LauraDotts Member

Don't forget, your heart is a muscle. A super low calorie diet can damage your heart. Increasing your calories after that damage is done won't fix it.

Spaghetti squash is my go to pasta replacement.

I'm diabetic and I have PCOS. I care. But, then, I didn't need this article to know that Dreamfields isn't good for diabetics, at least not for this diabetic. All I needed was my glucometer. But, I know a lot of diabetics that eat Dreamfields believing that it is safe.

I went dairy free for 6 months to see if dairy was affecting PCOS symptoms and to help keep down carb count. I've recently added back cheese, sour cream and heavy cream. As long as I keep to the high fat dairy I don't spike my blood glucose. Anything less fat than halfnhalf will raise my blood glucose. Unfortunately, along…

I hear ya. I feel naughty every time I reach for the lard to cook my eggs in or fry up a load of bacon for a snack. Even though I've seen my lipid panel getting better and better and my triglycerides are fantastic, I still have this fear in the back of my mind that my cholesterol will be through the roof the next time. I…

I don't eat back carbs or calories. My calories are already set to include my level of exercise. The amount of carbs is set as a percentage of the total calories.

I don't see anything in your diary that would be preventing weight loss. You are losing at a nice pace. After a bit of a drop your body will replace fat with water for a time. Be patient. It will drop. One item in your diary that I would recommend you cut out is the store bought mayo. It is made with soybean oil. Making…

A gentleman always pays for the majority of the dates and a lady never chooses the most expensive items on the menu. She tries to stay in the same price range as his order and does not order dessert unless he does.

Most people at the gym are too busy to notice you. And, if they do notice you enough to think negatively about you, then they aren't busy enough.

He checks out other women and is embarrassed to be seen with you in public. It's time for him to be gone.

I just recently read that right after losing a significant amount of weight, and 11 pounds is significant, your body will temporarily replace the fat with water. It will flush it away in a week or two. You can not gain 3 pounds of fat in a week on a calorie deficit.

My diary is open. My profile shows my progress on a low carb/ketogenic diet.

The Atkins bars will do it.

Honestly, I've found that the more water I drink the less desire I have for anything else. It was so hard to increase my water intake at the beginning.

Low carb, low sugar, diet. Read the articles at bloodsugar101.com.

I don't track sugar and I'm a diabetic. The net carb count and my blood glucose meter tells me all I need to know. I actually had to make an effort to add in some food sugars to my diet to help repopulate my gut flora. I started taking a probiotic and feeding it some sugars. I do that with some dark chocolate (85% cacoa)…

I am unbelievably blessed to have my doctor. When he diagnosed me as diabetic he recommended the South Beach diet and told me NOT to go on the "diabetic" diet. He never suggested or sent me to a dietician. He told me that his diabetic patients who ate low carb were the only patients he didn't have to prescribe more and…

As has already been stated, eggs will not raise your cholesterol. A low carb diet will lower your LDL cholesterol and triglycerides regardless of the amount of meat and eggs you eat. Eating good meats and fats will raise your HDL (the good cholesterol). However, if you really don't want to eat eggs for breakfast, you can…

As soon as my weight loss really started to become noticeable some men started telling my husband that he better watch out because I was going to be hot. Fortunately that didn't affect his trust in me or his support for me but it did upset him. I'm not sure who they were insulting more, my husband or me. Neither my morals…

Awesome! And, yes, I'm holding back the tears.

I take Jarrow Formulas - Jarro-Dophilus + Fos. It is the only one I could find that is soy free. I buy it on Amazon. It started helping in about a week.

Well done. One of the benefits of low carb living is how exciting it is to get blood work. LOL

Try this first if you haven't already.

Well written. Excellent advice.

On a low carb diet your body does not hold on to as much fluid. More water is flushed out and with that water goes sodium and other electrolytes. You do not want to restrict sodium and you need to drink a lot more water. If you experience dizziness you need more sodium. Most low carb diets recommend drinking bouillon to…

You're female. You should expect this.

It's in their nutrition calculator that shows 60 calories for a whole egg. The calculator breaks it down into calories per item. The calculator doesn't count for 2 eggs. But, the meal, as described, has 2 eggs. So, advertising it as 230 calories is deceptive in my opinion. If you order it with 1 egg, that's what you get.…

A medium sized egg is 60 calories.

I wish I could try that strategy. But, diabetes isn't that forgiving.