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I need more friends! After almost a year of being on mfp, a lot of people on my friend's list have stopped logging on. I just got married in December, and with the wedding, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, I've gained back 15 of the 40 pounds I lost over 2014 and started doing all the bad things that got me to…

Very nice post! Amazing what a change in your diet will accomplish. I had high blood pressure, high pulse rate, low energy, anxiety, trouble sleeping, an erratic heartbeat which just added to the anxiety, and probably a touch of depression as well. Doctor put me on anti-depression drugs and beta-blockers. Didn't like the…

I've lost almost 40 pounds on low carb since the beginning of February. I've been trying to lose weight for a decade, and it has never worked. Moderation didn't work for me. I tried it for 10 years. Sometimes it's a challenge for me to stay low carb, but it's been a lot easier than just a moderation diet. I get around 10%…

For me, the 'eat whatever you want as long as it fits' wasn't sustainable. Low carb has been. I've lost over 30 pounds since January, and I'm still going. Every year I have tried the 'moderation eat it if it fits' diet in January saying 'this year is going to be my year to lose weight', and it's done by about April. I've…

When I went low carb and gave up sugar, I gave up coffee until recently. Before my usual cup of coffee was half coffee, half french vanilla creamer, and two teaspoons of sugar. My mother (who drinks her coffee black) says I might as well be drinking chocolate milk. Recently I discovered Torani sugar free syrups, and now I…

Yes! Low carb does work! I've lost 40 pounds since January (to be fair I only did low carb since the beginning of February) On these boards a lot of people say 'oh it's not necessary, you just have to be in a calorie deficit'. Well, for me to stay in a calorie deficit, the low carb was necessary. It's been the only way…

For sandwich bread, I use Flat Out Fold It Flatbread. I buy it at Walmart. There's different kinds but if you get the 100% whole wheat with flax, there's 8 net carbs. Not as great tasting as regular bread (it helps if you like wheat bread, and I prefer white), but it works. I've also used the regular Flat Out Flatbread as…

Make sure you're eating enough calories, and 10 grams a carb a day sounds a bit low. I had that problem for a few days when I first started, and it went away when I upped my calories. There's several calculators out there that will estimate your protein, fat, and carb percentages. I did that, and I followed it, and the…

At almost any given day, there's one or two thread about carbs vs if it fits your macros, eat it. Usually it starts like this...with someone with a question. If it works for you, ignore those people. I tend not to get into a debate with them because it's a waste of time. This is like religion...everyone has their own…

I agree that low carb doesn't make you lose weight faster than any other, but for me I had the opposite reaction. I feel better without the carbs.

I love my ketogenic diet. It's the only way I've lost weight and kept it off. Tried to lose weight for 15 years, and since going low carb, this is the most I've lost and the longest I've gone without gaining anything I've lost back. I tried a moderation diet for 15 years, and it just didn't work. If you really want to…

My daughter and boyfriend were both thoughtfully bringing me treats when they came home from college and work. Cookies, ice cream, candy. Which none fit into my low carb diet (a moderation diet didn't work for me...I can't eat some things in moderation). All it took was about three or four times of not eating it, and they…

We tried it, and we didn't like it. Not enough snacks that we like. And it took us two months to eat the snacks we did get because they just weren't that good. So we went back to Graze.

About a month after I started my low carb and high fat diet, my mother had an artery blocked and had to go have surgery to put a stint in. When she was about to get discharged, I read her 'after care' instructions. They were pretty much the same instructions they gave you. Low fat everything...cheese, cream cheese, sour…

I've been doing low carb since February, but I haven't found a good bread recipe yet. And I've been trying. I'm not giving up yet. I've also used almond and coconut flour for breading for chicken and other things...that works okay. For the bread though, I think I just can't get past the texture. Oopsie bread (if you search…

Hi! I was always told that the minimum that you can eat and have the energy you need is 1200 calories for a woman. So I always made sure I got at least close to 1200 calories (and by close I mean about 20 calories either over or under)....at least on most days. Some days I couldn't make the 1200 just because I was busy and…

Oreos: my daughter had the mega double stuffed ones. WAY too sweet. And Coca-Cola. Coke used to be the only thing I would drink...all day and every day. I used to love it so much. Now it's just blah. I've never been sure if that makes me happy or sad. Makes me happy because I'm not struggling with going and buying a Coke…

I don't hate carbs, and I don't think carbs are evil, but I've been on low carb diet since February. Even knowing that it's all about calories in versus calories out doesn't help me. If I eat carbs, I want more carbs. I don't have the discipline to stay on just a low calorie diet. I can say 'okay I'm going to go to Pizza…

I started low carb about 27 pounds ago, and I've always done the net carbs. I don't think I could survive without using the net carbs. But using net carbs has always worked for me. I have about 10lbs to lose until I get to what the BMI says is normal. The alcohol is a trickier subject for me because the few times I've had…

Bacon, eggs, cheese, and butter. I'm another person who could eat an omelet three times a day. And don't have to get the 'light' or 'low fat' version of anything anymore!

It also really depends upon whether or not you like to cook. I didn't hardly cook at all before low carb, but since I'm the only one in the household doing low carb, I had to learn how to cook. There are a lot of recipes online. I'm always looking for new things to cook. And I look for low carb versions of things I liked…

I'm getting married in December (haven't set the exact date...this is our second marriage for both of us so we're not having a really big wedding.) So I want to start our new life at a new size. I started trying to lose weight in January, and I still need to lose about 15 - 20 pounds. :)

I wasn't unhappy when I was obese (still overweight now, just not obese), but I'm happier now. There's a definite sense of accomplishment there...not only because I've lost weight, but because I've became more active...and that sense of accomplishment makes me feel better about myself, which makes me happier. But with…

Okay, I can't pick which one is the best: Supersize Me: My ex weighs almost 400 pounds now...was probably close to 300 when we got married. While I can't directly blame him for my weight gain (when we first got married, I weighed 120 pounds) because he didn't force me to eat, I adopted his eating habits. Anger Management:…

For me, as a 38 year old, 5'3, 153 pound female, I do 1200 - 1300 calories with 10% carbs, 70% fat, 23% protein. When I first started this, I was around 178 pounds and lost anywhere from 1.5 to 2 pounds a week. Sometimes I'll still hit the 1.5 pound weight loss, but as I get closer to my goal, most of the time I lose just…

Here's my graze friendcode: https://www.graze.com/us/p/KENM99ZZU

I count both...and with Myfitnesspal it's very easy to do. I was counting calories before I went low carb, so it was easy for me to just continue...all I did was change what I ate. I know that there's got to be a deficit to lose weight, so for me I like to make sure I'm at a deficit. Although I do know people who lost…

I had something similar happen to me. I fluctuated up and down between 158 and 156 for three weeks. It would go up, and it would go down, but never under 156. After two weeks of that, I finally got down to 155. Still took another week for my weight loss to get back to what it was before then. Now I'm losing fairly steady…

When I went low carb, my food bill doubled. Still haven't figured out ways to save. Having an Aldi nearby helps a lot. I'm not sure if I'm going to say anything new but: Anything with 'Atkins' or 'low carb' in the name (I paid almost $5 for Mission Low Carb Tortillas at Walmart the other day) Nuts including Almond Flour…

I second the cauliflower mashed potatoes. Before I went low carb and tried them, I didn't even knew I liked cauliflower (was too busy feeding my face bread to even look at a vegetable). http://www.yummly.com/recipe/external/Cauliflower-Mashed-Potatoes-470345 That's the recipe I use. A food processor helps. I've been doing…