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When my cravings are bad, I watch carbs but not calories. I would eat the whole pork rind bag. Is that a healthy thing to do? Probably not but it stops me from feeling like I'm somehow being cheated out of the things others get to eat. Sorry, no helpful advice.

Wow good job! It isn't so bad, is it?

Go figure that I ended up wanting a soda after bragging above.

^ question about spa water. I went to the spa last week and when I went to track my food I googled to see if there was any carbs in the spa water. Let it be known that this spa had no plain water. None. What I found was information saying you should track it as though you drank the juice from the fruit. Is this true? I was…

I did ok with Easter. I ate the low carb options my SIL prepared. She also made the most adorable sugary Easter treats but I avoided those. Two questions. 1. Since when did Easter become the new Thanksgiving? As in, "how can you not eat this pie? It's Easter!" Uhh... ok. Even if Easter is a feast, that feast always…

I would describe my previous diet as utterly delicious. Gasp. I've gone up and down a couple of times since high school. The gain always started with me feeding whatever emotion I wanted to avoid. 6 years ago I was down to 120 pounds after a 20 pound loss that I did nothing to lose. I had just started dating my boyfriend…

I think that if you want something sweet you should just keep doing what you're doing. I dropped sweet drinks except for when I'm drinking alcohol. I did it for lent and have just kept doing it. I guess you just need to decide whether you need to drink something sweet or whether breaking up with sweet drinks is worth it.…

I can't get the cast iron skillet to not stick. Even bacon sticks to the mother effing thing! It makes me so angry. Plus then my whole house smells like a dirty restaurant kitchen and I smell like I moonlight as a fry cook. I still continue to try all of the time. It works well for cracklin' chicken but it doesn't really…

Thank you. You're right. I knew this but I needed it said the way that you said it. She's actually recovering from a tummy tuck. She's always been skinny fat but having kids ruined her stomach. She's never gained weight, she simply doesn't eat. I know that she is an insecure person, I just needed the obvious reminder I…

This past weekend I ate 2100 calories one day. MFP threatened me with a significant weight gain in 5 weeks. MFP recommends that I eat 1200 calories for a weight loss of something a little over 1 pound per week. I think the last time I checked my TDEE I would have to eat less than 1000 calories per day to lose 2 pounds per…

Judging by this list I'm going to guess you're in ketosis or on Adderall lol you sound slightly manic ;) I will answer some of these but just based on opinion and my own experience, ok? Some of the more experienced people will give links to scientific studies and that will be even more helpful. - Diet sodas: good or bad?…

I'm having the opposite problem. I'm down almost 25 pounds but no one else (other than my significant other) has noticed. I've noticed clothes are looser or things that didn't fit now fit. The other day a friend of mine asked me about what I plan to wear to an event that is happening in June. When I told her and then told…

First of all I'm appalled at the spelling and lack of punctuation in my previous post. Hopefully the work I've completed so far doesn't look the same! :\ I should be taking magnesium every day but I'm really bad at staying on top of it. Are you taking both pills at the same time or splitting the dose? I do better with mine…

I've seen this happen no matter what diet I am on. Here's my opinion and it may be the kind of thing that people shrug their shoulders at and think "what's the difference?" Maybe empathy or maybe there isn't a difference. I think that it is common to feel like one person's success is our own failure. Most people don't want…

That made me laugh! Yes, slightly offensive but perfectly timed.

It could be anything. I have a bit of a week stomach. Magnesium supplements send me over the edge. There are days when supplements have made me sick for nearly half of the day. However, you've eaten since then so it may not be that I for sure cannot take the full dosage of magnesium.

I love that you're doing that. It's hilarious and cathartic.

I had these a lot when I first started this WOE. When I took myself out of ketosis last week I ended up having another one as soon as I was back in. They're nightmares but it's such an amazing feeling when you wake up and realize you can be proud of yourself for how you did. I still have occasional mornings where I wake…

This might sound ignorant but I didn't know about soybean oil being bad. A lot to learn still.

Dang that sounds good! Ok wouldn't you think that about Buffalo Dip? We're into anything buffalo flavored in our home. That clearly was not the consensus with this group. Good thing I love them for more than their poor taste in food :D

Mmm I like Nutiva!

I'm with everyone else, you have to be ready for the change. @FIT_Goat‌ that cracked me up. Big mistake! That will be remembered for far longer than a man could possibly imagine haha. I'm commenting for my own selfish reasons. I'm very interested in how to get a teenage girl to eat better. When we lived alone it was easy…

I have to ask about the keto approved ranch dressing. I use this ranch http://www.marzetti.com/products/product/1/154/marzetti-classic-ranch-dressing It's pretty low carb. It has never kicked me out of ketosis or anything. But is there a benefit to making it ourselves? Taste?

I've only looked at the bacon cheeseball so far. For sure making that haha.

Have you guys ever tried this? I forgot about this cheese ball recipe from before my LC days. The carbs aren't horrible, either. http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/pinecone-shaped-spread

Thanks ladies! Some of these things are so obvious that I'm kicking myself for not thinking of them. Doh!

Oh no! I hope you're on the mend now. Do you know how I get people to not recommend sugar? I tell them I realized this winter that I get very sick from sugar and break out. It's not not true. I let them assume an allergy of some variety. But I find that people are more accepting of this WOE if they think you have to do it…

I had this same problem a few weeks ago. When I cut out the peanut butter and any fake sugars, the cravings were gone again. Today is the first day I've had pb again. We'll see how that goes. As for long spans between eating, I just do whatever my body wants. Some days 5 hours between meals just isn't an option for me. I'm…

Could you have someone pick up some ginger root for you? It has carbohydrates but you wouldn't be consuming a large amount. I've never really heard of a doctor recommending drinking sugar drinks for stomach sickness. Is he doing this because he knows you're in ketosis, which can lead to dehydration itself, and the sugar…

How do you measure whether you're in ketosis?