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  • I'm 5'8 1/2 Age 45 SW 190 CW 161 GW 155 Daily Calories about 1200-1500. I am eating less than 60 carbs per day. When it was nice out, I was riding my bike each morning for about 45 minutes before work but haven't done any exercise this winter to speak of. When I post what I am eating I tend to stay on track better. During…
  • Macros. If my carbs or protein are too high, I gain weight. The calories seem to take care of themselves.
  • I'd been telling myself that I was trying to lose weight, but not really doing it "because I didn't have the time" to exercise. In reading a blog, I discovered a book called Make Shi(f)t Happen and decided that I needed to make some shifts in my life. I started riding my bike early in the morning before kids and hubby get…
  • Different diet types work for different people. Low calories and counting calories didn't work for me either, I seemed to lose like 5 pounds and then I would stall. I counted calories, exercised and did everything I was supposed to. In trying to lose weight I even tried the HcG shots and diet (which I would not recommend).…
  • Dark Chocolate - 85% cocoa - (melt) and mix in some macadamias top with a sprinkling of sea salt and refrigerate. Break up into pieces. Yummm!
  • And your brain likes ketones better than glucose!
  • Try going on Mark's Daily Apple or Eating Academy. They are both great sources for low carb. I've been reading both for quite a while and feel much better when I keep my carbs below 50 g per day.
  • I would say if you truly want to know the answer to your question do the research. What you are getting here is opinions. They are great to read, but don't mean a hill of beans. Look at the science of both. I have read tons of research on the web and have purchased books on the topic of paleo/primal/whole 30 as well as…
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