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I used to think I had a food addiction. I would easily over eat and had a hard time staying in a deficit to loose fat. I would take diet suppressants and they wouldn't work. But really, what I had was a carb addiction. I completely removed all forms of carbs and sugars from my diet about 4 years ago. Now, I longer crave…

You might be keto adapted at this point. It's not a bad thing. It just means your body knows exactly how many ketones to secrete for your energy expender and doesn't over-compensate which then expels the ketones through urine. This happens overtime. To truly know if you in ketosis you could get a ketone blood monitor.…

I use a salad as a conveyor belt for fat. One of my faves is pepperoni, mozzarella, and ranch dressing. Also love caesar.

I second what some others have said. Fats get a bad rap because of bad science. I've been eating 75% fat, 20% Protien, 5% carb. I'm now the leanest I've ever been. My blood pressure and cholesterol are better than ever. Plus I'm never hungry. Also, I have a high steady energy level all day with much greater mental focus.

I was always the same way. So I started doing Intermittent Fasting 16/8. Fast for 16 hours, eat for 8. Basically skip breakfast and eat a bigger lunch and dinner. The big insulin swing from eating in the morning is what causes hunger with hours of eating. When you don't eat in the morning you won't have this and you won't…

Bacon Eggs Sausage Steak Ground beef Cheese Broccoli Lettuce Celery Ranch Ribs Heavy cream Butter Almonds (various flavors) Walnuts

Early man ate meat, not crackers and bread. So I'm pretty sure we didn't "evolve" to produce glucose in absence of carbs. We have always done this. It could be argued that this is actually a natural state for us. Plus it has been shown over and over that our brains are more optimized to run on ketones rather than glucose.…

Carbs are the only macronutrient that are not needed in any way shape or form. Been eating sub 25g of carbs a day for over 3 months. More energy than ever. More mental focus than ever. Leanest ever. Strongest ever. Cholesterol better than ever and blood pressure is 107/70 (best ever). My macro breakdown is 75% Fat, 20%…

High Fat, Mod Pro, Low Carb has worked wonders for me. I am always full and I get to eat more cals than I did before. I would have to eat about 1800-2000 to maintain my weight on a low fat "ballanced" diet. On this diet I'm able to maintain weight at 2600 calories. A calorie is definitely not a calorie. And fat is far more…

The fattiest piece of steak I can find with broccoli loaded with butter and cheese. Yummy and healthy :)

good to know! I LOVE Caesar dressing but I usually buy Ranch because most of the Caesar's i've seen tends to be higher in carbs. Thanks!

I've got the Fitbit Flex and my buddy has the Up. He's thinking of getting the Fitbit because of how convenient bluetooth is when connecting to your phone. And the little LED progress lights are nice. I would say that the UI on the UP app might be slightly better but not by much. Everything you need is still in the Flex…

wow, that's pretty low cals. You'll loose weight but it all won't be good weight and you might slow your metabolism. Sorry about your break up. That sucks man.

Switch your macros to 70% fat, 25% pro, 5% carbs and you will never be hungry again on 1200 cals, you will loose weight, have more energy, think more clearly, and reduce your risk for serious diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer and others others.

Fruit is fine. Just don't eat 15 apples a day. Most fruit is low on the glycemic index. Which means it metabolizes slower than something that is high on the glycemic index. Things like table sugar, and refine grains such as bread, rice, cereals, special-k, gondola, all are high on the G-index. They metabolize very quickly…

I think a lot of people don't fully realize the benefits of going low carb or the health risks with eating refined sugars and grains. I was the same way for pretty much my entire life, until I did some research. Now I still eat tons of non-starchy veggies and some fruit because it has a low glycemic index and doesn't…

When I eat breakfast in the morning (usually it's noon), I'll have 4-5 scrabbled eggs cooked in lots of butter and lots of shredded cheddar cheese with 4-5 strips of bacon. Sometimes I'll have my low/no carb pancakes with them.

It's sad that people still think this is true. :/

This! I've been doing keto for 10+ weeks. I did a 36 hour carb up 2 weeks ago and i ate over 1000 carbs during a Fri and Sat. It was a crazy amount of carbs. I went back to my sub 25g carbs Sun, worked out, and I was in deep ketosis Mon morning. So for me, it's a one day transition. I guess I'm also lucky because I've…

it has everything to do with what you eat, and nothing to do with when you eat it.

Everybody is different. I personally feel like breakfast is way overrate. I lost a good amount of weight eating 4-5 small meals a day, that included breakfast. That weight was lost because of a deficit and lifting weights. I hated it, because, while I was never really hungry, I was never ever full. Also it became harder…

awesome. I'm going to follow you. I've also got a keto recipe board and a keto research board. http://pinterest.com/blizaine51/boards/

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I used to run a lot (3-4+ days a week, 5-7 miles each run). I was also lifting weights on the other days. It was just to much and my body couldn't recover. In my opinion, running (and cardio in general) is drastically overrated as a means for weight loss. When I stopped cardio and just focused on my 3 weightlifting…

Almond milk is a good alt

I went from 245 to 205 doing a traditional, 5 meals a day method, while in a cal deficit and working out (over a 2 year period). I then switched to Intermittent Fasting about this time last year and dropped to 185 over several months. I maintained at 185-190 over the course of 6 months before I learned about Keto. I stated…

I drink diet soda daily, and I've had good results. If you want to worry about something. Worry about sugars. That's what will kill ya.

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Go get'm Tom, you got this! It's all about making better choices everyday. And replacing bad habits with good ones. Good luck man.

It's the fact that you drink a ton of water. It dilutes your reading. Keep drink water, it's healthy. But you might back off the water for a day (but stay hydrated) just to get an accurate reading and to know that you are actually in ketosis. Edit: Also, it's tough to get used to eating so much fat. But just know that if…