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I weigh everything. I'm not yet experienced in knowing what a 6 ounce portion of meat looks like. I weigh after cooking. I put the plate on the scale, hit "tare" then add food. I've found this method easier for measuring condiments as well. I can guess at two tablespoons, or I can add an ounce of mayo to my chopped…

Before I started the diet, and in my first week or ten days of it, I hated being fat. Now I don't think about it. I'm much happier for it.

I am on a ketogenic diet. I add a shake or two a day because I sometimes have a hard time getting my protein intake high enough. I'll probably keep using them for the rest of my life, after learning how much protein my body requires for maximum health. I'm (vaguely) considering turning vegetarian and using shakes for…

If it works for you, it works for you. duriing my time on the diet, I've gone from skipping breakfast (that was my pattern) to having breakfast because everyone said I should, to having a late breakfast or skipping it altogether. MY body does best with two meals a day. If I try to do many mini meals, I think about food all…

I quit smoking as a 50th birthday present to myself (12 years ago) Here is something that I discovered. Without knowing it, I headed to the refrigerator. My body was trying to get me to eat something because it knew that I would smoke after. It was like my body was possessing me. As soon as I recognized what was happening,…

Do you mean the one that I think about from time to time? I load it with everything that I can think of. What a sweet mental picture it makes. But I'm on a ketogenic diet. Last time I ordered a baked, stuffed potato, it wasn't nearly as good as the imagined one, so I lost interest in them in the real world. LOL

You might find that a low-carb diet gets rid of that right away. It attacks belly fat. Start with a ketogenic diet (under 10 grams of carbs/day) and gradually increase (week by week) until you find your ideal. The book "Protein Power" talks about belly fat and the reason why the low-carb diet is the only diet that…

I like the ketogenic diet precisely because there is no room on it for those awful veggies (though sometimes, on a lark, I will have half-an-ounce or so of lettuce. If I go out to dinner, I might even order a a lettuce-only salad But I only do that a few times a year) On this type of diet, there are tons of freebies - as…

I don't know if this pertains to you, but I used to confuse thirst with hunger. When I began logging my fluid intake, I was surprised at how little I took in on too many days. I was basically dehydrated and didn't know it. Now I take in appropriate amounts of fluid and those symptoms stopped.

I just bought a digital scale. I have learned that I must weight myself 3 times - 30 seconds apart. The first weigh-in is too often wrong. When I get three identical readings, I accept it. But if I go to the bathroom right after weighing myself, I re-weight because I will often lose a pound or more just doing that. Also -…

I was just reading (somewhere on MFP though I can't find it again) about the link between binge eating and epilepsy. What works for ending binge eatiing also works with epilepsy. The ketogenic diet is a treatment for epilepsy in children. The thread that I was reading this morning said that one person who went to a doctor…

Most of m 30 pounds of weight loss seem to have come off my breasts. :-( I like where they are now, but know that they will reduce further. :-( I wear a sport bra to bed. Unbelievable about how much better they feel. I haven't noticed a lot of sagging - though there is a little - which I would think is natural for a 62…

199? Oh! I am so envious. I admire your discipline. I look forward to the day - that I think will come for me around the first day of Spring. I will be jumping for joy on that day.

It is very possible that a low-Low- LOW carb diet will bring you relief. My husband was never diagnosed with anything called IBS, but he was chronically bothered by gastro-intestinal disorders. When I put him on a low-carb diet, all his symptoms - plus his symptoms from sinuitis and allergies went away., as well as the…

I don't eat the stuff. Too many carbs - but that's not the whole reason. It was recently discovered that "dwarf wheat" is a problem. Dwarf wheat is a genetically engineered wheat that increased yields so much that it excited the world because it promised an end to world hunger. Its developer actually won a Nobel Prize. But…

Well, it will take much longer without exercise, but surely you have time if you break it down into bits and pieces. Walk from the farthest point in the parking lot. Climb stairs rather than take an elevator. If you are sitting and can stand - stand. Vacuuming and other housework burns more calories than you might think.…

This is the best advice I've seen here. If you've been ketoing for more than 3 days, you really shouldn't feel hungry and the presence of popcorn will not be as severe a temptation as you now suspect

That's called abuse. It's mental/emotional abuse. The only difference between physical abuse and emotional abuse is the choice of weapons. Everything can be used as a tool or a weapon. Words are no exception. No wonder you were crying. You were crying because he was treating you like a bad child. This makes him the…

Macro targets: 5% carb, 35% protein, 60 % fat, but often I'm at 2% carb and 70% fat. Calorie target: Under 1250. It's rare to go over. Exercise: 3 - 7 days/week for 30-45 minutes, though not really REALLY strenuous like fit & healthy people can do. How long: This time 56 days, but I lived on low-carb (not keto level) for…

Pu, I don't understand why you are on this site giving such bad and dishonest advice. You say that you've lived on a keto diet, but I wonder for how long. I learned about the keto diet back int he 70s. I lost 30 pounds, and by keeping my carbs under 25/day, I kept it off for 30 years. My recent weight gain is recent - and…

I would never consider going back to high carb. I feel so much better now. I am thinking of going vegetarian and staying low carb. Now that protein shakes are so delicious, I might use them for my proteins and start seeing what it would be like to go as high as 25-30 carbs a day. I will do it as an experiment, but if it…

I drink my bourbon "up" (no ice. no water, no mixers). alcohol will take the purple out of your keto styx - even through the next day and possibly the next, depending on how heavily you drink (hard to do on such a low-carb diet unless you be certain to add a full glass or water and/or mug of coffee between every drink),

Let's say that for dinner, I eat a steak and a protein shake. My husband will have the steak, a salad, and an orange for desert. Sometimes I will give him a couple mini-ears of corn or some other vegetable like mashed potatoes. but that's for him. to be honest, it's better if we eat separately. I do not have diarrhea,…

You and me both. I guess that's why I'm a low-LOW carber

Hmmmmm. I had 0.7oz of lettuce the other day. That's about it for more than a month.

Wonderful. Good to know that there is someone I can talk to about my keto-driven diet.

Mayo. I really miss it. I could make my own salt-free, sugar-free version, but so far, I haven't found a decent recipe.

I found that if I eat those many tiny meals per day, I seem to be always thinking about food and making myself hungry. Now I eat twice a day (perhaps adding a snack in the EARLY evening) and feel much better throughout the day. I found that I used to confuse thirst with hunger. (What a surprise that was!) Research is…

Yikes! You should not be staying below daily protein requirements. YOu should meet or exceed them.

I'm 62 and 91 pounds (41 kg) over my ideal. My knees just can't support me adequately any more. I can't get my feet anywhere near my butt., but if I could, I couldn't lift this weight I carry for more than a few inches. My body is so misshapen that balance is impossible - and even difficult if I'm holding on to something…