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I love guacamole and I love bacon (have you ever tried to make little baby sandwiches with bacon as the bread and guacamole in the middle? It's heavenly!). I don't love babies. Babies are, in fact, terrifying creatures.

Reduce carbohydrates in your diet. Eat fewer than 115g in a day, trying to stay below 25g for each meal and 15g for snacks. If you can manage fewer, do it. If you're a reader, I recommend The Schwarzbein Principle by Dr. Diana Schwarzbein. I was pre-diabetic last year, with my fasting blood glucose at 106. In the last 8…

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I stick to the Primal/Paleo Keto blueprint (>50g net carbs per day). Feel free to add me! :D

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Nonchalant.

90 lbs gone (at least 50 more to go) Then: Now: I don't have any body shots of my highest. I was about 20 lbs down in these, so the difference is about 70 lbs:

Doctor Who :D Traveling to the furthest reaches of this universe, throughout all of spacetime--yes, please!

Eat and exercise to be fit and healthy; losing weight should come as a byproduct of that. I don't eat any processed foods, no grains or legumes (including peanuts, beans of all types, and soy), and I cycle my dairy consumption (one month on, one month off). I focus on getting high quality and organic proteins, including…

I'd be happy to point you in the direction of some research on the subject. For instance, in 2003, a Harvard Medical study concluded that low-carb dieting is far more effective than low-fat dieting. In the test group, the low-carb participants lost an average of 23 lbs, while the low-fat participants lost 17 lbs--this was…

Source, please? This sounds like junk science to me, but I'm always up for some good reading :) You'll note that I did mention healthy, whole fats. The kind of fat you eat is extremely important. I do also realize that I misspoke and my intent may not be clear, so please allow me to amend my statement--eating fat does not…

Take it one small step at a time :) Celebrate every pound lost and never ever undersell yourself and all the hard work you're doing. A year from now, when you're at or approaching your goal weight, you will look back on this moment and thank yourself for starting the journey of a thousand steps with this toe over the line.…

I definitely do not fall in the camp of people that believe a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. Not all calories are created equal. Personally, I tend to feel excessively hungry after a carb binge, even if it's a natural and wholesome source of carbohydrates (fruit). I absolutely avoid empty carbs at all costs--I never…

You should get excited! Celebrate each and every victory, no matter how large or small :) Congratulations on your victory!

I went gluten-free about nine months ago and will never ever look back. I feel incredibly lousy when I gluten myself. Since I love (and miss!) beer, I'm allowing myself 2-3 gluten days per year knowing that I'll feel like yuck for about ten days afterwards, lol. I'm always happy for more friends!

We have very similar stats :) I've sent you a Friend Request!

You'll be fine! I flew as a size 20 a couple months ago and it wasn't bad (much, much better than when I flew as a size 24/26... that was just awkward). I flew to Europe in 2008 as a size 16/18 and I don't remember it being uncomfortable or awkward. Don't stress about it :)

Maynard James Keenan :}

I'm on and off Keto (generally fluctuating between 20g and 50g net carbs per day). I don't subscribe to Atkins because of all the chemicals they use, but it's the same general idea. Friend request sent :D

Hello friend :) I wanted to reiterate myself here, as well as expand on the idea. Do not eat to lose weight. This ultimately sets you up for failure in that you're treating this as a means to an end and when that end comes, you can go back to doing whatever. This is a forever change. So, instead of eating to lose weight,…

Lives an alternative lifestyle (and is all the more interesting for it!)

I am the bad wolf. I create myself. :} Another geek checking in. I'd love to have more nerdy friends!

I found this to be somewhat enlightening: http://stupideasypaleo.com/2014/01/19/1-thing-to-ditch-from-your-diet-right-now/ The main thing that I have to remember is nobody is perfect all of the time. We do our best and that's amazing--I mean, look how much success we've found with merely our strength of will! I try to make…

Paleo changed my life. It can achieve the same things that the South Beach Diet achieves, but without all the chemicals and expensive pre-packaged foods that SBD touts as being "on plan". Paleo teaches you how to eat to be healthy for the rest of your life; weight loss just happens to be a side effect. MarksDailyApple is a…

I'm from within the contiguous United States of America. The countries I've been to (in the order I visited them over my lifetime): Belize Guatemala Canada Italy Spain Germany Holland England Ireland My list is depressingly short :( Time to change that!

I keep a daily weight tracker in excel, too. I do a line graph instead of a scatter plot and it's absolutely crazy how many ups and downs there are. I would not be able to hack being a daily weigher without my chart. It's the only way I can look back and see how much progress I've made.

I'm always happy to have more Paleo friends :) Have you considered cutting out snacks? I find myself feeling a lot better when I stick to 2-3 squares per day. I have nuts and things on hand if I think I might die if I don't eat something, but I find that a lot of my snacking tendencies are an emotionally triggered or…

I just finished my January Whole30, so I'm out for February, but good luck to all of you awesome people! I will be interested in doing another in March :D

I wish to be a runner. For now, I'm consigned to walking fast on a treadmill at a steep incline, mostly because I'm terrified I'll fall off if I try to run on it, lol. I live in the great, frozen north and am impatiently biding the time until the snow and ice melts on the roadways so I can really begin training. I am…

Day 27, here, and I've entered the worst part of my Whole30. My brain is in full revolt; trying to convince me that 27 days is as good as 30, that I've already done a Whole30 and have nothing more to prove by completing it this time, tossing really random cravings at me (when have I *ever* actually craved pizza? gross),…