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Great job on the weight loss and maintenance! I like eating a keto diet because I feel satiated with it while on other eating plans I have felt hungry all of the time. The high fat and moderate protein fill me up and I no longer have the carb cravings that I used to have. It is so wonderful to eat tasty foods and still…

I just bought a Keto Ice Cream book with some incredible recipes along with an ice cream freezer. My first batch (made today) of butter pecan was every bit as good as premium ice cream from the store!

I've been eating this way for a little over 5 weeks. Easiest "diet" I've ever been on! Love it.

Hi, I'm Jennifer from NC.

For me, any program that I start works for awhile...then I struggle getting over that plateau and often times I give up. I did start WW at the end of March and have lost 15 pounds thus far. My struggle with it is that you are not really given any nutrition information and I have come to realize that it is important. A…

Hi Melissa. I'm Jennifer and I have just started LCHF myself. Have not finished reading the materials, but figured I would try to get a jump on things. On Friday I started cutting out sugar and actually started eating low carb yesterday. Feeling kind of yucky already and have quite a headache. Was totally addicted to carbs…

That's great that you are seeing regular loss, even if it doesn't show every single week. I started with the Bowflex on Saturday and am using it every-other day. I've not been sore, but can definitely feel the muscle fatigue because my arms and legs feel like spaghetti when I'm finished! Today I am to get my elderly mother…

I've been logging my meals and staying under my calorie goal. I've stepped up my exercise, but still NOTHING happening. Today we set our Bowflex back up in our exercise room/office and I've gotten started using that. Hopefully the weight training will help. Anyone else that has struggled with losing anything at all when…

For anyone else with this issue, this is how it was solved. I uninstalled the app from my phone, rebooted the phone, then re-installed. That fixed the problem!!

Glad I found this. I got my Up on Sunday and I'm not sure how it works as far as logging calories burned. I'm set up in MFP as sedentary and so I hope that my movements while wearing my Up will allow me to see some adjustment. Have not seen anything yet, but have not gotten a whole lot of steps these last 2 days. I had a…

Broke down today and bought the Jawbone UP at Best Buy since they had them for $79.99. Figured that if/when Body Media makes any offer that it probably wouldn't be for more than $50 off the price so now I have both of them and just maybe I can get the BM sold. I'm anxious to see how it compares to the BM. I can already…

I sent an email to Body Media asking if they have any type of a return program since I am no longer able to wear the product. The response was that they do not at this time, but then they said this: "Keep your eye on your email over the next few weeks as we may have an announcement concerning this type of request!". If you…

Thank you all for the input. I am leaning toward the Fitbit Flex. In the meantime I will continue to wear my pedometer. I do have a HRM but have not worn it in awhile....might need to get that back out for workouts.

Thank you so much! I am still trying to decide and really want to sell my Body Media before I buy something else. This does help!

Have you started to lose at all? It looks like you have been a member since November, so I'm not sure if you have lost something. Perhaps you are at a plateau. Are you getting sufficient protein? With all of that being said, I have struggled to lose at times. Seems that the harder I would work out the less I would lose. I…

I have only tried the BMF. When I get it sold I am looking at either a FitBit Flex or a Jawbone Up. Until then, I will log my exercise manually.

Hi Sherry, I was doing great most of the winter, even through the holidays, but something happened the last 6-8 weeks where I just started gaining weight. I'm guess that coming back here and logging my food and exercise is a good start!! I've pretty much always got a bottle of water with me, so drinking water isn't a…

Wow, great job! I'll bet you feel SOOOO much better and as you keep on you will be amazed at how great you feel. Keep up the amazing transformation.

I agree with Prium. Sometimes you just have to keep going even if you don't see the results on the scale. How many calories are you eating and how many calories are you burning daily? As you lose weight, your calorie needs do decrease. Check your sodium intake, if you are eating too much salt you could be retaining water.…

Body Media has suggested not wearing the device while riding and adding the information manually. It does not pick up correctly while worn on the arm bicycling.

Thanks for all of the advice. I will try next time to wear it on my calf AND wear my HRM and compare the two. Guess it isn't a bad thing if it showed too few calories, because I wasn't tempted to "eat" them :wink:

Thanks for the encouragement. Haven't done anything different this week and I'm not sore, but hopefully it's just water and I'll see a drop. In the past when I have tried to lose weight I would do fine for a few weeks and then the weight loss would just stop. I had hoped that with the BMF that would not happen, so when I…

Hope that you like yours as much as I like mine.

This is interesting information. Our stats are basically identical, except that I am 51 years old. I've been just where you are with the LONG plateau and I eventually gave up. Glad to see that you are not doing that! I went for nearly a year without significant exercise due to plantar faciitis and during that time my…

If you are only looking at 7 days and you are juicing mostly veggies, I don't see where it would be a problem. I don't know that I would do any intense exercise during that time though. Another key aspect would be how much weight you have to lose. In the documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead they were quite obese and were…

Congrats on the 4 pounds! If you focus only on weight you can get discouraged at times, but if you focus on how you feel and how your clothes are fitting, then you will see the real results that matter. Of course, I can tell you that is much easier said than done :wink: You are doing great and if you have found something…

I just figured that out a little while ago. Thanks!

Thanks for the input. Think I'll go with BMF calories and see how that works. If I'm not losing, then I'll have to tweak it some. I wish that the iPhone app had the same dashboard as the computer program. Guess it will take a little time to get used to it. So far, so good....

I have read that you should start out with 8 glasses, then you add another for each 20 minutes of exercise and another glass for each caffeinated beverage you drink. If you are exercising a lot, then 5-6 liters does not sound like too much. Either way, if you feel that you are too thirsty it would probably be best to have…

Just like so many others, I've had the same thing. My podiatrist started out hitting it with all of the remedies, ice, NSAIDs, stretching, boot and rest. Prior to the foot pain I was working out 60 to 90 minutes most days of the week and I went down to doing nothing trying to get it healed up. I wouldn't say that was the…