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Holy cow, I'm going through my first on LCHF and I thought it was just me being weird! I've been ravenous for meat (MEAT OH GOD MEAT, just bowls full of ground beef and a spoon and the monster is temporarily subdued) and I'm cold and wanting another coffee every fifteen minutes... not because I need the energy, but that…
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If I have to drain the meat, as for tacos or what cooks out of meatballs, I always save what's left. It's not exactly water, you're getting a pretty nicely flavoured light beef broth out of it that is fabulous when you just add it to other recipes. It never lasts more than a few days in the fridge so I don't worry about…
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Ah, I love my aeropress. I love extra extra extra strong yet not bitter coffee. <3
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Ha, yeah. I've been there. It's always a bit of an oops!
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Unless your fat consumption drops too low, then you'll be tired and cold and cranky. Just ask me how I know this. :P Otherwise I agree with everything said in this thread. It's much easier to work with target numbers for macros, and calories sort of follow suit.
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I had this on an off for about a week until I got my magnesium levels up.
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It has sure made a difference with both of us on LC. :)
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Haha. Wonderful!
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Scales, they are only one way to measure. Did you see my photo in the NSV thread? Those pants went from not fitting to hugely too big with only a six pound drop from 286 to 280, which is nothing when you weigh that much. I could have a water flux that big and it wouldn't really matter on my physical size. If I wasn't…
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Good job everyone!
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I'm so glad to hear everyone's improvements! For me, inflammation is definitely lower. Less overall aches and pains, and a pinched nerve in my forearm that would flare up with repetitive motions like typing or knitting that hasn't bothered me at all even though this is the worst time of year for it and I've been doing a…
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THAT is hilarious!
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The keystone habit for me to be able to even start low carb eating was finding a way to drink my morning coffee that didn't involve sugar. I had a love affair with my morning cup: four shots of espresso in 16oz of milk, and around an eighth of a cup of sugar. Every morning. Sometimes another in the afternoon. And I am…
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Haha, I didn't realise how crooked this photo was. The dog was "helping" me. :)
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Woah... when I started LC three weeks ago these incredibly stretchy jeggings were so tight I could not pull them up over my thighs. Now I'm swimming in them so badly I can't even wear them out of the house. Seriously I can grab handfuls of fabric around the thighs. I've only lost about six pounds, but I've dropped almost…
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I wouldn't be too concerned as long as you are hurting or on pain medication. Both can easily spike your blood pressure. If you're dehydrated, which is easy to do on low carb, that also can spike it. One of my past employers did med test days, where you'd get called in batches, and often had to sit around for a while…
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I was at 320, and I'm now at 280. Goal for now is 160, to be reviewed at that time. Add me if you like!
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Woo! Go everyone! These are great!
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So when I started LCHF three weeks ago, my skin absolutely fell apart. I have some mostly dormant chronic subheorric dermatitis, which when it is bad it makes the skin at my hairline, eyebrows, nose, and breastbone irritated, scaly, and flaking. It's messy too, like really icky face dandruff. Charming, no? I often get big…
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Oh how I feel your pain. I can get sunburned in the kitchen doing dishes if I stay too long after the sun rises. My burn factor is so high that I have to reapply every half hour or so in direct sun, no matter how high the SPF. However, it is possible to get your vitamin D in safely. Assuming you are in a lattitude that…
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Baskin Robbins used to have an avocado icecream with a mango swirl. I ate there so many times while they were running that flavour...
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Coffee Butter Mayo or ingredients to make it. Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Spinach Cauliflower Ground beef, as fatty as I can source, Cream A sharp cheese for grating A specialty cheese for variety Mozzarella Parmesan Eggs Soy Sauce Bacon Two whole chickens a week for braising/rendering/stock (gets me 1-2 cups of chicken fat…
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@minties82 I'm finding the New Zealand bacon REALLY WEIRD. It's not smoky, it's too salty, and almost no fat renders out of it, even if it's a fatty cut. I've lived in the US and England as well, and I don't care what cut of bacon it is, it's just very strange here. I've had to go through a lot of really un-tasty bacon in…
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Weight. Like many, I have never been a healthy weight as an adult, so I have no previous guidelines. In addition, I had precocious puberty and was my adult height of 5'7" a weight of around 150 wearing a size twelve, and in a C cup at 10 years old. Starting puberty so early made my growth plates fuse too early, so I have…
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As far as I am aware, when you exercise and stress your muscles, they take up water as they are healing, so it's normal to see a small gain for the next day, right?
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gsp90x, that sounds like such a great day!
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Oh, man no edema with increased sodium has been awesome. My ankles lost like two inches in two weeks. I keep looking down going "who do these skinny ankles belong to?!"
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Congratulations, everyone, these are great!
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SO! Here's some musings on ranch dressings, based on personal experience and this article: 5 buttermilk questions you were too embarrassed to ask The buttermilk tang and flavour seems to be a combination of lactic acid and diacetyl, which is the main flavor compound of butter. When trying to culture milk at home, they…
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I always check RDA numbers against WHO numbers and decide where to go from there. The WHO usually has scientific papers that explain why they recommend those particular numbers, and some are using more current research than the US RDA. Potassium, for example, is set at a minimum of 3,510 mg for an adult, and was last…
