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Thank you so much! I will stay on my Keto and see what happens. I was sure disappointed this morning. I thought a Keto diet would help my diabetes? I guess I have a lot to learn. Thank you for the tips. I will try them.

Diet Coke! I am trying to cut back but fail a lot? I try to keep the 16.9 oz. bottle size and take a couple sips and then I drink a 8 oz. bottle of water. This works sometimes and does not work sometimes? It is a battle for me.

Thank you so much retirehappy! I will check it out! I am ready to learn more about my new way of living!

Hi Dragonwolf! Thank you for the information! It has been a long time since I have been logging and things have changed on this site and I need to learn how to find things. Can you tell me how to find the launch pad, in the stickies section? I am doing this Keto diet because of my health problems, diabetes, heart disease…

Thank you suzqtme! I am very impressed about your great lipid numbers! I do hope that I can get my lipids better. You inspire me and give me hope! My carbs are set as 5% also so I must be on the right track. I am going to check out the videos you told me about. I do have a lot to learn.

Thank you Sunny_Bunny_ for the low carb information on ketosis. I have a lot to learn. My Diet Dr. has my numbers as 5% carbs, 70% fat, 25% protein. I am staying under 20g carbs a day. I only had 14g carbs today. I have not been used to eating a lot of fat but he tells me that if I get into ketosis then I will be burning…

Thank all of you so very much! It is very good to see how the LCHF diet has helped all of you! I am going to give this diet my very best try. I am under a diet doctor's care doing this diet. When I next have blood work done I hope some of my numbers have improved also. I just started this diet 1/22/17 and my sugars are…

S&F, Thank you for the advice and I hear you and I do understand what you are saying. I am scared and I really don't know what or how to eat anymore. I have always thought that a low carb low fat diet would be best for a person in my condition but I have been told that you cannot do low carb and low fat at the same time?…

Thank all of you so much. I am unable to type for a few days with my right hand. I can only use my left hand and it is way too slow. My cathe was done in my right wrist and needs to heal a few days before bending etc. I am a little weak but I know that I will recover well. Just takes a while.

Thank you deansdad. I am going to try it now that you told me how. It looks just so good and you make it sound even better. You do have a way with words. You make me want to go back to the good old days when food taste like it should. I can still remember as a little girl my aunt Blanch frying turned over eggs in fat back…

Hi MaroneLotz and Solly, I love this group. Great place to be. Everyone is always there for any of us needing help or advice. They are really smart about LCHF diets. Both of you are going to like this group. Welcome!

Wow! That looks soooo good! Is that a beef steak or boneless pork chop? Did you cook in butter? The mushrooms look so good. I would like to try this. I have not cooked with fresh mushrooms before. If you buy them already sliced, do you wash them before cooking? I would love to know how to prepare fresh mushrooms? May I ask…

My sons loved my potato (real potatoes) salad. Well I am going to make them some for Thanksgiving but I am going to also make some cauliflower non potato salad for myself. I am going to encourage my sons to try it. Much better for us all. Baby steps are good!

I watched the video this morning and I thought it was really good. I wish everyone could see it. What an eye opener! Thank you so much for sharing the link. :)

Maybe added sugar? I have found out that a lot of restaurants add sugar to vegetables. I try to use my taste buds. If it has a sweet taste. I will ask if sugar is added. I have run into this issue before. I have ordered green beans that taste like candy. As far as the listing of calories, carbs etc. how do we really know…

Me too, baconslave, I am not going to give up. I am to sick and need to find a better way to try to get better. I wish I knew years ago that there might be a better diet like LCHF for people like me. I sure hope it works for me. Thank you so much for being there for me. It means so much and keeps me going in the right…

Thank you so much deansdad, You made my day! You have helped me so much to understand LCHF. I can't wait to maybe one day to be off the Metformin for my sugar. I am trying hard to get more healthy. My doctor said that he will do a blood test again around Dec. or Jan. I am really looking forward to seeing those results.…

Hi to all, I have enjoyed reading all the ideas here and I have not been doing LCHF long enough to really add any good advice. I am going to a diet doctor and he says that everyone is different and many have health problems and have to take meds. for their health problems. All of which can play a part into adjusting to a…

Yes that might be an option for me. I checked it out online and it said that it could cause GI symptoms. I have done a low fat diet for years and I am having a hard time adjusting to LCHF but hoping that my body will adjust soon. I am a diabetic 2 also and I take Metformin to control my sugars and Metformin and fats…

You are so right deansdad, stress is one of my big issues but cannot be helped. I try very hard to keep it in check but am having a hard time with it. I do try to make time for myself but my world is getting smaller and smaller. I am my dear husbands only caregiver 23 hours a day. I have a caregiver that comes 2 hours a…

Thank all of you for giving me good sound advice. I am going to start being careful as to what fats I am adding and to rethink my water intake also. I also take Metformin and that very well could cause me problems in this area along with the IBS. I do not know if all people have a problem with Metformin and fat but in me…

Hello soechsner09, I am new to this group too and I have not been doing LCHF for long. I am still learning myself. I can tell you that you are at a good place. The people in this group are really helpful and know a lot about LCHF. Welcome.

Hi tanigrrrrr, That might be what bothered me. I tell you, those bars made my sugars go up bad and made me hungry. I would eat a bar and feel so bad but I wanted more? I am off the bars, back on track with my LCHF diet and am feeling better. I truly learned my lesson. Ha! Ha! Some people say that the bars do not bother…

Hi JennyToy, Thank you for being so understanding. I am feeling a little better everyday. I am doing the baby steps and slow but sure I will make it. I done a low fat diet for years and have done diet drinks for years. I started back when the first Tab diet drink came out, they were nasty. I do drink unsweetened tea but…

Yes you can. I know that you are new to dealing with diabetes and are confused about what to do. I can only tell you what my doctor told me. The 140 is after I eat a full meal. I think that if your fasting level has been over 130, then when you eat it will go higher and that might be what is making you tired after eating?…

Hi lorib642, Yes it could be that your sugar goes to high? Before I started LCHF, if I ate to many carbs at a meal I would get very tired and not feel well, often I would fall asleep. My diabetic doctor always told me to check my sugars after two hours of eating. She wanted me to stay at 140 or less. I know that you said…

Hi kkimpel, I'm with you, after being on low fat diets for many years, I just would keep gaining weight. The more weight I gained the sicker I got and I stayed hungry all the time. After years of doctor after doctor telling me to keep eating low fat I finally said enough, it is not working for me. Now here I am learning to…

Yes I have and so are meats. In fact everything in the store is so high? I really try to budget but it is getting harder. It is just me and my husband now. He does not do a LCHF diet like I am doing so I have to buy him sugar snacks. Cookies etc. He is a sweet guy and he does 100 % support me and my LCHF diet. I have never…

Hello to you too timwhoa, I am proud to be here. Nice people with great ideas.

Thank you Mufflana, I am going to try the Stevia. I am going to get me some today. I have a bad habit with diet pepsi. I have been drinking diet drinks for a lot of years. I now know that they are not good but they are about the only thing that keeps me sane at this time. I am going through a lot of changes in my diet. I…