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It's important to audition different boullion cubes to find one you actually like. Don't try one and think that because you didn't like it that all broth cubes will be similarly terrible. I also like olives and capers for quick, salty pick-me-ups. Don't underestimate the power of bacon. Getting the electrolyte thing sorted…

Also read up on hypoparathyroidism and calcium deficiency just to be on the safe side.

She sounds like a bit of a whackadoo to be honest. Her product sounds a bit like snake oil. Anyhoo, I'm trying to pull up a reliable source for you, but I remember reading an article that when you are first increasing your magnesium intake, especially one that's quite readily absorbable, it can cause you to dump potassium…

The reed avos are about the size of a small mango. I always err on the high side for avocados though.

That is my default blender cleaning process, but sadly, our blender is both old and cheap, so any time hot water hits it all the seals leak like mad and then it sprays a fine mist of whatever I'm blending all over the complicated underside of the blender cup, so I have to disassemble it every single time and make sure…

I just had a four week period where I lost no weight, but dropped a clothing size and a half. Progress can happen regardless of the scale. Having said that, it isn't a bad thing to review your food. I was trying to eat a higher protein diet before LCHF and it was... weird. There was no way I could get the recommended…

I'm a diehard vegetable lover as well. You'll have to pry my brussels sprouts, cabbage, and green beans out of my cold, dead, keto-adapted fingers. Cut the starchy vegetables out and have a poke around at what your favourites will cost you. I can eat a huge bowl of brussels sprouts or green beans, with butter or cheese or…

My thing about fiber is that counting net carbs I can have some "high" carb days without actually being very high on carbs at all. For example, my goal is always to stay at or under 20g of carbs and if I exceed that, it needs to be from fiber, so I can go up to close to 40g of carbs (20 non-fiber carbs, 20 fiber carbs) if…

Yeah, the extremely effective Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is based off of that principle. So good!

The way you describe your symptoms, it sounds like you're eating too much protein and not getting enough actual fuel for your body. Try dropping your protein target to say, 90grams, and boost your fat intake to compensate. You also might want to try dropping your carbs a bit, or trying to get them from sources that have…

My goal of tracking all my water as a food item has been extremely helpful! I am drinking around the same as before (around or exceeding 100oz daily), but I am simply drinking more of it earlier in the day. Without really changing any other factors, my persistent water retention issues have resolved, and my month long…

That gets set aside and put in soups or I sauté vegetables in it! Or I pop some into broth. So good.

What are you all throwing that fat away for! I have almost no fat leftovers ever! Every scrap of fat goes into something, and I'm always short when I want to make something!

From a purely psychological standpoint, thoughts=days, with no modifier. ;p Magical thinking is a bit silly to me, and I'm a diehard optimist! There's a difference between staying flexible and open and optimistic, and being stubbornly positive no matter what. I also think that it's possible such statements are actually…

@mommy2boysaz I wanted to point out that one of the reasons WW tends to work for people is because of the community, the support, the public accountability, and the tracking. Use those tools in your favor for LCHF and lean hard on them. It isn't weakness, it's smart.

Skip the yogurt, move to Creme Fraiche. It is basically yogurt made from pure cream. :3

Gah. @minties82, that's an amazing difference! What a great win!

I think I could live on kale alone if it were possible. It's my favourite leafy green. <3

Omnivore Salt! Seriously tasty stuff. I actually like the flavour of the Real Salt. It's distinctively different than standard table salt because of the mineral content. There are a bunch of regional flavoured salts here in New Zealand that I've never seen before. Chicken Salt is the big one, but there are quite a few.…

Those are such great wins! You're doing wonderfully!

Wow, that's really restrictive of him and hard on you in terms of labor. You may need to make things he can eat and freeze the portions so you can rotate them to his whims, and then just have your food the way you want it, when you want it.

I needed a warmish layer for wind or under my heavier coat, and I found one but I had to go down TWO SIZES from the last time I went shopping to find one that fit right. I was having trouble zipping 24s over my hips and I was swimming in them this time around. The one I bought is a size 20 and buttons without pulling at…

Yes, yes, yes! Awesome victory!

Still struggling with water retention. I'm going to log all water as if it were a food item.

My mother went through all this when she had her bariatric surgery. It's most likely because your skin is healing from being larger/stretched/microtears, and losing weight quickly exacerbates this feeling. It's the same sort of itching that happens whenever you have a wound and it's healing. It's a good sign! Existing…

I don't know, coffee+hwc+two strips of bacon buys me hours more time than a BPC, or even two BPCs, and I'm beginning to suspect it's the salt in the bacon. I get similar results if I have a coffee+HWC and a cup of broth+butter. Fat and calorie wise, the BPCs win out in both cases, but the other two combos give me way more…

When you're feeling extra fancy and use a crispy strip of bacon to stir your butter into a nice steaming mug of chicken broth.

I'm quite heavy and I have quite a lot of muscle, and I am almost completely sedentary right now, and even with all of my programs set to as little physical activity as I can manage, My TDEE is still over 2400 kcals for just slugging around all day. I can't eat that many calories a day unless I'm making a hugely concerted…

The milk in the half and half is more prone to curdling than straight cream would be.

Slow cooked lamb shoulder for four to five to share Fixed!