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I like this idea.. set challenges, and meet them. Gives you focus, and you can set them at whatever you like, so you can push yourself a bit, but not have a goal you will fail at. My main goal is to stick to Carnivore, which I started on 9/11. So eat on plan for the rest of this month. That will hopefully result in me…

If it's not a stall, and not a problem, fine. I am just using the word the OP did, and it does seem to be a problem. My only concern was that I offended her, and I wanted to clear up what I meant by real food. The low carb products are better than high carb foods, for weight loss, and probably overall health, even with all…

I lost the weight I gained yesterday.. back down to 255.4, the same weight I was 2 days ago.. still up 4/10ths from my recent low. Today, I had 5 XL eggs, scrambled in 3 Tbsps. salted butter. Lunch is 16 ozs. of Haddock, cooked in a non-stick skillet, and 2 ozs. extra sharp cheddar on the side. Dinner is 12.54 ozs. of beef…

I think there is some variation, due to differences in food.. I can buy 73/27 GB, but most often, I get 80/20, and I drained off the 2 cups of broth, and only mixed 2 TBSP. with the mayo, to make it more of a creamy sauce. That may explain some of the extra calories, but also I am using the calories on the package, or MFP.…

As someone who also started well over 300 lbs., think about what your pace of weight loss is for a year. You would lose about 95 lbs., which even for a bigger person, is quite a large amount. I have been in your situation.. 200 lbs.. that will take FOREVER to lose. That's a whole person. I was 361, and I kept giving up…

You can choose to eat what you want, and maybe we have a different idea what real food is.. so let me be clear.. I am talking about low carb/keto.. bread, pizza, tortillas. Things like that. I don't think creamer is a major issue, but the products you buy that are made so you feel comfortable buying them, aren't real food.…

Last 2 days I have gained 1.2 lbs. I had some sausage, which had a lot of Na., and some carbs.. so maybe that is why?? I have also had cheese more than I normally do. For some reason, if I eat cheese more than 1-2 times a week, I tend to stall. My blood sugars are fine, and I am not hungry, or have cravings, so hopefully,…

Today, I only lost 2/10ths of a lb. 255. I ate 4 XL eggs, with 3 Tbsp. salted butter. Lunch was leftover chicken. Yesterday I cooked up 4 thighs, and ate 2.5, including the skin from all 4 thighs.. planned for 2. So I had 1.5 thighs of shredded chicken, in a couple cups of broth. I drained all but maybe 2 Tbsp of the broth…

ccrdragon.. I am only taking a 250 mg tablet. I take diuretics, and of course ZC has a diuretic effect as well. I take a lot of potassium already, prescribed by my doctor, due to all the Lasix I take, but if I am excreting potassium, surely magnesium, and sodium are being depleted as well. I can add a bit of salt to take…

Have you tried just eating real food? Meat, fish, fowl, eggs, sausages, cheese, berries, non-starchy veggies, fats etc.. with water, coffee or tea. Food manufacturers will prey on your desire to make the diet easier, and create fake foods which technically fit into your diet, but are junk.. like pizza and tortillas.. on…

I lost 1.8 lbs. this morning. My blood sugar was 70 mg/dL. Right at the bottom of my range. For breakfast, I ate 5 sausage patties, cooked in 2 Tbsp. butter. For lunch, I have 2 cans of tuna, mixed with 3 Tbsp. mayo, and 2 ozs. of extra sharp cheddar. For dinner I am having 2 whole chicken thighs, with skin.. 9.76 ozs.…

My first BG in 2002 was 526 mg/dL. Like T1D said.. in the old days, pizza would have put me over 400.. but since starting low carb, if I have a bad meal, and get right back on track.. this happens to me as well.. now, if I was to do this more than 1 meal, after 2-3 meals I would be up near 300, and it ight take a day or 2…

I have congestive heart failure. Also T2D. Have for 20 years, since I was 27.. on my 3rd ICD, but the good news is, I've lost a bit over 100 lbs. I have done low carb on and off for half the years since I was diagnosed.. all my improvements have been in these 10 years. Recently I started ZC, or maybe you know it as…

I guess I am lucky. I go 1-2 times a day.. no change, based on grease. If I eat over 80% fat for more than a few days, I do get diarrhea, but without adding LOTS of mayo or butter, to LESS protein, 80% fat is impossible. Meat and eggs tend to be around 67% fat. So I had a few days of diarrhea at the start of Keto, but not…

It appears that you don't really want that much more muscle. If you do, just lift heavier, but the Barre Blend person doesn't really have a lot of muscle.. she simply has less fat. That's diet. now 40/30/30 has a few less carbs, and some extra protein, but not too much different than what a lot of " normal sized " people…

Down another 8/10ths of a lb. 257.0. I'm pretty close to dropping below a lb. loss per day. Rainy and cold the past few days, so no walking. Just eating good, watching sports, and napping. I had 14 ozs of boneless, skinless chicken thighs ready for lunch, diced up, and in the broth, so it would stay moist. Instead of eggs…

I have congestive heart failure, so while they like me doing very low carb, they worry about water weight gain. Yesterday, I had 4500 mg Na. My goal is 1800mg. If I have too much sodium, I get thirsty, and drink too much water. This makes it harder for my heart to pump, and I gain water weight, as well as have some trouble…

You have a lot of considerations here.. low carb covers a LOT of different ways of doing the diet. First.. do you count NET or TOTAL carbs? If you count total carbs like I do, these are not an option.. when I looked at them, wheat was 30 g, and flour was 19 grams. If you count NET, then wheat has 25 grams of fiber, and is…

The goal isn't to eat as little as possible, and lose weight fast. You seem to have messed everything up, so why not simply start over. If you use a TDEE calculator, at 45 yo, 188, doing moderate exercise ( 3-5 days a week ), your TDEE is 2,421. Heavy exercise ( 6-7 ), would bump daily TDEE to 2,695. To lose a lb. a week,…

Body shaming, is partly about other people not wanting other to be normal, if they aren't there themselves, but also partly how others think we see ourselves. Your sister may feel more comfortable when you are a little heavier, because it makes her not seem as so unhealthy. One thing to note is that YOU are well aware of…

Busy day yesterday, and I didn't lose any weight. Ate well, and today I am down to 258.4. Today I had eggs and some cheese for breakfast. Lunch will be chicken thighs, and dinner is 1/2 a ham steak. My menu for the rest of the week will be a lower sodium group of foods. My brother is starting lower carb again today. I like…

When I check my BMR, it's 1,993 calories, my TDEE is 2,391.. if I am sedentary. If I change it to light exercise, I am at 2,740. So I just aim for 2,400 max. Leave it at sedentary. 1200 calories tends to be a number lots of nutritionists, or doctors like to suggest. BMR basically means what you need for JUST basic needs.…

Sounds like you have about 10 weeks before you need to know what to do next. I would recommend a variation of 3. Just keep doing what you are doing, until you hit goal, and then probably just add some calories so your weight loss stops at where you want to be. Once you figure out how to maintain, and are at a proper…

Hope you both get back on track. Covid messed me up big time. They said to buy 6 weeks of groceries.. and low carb foods other than meat, spoil in less time.. the eggs, veggies etc. I was eating closer to Keto.. but bought a bunch of canned pasta, because everyone thought we wouldn't be able to shop, and confined to our…

If you already have a level you lost 46 lbs. on, and simply trying to figure out which level to put in to officially track it now, then I'm guessing you had a caloric range that you were eating before, which helped you lose weight. Let's use 1800.. if that is what you ate while losing.. and you have been doing the 4 miles…

Finally had a big loss, after a week of small ones.. down to 259.2, a drop of 2.4 lbs. Today, I ate 4 XL eggs for breakfast w/ 2 Tbsp. butter. Lunch is 8 ozs. of haddock w/ Tbsp. butter. Dinner is 3 Beef Sausage links w/ 2 Tbsp. butter. This gets me to 2,040 calories. It's also higher fat/ lower protein than most of my…

Did you try the 1740 calories @ 87 grams? Or are you eating the 1985 calories @ 106 grams of protein. I would pick one of these, and maybe the extra cals and protein works for you. I don't know if you are actually burning 900 calories, or how big you are, but 2612 calories sounds like a lot.. I'm 261 lbs., and I eat…

I would try to get set up to take a diabetic class.. they are a full 8 hour day, and they feed you lunch, and you test, and they explain diabetes in detail, and answer questions. I didn't enjoy it, but I did find a lot of what they said helpful... like finding out why I was supposed to record LOW blood sugar reactions when…

I am down to 261.6 today. After looking at the weights on my chicken thighs, it ended up being 13.76 ozs. per meal, instead of my guess of 12. So I ate 1900 calories by the end of the day. This morning, my blood sugar was 84, then I ate 3 XL eggs, cooked in 2Tbsp. butter, and 2 ozs. of cheddar cheese. My blood sugar before…

If the body loses too quickly, it usually bounces back some on it's own. People tend to micro-manage things way too much, instead of simply letting things which happen, blend into the rest of what is happening.. just like you don't starve yourself to undo a bad meal.. you don't need to over-compensate for unexpected weight…