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Too much... tea? Blasphemy. If you need less caffeine and all the benefits, try white tea. Black tea is great, but it's true that adding milk takes away some of the benefits. However, some people can't stomach plain black tea, so milk is fine if you need it. Obviously don't use a lot of sugar, because added sugar + a lot…

I'm a very low carber, staying in keto all the time. Like any diet, low carb should be approached with a lifestyle change frame of mind. If you do that, you won't gain back the weight, contrary to some silly opinions. I like being able to eat as much meat and fat as I want, and I don't really lament most of my carb loss. I…

Try keeping carbs to under 100-125ish. You can be sensitive to carbs, and some people respond better to lower carb diets. I'm on a <20g/day very low carb diet, and my stomach certainly bothers me much less than when I ate a lot of carbs.

The jury is still out on artificial sweeteners causing cancer, but I've definitely heard a lot of anecdotal evidence suggesting a trend in artificially sweetened things causing plateaus in weight loss and generally unhealthy feelings physically. If you find yourself stalling in weight loss, or feeling really not great,…

You know, I know I'm fat, and I've known for a long time, but it's never stopped me from getting into relationships with relatively fit guys, which I always found amusing. But my little sister, who's built like a twig and weights 100 pounds soaking wet, I would always tell her how huge her butt is. Now she carries this…

That sounds like the blandest diet ever =/

Avocado is awesome on a bacon cheeseburger (no bun to cut carbs.) It's pretty much my ultimate food for macronutrients :D

Well, your diary is locked, but honestly my best advice right now is to not eat TV dinners. They're overly processed and not at all filling for the number of calories they contain. Yeah, it takes more time to make stuff yourself, or make healthy choices when you go out to eat, but in the long run it's much better for you.

Meat is good. Is there's anything you're low on? Also, leafy greens are great, and any of the low-carb veggies like broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower, peppers, etc. I'd go for either of those, I mean I guess whole grain bread would be okay, but that's not anywhere near as filling as a salad or a chicken breast or bit of…

I liked it when I made it a while ago, but put down parchment paper if you don't have pam (I don't use pam at all). Otherwise it'll stick to the pan. I had to hack it off with a knife and I ruined my pan :P

Yeah, a gluten sensitivity might be the problem if you're eating more grains than you used to, but it could just be an increase in fiber.

Cauliflower is an awesome potato substitute - fauxtatoes for example: boil a bunch of cauliflower florets, mash them by hand or throw them in a food processor, then add butter and cream cheese or milk or cream, and salt. It tastes a lot like mashed potatoes! Cauliflower can also be riced by blending in a food processor til…

I'm an avid follower of r/keto, and if you don't want to eat meat, there's an r/vegetarianketo group. I really enjoy keto, I mean I miss the carbs, but I love the meat and it's great to be able to use so much coconut oil and butter and whatnot. If nothing else, it's really helped me eat more veggies. I eat way better on…

I love gaming. Even being a game tester for 5 years couldn't kill that! Ha. But yeah, I don't exercise really.... I just started my weight loss journey and all of my weight loss so far is purely from diet change. I'm currently unemployed, so I don't think it'll be difficult to work in gaming with exercise when I get around…

Bleh, I remember my high school lunches. My friends would all eat gross looking pizza, curly fries with ketchup or tartar sauce, and tater tots. I'd just skip lunch, I couldn't stomach any of it... and my school got out at 1:15 (or 2:20 depending on the day) so it was never a travesty for me to wait to get something edible…

Saturated fats can improve heart health and are necessary to get calcium into your bones. Since you're not on a high fat diet, obviously don't go overboard, but meeting your fat requirements for the day in coconut oil is good for you, not bad for you. Olive oil is good too, but don't use it for cooking - at most cooking…

About 100-120g fat/day. I don't have an upper limit so long as my macros stay around 60-70% fat, less than 5% carbs, and the rest as protein, but I rarely meet my calorie allotment in a day - I set it a little higher so that my carb count would be 5%, and I just remember that when I eat. My preferred fat sources are from…

I've been really slack about logging, but I know my macro ratios well enough to stay more or less within the right limits. As far as cheating, my biggest cheat so far was having black beans when I went to Qdoba and then having a small hot apple cider in the same day. I'm on a low carb diet so both of those were a treat for…

I'm still trying to decide if this whole thread is trying to bash high fat diets or just eating crappy food in the first place. A healthy high fat diet requires low carb intake and healthy foods, and of course you're going to feel like crap for the first couple days since you're switching from one fuel source to another…

Add more fat to your meals in the form of creamy dressings, butter, olive oil, or cheese. If you're under on fat, then it shouldn't be a big deal, and it will give you a good calorie boost. Fresh mozzarella with olive oil (and some balsamic if I can spare it) is an awesome snack, for example. Since fat has 9 calories per…

I like to dip my bacon into raw/barely cooked yolks. I fry the crap out of the whites though, I think they taste terrible. :P

I'm pro-low carb but this is not the forum to ask about it in. :P You'll get a lot of flak. Myself, I've lost 11 pounds so far and am feeling pretty good on a <20g carbs/day diet - but it requires high fat to function. My aim for macro nutrients is between 65/30/5 and 70/25/5 - fat/protein/carbs. The bulk of my carbs come…

In Europe they subtract it for you. In the US they don't. Anyway yeah, since fiber doesn't change blood sugar and is indigestible, it doesn't NEED to be counted, but feel free to count it anyway since it does provide calories. I think mostly low-carbers are concerned about subtracted - I don't think anyone on a higher carb…

More spinach and kale. They're both really easy to incorporate into a diet - either mixed in salad or in omelets, or creamed spinach, or in stir fries. Swiss chard, dried apricots, sun dried tomatoes, and dried coconut are all up there in iron too.

Mmm... kiwis... their accents make them the most delicious.... ...wait, we're not talking about the same thing here, are we? ;3

Eggplant moussaka is really good - just leave out the meat.

Fat is actually the most important thing for a developing fetus. There are several people who have blogged about paleo babies - eating paleo diets during pregnancy. It's really quite fascinating. I mean, would you rather feed your newborn breastmilk, or a loaf of bread? The breastmilk is high in fat and protein, and carbs…

If you're low-carbing it, you can add fat to what you are eating by adding olive oil or butter, and sauteing things in coconut oil. Add heavy whipping cream to your coffee if you drink it. If your body can handle it (some people can't) add a spoonful of natural peanut butter. A handful of nuts like almonds is good too. But…

I'm never concerned about calories since I have a hard time staying above 1000 day to day (my diary won't help, I've been slacking on entering the last few days)... I modified it by using 4 eggs whites (I had a bunch in the fridge I needed to use up), and replacing cornstarch for 5 grams of xanthan gum (I'm low carb, so I…

Does it HAVE to be steamed? Tossed in olive oil, a lot of veggies like broccoli or asparagus are AWESOME roasted.