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Week 1: 287 Week 2: 287.4 (guess I better get losing!)
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Wow! You all are doing great! Sadly, I've gained since last week, but I'm waiting till Saturday to do my final weigh-in for Week 2. Hopefully I'll at least get back down to where I was.
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1. Got my water in 2. Hit my macros Sadly, that's it! I'm not meeting my other goals at present (mainly exercise).
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I'm CJ and I've been heavy my entire life. I've tried many things over the years to take the weight off and actually got down into the 220s at one point (my lowest adult weight). However, I did that with extreme restriction - eating only vegetables - and I couldn't maintain it. I kept off some of the weight (389 - highest)…
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I also want to thank Binki for the pep-talk. I really needed that too! I've been slacking off since the holidays...and other events...and here we are past half way through the year and I'm still fluctuating between the same 5 pounds. Time to get back to it. As far as your question bookworm, is it at all possible to get…
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Don't worry about the past. Just get up, dust yourself off, and keep playing the game! You're doing great and I know you can succeed. Try some new exercise to spice things up (hula hooping? I'm so into it!)....and some new recipes. You're going to make it happen!
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Hi. Thanks for your posy Gaby(?). I was thinking July 1st for the first weigh-in. I usually do Mondays because it sometimes keeps me honest over the weekend ;) What do you say? Want to give it a go? If yes, I'll send you a friend request....
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How many mg is Clor-Kon? I'd like to ask my GP about it next month when I see her but she is very anti-low carb and I don't think she'll like it that I'm even trying to eat this way so if I ask her she will just tel me to stop eating low carb. However, I'm doing pretty good with getting most of my nutrients from food now.…
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I'm dealing with a potassium deficiency right now and I've got it under control with my diet. My suggestion would be to type your meals into something like Fitday so you can see the breakdown of all the nutrients you are getting and what you might be lacking. Also, I've noticed to get my potassium in, I have had to up the…
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Glad you're back! I'll send you a friend request. My highest weight was 398 upon graduation from high school and the years following. I lost over 100lbs eating just vegetables (very unsustainable!) about 7 years ago and and gained 50-60 back over the course of the last 7 years. I'm back to losing now because I swore I'd…
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Yes, I should have said that after the first two weeks, I did add coffee, alcohol (usually only weekends), and nuts into my diet, but still was under the 20g of carb. So perhaps those things are causing a stall. I'll cut out the coffee and alcohol and see what happens. Actually, other than carbs under 20g, I wasn't paying…
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Looks like a combination of two ingredients: Erythritol and S. rebaudiana leaf extract. Yes, it looks exactly like sugar.
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Thanks for the tips - I think if I can get a little taste in there, I'll be good so I'll try and increase the spices and make sure they are fresh. Also, I'm going to try the lemon as I just bought some lemon extract (lemon extract doesn't seem to have added sugar so I'm not sure if it has carbs? But vanilla does have carbs…
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Right now I'm following Atkins and I'm in the induction phase so 20g carbs is required (according to the book). Sorry - this is my first time doing this so I may not understand how it works, but it's 20g and then when you're ready to move on to ongoing weight loss, you increase carbs by 5g per week until your loss slows,…
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Thank you all and I hear you about measuring instead of weighing, but I'm horrible at measuring and I never know if I'm doing it right or accurately enough. However, given my 320lb status (well, 310 now), I would assume that I cannot have a 20" waist and still weight 310 pounds so the scale is going to have to reflect a…
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Ok - I think I'm doing something wrong with these...they just seem to have no flavor at all. I switched to half golden flax and half almond meal which actually made them edible for me but - they have zero taste. Tonight I tried it with pumpkin, pumpkin spice and a center of cream cheese. Zero taste...could maybe taste the…
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I agree. If I was going to go into a coma, it would have been this weekend. Had a few social events - including a friend's bridal shower - and had quite a bit to drink while still on 20g/day. I actually felt fine and I even tested with the strips (just got them in the mail this week) and I was still in ketosis even while…
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Suffering, suffering, suffering....
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Flax crust chicken alfredo "pizza"
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I'm new to the low carb lifestyle and haven't consulted doctors or anything, but I have read the Atkins book. Getting ready to start my 3rd week and I'm averaging 65% fat, 30% protein and 5% carb (on about 1800/day sometimes more - sometimes less).
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Unfortunately, they have been brainwashed by our government and by the food manufacturers. As a result, they are deathly afraid to admit that what they were taught their entire lives to be "healthy" might just not be as healthy as they think. It makes them very defensive - especially when those of us who are doing low carb…
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I'm 5'7" too and this photo gives me so much hope. You are a true inspiration! Congratulations on your weight loss and thank you so much for posting before and after pictures!
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I wasn't aware of that either - I was under the impression that your body just burned the alcohol first as enegry (in about 2 hrs or so depending) and then you got right back to burning fat. I believe that is also what Dr. Atkins syas in his book: "Here's the problem with all alcoholic beverages, and the reason I recommend…
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Don't want to beat a dead horse, but I got the official word from Firefly vodka and it is actually 6.6g per 1.5oz: Dear CJ, NUTRITION: Sweet Tea: Serving Size 1.5 oz. Proof 70 Total Carbs (grams/serving) 6.6 Total sugar (grams/serving) 6.6 Calories 110 Skinny Tea: Serving Sive 1.5 oz. Proof 60 Carbs 0g Protein 0g Fat 0g…
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I agree...eating like this is such a chore! Please, who can really stand real cream in their coffee for very long??
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As a follow-up, watch out for the whipped cream vodka too if you're doing very low carb - 7.5g per 50ml. I did find out that Firefly has a "skinny" sweet tea vodka that has no carbs (I'm assuming they use some type of artificial sweetner?), but they do not carry that in my stores here - only the regular version - and it…
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Drat! I went and looked up Firefly sweet tea vodka and it has too many carbs for my plan - almost 7 carbs per ounce...oh well..looks like I'm sticking with scotch! ;)
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1. Good sex! (And dating) 2. Being able to fit in an airplane seat - I'm going to India in March and I'm dreading the ride. 3. Feeling good about the way I look. 4. Being able to walk down the street and no longer have people in cars roll down their windows and yell nasty names at me (this has happened at least 3x in the…
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I weigh over 300 pounds and was barely eating 1,200 - and not losing weight. I'm shocked at my calorie totals now and I'm losing weight! I'm at the end of my 2nd week of induction so, yes, some of it is water but the most important thing - I think my metabolism is "fixed." When I was eating 1,200 or less a day, I wasn't…
