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I think my goal weight on r/keto (way back when I started) was "whatever". That's been my attitude from the very start. I needed to lose weight, but how much wasn't really a thing that I thought about. My reasons for weight loss aren't scale related. Sure, I tracked my weight (religiously), but that was just a data point.…

Honestly, if I can manage eating out at most places, everyone else here should have no problem. I don't really worry about drawing attention to myself. I used to worry about that, but it's just something that I am comfortable with these days. I get some looks, LOL, but then again how many people order only burger patties,…

But these things won't happen. These things don't happen. In fact, if someone was suffering from these very problems, an all meat diet would lead to their alleviation. You don't even need organ meats in your diet to avoid these things. Just muscle meat is enough. I've documented a period where I ate nothing but hamburger…

Meat does have all of our needed nutrients, and meat also does not include vitamin C. When you are eating enough meat, vitamin C is not a needed nutrient. It's weird, it's crazy, but it's true. It's been confirmed in clinical trials (http://www.jbc.org/content/87/3/651.full.pdf) and in tons of examples from personal…

This is false. Fresh meat, all by itself, will prevent and even reverse scurvy. There is no need for vitamin C while eating carnivore. Meat itself is antiscorbic. This is a huge surprise to almost everyone, and it was one of the primary reasons I originally went carnivore (to see if it really was true). Now, people can…

I was a long-term pepper-head myself. There was no upper limit to how hot things were. Well, there was an upper limit but it was extremely rare for me to find a place that served food that spicy. Sadly, cutting them out for so long has really dented my tolerance levels. I still love peppers and spicy foods. They are not…

Interestingly, you will find that many carnivores (myself included) do not stress or supplement electrolytes. There are many who don't even salt their meat. It doesn't hurt, but it doesn't seem to be as big of a deal as many people assume it will be. My theory is that meat has the correct balance of salt, potassium, etc.…

I have never done hot yoga, but I have some experience that suggests my personal heat-tolerance is a lot higher with low-carb than when eating a mixed diet. I handle higher heats a lot better.

What I found to be best was having a friend who would be there to check up on me and hold me accountable. Even though he is not on the same diet path I am on. We still talk several times a week (usually on FB) and even call each other when major events happen. If he doesn't hear from me pretty often, even just to see what…

LOL, no. You would be shocked at how common such things are. There is also a common dream about sleeping through your final exams, usually had by people who are long out of college and very successful. The brain is a weird thing.

I think some of you know my fitness goals. Around here, I won't be very specific. But, the goal would be to keep up with the rest of the class I am with. We'll call it a "goal-specific fitness class." So far, it's been ok but it has been tough. More specific parts: Daily physical exercise including multiple miles of…

I just clicked through one of the coaches, and see that they want $150/month. I am not sure if that is typical, or if it varies. But, there are people on here who might be successful in the way you need. Finding one of them to be an accountability buddy would be a lot cheaper and they would be one on one working with you.…

Nothing bad would happen, probably. But, these dreams are a good sign. A lot of the long term successful members on here will admit to having these dreams. It is usually a good indicator that you are doing well. Just the way the brain works.

Fiber isn't as necessary for being regular as most people believe. More is not always better, frequently people find that less is better for digestion and elimination frequency and comfort. That "less" goes all the way down to 0g/day. If I have any fiber, at all, I tend to regret it. As for keeping the carbs low, there…

Yep, like others, protein is an absolute minimum. Going over is preferred. Being under is a problem. As for the veggies, it's not a huge deal. Some of us eat none. It's not for everyone, but they are a carb-source and some of us have issues with the fiber or other compounds.

It is very hard for people to accept low-carb. There was a time when I, myself, was anti-Atkins and low-carb. I was convinced it was dangerous and baloney. Now, I am at the far, far extreme fringe of low-carb and Atkins looks like a carb-binge. It is tough, but we need to accept that people are on their own journey and…

I once had a dream where I ate ALL the carbs! Does that count?

Carnivore is still my way of eating. I am still around, but my life is very busy at the moment. I'm committed to 70-80 hour weeks for the next 9 months, or so, unless I fail at what I am attempting. I'm here, but not going to be posting very often.

1 tablespoon of sugar is 12 grams of carbs. A teaspoon is 4. That would be 8 grams for the amount you used. Spread over the number of servings. If that is a lot, or not, depends on how much you will eat and your personal goals.

This right here is a big thing. I think that alone accounts for the changes. It was a crap-free diet compared to a different crap-free diet. It was people eating foods closer to natural forms and cooking at home. It was people avoiding processed foods and the worst of the harmful carbs. When you remove the highly palatable…

I hate the idea that very low carbs is unsustainable. And then we try and use studies where they ate over 100 grams a day as low-carb diet studies. Imagine if we ran smoking cessation studies in a similar fashion. And, don't get me started about how this advice throws a wrench in both diets. :wink:

Meat is amazingly nutrient dense, and the nutrients are very bio-available. Vegetables have nutrients, but many of those nutrients are not in a form the body can directly use or they aren't absorbed well.

Yeah, it turns out you don't need vitamin C, if you eat fresh meat. I didn't believe it, at first, because it is the opposite of what I believed. It turns out that I didn't need the vitamin C. I can verify that from experience.

I had some chicken wings cooked in soy sauce, and I thought they were exceptionally sweet. But, I avoid anything sweet, so I am more sensitive to it than most people. Or the person lied, and there was sweetener in there. I only was able to eat a single wing before I gave up on them. I don't think it will kick you out,…

My diet is hardly fair to include. It's ketogenic, but mostly as a side-effect and not as a primary goal. I eat steak and eggs. That's pretty much it. Sometimes I have hamburger, which is just ground up steak (right?). I don't do any carbs, except the ones in eggs. I used to track. And, you could friend request me, in the…

This is a n=1 report about Crohn's disease: http://www.ijcasereportsandimages.com/archive/early_view_articles/early-view-pdfs/773_Z01_2016040099_CR_EV.pdf I hate to speak directly about medical conditions, especially IBS because there seems to be so many different issues that can cause the syndrome. But, a ton of people…

We would hope that most people would set their macros up based on grams and work the percentages out for themselves. Most of the good keto calculators will make it clear that the percentages come only after the grams are determined, and everyone has their own percentages. Some people are more sensitive to carbs and have a…

I take the other route, as I have posted many times in the past, and I strongly urge people to not calorie count/restrict during the keto adaptation phase. They could always add counting later, but it is harder to go from counting to not counting than the other way. Once you have it in your head that you need to count, it…

It has nothing to do with carb or fiber. No calories shown.

I wish I could take a picture of my kitchen, on a normal day. Today is a bit weird because it is superbowl and we have people coming over. But, normally, my counter is nothing but bowls of candy, pastries, chips, and other carbage. I don't go into the pantry at all, it is worse than the counter. The freezer is full of ice…