with 3 Tbsp. butter. Dinner is 10 ozs. of pork chunks cooked in 3 Tbsp. butter. I was watching a video, about " lipivores ".. a play on words. We…

They do my bloodwork, simply because that spaces the tests 3 months apart, and they do A1C one time, and lipid panel the next, plus any other tests.. but those 2 are done every 6 months that way.. rotating.. and it allows me to not have to go to an extra appt. I like it that way. Normally, I have an 8:30 a.m. appt., and…

Your urine is simply body wate in fluid form.. whatever you eat will affect the urine color, and smell. When i started Atkins, I ate 6 eggs for breakfast, 6 chicken thighs for lunch, and 6 more for dinner, with a can of green beans at one of the later meals.. eggs, and green beans have mild smells, but chicken, expecially…

It doesn't have to be cheese.. any small amount of food will do. Even a little protein will bump the BG level up some. I also have heart disease, but mine is due to a damaged heart, with enlarged heart, and arteries.. clear as can be.. no plaque. So I do cheese. I also eat 4-6 Jumbo eggs most days, and sausage, beef,…

Doing pretty good. I am still up 10 lbs., but down to 251.4. My breathing is good enough that I am off oxygen at night. I went to the doctor on Monday, but I was the last patient of the day, and they were running late.. so we spoke for maybe 20 minutes, ordered my pills, and after fasting 22 hours, they decided not to do…

I didn't eat late last night.. or this morning, because I have to get bloodwork today. My blood sugar was 77 mg/dL, so I brought 1 oz. of cheddar cheese to eat, if I get a low blood sugar. My doctor visits usually take 90 mins., so I'll get out around 5 p.m., and then I am going to go home, and eat 1.5 lbs. of 73/27 GB. I…

There is a possibility, that if the pig valve can not be matched to the whole in my heart.. attached.. because the heart is too stretched out, so they can't stretch the pig valve to fit.. that I would be put on this battery pack for the rest of my life, with metal bars punched through my body, to rig up the system. I got a…

I lost 2.2 lbs. in the past 2 days.. down to 253.8.. still up 12 lbs. due to water weight.. I thought since I put it on in 2 days, it would drop off quickly, but I think that I simply can't pee much more. As long as I get back to 240, I'll be fine, but losing weight that wasn't there 10 days ago, is annoying. I have lost…

Tech.. thanx, but I have been on diuretics for 20 years, and ate high protein for 10, and every 6 months, they test my kidney function.. they test EVERYTHING, and my kidney function is perfect.. always has been, except for one time i took too much metolazone.. which is basically a super diuretic.. a year ago, I took it to…

Trust the meter.. let the results dictate you actions!

I am on Carnivore.. just meat, fish, fowl, cheese, eggs, fats, and water.. nothing else, maybe 5 grams of carbs a day.. the " diabetic diet " I was put on in 2002, was 1/2 the carbs I was eating before.. stopped weight gain, but my A1C was still over 12, and I was still 361 lbs. 10 years later. So I did Atkins, then Keto,…

You should TEST when you start feeling this way.. and after you eat the cheese or peanut butter as well, so you know not only how low it is before you start feeling this way..but also so you know how much your remedy affects your blood sugar. I know people who drink pop when they get low blood sugar, because they are…

Also want to address beans.. a good source of potassium.. although I would try salmon.. 6 ozs equals 23% of the RDA.. or an avocado ( 21% ).. a cup of white button mushrooms has 12%, and a cup of cooked tomatoes is 11%.. Those are foods most people eat, and are Keto-friendly. Keto simply means it's low enough to keep you…

You need to stop thinking so hard about this, and treating Keto as a diet which doesn't meet your dietary needs.. you may not meet the RDA's but RDA's are set up for people who eat a regular diet.. there are interactions which require one vitamin or mineral to be present to absorb another, and when you cut down on Iron…

I eat Carnivore, and once I stopped eating any sweet foods, like fruits, or vegetables.. I found that the meat I ate tastes a lot different, and much saltier. By removing the overly sweet things, you start to notice that many other foods have natural sugars, which you can now taste, because your tastebuds aren't being…

When I started eating low carb 10 years ago, it was because I ate 1 food every meal, and tested it 2 hours later, to determine what spiked my BG over 120, and what didn't. Of course, protein & fats don't affect it as much, so having fish cooked in butter for lunch won't raise your BG much. a 1/2 cup of pasta will though,…

Dropped down to 256.0 lbs. A loss of 1.2 lbs. My morning BG was 104. My morning BG is always good, and the one before dinner is often even lower, but I have had high BG for lunch the past 2 days.. 135 on Wednesday, and 126 yesterday. I had eggs w/ cheese on Wednesday.. 5 sausage links yesterday.. very low carb meals, and…

My friend has this, and she loves it.. it seems to stick to her arm OK. My concern was cost, and that she needs to use her phone. I got the cheapest phone sold at T-Mobile.. $29, and I don't use it at all.. unless someone calls ME.. she started talking apps and lost me. I use laptops. Does this have a site where I could…

Yes. What you eat is just as important as how much, and how many carbs you consume. Each food, in it's separate form causes an effect on your body, and BG levels.. carbs the most, protein has minimal effect, and fat has almost NO effect.. which is why we eat a bit more protein & fat, and less carbs with diabetes. Carbs…

I've been at this for 20 years, but only started having low blood sugars the past 10, after discovering low carb. They did the same thing for me when I had a 40 mg/dL reading at the hospital once.. they didn't feed me for 30 hours.. they gave me half a cup of fruit juice, and yes, I had cravings.. since I already hadn't…

I voted turkey, since I don't eat anything but meat, fats, and eggs.. deviled eggs would be my 2nd, and green beans 3rd. I wouldn't touch the rest of them. A vegan on the other hand might do better with some options I don't consume, like cranberry sauce. It is kind of cool that turkey beat out green beans. Most people go…

216 grams on an 1800 caloie diet is 48% protein. Could they possibly have suggested 216 calories of protein.. 54 grams.. that seems a bit low.. most people end up at 15-25% protein. For example.. I eat Carnivore.. nothing but meat, fish, fowl, cheese, fats, and eggs.. I eat 71% fat, and 29% protein.. 29% protein is a lot..…