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Because I have issues with dry eyes and such on my HFLC diet, I make them with sweet potato now! Man I love these things! And to the poster who said golden flax tasted better - yeah, I agree! I notice that even though I use a packet of splenda, it doesn't seem sweet... but I am all about that. If I want sweet, I will whip…

I never used anything but soap on my face to clean it, with the occasional microderm scrub.... but I have not had one zit since LCing. I used to get about 1 every month or two. My hair looks way healthier... and my nails no longer peel! How 'bout it!! Enjoy not having to buy that stuff anymore!

EWW! I just watched the video. How can anyone eat that frankenfood and eat only 800 cals a day and be HAPPY!? Why bother going low cal for ketosis.... Like you said - bring on the steak, bacon, and cheese! So silly. Honestly. Silly.

I gotta get cauliflower and do this on Sunday!!

I don't eat the Atkins bars, and I find a low carb pumpkin muffin in a minute, made by me, satisfies my sugary cravings (even though it has little sugar.) To the above, I've already read under 50 g a day will keep most, but not all, in ketosis. However, there are exceptions to every rule. As far as calorie counting being…

OMG! Thanks for this! I want to make that meatzza! Also, she needed more cheese.... either that or I am a cheese hog! :)

My tri's went down, but everything else increased - but my ratio was good. My total cholesterol has went from 158 to 201... but in a good way!

I notice that when I cheat, I end up binging and craving all the bad foods again. :( So I don't cheat unless I have to - like a really special occasion, or if I am traveling and want to try all the local foods.

Under 50g ... usually closer to 30 daily.

I have issues with dry mouth and dry eyes and slow healing wounds... I believe mine to be caused by lack of starch. http://perfecthealthdiet.com/2010/11/dangers-of-zero-carb-diets-ii-mucus-deficiency-and-gastrointestinal-cancers/ I now incorporate sweet potatoes into my carbs. I know they are high in carbs, but when I…

I keep a spoon in the cup and stir away before I sip. I also add heavy whipping cream and cinnamon to my coffee everyday. And yeah, slightly coconutty. But I love it :)

YAY!! Congrats! Enjoy your new, satisfying way of eating. i eventually didn't miss any of those carbs! Not when I get to eat all these filling high fat foods!

I know - I eat 2000 a day! I would add coconut oil to coffee, start mixing heavy whipping cream with whey protein and ice and put some flax in it and drink it down - it's soooo good. I like to mix unsweetened coconut with almond butter and eat it. Also on the thread is a low carb muffin in a minute... Now I am going to go…

Yup! I am on month 3 of keto/low carb and I have never been happier! It has certainly made a difference!

I watch my carbs only. I don't think calories really count - I was on low fat and 1600 cals and working out in a bootcamp twice a day and getting no results.... went to keto/low carb and eat about 2000 calories a day - feeling full and satisfied - and losing weigh each week. I also think that since I am eating my BMR of…

I get headaches super easily when I don't eat a lot of salt. I have to eat over the recommended daily allowance or it's game over!

I would dive in and go low carb and allow yourself to eat as much low carb food as you want - especially when you feel like eating carbs! It's what I do and I lose weight doing it - and eating around 2000 calories a day! Hang in there - and YES log on, talk to us when you're feeling a carb binge coming on!

Mine was a Culver's Custard addiction - haha! It totally went away after low carbing. I foudn that I was DYING the first few weeks - but I worked out anyway. I was so gassed that people constantly asked me in bootcamp if I was okay... so understand you may get gassed easier at first. It DOES pass. I'm a few months in and I…

I am proof the math is WRONG! I was eating 1600 cals a day on a lower fat lower calorie diet and working out about 2 hours a day at high intensity. The instructor told me to cut carbs... I think he was sad to see my weight stay the same and be putting in so much hard work. Once I cut them... I have eaten about 2000…

Know that you can be out of ketosis for days and still test positive on the sticks because of the extra ketones leftover running around your body. This happened to me a few weeks ago - I ate over 100 g carbs in a night and it took THREE days for the ketones to go away... And then of course, a week and a half for them to…

I will say I love weighing myself now... I am within the last 10 lbs of my goal and each time I see 150-anything I smile a big smile on the scale! Even if it went up from the day before!

I didn't do any specific diet - just kept the NET carbs at 30 or lower and in a few weeks I was in ketosis and the water weight dropped off. Then i started to lose about 1 lb a week which was perfect!! Eating over 2000 calories a day and losing weight steadily? At 5 ft 9 inches and on my last 10 lbs? Oh I will take it!…

YES! My hair is way better looking... and my skin OH MY SKIN! I have not had one zit on my face since starting low carb in June. I actually think I may look younger. Usually when I lose weight my face looks gross, but I think it looks ok this time around. My nails usually peel and they stopped doing that, too!!

Oh wow I can attest! Not only is my brain functioning WAY better... when I get hungry or low on fuel, I start to stutter and can't think straight. FINALLY I know how to tell when I am hungry - the right way!

I weigh myself everyday if I remember BUT I only long it on MFP when I lose. My weight will fluctuate 5 lbs or so during the week.... but sure enough... every week or two I lose a lb. And if I had just weighed myself every week or two a loss would show. But I just have to see everyday because I'm nutso like that! Anyway,…

only eat almonds and pecans. Not peanuts. The two I eat are higher in fiber. I think in the almonds for a 1/4 cup - 2 net carbs and with pecans a tad bit more. Not all nuts are equal. Although I enjoy peanuts, I steer clear of them because of that. And remember - you subtract fiber from total carbs to get net carbs. :)…

omg!! this list is a super keeper!!

Love!! I need a spiral slicer now...

Mine: flaxmeal almond pecans peppers (high in vitamin c) spinach (iron!) sardines tuna whipping cream cheeses brats, lunchmeat (yeah yeah... nitrates are bad but it works in a pinch) chia seed coconut oil flaked coconut almond butter avocados (high in potassium, and have magnesium) I am sure there is more... but I do those…

Man... I wish I could eat less. Or do I? Anyway, I like to put coconut oil in my coffee in the morning and I really enjoy eating cheese! Those are are two ways to bulk it up. I'm not a medical person, but I know that I usually unfriend people who consistently eat under 1200 cals. No bueno! I am glad you didn't succumb to…