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Nice job! You look amazing! So glad you found a WOE that worked so well for you.

IDK about the donuts, but I love the plate!

There are a couple different types of fast food sandwiches Ive eaten without the bun. Before my nightshade allergy, from McD's Id order 2 $1 chicken sandwiches and 1$1 McDouble. Then use the chicken as the bread for the McDouble meat and throw the buns to the dog/birds/trash/etc. The carb count was something like 8 and the…

Nice job! It is so nice to see someone be successful on this WOE and you look awesome!

whoohoo! great job! That is so very exciting. Thank you so much for sharing! *High Five*

If you live in the US yes, this is true. If you live in australia or england, then the carbs listed are already net carbs.

I also have IR and PCOS. I am on Met and Inositol to help the IR and i try to keep to a LCHF diet/keto because i feel a difference and can lose weight that way. The family doesnt always help here, and because I am sometimes bedridden, like I have been the last week and a half, they cook for me and it isnt always LCHF :'(…

haha I just spit water at the computer, count just counts, weighing is for chumps Or you could do it the Cookie Monster way, shovel it all in and just hope most of it misses

I wish i could get away with not counting but i cant. I would eat all the fat bombs because they are good and not realize that i was burstingly full till it was too late. I have to count to keep myself in a deficit. Plus I have PCOS and IR so my bmr is lower than a normal woman with my stats, so keeping my calories lowish…

ginger lasts a long time. we always get fresh and leave it in the veggie drawer, 6 months later it is still good as long as you have left the skin on

I take my Inositol, multi, vitex, epo, b12 and cinnamon in the morning, my met about 2 hours later, then some d3 a couple hours after that then my other multi, inositol, vitex and epo before bed. The met stops the absorption and depletes your b12 so you often need to suppliment b12 while taking met but dont take them at…

HAHA my husbands nickname with his extended family is STILL Lurch, and he's almost 30

I have done WW many times in the past but am with MFP now and have been for awhile. 1. WW costs, so if you lose the weight and regain a little, you pay to lose it again. Or you can go mfp where it is free to lose it again. 2. if you plan on watching what you eat during maintenance then MFP is free still 3. MFP teaches you…

I agree that lowering carbs is a huge benefit to Insulin Resistance. But there is a HUGE range of low carb. You can go from 100g to almost 0 and anywhere in between. Even a little bit of lowering your carbs can help IR, you might not have to go into ketosis for it to help even a little. You can always start by lowering…

LOL the OP of this thread linked it in her OP

I live 45 minutes away from Chicago Illinois, a major city. I know of many humane farms just north of New York City, NY. I dont know about your area but Id venture a guess that if you start calling and/or visiting farms just outside the city proper, you just might find a decent farm you can get eggs and milk and maybe meat…

I have a nightshade allergy. If i eat anything from the nightshade family my mouth, eyes and chest break out in huge, inflamed, red, itchy, burning, painful patches of rough skin. It is horrible. Nightshades are everywhere and rarely listed as an allergen like wheat, eggs, diary and nuts are. So anything that says 'spices'…

actually, my parents ate this all the time when i was a kid. It is a good potato substitute but I dont know the carb count in it. But the flavor is pretty much the same as a potato both taste and texture wise.

You can always try Inositol if you want more 'natural'. I use both but some on here ditched the met and use only Inositol as it works much the same way. Can get it off amazon for about $15 for a 2 month supply or more depending on how much you take a day.

I looked it up for you, walmart isnt listed as a place to get the gift cards but Walgreens and cvs are, in $5 incriments. So even go get a $25 gift card and you are covered and much cheaper than the health food store.

I also do net but that is more because i LOVE veggies and eat them everyday. I am looking for and trying new lower carb veggies but I know I cant stick to LCHF if I didnt get veggies. So for me it is net, but that's a net 20. My flax seed bread for my fried egg and spam sandwiches in the morning are like 9 carbs but 1 net.…

Yes, I think the biggest problem I have with them is the all or nothing mentality. Many of us were there, trying to lose at x amount of calories on a SAD and either lost nothing or gained, so we lowered x amount of calories till we were starving ourselves. Then we tried LCHF and we ate MORE than x calories and lost weight,…

Some who have had issues with Met have found Inositol to be a big help too.

I use flavored coffees, typically Dunkin Donuts chocolate or caramel flavor. Then add 1/4 cup HWC, 1/4 cup almond or usually coconut milk, 1tbsp coconut oil, 1tbsp butter and then add an AF of some sort. For me, the flavored coffee makes all the difference in the bitter flavor of the coffee. I use coupons and can knock an…

yeah that is high, we get 8oz for $15 on amazon. Can you go to walgreens or cvs and get an amazon gift card? For the much cheaper price, it might be worth the extra step and buy it off amazon. Saves you $25.

Taking Met would be cheating how exactly? It is made so your cells recognize the insulin you make as insulin, so you stop over producing it. This means you have less chance of getting diabetes since your pancreas stops being over taxed. Met is often the first go to for Insulin Resistance because it works, and it is cheap.…

i didnt see anyone link this yet but there is a large and active PCOS group here on mfp http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/3070-p-c-o-sis lots of good info about pcos, diet, exercise and lifestyle info about pcos along with lots of friends who can relate.

I applaud you for getting your health and eating habits straightened out so young! I wish id done it earlier. I work at getting my daughter to do the same, she has mental/emotional problems and pcos so she REALLY needs to get her eating and such in order also and she's also 18. If i can ever get her back on mfp, ill have…

i second this in so many ways!! I have very little to do with my biological family for the same reasons. Glad i love my inlaws...most days. We also have trouble finding a decent gaming group that isnt a bunch of teenage boys who find it funny to play girls in underwear. Wish we all lived closer so we could girl game…

I x4 this. Those of us with certain medical conditions need to eat LCHF for weight loss to occur unless we are at dangerously low calorie levels. If you arent finding weight loss happening on a regular diet even tho you've been accurate in measuring and weighing food, see your doctor. It really does weigh on your self…